Hollywood's Hellfire Club: The Misadventures of John Barrymore, W.C. Fields, Errol Flynn and the Bundy Drive Boys

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by Gregory William Mank


  “Quinn and Basehart Would Film ‘Jest,’” by Hedda Hopper, February 18, 1958, p. A6.

  “Fowler Recalls Days as Big City Reporter,” by Jack Smith, February 3, 1959, p. B1.

  “Not Only the Widow Was Merry Then!” by Philip K. Scheuer, February 5, 1963.

  “The Second Handshake Really Gets to You,” by Will Fowler, January 7, 1968, p. D7.

  “Groucho’s 3 Children to Get Bulk of Estate,” by Myrna Oliver, August 26, 1977, p. B1.

  “The Great Profile’s Final Act,” by Will Fowler, May 23, 1982, p. L28.

  “The Late Great Days of Chasen’s,” by Rip Rense, March 31, 1995.

  “Before the Rat Pack, Another Wild Bunch,” by Richard Rushfield, July 30, 2005.

  The New York Times

  “Perfume Concert Fails,” December 1, 1902, pg. 5.

  “The Play.” By Alexander Woollcott, September 13, 1922, p. 15.

  “The Play,” by John Colton, November 17, 1922, p. 22. Underworld advertisement, August 21, 1927.

  “The Play,” by Brooks Atkinson, August 16, 1929.

  “The Play,” by Brooks Atkinson, December 3, 1932.

  “’The Profile’ Names Actors Better Than He,” June 27, 1940, p. 11.

  “Gene Fowler Tells of His Writing Plans,” by Robert Van Gelder, September 15, 1940, p. 94.

  “Divorce Suit Is Filed by John Barrymore,” September 24, 1940, p. 23.

  “Roland Young Dies In Home Here At 65,” June 7, 1953, p. 84.

  “Gene Fowler Dead: Author and Newsman,” July 3, 1960, p. 1.

  “Rites For Fowler Set,” July 4, 1960, p. 15.

  “Rites Held For Fowler,” July 7, 1960, p. 31.

  “Gene Fowler Left Estate to Widow,” July 19, 1960, p. 59.

  “Thomas Mitchell Actor, Dead; Star of Stage and Screen, 70,” December 18, 1962.

  “The Theatre: ‘Enter Laughing,’” March 15, 1963, p. 8.

  “Ben Hecht, 70, Dies at His Home Here,” April 19, 1964, p. 1.

  “Hecht Completed Work on Musical,” by Sam Zolotow, April 20, 1964, p. 35.

  “Ben Hecht Is Buried in Nyack Near Charles MacArthur Grave,” April 22, 1964, p. 47.

  “Alan Mowbray, Character Actor Is Dead at 72,” March 26, 1969.

  “I Hate Hamlet Co-Star Walks Out,” by Alex Witchel, May 4, 1991, p. 11.

  “Anthony Quinn Dies at 86; Played Earthy Tough Guys,” by Anita Gates, June 4, 2001, p. A1.

  The New York Post

  “King of the Bohemians, Past and Present,” by William Bryk, (CQ), January 26, 2005.

  Interviews

  James Bacon, interview with Charles Heard and Bill Nelson, Northridge, California, October, 2006.

  Henry Brandon, telephone interview with Gregory William Mank, West Hollywood, California, April 19, 1986 and April 26, 1986.

  Ronald J. Fields, telephone interview with Gregory William Mank, La Selva Beach, California, October 27, 2006.

  Will Fowler, interview with Bill Nelson.

  Marian Marsh, interview with Gregory William Mank, Palm Desert, California, May 14, 1983 and December 15, 1992.

  Constance Moore, telephone interview with Gregory William Mank, Los Angeles, California, August 28, 2000.

  Phil Rhodes, interview with Gregory William Mank and Bill Nelson, Burbank, California, May 4, 2006.

  Rita Saiz, interview with Gregory William Mank and Bill Nelson, Brentwood, California, May 2, 2006.

  Mary Lou Warn, telephone interviews with Gregory William Mank, Clearwater, Florida, October 4, 2006 and March 5, 2007.

  Personal Letters

  John Barrymore to Laird Cregar, undated, circa Fall 1941.

  John Decker to Phyllis Decker, undated, circa 1945.

  Hubert Eaton, letters to Phyllis Decker and William R. Valentiner, respectively dated July 24, 1947 and July 21, 1947, collection of Charles Heard.

  W.C. Fields to Jane Fowler, October 4, 1939.

  W.C. Fields to Gene Fowler, September 6, no year (probably 1940).

  W.C. Fields to Miss Elise Cavanna, April 7, 1942.

  W.C. Fields to Gene Fowler, October 17, 1944.

  Gene Fowler to John Barrymore, undated.

  Gene Fowler to Dr. Harold Thomas Hyman, January 13, 1944.

  Ben Hecht to Gene Fowler, February 8, 1933.

  Dr. Harold Thomas Hyman, M.D., to Gene Fowler, January 12, 1943.

  Dr. Harold Thomas Hyman to Gene Fowler, January 3, 1944.

  Dr. Harold Thomas Hyman to Gene Fowler, January 17, 1944.

  Legal Papers and Records

  Death Certificate of John Barrymore, filed June 1, 1942.

  Last Will and Testament of John Barrymore, December 30, 1941.

  Death Certificate of John Decker, filed June 10, 1947.

  Harriet V. Fields, Creditor’s Claim and Disaffirmance, No. 264050, July 23, 1947. Death Certificate of William Claude Fields, filed December 30, 1946.

  Last Will and Testament of William C. Fields, April 28, 1943.

  Death Certificate of Sadakichi Hartmann, filed November 24, 1944.

  Death Certificate of Thomas Mitchell, registered December 19, 1962.

  Death Certificate of Anthony Quinn, signed June 3, 2001.

  Hospital Papers

  Dr. V.L. Andrews, Autopsy Report on Mr. John Barrymore, undated.

  Dr. Samuel Hirshfeld, Personal History of Mr. John Barrymore, May 14, 1934.

  Dr. Hugo M. Kersten, Hollywood Hospital, Statement on the Death of John Barrymore, undated.

  Libraries

  Claremont College, California. (From Irving Wallace’s Archives, his interviews with John Decker for the proposed magazine installments entitled Heroes with Hangovers.)

  Billy Rose Library of Performing Arts, Lincoln Center, New York, New York.

  Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, Maryland.

  Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, Los Angeles, California.

  University of Southern California Performing Arts Library, Los Angeles, California.

  Miscellaneous

  Steve Beasley, e-mail to author, September 18, 2006.

  James Card, program notes, The Films of John Barrymore, As Shown in the Dryden Theatre Tribute Series, George Eastman House, Rochester, New York, May-June 1969.

  John Decker, “Asylum” (also titled “James Felton, Insane”). Short story written by Decker circa 1940.

  Roby Heard, “Artist John Decker Revealed as German Baron by Widow,” unsourced/undated newspaper clipping, from John Decker’s scrapbooks, Charles Heard collection.

  “Decker Divorces Mate Thought Dead When He Wed Again,” unsourced newspaper clipping, Charles Heard collection.

  Alan Mowbray, “Bits and Pieces,” unsourced, November, 1945, from John Decker’s scrapbooks.

  Recording of The Rudy Vallee Show, May 1, 1941.

  Sadakichi Hartmann “Perfume Concert” scrapbook and various unpublished works, from Adam Parfrey collection.

  Index

  Anderson, John Murray

  Anderson, Sherwood

  Barrie (Barrymore), Elaine

  Barrymore, Diana

  Barrymore, John

  Brice, Fannie

  Brooks, Louise

  Carradine, John

  Colbert, Claudette

  Costello (Barrymore), Dolores

  Decker, John Bundy Drive Alta Loma Studio Rembrandt Bust of Christ

  Decker, Phyllis

  DeMille, Cecil B.

  DeMille (Quinn), Katherine

  Dentist, The

  Dvorak, Ann

  Fallon, Joseph

  Father Goose

  Fields, W.C.

  Flynn, Errol

  Fowler, Gene

  Fowler, Will

  Frankenstein

  Front Page, The

  Gable, Clark

  Garbo, Greta

  Gone With the Wind

  Great Magoo, The

  Great Mouthpiece, The

  Harlow, Jean

  Hartmann, Sadak
ichi

  Hecht, Ben

  Hepburn, Katharine

  Karloff, Boris

  Louvish, Simon

  MacArthur, Charles

  Macbeth

  Mannix, Eddie

  Marx, Harpo

  Minutes of the Last Meeting

  Mitchell, Thomas

  Mowbray, Alan

  Muni, Paul

  Nagel, Anne

  Pangborn, Franklin

  Paval, Philip

  Peary, Danny

  Perfidy

  Peters, Margot

  Price, Vincent

  Richards, Frank

  Queen Victoria

  Quinn, Anthony

  Roosevelt, Eleanor

  Sennett, Mack

  Sheridan, Ann

  Sherlock Holmes

  Stagecoach

  Swall, Dr. Vernon

  Topper

  Underworld

  Vagabond King, The

  Van Gogh, Vincent

  Wuthering Heights

  Young, Roland

  Hollywood’s Hellfire Club: The Misadventures of John Barrymore, W.C. Fields, Errol Flynn and “The Bundy Drive Boys”

  © 2007 by Gregory William Mank and Feral House

  The photographs, research material, paintings, previously unpublished manuscripts are courtesy of the collections of Charles Heard, Bill Nelson, Phil Rhodes, Adam Parfrey, Gregory William Mank, Ronald J. Fields.

  The publisher wishes to thank Anton Szandor LaVey for initially charming us with stories of the Bundy Drive boys.

  All rights reserved.

  No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the publisher. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without prior permission in writing from the publisher.

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