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Liberation: Diaries:1970-1983

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by Christopher Isherwood


  Exhibitions and shows: group show at Billy Al Bengston’s studio (1970) xix, 88, 104, 107–8, 109; Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles (1974) xix-xx, 361, 362, 407, 408–9, 416, 434, 445, 447, 449, 453, 456, 460–61, 467; (1977) 545, 547, 548, 549–50, 550–51, 551–2; Irving Blum’s gallery, Los Angeles (1970) 3, 7, 14, 16, 18, 23, 47, 64, 69, 81, 87, 123; joint show with Ed Ruscha at Hansen-Fuller Gallery, San Francisco (1970) 118, 121, 123, 125; joint show at San Pedro Art Gallery (1971) 153, 157; Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park (1973) 293, 345, 358, 359, 361–3, 364, 366, 374–5, 376–8, 380, 411, 427; (1979) 609; New York Cultural Center (1974) 375, 397, 412, 414, 416, 419, 421, 426, 430; Dootson-Calderhead Gallery, Seattle (1975) 487; Texas Gallery, Houston (1979) 545, 609; Redlands (1979) 608; Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles (1980) 621, 626, 629, 630; Robert Miller Gallery, New York (1980) 646, 649–51, 652–3, 665; Pierce College, Woodland Hills (1981) 669; West Beach Café (1981) 673; group show at Newport Beach art museum (1981) 674–5

  Publications: Last Drawings of Christopher Isherwood xxix, 688; see also “Frankenstein: The True Story”; October

  Relationship with C.I.: C.I.’s love for viii–ix, xv, xx, xxxv, xl, 26, 90, 166–7, 287, 353, 363, 446, 556, 557, 565, 663–4, 680, 682, 687; C.I.’s happiness with ix, xx, xxxv, 2, 78, 91, 97, 110, 115, 163, 217, 263–4, 287, 293, 294, 314, 375, 378, 381, 428, 455, 463, 472, 474, 489, 556, 568, 569, 626, 643, 667, 688; physical and sexual aspects ix, xix, xxi, 412, 671, 680, 681; parallels of relationship in their screenplay of “Frankenstein” xvii–xviii; secret animal identities xx–xxi, 201, 276, 693, 722, 754; jealousies and conflicts xxi, xxxiii, 40, 60, 106–7, 247–8, 249, 474, 483, 600, 601, 608, 609–610, 663–4, 675; mutual identification with one another xxi–xxii, 90, 128, 245, 269, 463, 474, 484, 563; C.I. misses while apart 28, 35, 39, 41, 64, 201, 202, 397, 419, 603, 604; eighteenth anniversary of meeting 142, 143; C.I.’s notebook on relationship 156, 157, 166; C.I.’s pride in 162, 375, 380, 421, 485, 650, 660, 669; twentieth anniversary of meeting 341, 451; relationship not viewed as a marriage 411; twenty-second anniversary of meeting 472; their first meeting 544, 592, 615; twenty-seventh anniversary of meeting 626

  Bachardy, Glade (Don’s mother): birthdays 144, 496; sends C.I. Valentine’s card 144; visits C.I. and Don 147; C.I. visits and socializes with 153, 273, 490, 499, 504, 587; and Don’s new car 198; suffers attack during Christmas dinner 218; trip to Europe 266, 273, 279; Don buys chihuahua for 352; Don visits for Christmas 411; mental and physical deterioration 555, 557, 587, 662, 687; death of husband 557, 558, 559; providing care for in widowhood 559, 569, 585, 662, 687; 696

  Bachardy, Jess (Don’s father): helps with repairs and renovations 122, 147; C.I. visits and socializes with 153, 273, 490, 499, 504; and Don’s cars 198, 267, 273, 557; at Christmas dinner 218; trip to Europe 266, 273, 279; Don visits for Christmas 411; at Glade’s birthday 496; cancer 548, 551, 555; death 557; clearing apartment and settling estate 557, 559; 696

  Bachardy, Ted (Don’s brother): mental breakdowns 214, 364, 451, 584, 585, 687; at family gatherings 218, 496, 499, 504; at the movies and theater with C.I. and Don 490, 492, 497, 504; drives C.I. and Don to airport 508; and father’s illness 548, 555; death of father 557, 558; and care of mother 559, 569, 585; relations with Don 637; on deaths of movie stars 659; 696–7

  Bacon, Francis 319, 323–4, 510, 513, 552, 697

  Bad Company (film) 311

  Baddeley, Hermione 18, 19, 697

  Baeressen, Beverly 279, 506

  Baggage (ballet) 75–6

  Bailey, Jeffrey (Jeff) 273, 496, 697

  Bailey, Paul 531, 607, 697

  Balanchine, George 169n, 247n, 697–8

  Balcon, Jill 515n

  Baldwin, Bob 644

  Baldwin, Stanley 330

  Ball, William (Bill) 91

  Balogh, Endre 234

  Balzac, Honoré de 402

  Bangladesh 155n, 698

  Barada 526, 698

  Bard, Mr. (Chelsea Hotel manager) 423–4

  Barley, Hank 161

  Barnett, Jimmy (Sat; Swami Buddhananda) 228, 373, 445, 518, 698

  Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery 293, 345, 358, 374–5, 376–7, 497, 609

  Barrault, Jean-Louis 78

  Barrie, Jay Michael: nurses Gerald Heard through final illness 84, 142, 159, 163, 183; and Peggy Kiskadden 142; and death of Stravinsky 163; and Heard’s death 188–90, 199; trip to Trabuco with C.I. 189, 190–92; stays with Clare Boothe Luce in Honolulu 189, 191, 195; and Christopher Wood 191, 511; and Jack Jones 192; refuses proposed Advocate obituary of Heard 194; and Margaret Gage 198; moralism 248; on Prabhavananda at Trabuco 248; book on Heard 283–4; offers to pay Larry Miller’s medical expenses 469; house in Santa Monica Canyon 614; 698

  Barrie, J.M. 12

  Bataille, Georges 59

  Bates, Alan 585

  Baumes, Bud 480

  Baxter, Anne 138–9, 181, 274, 519, 594, 698–9

  Baxter, Keith 557, 568, 572, 583, 584, 608n, 699

  BBC: “Late Night Extra” 7; film on Forster 87, 89; film on George Eliot 163; proposed radio play of C.I.’s A Single Man 176; “Hooray for Hollywood” (“Arena: Cinema” segment) 409, 410–411; Paul Bailey interview of C.I. 531

  Beardsley, Aubrey 275

  Beaton, Cecil 46–7, 74, 511, 699; The Happy Years 173

  Beatty, Warren 491, 496

  Beaumont, Hugh “Binkie” 46

  “Beautiful and Damned, The” (C.I and Don Bachardy; draft television screenplay) 471, 477, 478, 479–80, 481

  Beckett, Samuel: Not I 319, 320; Krapp’s Last Tape 320–21

  Bedford, Brian 126, 171, 545, 699

  Beesley, Alec 40, 42, 46, 197, 213, 228, 302, 325, 511, 680–81, 699–700

  Beesley, Dodie Smith: C.I. socializes with in England 28, 40, 42–3, 325, 511; Christian Science beliefs 41, 48; appearance and character 42–3, 325; comments on C.I.’s A Meeting by the River 46, 70–71; and Keith Vaughan 52; and C.I.’s journals 197; views on C.I.’s Kathleen and Frank 213; correspondence with C.I. 228, 680–81; Don Bachardy’s third choice to spend Christmas with 302; autobiography 441; C.I. speculates on reaction to Conan Doyle 588; 699–700

  Between You and Me 46; A Tale of Two Families viii, 39, 40–41, 42

  Behrendt, Olive 386

  Behrman, S.N. 388, 700; People in a Diary 251–2, 388–90

  Belcher, Muriel 513

  Bell, Arthur 221

  Bell, Larry xix, 80, 107, 282–3, 700

  Bell, Quentin, Virginia Woolf 358

  Bell, Vanessa x, 21

  Belur Math, West Bengal, India: headquarters of Ramakrishna Math and Mission xxvi, 109, 124, 155, 363, 418, 464, 482, 486; Vivekananda centenary celebrations xxvii, xxxiii; numbers of monks 137

  Bender, Jack 230

  Benglis, Lynda 494

  Bengston, Billy Al: arranges group show including Don Bachardy xix, 88, 104, 107–8, 109; friendship and socializing with C.I. and Bachardy 84, 112, 135, 182, 188, 204, 216, 233, 240, 243, 302, 381, 385, 427, 476, 490, 494, 497, 500, 502, 505, 519, 520, 533, 558, 559–60, 577, 598–9, 607, 608, 620, 676; motorcycle racing 84, 112; art works 109, 153, 243, 577; Bachardy shows new work to 113, 142–3, 204; trips to Mexico 143, 536, 538; and Bachardy’s Municipal Art Gallery show 361–2, 363, 376; relations with Irving Blum 361–2; on “Frankenstein” television film 406; and Bachardy’s New York Cultural Center show 419; recommends doctor 479; Corcoran Gallery show 505; birthdays 544, 569; running 559–60, 562, 599; trips to Hawaii 577, 580, 676; views on Bachardy’s work 580; warns of effects of Butazolidin 590; 700–701

  Bennett, Arnold 613

  Bennett, Jill 508, 511, 543

  Benson, Robby 492

  Bente, Dan 517

  Berg, Norman (roofer) 122, 124

  Berg, Robert 547

  Berger, B. (father of autograph hunter) 299

  Bergeron, Douglas 494

  Bergman, Ingmar: Autumn Sonata 591; Face to Face 520; The Magic Flute 492; The Touch 194 />
  Bergman, Ingrid 335, 471, 585, 591, 701; The Constant Wife 471, 474; Don Bachardy draws 474; The Bells of St. Mary’s 564

  Berkeley, California 353; Vedanta Center 179, 486n

  Berkeley, University of California at 392, 399, 645

  Berlant, Anthony (Tony) xix, 107, 701

  Berlin, Germany: C.I.’s life in (1930s) xxiv–xxv, 398, 400, 408, 409, 437, 446, 447, 522, 668; stage production of Cabaret 467

  Berlin of Sally Bowles, The (C.I.; omnibus edition of novels) 465

  Bernard, James (Jimmy) 327, 511

  Bernheim, Alain 334

  Bernheimer, Martin 386

  Bernolak, Mark 658

  Bernstein, Leonard 134

  Bertrand, Marcheline (Voight) 215, 311, 360, 701

  Berwick, Keith 570, 571n

  Berwick-upon-Tweed, England 512

  Best Years of Our Lives, The (film) 201

  Bhadrananda, Swami see Worton, Len Bhaghavad Gita: C.I. and Prabhavananda’s translation 64; C.I.’s recording of readings from 541–2, 598, 602, 607

  Bhaktiprana (earlier Gwendolen Thomas) 420

  Bhaskarananda, Swami 518

  Bhavyananda, Swami 9, 77, 327, 701–2

  Bhuma see Johnson, Clifford Bijou (sex film) 303–4

  Birtwell, Celia see Clark, Celia Black, Seymour 495

  Black, Steve 268

  Black Sparrow Press (publishers) 624

  Blackpool, England 163–164

  Blair Atholl, Scotland 512

  Blakemore, Michael 51n

  Blanch, Lesley 5, 702

  Bleasdale, John (decorator) 124, 127, 131

  Blenheim Palace, England 512, 532

  Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb (film) 265

  Bloom, Claire 172

  Blue Bird, The (George Cukor film) 449

  Blum, Irving: dealer for Don Bachardy xix, xx, 3, 16, 23, 87–8, 108, 122, 123, 157, 177, 204, 358, 359, 361–2, 363, 366, 375, 377, 409; C.I. and Bachardy socialize with 13, 80–81, 218, 359; and Leonard Stanley 113n; house and art collection 193; relations with Billy Al Bengston 361–2; 702

  Blum, Jason 193

  Blum, Shirley 16, 80, 193, 218, 359, 702

  Bobo, Wallace 373, 702

  Bockris, Victor 597

  Boeing 747 (“jumbo jet”) 174, 312, 314

  Bogarde, Dirk 40

  Bogdanovich, Peter 260, 274, 533, 534, 702

  Bok, Derek 131–2, 135–6, 261

  Böll, Heinrich 170

  Boman, Eric 209–210, 291, 320, 329, 335, 343, 510, 511, 515

  Bond, Edward 67

  Boorman, Christel 494, 496, 506, 507, 526

  Boorman, John: at Jon Voight’s wedding 215; and possible film version of C.I.’s A Single Man 215; and “Frankenstein” television film 220–21, 222, 227, 228, 231, 233, 242, 247, 256, 260, 291; C.I. socializes with 494, 496, 506, 507, 527; and Dr. Elsie Giorgi 527; 702–3

  Deliverance 222n, 260, 311; Zardoz 227n, 415

  Booth, Shirley 258

  Bopp, Bill 244, 493, 579, 703

  Borges, Jorge Luis 596–7

  Borrow, George, The Bible in Spain 556

  Bosetti, Giulio 267

  Boswell, James 632

  Bosworth, Patricia, Montgomery Clift: A Biography 568

  Boucher, René 377, 378

  Boutique Fantasque, La (ballet) 57, 58

  Bowen Jones, Rosemary 409, 410–411

  Bowen, Karl 19–20, 29, 703

  Bower, Tony 243, 703

  Bowie, Angie 496

  Bowie, David 496, 567, 703–4; The Elephant Man 648

  Bowles, Paul 170, 517, 565, 704

  Boy Meets Boy (musical) 501

  Boys in the Sand, The (sex film) 303

  Boyt, Alexander “Ali” 513n

  Brackett, Charles 365, 400n, 704

  Brackett, Muff 364–5, 400n, 598, 704

  Bradbury, Ray 290, 442–3, 704; I Sing the Body Electric! 157

  Bradford, England 513

  Bradley, Dan 13, 14–15, 331, 332, 332–4, 513, 610, 616, 704

  Bradley, Evelyn (Dan’s wife) 13, 15, 53, 55, 331–2, 333–4, 513, 610, 611, 616, 704

  Bradley, Ronald (Dan and Evelyn’s son) 610

  Bradley, Susan (Dan and Evelyn’s daughter) 332, 610

  Bradley, Tom 363

  Bradshaw, Judge John (17th-century ancestor of C.I.) 116

  Brahmananda, Swami (Maharaj): and C.I.’s meditation 101, 105–6, 107; and Prabhavananda 110, 127, 148, 166, 200, 203, 219–20, 222, 237, 250, 261, 280, 281, 282, 345, 346, 353, 355, 363, 365–6, 397, 413, 418, 436, 439, 440, 452; puja 133, 134, 151, 494, 561; and Ramakrishna 219, 222, 355; visions 222; The Eternal Companion: Brahmananda, His Life and Teachings (Prabhavananda) 251, 413n, 532; and Mokshada 349, 352; and Holy Mother (Sarada Devi) 452; 705

  Brainard, Joe 168, 302, 705

  Brambell, Wilfrid 13

  Brandeis Medal 471, 474

  Brando, Marlon 214, 350, 508, 705

  Brandon, Michael 176

  Brandt, Stuart 496, 501, 705–6

  Brautigan, Richard: The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster 148; Trout Fishing in America 141, 148;

  Bravo, Angie (cleaner) 352–3

  Brazil 351

  Brecht, Bertolt 29

  Brendel, Alfred 379

  Brett, Jeremy 595–6

  Brevard, Lee 500, 507, 706

  Brewer, John 514

  Brewster, Truman 103

  Bridges, James (Jimmy, Jim): friendship and socializing with C.I. 1, 81, 130, 193, 240–41, 252, 262, 263, 276–7, 296–7, 309, 343, 385, 407, 494, 498, 506, 533, 534, 575, 601, 638; and Jim Gates 45; and proposed Writers Guild strike 86; relationship with Jack Larson 95, 226, 296–7, 308; suspected appendicitis 95; at goodbye dinner for Peter Schlesinger 103; on homosexuals’ use of women’s names 126; and proposed stage productions of A Meeting by the River 126, 206, 238, 281; treatment for “Frankenstein” television film 130; in New York 150, 378; Don Bachardy’s drawing of Warhol loaned to 157; and Gavin Lambert 187, 232–3; possible director of “Frankenstein” television film 206, 211, 233; skiing 241; attends Joe Chaikin’s directing classes 252; at Tom Hayden’s lectures on Indochina 261, 275, 277; Christmas with family in Arkansas 297; and Writers Guild Strike 346, 347; and possible film version of A Meeting by the River 378, 384, 391, 394, 395, 400, 405, 414–15, 419, 422–3, 424–5, 430–31; swollen lymph glands 400; recommends Open Theater Company productions 406; Salka Viertel visits 409, 414, 415, 416; upset by John Voight’s comments on homosexuals 410; three-picture deal with Warner Brothers 414–15; joins Peter Viertel in Spain 444; and Proposition 6 campaign 576–7; and Mark Bernolak 658; 706

  The Babymaker 1–2, 16, 139; A Meeting by the River (stage production) 226, 227, 228, 229–30, 232–3, 238, 298, 307; The Paper Chase 259, 281, 308, 313, 346, 355, 378, 385, 391, 395, 405, 575; September 30, 1955 506; A Streetcar Named Desire (stage production) 259–60, 312, 343, 346, 347, 348, 349; White Hunter, Black Heart 415, 422, 430–31, 444

  Bridges, Jeff 518

  Bridges, Jim, Urban Cowboy 628, 638

  Briggs, John (California State Senator), Proposition 6 569–70, 575, 576–7, 586, 587, 599, 600

  Bringing Up Baby (film) 533

  Brisson, Frederick 581, 600, 706

  British Museum, London 328–329, 510

  Britten, Benjamin 54, 487, 511–512, 706–707; Paul Bunyan 512

  Brodie, Ian 617

  Brontë, Emily, Wuthering Heights 13, 104–5, 513n

  Brook, Peter 252; King Lear 215–16

  Brookes, Jacqueline 293, 298, 306, 707

  Brooks, Louise 536, 538, 588, 641

  Brosman, Dr. 680

  Brown, Andreas 169

  Brown, Andrew 511, 514, 515, 707

  Brown, Bill: Don Bachardy visits in Montecito 97, 99, 256; C.I. and Bachardy visit in Montecito 117, 211, 270, 271; and C.I.’s Kathleen and Frank 197; friendship and socializing with C.I. 247, 424; plans to move 247, 271; house in New Hampshire 271, 293, 300; paintings 424; moves to San Francisco 430, 4
37; C.I. and Bachardy stay with in San Francisco 666–7; 707

  Brown, Dan (“Dan Curzon”) 467

  Brown, Frederick, An Impersonation of Angels 7

  Brown, Gregory 10, 29, 57, 511, 515

 

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