by Mark Bailey
Method acting, 175
Methot, Mayo, 172
Metropolis, 41
Meyer and Holler, 52
MGM, 28–29, 37, 38, 54–61, 86, 87, 93, 104, 105, 108, 110, 115, 117–19, 120, 134–35, 141, 146, 152–55, 162, 176–77, 182, 190–91, 206, 275, 294
Mickey Mouse, 87
Mighty Barnum, The, 112
Mildred Pierce, 93
Miles, Sarah, 215
Milinaire, Catherine, 259
Milius, John, 258
Milland, Ray, 78–80, 132
Miller, Arthur, 67, 291
“million-dollar bench,” 54–55
“million-dollar carpet,” 36
Mimosa, 20
Mindlin, Mike, 241–42, 243
Mineo, Sal, 304
Ministry of Fear, 41
Minnelli, Vincent, 293
Mint Julep, 107
Miracle of Morgan’s Creek, The, 147
Miracle on 34th Street, 302
Misfits, The, 117, 175, 207, 291–92
Missionary’s Downfall, 100, 101
Mister Roberts, 179
Mitchell, John, 74
Mitchell, Joni, 262
Mitchum, Dorothy, 213, 223
Mitchum, Robert, 7, 90, 130, 212–16, 217, 222–23, 231, 289–90
Mitchum’s Eye-Opener, 216
Mix, Tom, 36, 50–51, 67, 115
Mizner, Wilson, 39
Mob, the, 146
Mocambo, 123, 156, 182, 193, 301
Mogambo, 178, 182
Mommie Dearest, 93, 94
Mommy’s Little Mixture, 184, 286
Monkey Business, 140, 141
Monroe, Marilyn, 10, 117, 118, 120, 175, 189, 205, 220, 289–92, 293
“Monster, The,” 7
Montand, Yves, 291
Montgomery, Robert, 110
Monti, Carlotta, 26
Montmartre Café, 14, 144, 145
Monument Valley, 179
Moon, Keith, 285, 287
Moore, Roger, 286, 287
Moral Re-Armament Movement, 125
Morath, Inge, 291
Moreno, Rita, 198
Morgan, Jack, 130–31
Morgan, Julia, 21–23, 24
morphine, 86, 247
Morris, Oswald, 210–11
Morrison, Charlie, 193
Morrison, Jim, 139, 277
Morrison, Van, 262, 277
Mortimer, Lee, 206
Moscow Art Theatre, 102
Moscow Mule, 131
Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals, 235
Motion Picture Production Code, 90, 209
Mötley Crüe, 277, 293
Motörhead, 293
Mowbray, Alan, 130
Mr. & Mrs. Smith, 136
Mr. Arkadian, 159
“Mr. Evil,” 129
Mr. Wonderful, 250
M Squad, 270
Mummy’s Ghost, The, 174
Mummy’s Tomb, The, 174
Murder By Death, 218
Museum of Contemporary Art, 256
Music Box, The, 44
Musso & Frank Grill, 47, 48, 66–68, 107, 231, 232
Mutiny on the Bounty, 117, 253
My Blue Heaven, 232
My Cousin Rachel, 241
My Favorite Year, 8
My Little Chickadee, 125–26
My Man Godfrey, 136
My Wicked, Wicked Ways (Flynn), 111, 114
N
National Velvet, 294
Nazimova, Alla, 30–31
NBC, 173, 264, 267, 270
Neales, Eddy, 146
Negroni, 282
Neilan, Marshall, 55
Nembutal, 292
Network, 203
New Hollywood, 188
Newman, Randy, 262
New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award, 71
New Yorker, 75, 95, 140, 267
New York Mirror, 208
New York Morning Herald, 143
New York Post, 132
New York Times, 140
New York Yankees, 156
Nicholas II, Czar, 86, 95
Nichols, Dudley, 52–53
Nicholson, Jack, 198, 257, 259
Nielson, Mr., 106
Night Bus, 117–19
“Nightclub Queen,” 156
Night of the Hunter, The, 212, 214
Night of the Iguana, 244–45
Nilsson, Harry, 262
Niumalu Hotel, 180
Niven, David, 22, 100, 111, 138, 218–20
Nixon, Richard, 92, 250
Nobel Prize, 104, 107
No Man of Her Own, 136, 137
None but the Lonely Heart, 196
Normand, Mabel, 14, 54–56, 77
North by Northwest, 196, 197–98
Not as a Stranger, 217, 289
Notorious, 196
Notre Dame, 81
Novak, Kim, 129, 203, 251
Novarro, Ramon, 59–61, 110, 175
Nugent, Elliot, 82
Nutty Professor, The, 247, 269
NYU, 227
O
Objective Burma, 111–12
O’Brien Margaret, 92, 303
Oceana Hotel, 245
Oceans 11, 250
Odets, Clifford, 103, 128, 129
Of Mice and Men, 173, 217
O’Hara, John, 66
Okubo, Benji, 164
Old-Fashioned, 150, 151
Old Milwaukee, 275, 276
Olivier, Sir Laurence, 30, 152
Omoolu, Mutia, 58
O’Neill, Eugene, 105
On the Town, 288
On the Waterfront, 208
Onassis, Aristotle, 297
Onassis, Jackie, 221
One Life to Live, 250
Only Angels Have Wings, 127, 196
Operation Petticoat, 196
Oracle Junction Inn, 51
Orange Blossom, 35
orange wine, 48–49
Orry-Kelly, 197
Oscars, see Academy Awards
Other Side of the Wind, The, 160
O’Toole, Peter, 242–43, 253–55
Out of the Blue, 256
Out of the Past, 212, 213
Overman, Lynne, 78
P
Pabst Blue Ribbon, 276
Pacific Film Archives, 229
Pacino, Al, 259
Page, Milton “Farmer,” 146
Pagsanjan Falls Resort, 260
Paisano Hotel, 265
Palace of Mystery, 252
Palance, Jack, 222–23
Palm Beach Story, The, 147
Palm Court, 35
Palmer, Betsy, 180
Pancho Villa, 224
Pandora’s Box, 15
Panic in the Streets, 222
paraldehyde, 247
Paramount Pictures, 12, 13, 62, 74, 78–80, 88–90, 102, 132, 140, 147, 148, 162, 188, 200, 280
Parker, Dorothy, 31, 66, 75, 122
Parlor of Prestidigitation, 252
Parnassus, George, 232
Parole!, 224
Parsons, Louella, 39, 143–44, 225
Parton, Dolly, 125
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, 278–79
Patriot Games, 253
Patsy, The, 22
Paul Masson wine, 160
Paul Whiteman Orchestra, 97–98, 99
Peabody Award, 97
Peck, Gregory, 74
Peckinpah, Sam, 203, 274, 278–82
Penn, Sean, 67
Penny Serenade, 196
Pepsi Cola, 93, 94, 95
Perfect Crime, A, 136
Perino, Alexander, 92
Perino’s, 89, 92
Petrified Forest, The, 169
Peyton Place, 155
Phantom of the Opera, The, 173
Philco Radio Time, 97
Photoplay Magazine, 63
Piaf, Edith, 193
Piccadilly, 162
Pickfair, 21, 64, 73, 144
Pickford, Jack, 64–65
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nbsp; Pickford, Lottie, 64
Pickford, Mary, 21, 32, 63–65, 73
Picnic, 203, 204
Pier, The, 253–54
Pillow Talk, 264
Pimm’s Cup, 9
Pink Panther, The, 218
Pitt, Brad, 189
PiYi, 100
P. J. Clarke’s, 80
P.J.’s, 276
Place in the Sun, A, 175, 176, 294
Plantation Café, 3
“Platinum Blonde,” 120–21
Playboy, 237
Players Club, 147, 150–51
Playhouse 90, 222
Point Blank, 271
Poison, 293
Poitier, Sidney, 248
Polanski, Roman, 207
Polo Lounge, 73–74, 128, 129, 249
Port and Brandy, 255
Porter, Cole, 92, 109
Possessed, 93
Postman Always Rings Twice, The, 155
Powell, William, 120, 122, 136, 180
Power, Tyrone, 102, 134, 156, 186, 187
Power and the Glory, The, 147, 152
Prairie Oyster, 77, 78
Preminger, Otto, 207
Presley, Elvis, 97, 189, 288
Preston Sturges by Preston Sturges (Sturges), 148
Pretty Woman, 10
Previn, André, 198
Price, Wes, 130–31
Pride of the Yankees, The, 140
Prixe de Beauté, 15, 17
Prizzi’s Honor, 207
Professionals, The, 271–72
Pryor, Richard, 262
Psychiatric Institute of Beverly Hills, 198
Public Enemy, The, 15, 120
Pulitzer Prize, 291
Pursued, 212
Puttnam, David, 285
Q
Queen of Comedy, 54
“Queen of Screwball,” 136
Quiet Man, The, 179
Quinn, Anthony, 224–26, 298
Quon, Lem, 189
R
racism, 162–64, 206
raicilla, 245
Rainbow Bar and Grill, 277, 293
Rainer, Luise, 162
Raintree County, 175, 176–76, 294, 295
Raitt, Bonnie, 262
Ramond Chandler Gimlet, 91
Ramones, 277
“Ranch, The,” 15–17, 20–24
Rancho Notorious, 42
Rappe, Virginia, 335
Rasputin and the Empress, 86–87
Rat Pack, 10, 67, 170, 226, 250, 267–68
Ray, Nicholas, 139, 200, 201, 227–29, 303–4
Raymond, Harry, 146
Reagan, Ronald, 158, 204, 298
Reap the Wild Wind, 78
Rebel Without a Cause, 139, 227, 256, 302–4
recipes
Alaskan Polar Bear Heater, 269
Black Velvet, 199
Bloody Mary, 114
Blue Martini, 42, 43
Bourbon Milk Punch, 172
Bourbon Old-Fashioned, 151
Brown Derby Cocktail, 40
Campari & Vodka, 282
Chocolate Martini, 266
Coach Buttermaker’s Boilermaker, 246
Cocoanut Grove Cocktail, 11
Crane’s Scorpion Bowl, 301
Gimlet, 91
Greyhound, 192
Half and Half, 24
Mai Tai, 299
Margarita, 237
Martini, 42, 43, 68
Mimosa, 20
Mint Julep, 107
Missionary’s Downfall, 101
Mommy’s Little Mixture, 184
Moscow Mule, 131
Negroni, 282
Orange Blossom, 35
orange wine, 49
Pimm’s Cup, 9
Port and Brandy, 255
Prairie Oyster, 77
Richard Burton’s Boilermaker, 246
Scorpion Bowl, 300, 301
Seven & Seven, 91
Shandy Gaff, 199
Shirley Temple, 158
simple syrup, x
Tea & Applejack, 149
Tom Collins, 85
Torpedo Juice, 181
Vendome Special Sling, 124
Vesper Martini, 287
Zombie, 101
Red Badge of Courage, 208
Red River, 175
Red Spot, 189
Red-Headed Woman, 110
Redford, Robert, 259
Reed, Carol, 283
Reed, Donna, 178
Reed, Oliver, 201, 283–87
Rees-Williams, Elizabeth, 254
Reicher, Frank, 174
Renoir, Jean, 62
Requiem for a Heavyweight, 222
Reservoir Dogs, 230–31
Reynolds, Debbie, 295
Rhinestone, 125
Rhythm Boys, 98
Richard Burton’s Boilermaker, 246
Richards, Keith, 67
Richter, Kurt, 232
Ride the High Country, 278
Rin Tin Tin, 213
Rio Bravo, 267
Ripley’s Believe It or Not, 222
Ritter, Thelma, 291
Rivers, Johnny, 277
RKO, 159, 160, 213, 222–23, 230
Roach, Hal, 73, 120, 123
Road to Glory, The, 105
Roberson, Don, 121
Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools, 11
Roberts, Robin, 171
Rocky, 10
Rodeo Land & Water Company, 73
Rogers, Buddy, 65
Rogers, Ginger, 20, 59–60
Rogers, Will, 73
Romanoff, Michael, 95–96
Romanoff’s, 32–33, 95–96, 140, 170
Rooney, Mickey, 134–35, 182, 190
Roosevelt, Franklin, 22
Roosevelt Hotel, 98
Rose, David, 134
Rose, Stanley, 47–48
“Rosebud,” 18, 141
Rosemary’s Baby, 188
Ross, Harold, 157
Roth, Tim, 231
Rounders, The, 3
Round-Up, The, 3
Rowlands, Gena, 248–49
Roxy Theatre, 116, 262–63, 277, 293
Royal Wedding, 191
rum, 99–100
Russell, Ken, 283, 284
Russell, Rosalind, 204
Ryan’s Daughter, 215
S
Saint, Eva Marie, 197
Saint James, Susan, 264
Sames, Bill, 237
Sames, Margaret “Margarita,” 237
San Quentin, 230
San Simeon, 15–17, 20–24, 141
Sanctuary (Faulkner), 104
Sand Pebbles, The, 274
Sanders, George, 219
Sandpiper, The, 296
Sands Hotel, 251, 288
Sands of Iwo Jima, 234
Santa Anita racetrack, 144
Saroyan, William, 47, 66
“Satan’s Angel,” 111
Saturday Night Fever, 273
Sauza Conmemorativo, 237
Scandia, 68
Scaramouche, 59
Schaefer, George, 160
Schary, Dore, 190–91
Schindler, R. W., 67
Schulberg, B. P., 12–14
Schulberg, Budd, 12–13, 47, 48, 110, 167
Scorpion Bowl, 298, 300, 301
Scorsese, Martin, 212
Scott, Randolph, 196, 197
Scott, Ridley, 283
Screen Actors Guild, 204
Screen Guide, 124
Scriven, Mae, 38–39
Search, The, 175
Searchers, The, 179, 181, 234
Sebring, Jay, 274, 275
Second Chance, 222
“Secret Agent Man,” 277
Secret Six, The, 120
Secret Storm, The, 94
See, Eddie, 164–65
See, Lisa, 165
Seeman, Bill, 170
Seinfeld, 231
Sellers, Peter, 210
Sellers, Robert, 242, 246, 254, 284, 285, 297
Selznick, David O., 123, 209, 213�
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Selznick, Myron, 122
Send Me No Flowers, 264
Sennett, Mack, 54, 55, 136
Separate Tables, 218
Sergeant York, 207
Server, Lee, 213, 214, 223
Seven & Seven, 91
Sex Life of the Polyp, The, 75
Shadows, 248
Shakespeare, William, 83, 84, 139
“Shakespeare of Hollywood,” 109
Shampoo, 74
Shandy Gaff, 199
Shane, 222
Shanghai Express, 162
Shaw, Artie, 155, 182
Shaw, Robert, 284
Shearer, Norma, 110, 137
She Done Him Wrong, 196
Sheen, Martin, 259–61
Sheik, The, 10
Shepherd, Cybill, 280
Shepperton Studios, 211, 242
Sheridan, Ann, 114
Sherwood, Robert, 76, 169
Shirley Temple, 158
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, 234
Shor, Toots, 194–95, 268
Short, Elizabeth, 233
Show People, 22
Shrine Auditorium, 288
Shuvalova, Vera Illiana, 45
“Siberia,” 117–19
Siegel, Bugsy, 92, 146, 189
Sign of the Cross, 83
Silver Slipper, 250
Simon, Neil, 74
Simpsons, The, 230
Sin of Harold Diddlebock, The, 147
Sinatra, Frank, 31, 92, 97, 100, 170, 178, 182–89, 193, 195, 205, 206, 217, 226, 250, 267, 268, 288–90, 298, 303
Sinatra, Nancy, 250, 298
Singing Fool, The, 138
Sirk, Douglas, 155, 264
Skin of Our Teeth, 71
“skin-contact wine,” 48
Smith, Patti, 277
Smokey and the Bandit, 194
Smothers Brothers, 262
Snake Pit, The, 205
Snows of Kilimanjaro, The, 185
So Far, So Good, 72
Some Came Running, 267
“Song of the Dawn,” 98, 99
Sound and the Fury, The (Faulkner), 104, 105
Southern, Terry, 256
Southern Pit Barbecue, 157
Spacey, Kevin, 298
Sparrows, 63
Spector, Phil, 273
Spiegel, Sam, 208
Spielberg, Steven, 284, 298
Splendor in the Grass, 302
sports, 55
Stagecoach, 83
Stalag 17, 203
Stalin, Joseph, 235–36
Stallings, Laurence, 55
Stallone, Sylvester, 125
Stanford University, 222
Stanislavski method, 86
Stanley Rose Bookshop, 47–48, 66
Star Is Born, A, 10, 123, 190, 192
Star Map, 271
Star Trek: The Next Generation, 230
Stark, Richard, 271
Starr, Ringo, 220
statutory rape, 111, 112
St. Donat’s Bar, 9
Steele, Alfred, 94, 95
Steele, Christina, 93, 94
Stein, Gertrude, 108
Steinbeck, John, 31
Stewart, Jimmy, 22, 125, 158, 179, 220
St. George Hotel, 153
St. Johns, Adela Rogers, 28–30, 118
St. Mary’s College, 98
Stompanato, Johnny, 155, 157, 189, 301
Stone, Sly, 11
Story of G.I. Joe, The, 212
Stranger, The, 159, 208
Strangers on a Train, 88
Strassberg, Lee, 227, 256