by Mark Bailey
Fisher, Eddie, 244, 294, 295
Fitzgerald, Ella, 193
Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 12, 28, 31, 66, 67, 75, 76, 108–10, 130
Fitzgerald, Scottie, 109
Fitzgerald, Zelda, 31, 75, 76, 108–10
Flamingo Hotel, 237
flappers, 55
Fleetwood Mac, 277
Fleming, Ian, 287
Floyd, Mamie, 7
“Flying Luncheons,” 14
Flynn, Errol, 6, 7, 22, 24, 30, 76, 77, 84, 111–14, 130, 138, 186–87, 218, 219, 224–26, 232
Fonda, Henry, 179, 180
Fonda, Jane, 270
Fonda, Peter, 256, 257
Ford, Glenn, 138
Ford, Harrison, 298
Ford, John, 52, 53, 83, 152, 179–81, 182, 218–20, 234
Ford, Mary, 180
“Ford Country,” 179
For Me and My Gal, 190
Formosa Café, 189, 290
Forrest, Frederic, 259–60
Forrest Gump, 10
Foster, David, 280
Foster, Jodie, 298
Four Men and a Prayer, 218, 219
Fowler, Gene, 7, 47, 112
Fox, William, 115
Fox Film Corporation (Fox Studios), 115, 120, 127, 144, 147, 152, 153
Fox Grandeur, 115–16
Frances, 102
Frances Farmer Presents, 102
Francis, Kay, 42
Francis, Lee, 144
Frankenstein vs. Dracula, 173
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, 277
Frederick, Pauline, 3–4
Frederickson, Gray, 259
Fremont, Harry, 232
Freud, Sigmund, 7
From Here to Eternity, 175, 176, 177–78, 288
Frusciante, John, 139
F. Suie One, 164
Fury, 41
G
Gable, Clark, 39, 100, 117–19, 120, 136, 137–38, 175, 189, 291–92
Gantt, Ernest Raymond Beaumont, 99–100
Gantt, Sunny, 100
Garbo, Greta, 28, 29, 30, 71, 77, 139
Garden of Allah, 30–31, 72, 76, 81–82, 138
Gardner, Ava, 178, 182–88, 189, 244, 245, 286, 289, 301
Gardner, Bappie, 183
Garfield, John, 303
Garland, Judy, 10, 134–35, 170, 190–92, 205, 226, 293
Gates, Phyllis, 265, 266
Gazzara, Ben, 248
Geffen, David, 262, 263
Geguzin, Hershel, 95, 96
Gehrig, Lou, 140
General, The, 37
General Hospital, 250
Genina, Augusto, 17
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 65
Gerasimov, Sergei, 235
Germs, 277
Gershwin, George, 134
Gershwin, Ira, 134
Getaway, The, 274, 278, 280–81
Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The, 302
Ghost of Frankenstein, 174
Giancana, Sam, 251
Giant, 256, 264–66, 295
Gielgud, John, 242
Gilbert, John, 22, 28–30, 110
Gilda, 127
Gimlet, 90, 91
Girl Crazy, 134–35
“Girl with the Golden Curls,” 63
Gish, Lillian, 30, 32
Gladiator, 253, 283
Glass Key, The, 132
Gleason, Jackie, 194–95, 268
Glenville, Peter, 243
Gloria, 230
Go Down, Moses (Faulkner), 104
go-go dancing graze, 277
Godard, Jean-Luc, 41, 222, 227
Goddard, Paulette, 205
Godfather, The, 178, 188, 200, 280
Going Hollywood, 18
Going My Way, 97
Golden Boy, 103
Golden Globes, 10, 298
Gold Rush, The, 46–47
Goldwyn, Frances, 32, 33
Goldwyn, Samuel, 32–34, 55, 109, 122, 146
Goldwyn Studios, 189
Gone with the Wind, 33, 104, 117, 213
Good Earth, The, 162
Goodman, Ezra, 33–34
Goodrich, Francis, 81
Gould, Elliot, 90
Gould, Joie, 281
Graduate, The, 10
Graham, Sheilah, 76, 110
Grahame, Gloria, 42, 217, 228
Grand Hotel, 6, 93
Grand Illusion, 62
Grant, Cary, 22, 60, 127, 196–99, 205, 220, 252, 277
Grapes of Wrath, The, 83, 105, 179
Grateful Dead, 11
Grauman, Sid, 40, 123, 145
Grauman’s Chinese Theater, 116
Graves Gin, 121
Great Caruso, The, 191
Great Escape, The, 274
Great Gatsby, The, 108
“Great Lover, The,” 28, 29
Great McGinty, The, 147, 148
“Great Profile, The,” 7
“Great Stone Face,” 37
Green, Burton, 73
Green Berets, The, 234
Greenstreet, Sidney, 164
Gregory, Paul, 214
Grey, Lita, 47
Greyhound, 192
Grieve, Harold, 122
Griffin, Merv, 10
Griffith, D. W., 5, 32–34, 63, 77
Group Theatre, 103
Guardian, 286
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?, 152
Guinness, 24
Gulf + Western, 74
Gunk, 286
Guns N’ Roses, 263, 293
Guns of Navarone, The, 253
Gurdin, Maria “Mud,” 302, 303
Gypsy, 302
H
Hackett, Albert, 81
Hadley, Dave, 232
Hail the Conquering Hero, 147
Haines, William, 60
Hale, Georgia, 47
Half and Half, 24
Hamlet, 6, 7, 84, 242
Hammer Films, 283
Hammett, Dashiell, 66, 90, 207
Hampshire House, 213–14
hangover cures, 77, 78
Happy Land, 302
Harakiri, 41
hard-boiled detectives, 90–91
Hardy, Oliver, 44, 120
Harlow, Jean, 59–60, 110, 120–22, 155, 275, 303
Harpur College, 229
Harris, Phil, 232
Harris, Richard, 249, 253–55
Harrison, George, 220
Harry Potter films, 253
Harvard Lampoon, The, 75
Hatrick, Gloria, 158
Hawks, Howard, 41, 88, 102, 104–6, 107, 127, 136
Hayden, Sterling, 200–202, 204
Haymes, Dick, 128–29
Hays Code, 125
Hayward, Leland, 180
Hayworth, Rita, 127–29, 155, 159, 182, 251, 301
HBO, 258
Hearst, William Randolph, 15–24, 39, 60–61, 141–42, 143, 206, 220
Hearst family, 23
Heart of Darkness (Conrad), 259
Hearts of Darkness, 261
Hecht, Ben, 66, 109, 141
Hellman, Lillian, 66, 77
Hellraisers, (Sellers), 242
Hell’s Angels, 120
Hemingway, Ernest, 66, 105, 108, 184–88
Hendry, Whitey, 153
Henry IV, Part 1, 241
Hepburn, Katharine, 152, 260
Hershey, Almira, 5
High Noon, 173, 178, 217
High Sierra, 111, 169, 207
Highsmith, Patricia, 88
Hill, James, 128
Hill Street Blues, 230
Hilton, Conrad “Nicky,” 237, 294, 295, 298
Hilton Hotels, 298
Hitchcock, Alfred, 41, 42, 71, 88, 136, 158, 196
Hitler, Adolf, 117
Hoffa, 10
Holden, William, 132–34, 138, 203–4
Hollywood Athletic Club, 52–53
Hollywood Bowl, 172, 191
Hollywood Hotel, 4–5, 73
Hollywood Reporter, 122–23, 124, 205
Holman, Libby, 176
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p; Holmby Hills Rat Pack, 170
homosexuality, 60–61, 82, 196, 197, 232, 242, 264–66
Honeymooners, The, 194
Hoosiers, 256
Hoover, Herbert, 115, 137
Hope, Bob, 21, 158
Hopkins, Miriam, 42
Hopper, Dennis, 256–61, 276, 302–4
Hopper, Hedda, 39–40, 111, 143, 225
Horizon Pictures, 208
Horn, Alfred, 56
Hornblow, Arthur, 193
Horse Feathers, 140
Hotel Bel-Air, 139, 220–21
Hotel California, 74
Hotel Palumbo, 210
Hotel St. Francis, 35
Houdini Séances, 252
House I Live In, The, 206
Houseman, John, 88–90, 159–61, 227
House of Dracula, 83
House of Frankenstein, 83
House Un-American Activities Committee, 103, 200, 206, 288
How Green Was My Valley, 142, 179
How to Sleep, 75
Howard, Robert, 25
Howard, Trevor, 215
Hudson, Rock, 264–66, 295
Hughes, Howard, 59, 61, 74, 120–21, 139, 146, 147, 150, 182, 220
Hunchback of Notre Dame, The, 173
Hunter, Tab, 265
Hunter, The, 274
Hunter, The (Stark), 271
Hustler, The, 194
Huston, Anjelica, 75
Huston, John, 169, 200, 207–11, 244, 291, 292
Huston, Walter, 122, 207
Huxley, Aldous, 66, 198
I
Ibsen, Henrik, 213, 214
“I Don’t Care Girl,” 54
“I Got Rhythm,” 134–35
I, in the Membership of My Days (Harris), 253
I Love Lucy, 193
Imitation of Life, 155
I’m No Angel, 196
In a Lonely Place, 227, 228
Informer, The, 179, 219
Inherit the Wind, 152
“In like Flynn,” 111
In Old California, 32
Intolerance, 32
Irina, Princess, 87
Irma, the phantom pianist, 252
It, 12
“It Girl,” 12
It Happened One Night, 117–19, 136
It’s All True, 159
I wanted Wings, 132, 133
J
Jack Daniel’s, 297
Jack’s at the Beach, 271
Jackson, Michael, 221
James, Harry, 288
Jarmusch, Jim, 212, 227, 228
Jaws, 284
Jazz Age, 108, 109
Jazz Singer, The, 138
Jefferson Airplane, 277
Jeffersons, The, 250
Jensen, Richard, 51
“Jersey Lightning,” 149
Jobim, Antonio Carlos, 288
John, Elton, 262, 293
Johnny Guitar, 200, 201, 227, 228
Johnson, Lyndon, 277
Johnson, Nunnally, 105–6
Jolson, Al, 138
Jones, Grover, 125–26
Jones, James, 177
Jones, Jennifer, 209, 210
Joseph and His Brethren, 128–29
Judaism, 250
Judge, Arline, 156
Judgment at Nuremberg, 175, 190
Judith of Bethulia, 32
Julius Caesar, 159
Jung, Vince, 189
Jungle Fever, 224
Jungle Warriors, 257
Junior Bonner, 278, 280
K
Karayan, Ed, 263
Kaufman, George S., 31
Kazan, Elia, 224, 227
Keaton, Buster, 4, 37–39, 100
Keeley Institute, 38
Keith, Brian, 278
Keller, Jack, 183
Kelly, Gene, 127, 190, 288
Kelly, Grace, 118, 220
Kendall, Donald, 95
Kennedy, John F., 258
Kennedy, Robert F., 10
Kerr, Deborah, 178, 244
Key Largo, 169, 210
Keystone Studios, 54
Khan, Prince Aly, 127, 128
Khrushchev, Nikita, 234–36
Kienzle, Raymond Nicholas, 227–29
Killers, The, 182, 185, 248, 270
Killing, The, 67, 200
Kilmister, Lemmy, 293
Kimberly Crest house, 252
King, Carole, 262, 263
King, Henry, 186
King Crimson, 277
King Kong, 14
King of Jazz, The, 98
King of Kings, 228
“King of the Hollywood Lushes,” 83
King’s Head, 243
Kinks, the, 277
Kinski, Klaus, 201
Klabund, Alfred, 86
Knickerbocker Hotel, 33, 35, 103, 183
Knox, Elyse, 174
Koszarski, Richard, 62
Kotz, Florence, 290
Kramer, Stanley, 217, 289
Kristofferson, Kris, 279
Kruse, Christel, 271
Kubrick, Stanley, 67, 200, 201
Kupcinet, Irv, 251
Kynette, Earl, 146
L
La Boheme, 122
L.A. Confidential, 189
La Marr, Barbara, 29–30
Ladd, Alan, 132
Lady Eve, The, 147, 150
Lady from Shanghai, The, 127, 159
Laemmle, Carl, Jr., 145, 146
Laird’s distillery, 149
Lake, Veronica, 89, 132–34
Lancaster, Bill, 247
Lancaster, Burt, 178, 182
Lane, Anthony, 267–68
Lane, Rollin B., 252
Lang, Fritz, 41–43
Lanza, Mario, 191
Larry Sanders Show, The, 257
Larsen, Milt, 252
Larson, Jack, 176
Lassie Come Home, 294
Last Action Hero, 224
Last Mile, The, 152
Last Movie, The, 256
Last Picture Show, The, 280
Last Tycoon, The (Fitzgerald), 28, 108, 110
Las Vegas, 146
“Latin Lovers,” 59
Laughton, Charles, 214
Laurel, Stan, 44–45, 120, 138
Laurel and Hardy Show, The, 44
lavender marriage, 60–61
L.A. Weekly, 139
Lawrence of Arabia, 208
Lazar, Irving, 170
Lazenby, George, 284, 286
Lean, David, 215
Led Zeppelin, 139, 277, 293
Lederer, Pepi, 16–17
Lee Francis’s, 153
Lee Strassberg Institute, 227
Lee, Robert E., 270
Leigh, Janet, 251
Leigh, Vivien, 30
Le Jardin bar, 73
Le Mépris, 222
Lemmon, Jack, 180, 298
Lennon, John, 262, 293
Leno, Jay, 258
Leonard, Jack, 232
Lerner, Alan Jay, 246
LeRoy, Mervyn, 145, 155, 181
Lester, Richard, 285
Let’s Make Love, 291
Levant, Oscar, 76
Lewis, Jerry, 173, 205, 247, 267, 268, 269
Lewis, Sinclair, 130
Liberace, 193
Liddy, G. Gordon, 74
Life, 25–27, 75, 127, 156, 265
Lifeboat, 71
Light in August (Faulkner), 104
Lindsey, Judge Ben, 13–14
Lipstick, 109
“Little Drummer Boy,” 97
Little Foxes, The, 71
“Little Mary,” 63
Litvak, Anatole, 205
Liz & Dick, 295–97
Lloyd, Harold, 145
Loew, Marcus, 115
Logan, Josh, 204
Lolita, 47
Lollobrigida, Gina, 209, 210
Lombard, Carole, 10, 39, 118, 136–38, 144
Long, Leslee, 165
Long Goodbye, The, 90, 200
Look Back in Anger, 241
Loos, Anita, 1, 18, 65–66, 110
Lorre, Peter, 41, 164, 209
Los Angeles Examiner, 143
Los Angeles Times, 92, 143
Lost Generation, 108
Lost Weekend, The, 33, 78–80
Lot Studio, 189
Louvish, Simon, 125
Love, 277
Love Finds Andy Hardey, 190
“Love Goddess,” 127, 182
Lover Come Back, 264
Love Story, 280
Love with the Proper Stranger, 302
Loy, Myrna, 60, 61, 122, 163, 193
LSD, 196, 197, 275
Luau, 300
Lubitsch, Ernst, 150
Luddy, Tom, 229
Luft, Sid, 226
Lugosi, Bela, 83, 247
Lulu in Hollywood (Brooks), 15
Lust for Life, 224
Lynch, David, 256, 276
Lyon, Sue, 244
M
M, 41
MacArthur, Charles, 87
“MacArthur Park,” 253
Macbeth, 159
MacGraw, Ali, 274, 280
MacMurray, Fred, 102, 237
Madame X, 155
Maddux, Jack, 14
Madsen, Michael, 231
Magic Castle, 252
Magnificent Ambersons, The, 159
Magnificent Obsession, 264
Magnificent Seven, The, 274
Maidstone, 257
Mailer, Norman, 257–58
Mai Tai, 100, 298, 299
Major Dundee, 278
Malden, Karl, 273
Maltese Falcon, The, 169, 207, 210
Manhattan College, 230
Man in the Grey Flannel Suit, The, 105
Mankiewicz, Herman J., 22, 89, 140–42, 159, 161, 213
Manners, Dorothy, 121
Mannix, Eddie, 55
Man of the World, 136
Man on the Flying Trapeze, The, 25
Mansfield, Jane, 139
Manson, Charles, 10
Mantle, Mickey, 195
Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The, 83, 234, 235, 270
Man with the Golden Arm, The, 288
Mao Tse-tung, 236
Marcos, Ferdinand, 258
Margarita, 237
marijuana, 212, 213, 216, 231
Marshall, Tully, 116
Martin, Dean, 173, 204, 205, 250, 267–69, 298
Martin, Dr. Harry “Docky,” 143
Martin, Fletcher, 47
Martin, Steve, 252, 262
Martini, 26, 41–43, 68, 90, 265, 266
Marvin, Lee, 213, 270–72, 289
Marx, Harpo, 141, 146
Marx Brothers, 21, 30, 54–55, 140, 141, 164
Matthau, Walter, 247
Maugham, Somerset, 130
Mayer, Louis B., 29, 38, 57, 60, 115, 117–18, 123, 141, 146, 153, 154, 191, 208
Mayfair Ball, 136–37
MCA, 272
McCarthy, Joseph, 177
McCarthy, Kevin, 176
McCartney, Paul, 220
McCormick, Myron, 217
McInerney, Jay, 139
McLaglen, Victor, 219
McMillan & Wife, 264
McQueen, Steve, 175, 213, 259, 274–75, 277, 279, 284
Meet Me in St. Louis, 190
Mencken, H. L., 9, 65, 207
Mercury Players, 160–61
Mercury Theatre, 159, 160–61
Meredith, Burgess, 72, 205
Merkel, Una, 59, 61
Merry-Go-Round, 62
Meryman, Richard, 21
Metallica, 263