Lee Marvin: Point Blank
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Christmas 1929, 18
cigarette habit, 112, 230, 244
Civil War
ancestors fighting in, 6
The Raid, 93–94
Raintree County, 104–105
reading about, 21
Clark, Matt, 186
Clift, Montgomery, 104
“Climax!”, 110
Cobb, Lee J., 91
Coburn, James, 114
cockiness on set, 102–103
Cocks, Jay, 212
Cole, Nat, 151–152
Colleano, Bonar, 82
combat. See war, real; war, theatrical
“Combat!”, 118
comedies
Cat Ballou, 150–158, 166–169
Donovan’s Reef, 131–133
The Great Scout and Cathouse Thursday, 209–210
“How Charlie Faust Won a Pennant for the Giants,” 110–111
Pocket Money, 190–191
“The Joke’s On Me,” 111
concentration camp scene in The Big Red One, 234
Connors, Mike, 213–214
contract player system, 78
Cook, Dr. Frederick, 9–11
Cooper, Gary, 76
Cornell University, 7–9, 11
costumes, originality with, 101
Count Basie, 113
Crowther, Bosley, 176
Culp, Robert, 209–210
cult of Lee Marvin, 249–253
Curtiz, Michael, 124
D
3-D work, 85, 87–88, 91
Dade County, Florida, 26–28
Davidge, Courtenay Washington. See Marvin,
Courtenay Washington Davidge
Davis, Jim, 186
D-Day, 169–172
Dean, James, 67
death. See also violence
acting, ability with, 138
feelings about playing characters who die, 131
Lee Marvin’s, 244–245
writings about, 56
Death Hunt, 235–236, 245
Deauville Film Festival, 239
DeHavilland, Olivia, 98
Delta Force, 241–242
demolition training, 44
Dennehy, Brian, 236–239
Denny, Reginald, 151
Denver, Colorado, 8
DeWilde, Brandon, 105
Diccio, Bobby, 231–235
Dickinson, Angie
Arctic Escapade, 235–236
The Killers, 136–139
“M Squad” episode, 114
Meyer Mishkin endorsement, 240
Point Blank, 173–177
Dillman, Bradford, 195–196
Diplomatic Courier, 76
directors
Aldrich, Robert, 101–102, 169–172, 193–194, 243
Apted, Michael, 236–239
Benedek, Laslo, 88–90
Boetticher, Budd, 100–101
Boorman, John, 172–177, 180–182, 217
Brooks, Richard, 161–166
Curtiz, Michael, 124
Dmytryk, Edward, 81–82
Fleischer, Richard, 97–98, 204
Fraker, William, 186
Frankenheimer, John, 110, 119, 194–197
Fuller, Sam, 118, 202, 204–207, 230–235
Hathaway, Henry, 69, 75–77, 239
Hellman, Monte, 213–214
Kramer, Stanley, 81–82, 88–90, 92–93, 98, 144–149
Kulik, Buzz, 110
Lang, Fritz, 86–87 Logan, Josh, 183–184
Lupino, Ida, 118 Martinson, Leslie, 110–111
Peckinpah, Sam, 121–122, 179, 182–185, 193, 243
Robson, Mark, 213
Schaffner, Franklin, 111
Silverstein, Elliot, 150–158, 168–169
Sturges, John, 95
Young, Terence, 206
Zinnemann, Fred, 76
disability payments for war wound, 54
divorce. See also palimony suit of Michele
Triola
from Betty Ebeling, 178
of parents, threatened, 27–28
Dmytryk, Edward, 81–82
Doctor of Fine Arts Degree, 184
Dog Day, 239–240
‘Dogface,’ nickname, 29
Donovan’s Reef, 131–133
Doohan, James, 64, 70
Douglas, Kirk, 151
Douglas, Melvyn, 191
Down Among the Sheltering Palms, 85
“Dr. Kildare,” 118
“Dragnet,” 78–79, 81
drugs
alcohol. See alcoholism
“smoke,” 58
drunk driving arrests, 217
drunkenness. See alcoholism
Duel At Silver Creek, 78
Dullea, Keir, 119
Dunn, Michael, 144, 149
dying, realistic, 82. See also death; violence
dyslexia, 21
E
Eastwood, Clint, 139, 183–186
Ebeling, Betty. See Marvin, Betty Ebeling
Ebsen, Buddy, 102
education
Admiral Faragut Naval Academy, 25
American Theater Wing (ATW), 65–66
attitude towards, 20–21
Chicago night school, 53–54
dyslexia, effects of, 21
expulsions from schools, 23–24
fights during childhood, 20
Florida public schools, at, 26–27
Kingston High School diploma, 55
Manumit school, 23–24
Oakwood Academy, 24–25
St. Leo’s School for Boys, 28–31
truancy, 22
Egan, Eddie, 191–192
Egan, Richard, 97
Eight Iron Men, 81–82
Ekins, Bud, 100
Elmira, New York, 6–7
Emmy nomination, 119
Emperor of the North, 193–194, 248
emphysema, 244
England, filming in, 169–172
Eniwetok, battle of, 48–49
Epper, Tony, 163–164, 184, 217–220, 226
Erlene, 19
“Escape,” 108
Eskimos, 9–10
estate, disposition of, 250
Evans, Linda, 205–207, 213–214
F
Falana, Lola, 205–207
family members
ancestors, 6–11, 13
brother. See Marvin, Robert Davidge
children. See children of Lee Marvin
father. See Marvin, Lamont Waltham (Monte)
mother. See Marvin, Courtenay Washing ton Davidge
Robert Marvin. See Marvin, Robert Davidge
wives. See Marvin, Betty Ebeling; Marvin,
Pamela Feeley
Farr, John, 253
fatherhood. See children of Lee Marvin
Feeley, Pamela. See Marvin, Pamela Feeley
Feldman, Phil, 182–183
Fell, Norman, 136–137
fencing class, 66
Ferrer, Jose, 92, 144, 151
fighting. See also violence; war, real
banjo incident, 221–222
bar room fights, description of picking, 68
childhood, 5
class issues resulting in, 20
Dade City High School, with, 31
in English pub, 170
freight train, on a, 194
high school, at, 27
between Lee’s parents, 27–28
love for fight scenes, 85
postwar, with father and brother, 57
quotes on, 160–161
“Route 66”
incident, 121–122
teenage, 28
ten-year old, incident as a, 22–23
TV gaffe involving, 108–109
Fighting Fourth Marine Division, 42–43, 46–51
Fincke, William Mann, 23–24
firearms
.45 automatic pistol, father’s, 46, 48, 51
care of on sets, 163
Garand M-1, 88
gunpowder incident, 60
misuse of, 146, 1
54
M-1’s, 232–233
practicing draws of, 101
TV gaffe involving, 108
fishing, love of, 20, 80, 83–84, 213
“Fist of Five,” 118
Fitzgerald, Ella, 99
Fix, Beverly and Paul, 146
Fleischer, Richard, 97–98, 204
Flippen, J.C., 151
Florida State Citrus Commission, 26–28, 31
Flynn, Errol, 20
Fonda, Jane, 151–158
football, high school, 31
Ford convertible, ownership of, 79–80
Ford, Glenn, 86–87
Ford, John, 123–127, 130–133
Forster, Robert, 241
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, 86
“Fragile Fox,” 101
Fraker, William, 186
France, filming Dog Day, 239–240
Frankenheimer, John, 110, 119, 194–197
Frankovich, Mike, 147
Franz, Arthur, 82–83
French Haute Couture salon, 117
Fuller, Sam, 118, 202, 204–207, 230–235
G
gaffes on early live TV, 108–109
gambling, 217
Garand M-1 rifles, 88
gardening, 242
Garland, Beverly, 109
Garner, James, 96
“General Electric Theater,” 110–111
Gibbs, Wolcott, 69
girlfriends
1943, unnamed, 44, 46
affairs leading to separation with Betty, 147
Betty Ebeling. See Marvin, Betty Ebeling
Maverick Theater actresses, 64–65
Michele Triola. See Triola, Michele
New York Times reporter, with, 178–179
Pamela Feeley. See Marvin, Pamela Feeley
Gloske, John, 206
Golden Globes
Best Actor in a Comedy award, 166
nomination for Paint Your Wagon, 185
Goldman & Kagan, 221–228
Gordon, Don, 111–112
Gordon, Leo, 67–68, 87–88
Gorilla At Large, 91, 206
Gorky Park, 236–239
Grahame, Gloria, 87, 98
Grant, Cary, 79
Graves, Peter, 93
Great Depression, 18–19
Greco, Jose, 144
Green, Walon, 185
Greenwich Village drinking bouts, 57–58
Gregory, James, 119
Grimes, Gary, 204
Guadalcanal, 38, 50
Gulager, Clu, 136–139
Gun Fury, 87–88
Gunn, Moses, 195–196
gunpowder incident, 60
guns. See firearms
Guth, Ray, 186
H
Hackman, Gene, 191–192
Hadnot Point, North Carolina, 36–37
Hamill, Mark, 231–235
hand-to-hand combat, 48–49
Hangman’s Knot, 79
harassment of women, 129
Harrigan (Inukitsoq), 10–11, 15–16
Hart, Colonel Franklin, 92
Harte, Bret, 21
Hathaway, Henry, 69, 75–77, 239
Hawaii, 131–133
Hayes, Ira, 118–119
Hecht, Harold, 150–158
Heckeroth, Adolph, 58–59, 63
Heckeroth, Bill, 58–59
Heflin, Van, 93–94
Hell in the Pacific, 180–182
Hellman, Monte, 213–214
Hell’s Angels, 90
Hemingway, Ernest, 135
Henson, Matthew, 9–10
hepatitis, 243
heritage of Lee Marvin, 6–11, 13
Heston, Charlton, 117
Hickman, Dwayne, 151–153
history, Lee’s interest in, 21, 24
hobos, 193–194
Hoge, Fr. James, 29, 184
Hollywood
Courtenay Marvin’s characterization of, 77–78
decision to prioritize over Broadway, 70
first visit to, 43
moves to, 77–78
“Home of the Brave,” 67
homecoming, postwar, 52
homosexuality, 115–116
honesty, 156
honeymoon with Betty Ebeling, 83
Hopkins, Bo, 186–187
Horton, Robert, 128–129
Hosford, Mary, 105
hospitalization
in 1986, leading to death, 243–245
during Gorky Park, 237
war wound, recuperation from, 51
houses owned by Lee Marvin
Hollywood Knolls, 94
Malibu beach house, 156, 162, 179
Uplifter’s Ranch, Santa Monica, 105
“How Charlie Faust Won a Pennant for the Giants,” 110–111
Howard, Ron, 204
Hudkins, John, 186
Hudson, Rock, 87
Huie, William Bradford, 204
humor, sense of, 80
Hunt, Peter, 211
Hurt, William, 236–239
Hyman, Ken, 182–183
hypocrisy, disdain for, 29
I
I Died a Thousand Times, 99
I Never Sang for My Father, 191–192
illnesses. See hospitalization
Indio, California, 165
instincts, acting, 110
interviews with press, 159–161
Inukitsoq (Harrigan), 10–11, 15–16
investments, 207–208
Israel, filming in, 231, 233, 241–242
Iwo Jima, 118–119
J Jacksonville, Florida, 31
Jaeckel, Richard, 102, 169–172, 240–241
Japanese soldiers, 38, 47–50, 180–182
Jarmusch, Jim, 249, 252
Jaws, effect on film industry, 203
jazz, 98–99
Jefferson, Blind Lemon, 83
Jim Kane, 190–191
“Joan of Arc at the Stake,” 94
Jones, L.Q., 84–85, 96, 124–125
Jones, Tommy Lee, 252
K Kagon, A. David, 148, 222–229
Kaufman, Millard, 95, 104, 205–206
Kaye, Stubby, 151–152
Kazan, Lainie, 241
Keitel, Harvey, 250–251
Kelly’s Army of 1894, 193
Kennedy, Arthur, 119
Kennedy, Burt, 100
Kennedy, George, 169–172, 241, 252
Kid Shelleen character, 150–158
Kiley, Richard, 111
kindergarten, 5, 17
King Kong incident, 218
Knopf, Christopher, 193–194
Kolldehoff, Reinhard, 211–212
Korean War movies
The Glory Brigade, 85–86
The Rack, 102–103
Korvin, Charles, 144
Kramer, Stanley, 81–82, 88–90, 92–93, 98, 144–149
Kudluktoo, 10–11, 15–16
Kulik, Buzz, 110
Kwajalein incident, 47
L
La Jolla Playhouse, 103
Lakeland, Florida, 28–29, 31
Lamour, Dorothy, 132
Lancaster, Burt, 161–166
Landers, Hal, 186
Lang, Fritz, 86–87
Las Vegas, 83, 164–165, 217–218
Latimer Productions, 112–113
Laughlin, Tom, 114
“Lawbreakers,” 119–120
Lea, Fern, 185
Lee, Peggy, 99
Lee, Robert E., 6, 14–15
Leigh, Vivien, 144, 149
Lemmon, Jack, 159
Lenz, Kay, 210
Lerner, Alan Jay, 183–184
lesbianism, 239
Levinson, Peter, 123
Liberty Valance, The Man Who Shot, 124–127, 130–131, 251
Linderman, Mitch, 150
live theater vs. film acting, 103–104
Livingston, Leon R., 193–194
Logan, Josh, 183–184
London, Jack, 21, 80, 193
Lone Pin
e, California, 96
Lopez, Trini, 169–172, 252
love scenes, 186
Luna, Barbara, 144, 147–148
Lupino, Ida, 118
M
“M Squad,” 113–118
Mahoney, Jim, 222
Malibu, California
beach house, 156, 162, 179
The Raft bar, 174
Malick, Terence, 190
Mann, Abby, 144
Manumit school, 23–24
March, Fredric, 195–197
Marine Corps, U.S.
acting, applying lessons from, 64
boot camp and training, 33–36
Camp Elliott, 40–42
Corporal, promotion to, 40
demolition training, 44
drunken reenlistment attempts, 217
Eniwetok, battle of, 48–49
enlistment in, 32–33
“Fighting Fourth” Division, 42–43, 46–51
hospital ship, recuperation on, 51
Iwo Jima, 118–119
Marshall Islands campaign, 47
Military Occupational Specialties training, 40–42
negative attitude towards, 41
“Our Time in Hell,” 172–173
Purple Heart, receiving while serving in, 50–51
Quartermaster School., 36–40
rejection for reenlistment, 54–55
Saipan, battle of, 48–50
scout/sniper activity, 47
training film for, 241
visits with his father while in, 44–46
war crimes witnessed while in, 46–47
Marley, John, 151
marriages
Betty Ebeling, to, 83. See also Marvin, Betty Ebeling
of daughter Cynthia Louise, 239
Pamela Feeley, to, 189–193. See also
Marvin, Pamela Feeley
parents, Lee Marvin’s, 13
Marshall Islands campaign, 47
Martin, Strother, 209–210
Martinson, Leslie, 110–111
Marvin, Betty Ebeling
Academy Awards, missing from, 167–168
bossing around Lee, 128
Cat Ballou, reading of script, 151
children’s relationship with Pam Marvin, 209
dating, 79–81
defense of by Lee, 105–106
divorce from Lee, 178
drunkenness, reaction to Lee’s, 127–129
French Haute Couture salon, 117
gifts given to, 96–97
girls, birth of, 94
“M Squad,” toll on marriage, 114–116
Marlon Brando and, 90
Michele Triola, encounter with, 155–156
O’Connor, Carroll, friendship with, 175
proposal to, 83
rebuffing Lee before Feeley marriage, 189–190
reconciliation attempts, 151, 177, 222
separation from Lee, 145–146
Uplifter’s Ranch home, discovery of, 105
wedding ceremony, 83
Marvin, Christopher Lamont
birth, 74, 84
BSOL and, 251–252
Dirty Dozen sequel, discussion of, 240–241
illness of Lee, 244
relationship with Lee, 127–128, 135
Marvin, Claudia Leslie, 94
Marvin, Courtenay Lee, 94, 239
Marvin, Courtenay Washington Davidge
ancestry of, 12–13
career of, 13–14, 18