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by Donald H. Wolfe


  Tobin statement: Summers, p. 337.

  “Strange pressures…”: New York Daily News, August 8, 1962.

  “I asked her what…”: int., Robert Slatzer, 1995.

  Bates: The Kennedy Library, Attorney General’s personal correspondence.

  Bates statement: Spoto, p. 561.

  RFK’s attendance at mass: Gilroy Dispatch, August 6, 1962.

  Thad Brown discovered…: Summers, p. 356.

  “Where Hamilton and…”: Ibid., p. 337.

  Chapter 7

  “Mrs. Eley has never…”: Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, August 7, 1962.

  Snyder and funeral: int., Snyder, 1993.

  Hockett’s assistant: int., Alan Abbott, 1994.

  “Everybody is always…”: Meryman int., Life, August 3, 1962.

  Strasberg’s eulogy: the collection of Alan Abbott.

  Chapter 8

  Marianne Means interview: Washington Times-Herald, August 11, 1962.

  Manitou voyage: Julius Fanta, Sailing with Kennedy, p. 53.

  Wood saw Bobby Kennedy: Ibid., p. 351.

  Hyams/Woodfield investigation: int., Hyams, 1994; int., Woodfield, 1995; Summers, p. 352.

  “Look, I cannot explain…”: Ibid., p. 332; int., Woodfield, 1995.

  Slatzer and Melson: int., Slatzer, 1994.

  A-1 Lock and Safe Company: Monroe probate papers.

  Slatzer and Monroe in Malibu: int, Slatzer, 1994, 1995.

  Chapter 9

  Clemmons returned…: int., Clemmons, 1993, 1996.

  Slatzer…returned…: int., Slatzer, 1995.

  “Marilyn’s death was…: Farber and Green, Hollywood on the Couch, p. 107.

  “There is no way…”: Ibid., p. 106.

  “In 1962 Chief Parker…”: Summers, p. 329.

  Parker/RFK correspondence: Kennedy Library, Attorney General’s correspondence file.

  Hamilton’s reassignment: Daryl Gates, Chief, p. 70; int., Gates, 1996.

  Pat Newcomb’s return: Newcomb/RFK correspondence, Kennedy Library, Attorney General’s correspondence file; USIA employment records.

  Chapter 10

  Hoover memo: Bureau Chief’s personal and confidential file.

  Guiles and Monroe: int., Fred Guiles, 1994, 1995.

  Slatzer and Monroe: int., Slatzer, 1994.

  Quinn/Slatzer: int., Slatzer, 1994; Slatzer, The Life and Curious Death of Marilyn Monroe, pp. 248–252.

  “Every implication of…”: Mailer interview with Mike Wallace, 60 Minutes, July 13, 1973.

  Gates in-house report: int., Daryl Gates, 1995; Gates, Chief, p. 142; int., Neil Spotts, 1998.

  Lawford interview: Gates, p. 143.

  Greenson: Farber and Green, pp. 83–95.

  Miner: int., John Miner, 1994, 1997.

  Chapter 11

  Van de Kamp and grand jury: Los Angeles Times, August 12, 1982.

  Van de Kamp’s 1982 report: courtesy of Press Relations Office of the Los Angeles District Attorney.

  “Hot shot”: int., Dr. Kay Cassell, 1993; Noguchi, p. 87.

  Absence of chloral hydrate in liver: Abernethy’s toxicology report.

  Signs of cyanosis: Internationally renowned pathologist Dr. Cyril Wecht states: “When the body is cyanotic, then the pathologist usually looks for the means of death to be other than by an oral overdose”; Milo Speriglio, Crypt 33, p. 244.

  Blue cast of skin: int., Leigh Weiner, 1992.

  James Hall’s account: int., James Hall, 1993, 1996; Globe, November 23, 1982; int., Rick Summers, 1993.

  Ken Hunter’s account: District Attorney’s report, 1982.

  “There was no ambulance…”: int., Clemmons, 1995.

  Bellonzi on Hunter: int., Carl Bellonzi, 1993.

  Slatzer and Schaefer: int., Slatzer, 1994.

  Hunter and Summers: Summers, p. 345.

  Hall’s social security records, payroll, and photo: In 1993 Hall showed the author copies of his social security records and payroll stubs. A photo of Hall wearing a Schaefer uniform appeared in the Santa Monica Evening Outlook on September 24, 1962.

  Polygraph expert and Koder: int., Hall, 1993.

  Identi-Kit drawing: Globe, November 23, 1983.

  Don Fraser polygraph: int., Fraser, 1993.

  “It wasn’t natural…”: int., Clemmons, 1993.

  Liebowitz admission: int., Murray Liebowitz (Leib), 1993.

  Pilot Bob Neuman’s statements: int., 1995.

  “Arthur absolutely…”: Summers, p. 286.

  Chapter 12

  Litman’s statements: Summers, p. 249.

  Lawford’s death: Spada, The Man Who Kept the Secrets, p. 293.

  “We got the news…”: Summers, p. 344; int., Natalie Jacobs, 1996.

  “Had we known of…”: Carroll’s statement was made to Anthony Summers in 1986.

  Natalie Jacobs maintains…: int., Natalie Jacobs, 1996.

  “I got a call…: Rudin interview in the Special Collections Department of the Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; Spoto, p. 573.

  Chapter 13

  BBC and Murray: int., Ted Landreth, 1996.

  Murray and Summers: int., Summers, 1996; BBC’s Say Goodbye to the President transcript.

  Canceled 20/20: Robert Slatzer was a consultant for ABC and the contents of the segment were recounted by Slatzer, Sam Yorty, and Bill Roemer. Other quotes are taken from a transcript.

  “I just hope…”: Liz Smith column, New York Daily News, October 3, 1985.

  Arledge—“A sleazy piece of journalism…”: Liz Smith column, New York Daily News, October 4, 1985.

  Downs—“I am upset…”: New York Times, October 5, 1985.

  Kennedy links to Arledge: People, October 21, 1985; Marc Gunther, The House That Roone Built, p. 207.

  Otash and Chase: transcript of interview from the archives of a private collector.

  “He [Lawford] said he had…”: Los Angeles Times

  Schermerhorn/Murray: int., Terry Schermerhorn, 1995; int., Ted Landreth, 1995; New York Post, October 16, 1985.

  Grand jury investigation: Los Angeles Times, October 26, 1985.

  Noguchi/KABC-TV: transcript, October 25, 1985.

  Reiner announcement: Los Angeles Times, October 29, 1985.

  Cordova’s dismissal: Slatzer interview with Sam Cordova, 1997.

  “The truth is…”: Gates, p. 144.

  Carroll’s statement and proceedings of the Supervisors’ meeting on September 8, 1992, are from the archives of the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors.

  “The definitive account…”: HarperCollins, spring catalog, 1993.

  Chapter 14

  “For the first time…”: STAR, February 1993.

  “Patricia Newcomb offered…”: Spoto, p. xv.

  “Scurrilous accounts…”: Ibid., p. 489.

  “In Goddess Summers…”: Ibid., p. 607.

  Spoto’s settlement: “All about Marilyn,” #15, July 1994, p. 19; Spoto’s retraction appears in the paperback of Marilyn Monroe—The Biography.

  “Please don’t make…”: Life, August 3, 1966.

  Jefferies at MM home: Murray, p. 139; Summers, p. 349.

  “Murray seemed oddly…”: Ibid., p. 287.

  Landreth and Jefferies: int., Landreth, 1993.

  Jefferies’s statements: int., Jefferies, 1993.

  Chapter 15

  “I remember waking…”: Fred Lawrence Guiles, Norma Jean: The Life of Marilyn Monroe, p. 12.

  The history and genealogy of Marilyn Monroe’s family: extensive files of genealogist Roy Turner; Guiles, Norma Jean and Legend; Miracle, My Sister Marilyn.

  Della’s rage: Guiles, p. 14; Roy Turner archives.

  Chapter 16

  “I’m not Mama…”: Guiles, p. 11.

  “I used to sit on the edge…”: Marilyn Monroe, My Story, p. 9. Marilyn’s quotations from My Story are her own words as transcribed by Ben Hecht, and are included in the Ben Hecht papers in the special collections department of the Newberry Library in Chicago
. They were serialized in the London Empire News in 1954 and published in book form in 1974. Some people have questioned whether the words were Marilyn’s. In 1975 Hecht’s widow, Rose, confirmed that the account was told to her husband directly by Marilyn Monroe.

  “She was the pretty woman…”: Monroe, pp. 9–11.

  “She seldom spoke…”: Monroe, pp. 10–11.

  “Playland of the Pacific…”: The history of Venice Beach is from the archives of the Venice Historical Society.

  Gladys’s marriage to Baker and the birth dates of the children are contained in Roy Turner’s genealogy files; Miracle, chapter 1.

  “She wouldn’t cook…”: Miracle, p. 12.

  Trip to Flat Lick: Ibid., p. 13.

  Divorce papers: Turner archives.

  “Daddy and my grandmother…”: Miracle, p. 14.

  Gladys and Gifford: int., Bebe Goddard, 1993, 1995; unpublished manuscript of Roy Turner; Guiles, Norma Jean, pp. 6–7.

  Divorce action: Turner archives.

  “They did, as you’d say…”: Olin Stanley correspondence, Turner archives.

  “It must have hurt…”: George Barris, Marilyn, p. 5; int., Barris, 1998.

  Chapter 17

  “Nearly everybody I knew…”: Monroe, p. 15.

  Jackie’s death: Miracle, pp. 16–17.

  “One day my mother came to call…”: Monroe, p. 13.

  Hollywood strikes: Hollywood Citizen News, March 13, 1933.

  Gladys jumped over fence: Olin Stanley correspondence, Turner archives.

  “I told her not to buy it…”: Miracle, p. 37.

  “My mother bought furniture…”: Monroe, p. 13.

  Murray Kinnell: Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; Guiles, Norma Jean, p. 19.

  The incident with Mr. Kimmell: Monroe, pp. 20–21.

  The Kimmell incident as told to Barris: Barris, Marilyn, pp. 23–24.

  Custodial records: Roy Turner archives.

  “When Gladys bought…”: Miracle, p. 32.

  “Suddenly there was a terrible noise…”: Monroe, pp. 13–14.

  Gladys declared incompetent: Turner archives.

  “All the furniture disappeared…”: Monroe, p. 14.

  “I could hear her friends…”: Ibid., p. 16.

  Doc and Grace’s marriage: int., Goddard, 1994.

  Norma Jean taken to orphanage: Guiles, Norma Jean, pp. 22–23; Zolotow, Marilyn Monroe, p. 17.

  Chapter 18

  a nearby film studio: Zolotow, Marilyn Monroe, p. 18.

  Joseph P. Kennedy and acquisition of RKO: Richard J. Whalen, The Founding Father, pp. 87–92.

  Joe and Gloria: Gloria Swanson, Swanson on Swanson, p. 386–387.

  “Miss Swanson and…”: Damore, Cape Cod Years, p. 21.

  on board “Aunt Gloria”: Madsen, Gloria and Joe, p. 241.

  “My own special interest…”: Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, Times to Remember, p. 187.

  “I made him give…”: Ralph G. Martin, A Hero for Our Time, p. 34.

  “In the orphanage I began…”: Monroe, p. 17.

  The stammering problem: Zolotow, p. 18.

  Outings with Grace: int., Goddard, 1994.

  “Grace loved and adored…”: Turner archives.

  Marilyn’s sleeping disorder is described in “Night Terrors,” a publication of the UCLA Medical Center’s Sleep Disorder Clinic.

  “Suddenly, I wasn’t in…”: Monroe, pp. 17–19.

  Chapter 19

  “Grace was fun…”: Turner archives.

  Goddard’s small house: int., Goddard, 1993; All About Marilyn, #13, p. 7.

  “Grace could have…”: int., Goddard, 1993; All About Marilyn, #13, p. 7.

  “Olin, isn’t she pretty?…”: Turner archives.

  Doc drank too much: int., James Dougherty, 1995; All About Marilyn, #13, p. 7.

  “I don’t think…”: int., Goddard, 1993.

  “Norma Jeane and I…”: Roy Turner interview with Ida Mae, 1981.

  “The other girls rode…”: Monroe, p. 22.

  “In the thirties…”: Spoto, p. 60.

  “Norma Jeane was a nice…”: Wolper documentary, Legend.

  “My body was developing…”: Monroe, p. 16.

  “I didn’t think of…”: Ibid., p. 24.

  “We danced until…”: Spoto, p. 66.

  The Anti-Nazi League: Nancy Schwartz, Hollywood Writers’ Wars, p. 83.

  Engelberg as number of the Arts Sciences and Professions Council: HUAC report, 1947.

  The history of the Engelbergs’ association with the Communist Party (CP) is documented in the archives of the Los Angeles CP and corroborated in a 1993 interview with Dorothy Healy, who was the Los Angeles CP chairman.

  Dr. Oner Barker’s testimony: HUAC report, 1947.

  “I remember…”: Schwartz, p. 89.

  “The biggest mistake…”: int., Dorothy Healy, 1993.

  Niven’s yacht party: Otto Friedrich, City of Nets, p. 28.

  “By the summertime…”: Monroe, p. 24.

  Chapter 20

  Fred Field and Communist Party activities: Field, From Right to Left; Klehr and Radosh, The Amerasia Spy Case; Howe and Coser, The American Communist Party.

  “All-out aid to the…”: Howe and Coser, p. 390.

  141–42 “Hollywood made three hundred and fifty…”: Friedrich, p. 34.

  Dougherty at Lockheed: int., Dougherty, 1997.

  “I was thirteen when…”: int., Goddard, 1993.

  “The dog had got…”: Dougherty, p. 20.

  “As I recall…”: int., Goddard, 1993.

  “What a Daddy…”: int., Goddard, 1993.

  Attack on Peal Harbor: Friedrich, p. 101.

  “Even Grace and Doc…”: Spoto, p. 70.

  “Sometime in the early part of…”: Dougherty, p. 23; int., Dougherty, 1997.

  “We were both just…”: int., Goddard; “Marilyn Remembered,” #13, p. 8.

  The wedding ceremony: Guiles, p. 44; int., Dougherty, 1997.

  “Norma Jeane was delighted…”: int., Dougherty, 1997; Dougherty, p. 36.

  “The most vivid memory…”: Dougherty, p. 46.

  Dougherty’s attempts to join the services: int., Dougherty, 1997; Dougherty, p. 50.

  “With friends she…”: int., Dougherty, 1997.

  “It was a bad one…”: Dougherty, pp. 51–52.

  The move to Avalon: Ibid., pp. 53–55.

  “Norma Jeane was very…”: Ibid., p. 63.

  Dougherty ships out: int., Dougherty, 1997.

  Chapter 21

  Jack and “Inga Binga”: Lynne McTaggert, Kathleen Kennedy—Her Life and Times, pp. 103–114.

  Surveillance of JFK and Arvad: J. Edgar Hoover’s personal and confidential files—ARVAD.

  Rear Admiral Wilkinson’s concerns: Nigel Hamilton, J.F.K.—Reckless Youth, p. 439.

  First motion picture unit at Roach: Friedrich, p. 154.

  Conover at Radioplane: Conover, Finding Marilyn, pp. 3–12; Guiles, Legend, p. 83.

  Letter to Grace: Bebe Goddard collection.

  Norma Jeane’s visit to Chicago: int., Bebe Goddard, 1993; Miracle, pp. 36–57.

  “I would rather not…”: From correspondence in the collection of Bebe Goddard.

  “Norma Jeane had bought…”: Dougherty, p. 71.

  “On one of those last…”: Dougherty, p. 73.

  “I could have loved you once…”: Monroe, The Observer (magazine), May 11, 1975.

  Chapter 22

  “They force me into a…”: David Conover, Finding Marilyn, p. 36.

  “Sundays were the loneliest…”: Monroe, p. 35.

  “You don’t have to…”: Ibid., p. 39.

  Blue Book Modeling: Snively, Los Angeles Daily News February 4, 1954; Snively on Wolper documentary, Legend; Zolotow, Marilyn Monroe, p. 43.

  Driving problems: int., Dougherty, 1997.

  The Comintern’s focus on Hollywood: Schwartz, pp. 223–227; William Z. Foster, Toward Soviet America, p
p. 121–213; Harvey Klehr et al., The Secret World of American Communism, pp. 71–187.

  It was Field who financed: HUAC Report, 1947.

  Lawson, Engelberg, and Sorrell as instructors of the Peoples Education Center: archives of the Los Angeles Communist Party.

  Another shadowy figure: According to Norman Jefferies, John Murray was a member of the Arts, Sciences, and Professions Council, and he is listed as such in the HUAC Report, 1947.

  Murray as member of Communist Party, and with Sorrell, organizers of the Conference of Studio Unions: int., Jefferies, 1993; L.A. Civil Case # 446193.

  Lawson’s objective: “As for myself,” Lawson wrote in New Theatre magazine, “I do not hesitate to say that it is my aim to present the communist position and to do so in the most specific manner”; Otto Friedrich, City of Nets, p. 73.

  Warner Bros. battle: Schwartz, pp. 227–229.

  “Jack [John] Murray was a strange…”: int., Jefferies, 1993.

  Chapter 23

  Sigmund Freud was twelve: Ernest Jones, The Life and Work of Sigmund Freud. vol. I, p. 22.

  Dr. Henry Lowenfeld: Otto Friedrich, Before the Deluge, p. 371.

  The history of the Freudian-Marxist immigration to America; Otto Friedrich, pp. 221–224; Russell Jacoby, The Repression of Psychoanalysis: Otto Fenichel and the Political Freudians, pp. 118–133; O. Fenichel, Über die Psychoanalyse als Keim einer Zukunftigen dialektisch-materialistischen Psychologies (1934), pp. 43–62. (Psychoanalysis as the Nucleus of a Future Dialectical-Materialistic Psychology).

  The Rundbriefe of Otto Fenichel: Many of the Rundbriefe are in the possession of Randi Markowitz and the estate of Hanna Fenichel Pitkin. Some of the Fenichel papers are at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in New York. Ernst Simmel’s papers are held in the Library of the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, and in the Special Collections of the UCLA Library.

  Shortly after he arrived: Albert Kandelin, “The Psychoanalytic Study Group,” Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, vol. 6, no. 4, February 1970.

  Another person who: Greenson’s memories of the Study Group are included in his oral history, transcribed among the Greenson Papers, Special Collections, UCLA Library.

  Ralph Greenson’s background: Farber and Green, pp. 86–90; Greenson Oral History, Special Collections Department, UCLA Library.

  Brownsville section of Brooklyn: Alter F. Landesman, Brownsville: The Birth, Development and Raising of a Jewish Community in New York; Frommer, Growing Up Jewish in America.

 

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