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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

 

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