The Men in My Life
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Bean, Laureen McLaughlin (Grandma)
Jason’s bird and, 105
Judith Bean’s visit and, 101–2
life in apartment of, 56–57, 59–62, 89
Patricia’s care for, 75, 85
suspicions of Patricia, 76
Bean, Luther, 63–64
Bean, Wally, 57, 111
Jason’s relationship with, 88–89, 112
parents and, 63, 64, 102
Patricia’s cooking and, 59–60
Beatty, Warren, 164, 301
Begley, Ed, 211, 214
Belafonte, Harry, 151–52, 155, 156
Bel Geddes, Barbara, 328–30, 349
Bell, Tommy, 259
Ben-Hur (film), 283
Bergman, Ingrid, 270, 271
Berkeley, California, 10, 14, 260, 345–46
Berkson, Seymour, 70
The Best Man (play), 356
Bettis, Valerie, 151
Bill (imaginary husband), 22
Billingsley, Sherman, 189
Billy Rose Theatre, 211, 213
Billy the Kid (Vidal’s screenplay), 204
Birdland, 242
Birth of Venus (Botticelli), 283, 284
Blitzstein, Marc, 81–83
Bloomgarden, Kermit, 226
Blue Denim (play), 158–64, 193, 204
Bonnie and Clyde (film), 164
Bosworth, Elena, 17, 319–20, 354, 358
Bosworth, Granddad, 19, 142
Bosworth, Patricia
abortion, 263–72, 285–86, 297, 341
acting career
Actors Studio and (See Actors Studio)
Blue Denim, 158–64, 193, 204
famine periods, 209–10, 301–2
The Glass Menagerie, 193–94, 196–208
Inherit the Wind, 210–12, 213–15, 222, 223
Mary, Mary, 328–32, 335, 349–50, 351, 356–57
The Nun’s Story (See The Nun’s Story)
Off-Broadway, 308, 323–24
The Sin of Pat Muldoon, 238–43, 248–50, 265
Small War on Murray Hill, 227, 228–29, 230, 235–38
turning point in, 308–9
TV soap operas, 140, 158
adolescence of, 20–22, 23–37, 136, 243
Bart Jr.’s suicide and, 1–6, 133–42, 191–92, 288–89, 345
Bartley’s suicide and, 317–19, 321–22, 332
childhood of, 9, 10–20, 125, 198, 207–8, 260, 284, 285, 287
in college (See Sarah Lawrence College)
marriage, first (See Bean, Jason)
marriage, second (See Arrighi, Mel)
modeling career, 69–74, 79–81, 85–86, 107, 147
move to own apartment, 212–13, 215
in Reno, 123–29
teaching, 359
writing and writing career
Anything Your Little Heart Desires, 332–33
aspirations, 221, 273, 302, 332, 341–42
biographies, 26, 184, 206, 360
Four Flights Up (novel), 140, 205–6, 273, 287, 332
journal, 98, 126–27, 145, 184, 206, 235, 286–87, 336–37
journalism, 179–80, 314–15, 324–25, 326–27, 356, 357–58, 360
Botticelli, Sandro, 283, 284
Boyden, Frank, 30–31, 135
Brando, Marlon, 144–45
Brinckerhoff, Burt, 160, 161, 162, 163
Broadway season (1955–1956), 143
Bronxville Drugstore, 110
Brynner, Yul, 152
Bullitt (film), 180
Burne-Jones, Edward, 265–266
Burstyn, Ellen, 171–72, 209–10
Burton, Richard, 355–56, 357
Bus Stop (play), 187
Caffe Cino, 312
Camay Beauty Bride, 85–86
Cannon, J. D., 216
Capote, Truman, 152, 204–5, 325
Cassini, Igor, 324, 327
The Castro Complex (Arrighi’s play), 338
Catcher in the Rye (Salinger), 137, 142
Cather, Willa, 16
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (play), 203, 329
Cavanaugh, Mo (Patricia’s grandmother), 133, 319
Cavett, Dick, 349
Charm, 74, 76
Chekhov, Anton, 225–26, 233
Chéri (play), 310
Cherry Lane Theatre, 312
The Cherry Orchard (Chekhov), 225
Cheyfitz, Eddie, 307
Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, 258–59
The Cincinnati Kid (film), 179
Cinecittà Studios, 269, 278, 279, 281–83
Cinema Theatre (Bronxville, NY), 42–43
The City and the Pillar (Vidal), 34, 83, 205
Clift, Brooks, 360
Clift, Montgomery, 25–26, 76–77, 184, 206, 278, 360
Clurman, Harold, 250–51, 323
Cold War, 23, 129
Colette (novelist), 20, 41
Collinge, Patricia, 265, 277, 287
Collins, Judy, 140
Colonial Theatre, 236, 242, 313
Columbia University’s School of Journalism, 359
Comden, Betty, 152
The Company She Keeps (McCarthy), 168
Compton, Juleen, 323
Concerning Miss Marlowe (TV soap opera), 140, 158
Conklin, Peggy, 313
The Connection (Gelber), 312
Connelly, Marc, 231
Convent of the Sacred Heart (San Francisco), 14, 18, 239, 245, 274
Cooper, Jane, 98, 99, 140
Copa, 237–38
Corri, Adrienne, 351
Cort Theatre, 189
Costello, Ward, 330
Cover Girl (film), 99
Coward, Noël, 236–37, 256–57
Crabtree, Paul, 193, 196–97, 198
The Cradle Will Rock (opera), 82
Crawford, Cheryl, 144, 145, 153
Crum, Bart, Jr.
adolescence of, 27, 28–31, 32, 33–37, 45, 82–83, 130, 136, 346
Blitzstein’s invitation to, 82–83
childhood of, 10–12, 14–19, 125, 284–85, 287, 342–43, 345–46, 361–62
Clark Steuer and, 28–31, 135, 205
as crack shot, 2, 19
Jason Bean and, 47–51, 59, 68–69, 110, 117–18, 119, 136–37
near-death experiences of, 9
Patricia’s adolescent relationship with, 22, 32, 33, 36, 136
Patricia’s childhood relationship with, 5–6, 9, 10, 17–18, 19–20, 198, 207–8
Patricia’s imagined conversations with, 5, 6, 138–39, 218, 228, 285–86, 336, 353–54, 361–63
Patricia’s memories of, 198, 207–8, 215–16, 217–18, 227–28
Patricia’s visit to grave of, 361–63
Patricia’s young adult relationship with, 67–69, 87–88, 109–10, 131
sexuality of, 29, 30–31, 34, 82–83, 346–47
suicide, 1–6, 133–42, 191–92, 288–89, 345, 347, 361, 363
Crum, Bartley
Bart Jr.’s adolescence and, 28, 30–31, 32, 34, 35–36, 37, 82–83, 130, 136
Bart Jr.’s childhood and, 9, 10, 12, 15, 19, 284, 285, 342–43
Bart Jr.’s suicide and, 1, 4, 133–34, 361, 363
career
family moves and, 2
Kennedys, and Jimmy Hoffa case, 306–8, 309–10, 317
McCarthyism and, 3, 5, 23, 46, 76, 166, 204
New York Star, 23, 24, 112, 324
Rita Hayworth represented by, 3, 53–54, 76–77, 90, 129, 165
success of, 12–13, 15, 45, 112
Catholicism of, 14, 46, 83, 259
Clift’s friendship with, 25–26
drug and alcohol problems, 24–25, 26–27, 35–36, 221–23, 244–45, 309–10, 314
FBI and, 13, 23, 35, 76, 134, 166, 185
Gerry Sarracini and, 247–48
Jason Bean and, 53–56, 65, 75, 90, 108, 112–14, 118
Kornitzer and, 96
Lyons and, 152
Mel Arrighi and, 306–8, 309, 310, 317, 319, 322
Patricia�
��s adolescence and, 31–33, 243
Patricia’s childhood and, 12, 14–17, 18–19, 284, 285
Patricia’s divorce from Jason and, 123–25, 129
Patricia’s expectations and, 349
Patricia’s young adult relationship with, 99, 111–14, 124–25, 129, 147, 149, 164, 165–67, 210, 212, 225, 296, 345
Pepi and, 230–31, 232, 233, 234
suicide of, 317–21, 332
Crum, Gertrude Bosworth
Bart Jr.’s adolescence and, 28, 30, 32, 33–34, 35–36, 37, 130, 136
Bart Jr.’s childhood and, 10, 12, 15, 16, 125, 284–85, 287
Bart Jr.’s suicide and, 1, 3, 4–5, 6, 133–34, 141–42, 345, 347
Bartley’s drug problem and, 24, 26–27, 35–36, 221–22
Bartley’s suicide and, 317–20
Gerry Sarracini and, 247–48, 259–61
Jason Bean and, 45–46, 53–56, 75, 77–79, 108–9, 117–18
on marriage to Bartley, 78
Mel Arrighi and, 320, 358
Patricia’s adolescence and, 20, 21, 31
Patricia’s aspirations and, 40–41, 49, 65
Patricia’s childhood and, 9, 16–17, 18, 19, 125, 260, 284–85, 287
Patricia’s young adult relationship with, 77–81, 86, 107–8, 130–31, 147, 196, 199–200, 212–13, 259–61, 268, 272
personality of, 2, 3
relationship with Saul, 16–17, 260–61
traveling, 166
writing career of, 13–15, 16, 78
Crum, Patricia Bosworth. See Bosworth, Patricia
cummings, e. e., 99
Cunningham, Merce, 40
Cusick, Peter, 319
Curran Theatre, 18
Damn Yankees (musical), 239
Davis, Bette, 3, 13, 79
Dean, Abner, 231
Dean, James, 144, 145
The Death Collection (Arrighi), 338
Death of a Salesman (play and film), 268
Death Trap (play), 356
de Beauvoir, Simone, 49
Deerfield Academy (Massachusetts), 21, 27, 28–31, 135, 138
Desk Set (film), 312
Devereaux, Jack, 329–30
Dewhurst, Colleen, 216
The Diary of Anne Frank (play), 188, 189, 223, 224, 226, 232
Dick’s Folly, 37
DiMaggio, Joe, 155–56
Dinty Moore’s (restaurant), 239, 329–30, 350
Dotti, Andrea, 295
Duel in the Sun (film), 20–21
Dunaway, Faye, 164
Dunn, Michael, 351
Dunnock, Mildred, 172, 265, 268–70, 277–78, 282, 283, 287
East of Eden (film), 144
Eaton, Howard, 319–20, 354, 358
Ecolint (International School of Geneva), 27–28, 31–33, 129
Einstein, Albert, 5, 22, 46, 96
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 112, 307
Electra (play), 176
End as a Man (play), 240
Ephron, Henry, 312, 313
Ephron, Nora, 313–15
Ephron, Phoebe, 312–14, 315
Erikson, Erik, 10
Ernie (improv partner), 251–53
Evans, Dame Edith, 265, 269–70, 277, 282, 287
A Face in the Crowd (film), 172–73
Fair Game (play), 209–10
FBI
Bart Jr.’s death and, 134, 142
coercion of Bartley Crum, 185
Jimmy Hoffa case and, 307, 310
at An Ordinary Man, 312
surveillance of Bartley Crum, 13, 23, 35, 76, 134, 166
Feiffer, Jules, 326
Felker, Clay, 324, 325, 356, 357
Fellini, Federico, 283
Ferrer, Mel, 292, 295
The Fervent Years (Clurman), 323
Feury, Peggy, 176–77, 355
Finch, Peter, 265, 282
Five Spot, 242
Florence, Italy, 283, 285
Fonda, Henry, 152
Fonda, Jane, 171–72, 175, 187, 188
Ford, Eileen, 70
Fornés, María Irene, 311
Fortieth Street duplex, 141, 156, 159, 166, 191
Four Boys and a Gun (film), 147
480 Lex, 71–72
Four Flights Up (Bosworth’s novel), 140, 287, 332
Franciosa, Tony, 172, 173
Franciscus, James, 147
Freak Out (Arrighi), 338
Freud, Sigmund, 97, 141
Fried, Marty
advice and encouragement from, 172–73, 180, 187–88, 189, 209, 210, 253–54
Patricia’s introduction to, and budding friendship, 148, 153–57
Patricia’s ongoing friendship with, 237, 350, 357
Friedman, Bruce Jay, 325
Friedman, Sam, 356
From Here to Eternity (film), 278
Frost, Robert, 94, 95, 97
Fry, Christopher, 283
Garfein, Jack, 240, 241, 249
Garrison, New York (weekend home in), 2, 37, 110, 130–31
Gazzara, Ben, 172, 177, 242–46
Gazzo, Mike, 250, 251–52
Gelber, Jack, 312
Gerstad, John, 313
Gibson, Monroe, 259
Gielgud, Sir John, 355–56
Giraudoux, Jean, 176
Givenchy, Hubert, 292–96
Glamour, 76
The Glass Menagerie (play), 192, 193–94, 196–202, 203, 204, 206–7
The Golden Notebook (Lessing), 340, 341
The Good Earth (film), 214
Good Housekeeping, 76, 86
Gordon, Ruth, 152, 224, 301–2, 357
Graham, Martha, 40
Grand Central Palace, 71
Granger, Farley, 152
Grant, Cary, 107
Grant, Lee, 171–72, 255
Greasy Spoon (bar in Bronxville, NY), 41–42
The Great Sebastians (play), 195
Great White Way, 310
Green, Adolph, 152
Greene, Milton, 107
Greenwich Village, 44, 85, 98, 195, 312, 327
Group Theatre, 144, 174, 181, 254, 323
Guardino, Harry, 172
Guare, John, 360
Gypsy (play), 310
Hamilton, Murray, 357
Hamlet (Shakespeare), 355–56, 357
Haney, Carol, 331
Hansberry, Lorraine, 310
Hare, Will, 193, 196, 197, 198–99, 201, 202
Harriet (play), 18
Harris, Jed, 152
Harris, Julie, 153–54, 255
Harrison, Pat, 21
A Hatful of Rain (play), 172, 177
Hayes, Helen
in The Glass Menagerie, 192, 196–97, 199–202, 204, 206–7
in Harriet, 18–19
home of, 192–93
as Lily Lodge’s mentor, 191
Haynes, Marcia
after marriage to Gene, 167–68, 169
Bart Jr.’s death and, 2, 3, 4, 5, 133
Crum family and, 141–42, 147, 166
medical advice from, 341
Patricia’s marriage to Jason Bean and, 97–98, 99, 107, 114
Hayworth, Rita, 3, 53–54, 76–77, 90, 129, 165
Heldebrand, John, 240
Helen Hayes Theatre, 160, 330, 339, 350
Heller, Robert (Bob), 180, 181
Hellman, Lillian, 49, 81–82, 325
Helm, Frances, 214
Henry Drummond (in Inherit the Wind), 210–11, 214–15
Hepburn, Audrey
admiration of, 269–70
later life of, 295–96
in The Nun’s Story, 270, 280–82, 286, 291–92, 295, 296
Patricia’s acting with, 263–64, 279, 291–92
Patricia’s friendship with, 292–95
Patricia’s impression of, 280–81, 282, 286–87
in Roman Holiday, 127–28
Hepburn, Katharine, 193, 293, 302, 312
Herlihy, James Leo, 158, 160
Heston, Charlton, 283
High Noon
(film), 278
Hill, Gene, 97–98, 114, 133, 147, 166, 168, 169
Hirohito (Emperor of Japan), 155–56
Hitchcock, Alfred, 331
Hoffa, Jimmy, 306–8, 309–10
Holiday (travel magazine), 358
Holliday, Judy, 152
Hollywood Ten, 23, 35, 46, 166, 204
homosexuality
Bart Jr. and, 29, 34, 205, 288, 346–47
Bartley Crum’s attitude about, 82–83, 347–48
Gertrude Crum’s readings about, 34
Montgomery Clift and, 26
Hoover, J. Edgar, 23, 76
Hope, Bob, 223
Horovitz, Israel, 311
Hotel Meurice, 224, 227, 233
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), 23, 82, 166, 173–74, 185
Howie (play), 312–14, 318
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (musical), 146, 350, 351
HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee), 23, 82, 166, 173–74, 185
Hudson, Rock, 283
Hulme, Kathryn C., 265
Icarus (mythical character), 11
Iceman Cometh (play), 238
Inge, William, 107–8, 152, 301
Inherit the Wind (play), 210–12, 213–15, 222, 223, 308
“In Memoriam” (Tennyson), 140
International School of Geneva (Ecolint), 27–28, 31–33, 129
I’ve Got a Secret (play), 308
Jackson, Anne, 152
James, Cliff, 240
Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee, 81
Jones, Jennifer, 20, 283
Julian, Jay, 154
Julius Caesar (Shakespeare), 302
Kanin, Garson
Patricia’s friendship with, 357
Pepi and, 224, 227, 230
Ruth Gordon and, 301–2
Small War on Murray Hill directed by, 228, 230, 235–36, 237
at Studio’s spring party, 152
Kanta, Happy, 16
Kazan, Elia
Arthur Penn compared to, 164
Baby Doll directed by, 172, 194
Geraldine Page and, 176
HUAC testimony, 173–74, 185
Marlon Brando and, 144–45
Patricia’s audition and, 149
Patricia’s interactions with, 172–73, 181–85
Playwright/Directors Unit, 250
Splendor in the Grass directed by, 301
Strasberg and, 174
Studio energy and, 171
Kazan, Molly, 311, 323
Kelly, Gene, 99
Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier, 323, 332, 340, 350–52
Kennedy, John F., 306–7, 323, 350–52
Kennedy, Robert, 306–7, 309, 324, 351–52
Kerr, Deborah, 152
Kerr, Jean, 328, 329, 331, 356
Khan, Aly, 3, 53–54
Kinsey, Alfred C., 34, 83
Kornitzer, Bela, 94–96, 97
Kovacs, Ernie, 286
Kris, Marianne, 156
Ladies’ Home Journal, 74, 86
Lake Tahoe, 125
La MaMa, 312
Lambert, Eleanor, 70
Langner, Lawrence, 161–62, 193
Lapham, Roger, 194