171. Life, April 5, 1954, “Stargazer for Stars.”
172. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 20, Nancy Reagan scrapbook #2, 1950–1952, clipping dated January 20, 1950.
173. Weld, September Song, pp. 136–37.
174. Edwards, Early Reagan, p. 420.
175. Kelley, Nancy Reagan, p. 94.
176. Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, p. 100.
177. Kelley, Nancy Reagan, p. 90.
178. Edwards, Early Reagan, pp. 432–33.
179. Nancy Reagan, I Love You, Ronnie, p. 24.
180. Ronald Reagan with Hubler, Where’s the Rest of Me? , p. 237.
181. Kelley, Nancy Reagan, p. 93.
182. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 20, Nancy Reagan scrapbook #2, 1950–1952, “Davis-Reagan Nuptials Set,” by Louella Parsons, February 21, 1952.
183. Ibid., undated clipping entitled “File for Marriage License.”
184. Nancy Reagan with Libby, Nancy, p. 25. Kitty Kelley’s account of Nannee Robbins’s death differs slightly. Kelley claims that Robbins suffered a heart attack while waiting for Nancy and Reagan to arrive, and that Nancy’s father, Kenneth, her son, flew her home to Los Angeles (see Kelley, Nancy Reagan, p.
114).
185. Ed Helin, to author, August 11, 2003.
186. Goldschneider and Elffers, The Secret Language of Relationships, p. 518.
Chapter Eleven: Pacific Palisades, 1952–1958
1. Nancy Reagan, to author, March 22, 2000.
2. Ronald Reagan with Hubler, Where’s the Rest of Me? , pp. 239–40.
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3. Nancy Reagan, to author, March 22, 2000.
4. Nancy Reagan with Libby, Nancy, p. 123.
5. Bill Fine, to author, January 10, 2001.
6. Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter, p. 94.
7. Ronald Reagan with Hubler, Where’s the Rest of Me? , p. 240.
8. Richard Davis, to author, September 29, 2000, April 25, 2002.
9. Heather Schader of the Arizona Biltmore, to author, September 9, 2003.
10. L. Davis, A Surgeon’s Odyssey, pp. 298, 333; Chicago Daily News, October 14, 1960, “Top Surgeon Post Going to N.U. Professor.”
11. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 20, Nancy Reagan scrapbook #2, 1950–1952, clipping dated October 1951.
12. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 84, “R. Reagan—Letters,” telegram dated March 18, 1952.
13. Ronald Reagan, An American Life, p. 123.
14. Morella and Epstein, Jane Wyman, pp. 168–70.
15. Richard Gully, to author, October 1, 1999.
16. Nancy Reagan, to author, September 18, 1999.
17. Nancy Reagan, to author, March 22, 2000.
18. Friedrich, City of Nets, p. 413.
19. Edwards, Early Reagan, pp. 539–42.
20. Vaughn, Ronald Reagan in Hollywood, pp. 3–4.
21. Nancy Reagan, to author, July 24, 1998.
22. P. Davis, The Way I See It, p. 20.
23. Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, p. 103.
24. Nancy Reagan, to author, September 18, 1999.
25. Ronald Reagan with Hubler, Where’s the Rest of Me? , p. 243.
26. Nancy Reagan, to author, October 22, 1999.
27. Morella and Epstein, Jane Wyman, p. 174.
28. Michael Reagan with Hyams, On the Outside Looking In, p. 38.
29. Ibid., pp. 38–39.
30. Nancy Reagan, to author, March 22, 2000.
31. Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, p. 125.
32. McDougal, The Last Mogul, pp. 184–87; Wills, Reagan’s America, p. 264.
33. Wills, Reagan’s America, pp. 264–65; Bruck, When Hollywood Had a King, pp.
120–21.
34. Brownstein, The Power and the Glitter, p. 183.
35. Nancy Reagan, to author, October 18, 2003.
36. Ibid.
37. Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, p. 125.
38. Leamer, Make-Believe, p. 171; Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, p. 125.
39. Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, p. 125.
40. Edwards, Early Reagan, p. 445; Us Weekly, March 16, 1982, “Looking Back with Us.”
41. Nancy Reagan, I Love You, Ronnie, p. 36.
42. Ibid., pp. 37–38.
43. Ronald Reagan with Hubler, Where’s the Rest of Me? , p. 248.
44. Ibid., pp. 248–49.
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45. Moldea, Dark Victory, pp. 107–8.
46. Kelley, Nancy Reagan, pp. 100–101.
47. Edwards, Early Reagan, p. 446.
48. Nancy Reagan, I Love You, Ronnie, p. 41.
49. Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, pp. 126–27.
50. Ronald Reagan with Hubler, Where’s the Rest of Me? , p. 251.
51. Edwards, Early Reagan, pp. 452–53.
52. Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, p. 127; Moldea, Dark Victory, p. 199; E.
Morris, Dutch, pp. 304–5.
53. Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, p. 127; Wills, Reagan’s America, pp.
267–68; New York Times, October 10, 1954, display advertisement, “Tonight: Ronald Reagan, the Long Way Round.”
54. William Frye, to author, October 27, 1999.
55. Edwards, Early Reagan, pp. 454, 455.
56. Nancy Reagan, I Love You, Ronnie, p. 53.
57. Moldea, Dark Victory, p. 199; Nancy Reagan, I Love You, Ronnie, p. 55.
58. TV Guide, November 22, 1958, “Hey, Ronnie—Did the Guy Get the Girl?
Ronald Reagan May Be On Film—But He’s Got to Answer Questions in the Flesh.”
59. Cannon, Reagan, p. 94.
60. Nancy Reagan, I Love You, Ronnie, pp. 54–55.
61. Nancy Reagan, to author, March 22, 2000, March 19, 2003.
62. Kelley, Nancy Reagan, p.106; Moldea, Dark Victory, p. 109; Edwards, Early Reagan, p. 459.
63. Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, p. 128.
64. Norman Switzer, to author, November 9, 1999.
65. Nancy Reagan, to author, March 22, 2000.
66. Ronald Reagan with Hubler, Where’s the Rest of Me? , p. 273.
67. Richard Gully, to author, October 1, 1999.
68. Nancy Reagan, to author, October 27, 1997.
69. Thomas, Golden Boy, pp. 101–2.
70. Arlene Dahl, to author, May 16, 2001.
71. Patti Davis, The Way I See It, p. 25.
72. Nancy Reagan, to author, September 18, 1999.
73. Allyson with Spatz Leighton, June Allyson, p. 98.
74. Bergen, Knock Wood, pp. 12, 47.
75. Frances Bergen, to author, March 30, 2000.
76. Ronald Reagan with Hubler, Where’s the Rest of Me? , p. 241.
77. Dunning, On the Air, p. 35.
78. Allyson with Spatz Leighton, June Allyson, p. 139.
79. Edwards, Early Reagan, p. 444.
80. Wills, Reagan’s America, p. 283.
81. Ronald Reagan with Hubler, Where’s the Rest of Me? , p. 263.
82. Ibid., pp. 266–67.
83. Cannon, Reagan, p. 96.
84. William Frye, to author, October 27, 1999.
85. Author’s diary, August 12, 1999.
86. William Frye, to author, October 27, 1999.
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87. Ibid.; author’s diary, August 12, 1999.
88. Author’s diary, October 24, 1999.
89. Nancy Reagan, to author, October 18, 2003.
90. Leonora Hornblow, to author, February 10, 2000.
91. Richard Gully, to author, October 1, 1999.
92. Author’s diary, October 24, 1999.
93. McDougal, The Last Mogul, p. 77.
94. Ann Rutherford, to author, January 22, 2001.
95.
Current Biography 1967, “Stein, Jules”; Richard Gully, to author, October 1, 1999; New York Times, April 30, 1981, “Jules Stein, Philanthropist, Doctor, Film Mogul, Dies”; Bruck, When Hollywood Had a King, pp. 86–87.
96. William Frye, to author, October 27, 1999.
97. William Frye, to author, October 27, 1999, November 27, 2002.
98. Ronald Reagan, “On Becoming Governor,” an oral history conducted 1979, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley, 1986, p. 5.
Courtesy, The Bancroft Library.
99. Ronald Reagan with Hubler, Where’s the Rest of Me? , p. 274.
100. Arlene Dahl, to author, May 16, 2001.
101. Ronald Reagan with Hubler, Where’s the Rest of Me? , pp. 274–75.
102. P. Davis, The Way I See It, p. 24.
103. Wills, Reagan’s America, p. 268; Moldea, Dark Victory, p. 199.
Chapter Twelve: The Group, 1958–1962
1. Harriet Deutsch, to author, November 7, 1997.
2. Ibid.
3. Armand Deutsch, to author, September 30, 1999.
4. Harriet Deutsch, to author, November 7, 1997.
5. Lee Annenberg, to author, November 18, 1997.
6. Ogden, Legacy, p. 491.
7. Lee Annenberg, to author, November 18, 1997.
8. Ogden, Legacy, p. 305.
9. Gabler, An Empire of Their Own, pp. 152, 284; Ogden, Legacy, p. 305.
10. Ogden, Legacy, pp. 309–10.
11. Ibid., p. 302.
12. Ibid., pp. 313, 314, 317–18.
13. Ibid., p. 315.
14. Ibid., p. 372.
15. Ibid., p. 375.
16. Leonora Hornblow, to author, February 10, 2000.
17. Ogden, Legacy, p. 315.
18. Richard Gully, to author, October 1, 1999.
19. Ann Rutherford, to author, January 22, 2001.
20. Nancy Reagan, to author, October 27, 1997.
21. Author’s diary, November 7, 1999.
22. David Jones, to author, March 12, 2000.
23. Ibid.
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24. Leonora Hornblow, to author, February 10, 2000.
25. Anne Douglas, to author, November 29, 1999.
26. Ann Rutherford, to author, January 22, 2001.
27. Author’s diary, October 4, 1999.
28. Ann Rutherford, to author, January 22, 2001.
29. Schary Zimmer, With a Cast of Thousands, p. 140.
30. Amory, Who Killed Society? , pp. 36, 49.
31. New York Times, February 18, 1957, “California Society Stems from Gold Rush.”
32. Betty Adams, to author, October 12, 1999.
33. Marion Jorgensen, to author, October 6, 1999.
34. Ibid.
35. Connie Wald, to author, July 24, 2003.
36. Marion Jorgensen, to author, October 6, 1999.
37. York, Going Strong, pp. 152, 155.
38. Ibid., p. 152.
39. Marion Jorgensen, to author, October 6, 1999.
40. Los Angeles Times, August 13, 1999, “Earle Jorgensen, Wealthy Reagan Confidant, Dies.”
41. Los Angeles Times, October 26, 1961, “Earle M. Jorgensen Earnings Reported Up.”
42. Marion Jorgensen, to author, October 6, 1999.
43. Frances Bergen, to author, March 30, 2000.
44. Author’s diary, March 29, 2003.
45. Bill Wilson, to author, November 7, 1997.
46. Marcia Hobbs, to author, November 8, 1997.
47. Betsy Bloomingdale, to author, January 3, 2004, January 2, 2004.
48. Betsy Bloomingdale, to author, November 1, 1997.
49. Betsy Bloomingdale, to author, January 2, 2004.
50. David Jones, to author, March 12, 2000.
51. Bloomingdale with Whitney, Entertaining with Betsy Bloomingdale, p. 10.
52. New York Times, December 29, 1941, “Gloria Vanderbilt Is Wed While 1,000
Wait in Rain.”
53. Betsy Bloomingdale, to author, January 2, 2004.
54. Fred de Cordova, to author, April 5, 2000.
55. Federal Bureau of Investigation file on Alfred S. Bloomingdale, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, December 22, 2000; New York Times, February 8, 1944, “New Treasurer Chosen by Tammany Committee.”
56. New York Times, April 4, 1941, “Play and Ice Show Opening Tonight”; New York Times, April 11, 1941, “News of the Stage: Alfred Bloomingdale to Be Independent Producer”; New York Times, August 31, 1941, “News and Gossip of the Rialto.”
57. Fred de Cordova, to author, April 5, 2000.
58. New York Times, September 26, 1943, “Reno Decree to Dancer.”
59. New York Times, February 8, 1944, “New Treasurer Chosen by Tammany Committee.”
60. New York Times, May 4, 1944, “ ‘Allah Be Praised’ to Close Saturday.”
61. Marion Jorgensen, to author, October 6, 1999.
62. Betsy Bloomingdale, to author, November 1, 1997, January 2, 2004.
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63. About.com, 20th Century History, “Just Charge It! The Invention of the First Credit Card,” by Jennifer Rosenberg, http://history1900s.about.com/library/
weekly/aa081601a.htm; Milton and Bardach, Vicki, p. 43.
64. Richard Gully, to author, October 1, 1999.
65. Betsy Bloomingdale, to author, November 1, 1997; Nancy Reagan, to author, October 27, 1997.
66. Betsy Bloomingdale, to author, January 3, 2004.
67. Patti Davis, to author, May 30, 2003.
68. Nancy Reagan, to author, June 4, 2000, June 28, 2001.
69. P. Davis, The Way I See It, p. 23.
70. Lanetta Wahlgren, to author, November 20, 1999.
71. Betty Adams, to author, October 12, 1999.
72. Mary Jane Wick, to author, October 14, 1999.
73. Charles Wick, to author, November 3, 1997.
74. Mary Jane Wick, to author, November 3, 1997.
75. Betty Adams, to author, October 12, 1999.
76. C. Z. Wick, to author, October 19, 1999.
77. Lanetta Wahlgren, to author, November 20, 1999.
78. Betty Adams, to author, October 12, 1999.
79. Betsy Bloomingdale, to author, November 1, 1997.
80. Collins in Vanity Fair, July 1991, p. 131.
81. P. Davis, The Way I See It, pp. 28–29.
82. Ibid., p. 27.
83. Ibid., pp. 39–40.
84. Ibid., p. 66.
85. Nancy Reagan, to author, October 22, 1999.
86. George, February 1999, “To Sir with Love,” p. 72.
87. Michael Reagan with Hyams, On the Outside Looking In, pp. 41–48.
88. Ibid., p. 71.
89. Ibid., pp. 74, 76.
90. Ibid., pp. 79–80.
91. P. Davis, The Way I See It, p. 49.
92. Ibid., p. 53.
93. Michael Reagan with Hyams, On the Outside Looking In, pp. 76–77.
94. Nancy Reagan, to author, June 4, 2000.
95. Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter, pp. 114–31.
96. Michael Reagan with Hyams, On the Outside Looking In, p. 89.
97. Ibid., p. 91.
98. Ibid., p. 92.
99. Ibid., pp. 92–93.
100. E. Morris, Dutch, p. 301.
101. Angelo, First Mothers, p. 331.
102. E. Morris, Dutch, p. 754.
103. Angelo, First Mothers, p. 329.
104. Edwards, The Reagans, Appendix III, p. 370.
105. Bess Reagan, to author, November 2, 2000.
106. Neil Reagan oral history, p. 4.
107. Erlenne Sprague, to author, October 21, 1999.
Notes
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108. New York Times, May 13, 1973, “Couture Clothes Sold 2d Hand to Aid Charity”; “A History of the Colleagues, Inc.,” an unpublished pamphlet from the Colleagues archives; Jill Carter (longtime Colleagues member), to author.
109. Erlen
ne Sprague, to author, October 21, 1999.
110. Ibid.
111. Betty Adams, to author, October 12, 1999.
112. Los Angeles Times, June 15, 1961, “It Begins at Home, Says Star.”
Chapter Thirteen: The Kitchen Cabinet, 1963–1966
1. E. Morris, Dutch, p. 293.
2. Kelley, Nancy Reagan, p. 121.
3. Perlstein, Before the Storm, p. 123.
4. Ronald Reagan, An American Life, pp. 133–34.
5. Dallek, The Right Moment, p. 38; E. Morris, Dutch, p. 316.
6. William F. Buckley Jr., to author, November 19, 1997.
7. Hill, Dancing Bear, p. 182; Dallek, The Right Moment, p. 39.
8. Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, p. 129; Ronald Reagan, An American Life, pp. 135–36.
9. Colacello in Vanity Fair, July 1998, p. 82; Nancy Reagan, to author, October 27, 1997.
10. Richard Davis, to author, April 10, 2001.
11. Alice Wirtz, to author, January 14, 2002.
12. Homer Hargrave Jr., to author, February 22, 2002.
13. Kenneth Giniger, April 11, 2003.
14. Dallek, The Right Moment, p. 39.
15. Author’s recording of Billy Graham speech, April 5, 2000, at the Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills, CA.
16. Daniel Ruge, to author, April 11, 2001.
17. Amory, Who Killed Society? , p. 392.
18. Grunwald, One Man’s America, p. 528.
19. Richard Davis, to author, April 10, 2001.
20. Nancy Reagan, to author, October 27, 1997.
21. Ronald Reagan, “On Becoming Governor,” an oral history conducted 1979, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley, 1986, p. 1.
Courtesy, The Bancroft Library.
22. Ronald Reagan with Hubler, Where’s the Rest of Me? , p. 273.
23. E. Morris, Dutch, pp. 320, 759.
24. McDougal, The Last Mogul, pp. 293–94.
25. Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, p. 129.
26. Cannon, Governor Reagan, pp. 113–14.
27. E. Morris, Dutch, p. 760; Cannon, Reagan, p. 97.
28. E. Morris, Dutch, p. 321.
29. Ibid., pp. 323, 760.
30. Edwards, Early Reagan, p. 478.
31. McDougal, The Last Mogul, p. 300.
32. The “Kitchen Cabinet” oral history, Ed Mills, OH 1677, pp. 66–67.
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33. Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, p. 75.
34. Edwards, Early Reagan, p. 478.
35. Perlstein, Before the Storm, p. 499.
36. Ronald Reagan with Hubler, Where’s the Rest of Me? , pp. 297–98.
37. Angie Dickinson, to author, October 1, 1999.
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