by Bob Spitz
Teller, Edward, 544–45
Temple, Shirley, 225
Tennesee Valley Authority (TVA), 299, 300, 314
terrorism, 562–63, 564, 567, 582, 601–2, 612, 614–15, 638, 652, 653
Tesdell, Jeanne, 134–35
Thatcher, Margaret, 597, 653–54, 726, 741, 751
and admiration for RR, 429
appraisal of Gorbachev by, 590, 595, 619
Grenada and, 565
opposed to SDI, 590–91
That Printer of Udell’s (book), 63, 64–65
Thau, Benny, 259–60, 263
Therapeutic Abortion Act, 349–51, 430, 519
Thomas, Bob, 6, 7, 267
Thomas, Parnell, 229
Thompson, Bill, 77, 79
Thomson, Meldrim, 397, 398, 410–11, 418
Thornburgh, Richard, 455
Thurmond, Strom, 363, 367, 514, 521, 604
Timmons, Bill, 462, 465
Todd, Richard, 242, 243, 267
Tower, John, 345, 523, 682, 692, 695, 698
Tower Commission, 688, 691, 692, 693, 695, 697
Tower Report, 695, 697, 698
TOW missiles, 606, 608, 609, 637, 638, 641, 642, 670, 671, 677, 685, 688
Tracy, Spencer, 176, 252, 255, 258, 259, 260, 263, 306, 451
Travis, June, 143–44, 152, 157, 167
Treptow, Martin, 477
Trewhitt, Henry, 583
Trudeau, Pierre, 590
Truman, Harry, 11, 238, 288, 480, 585
Truman Doctrine, 549
Trumbo, Dalton, 213, 233, 261
Trump, Donald, 714
Tuttle, Holmes, 291, 308–9, 310, 311, 312, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 333, 346, 354, 355, 379, 383, 384, 388, 393, 470
Tuttle, Robert, 311, 315
TWA hijacking, 601–2, 612
Udall, Morris K., 409, 419
Uhler, Lewis, 375–76
unemployment, 527, 535–36, 571, 581, 643, 723
Universal Pictures, 1, 245, 265, 268, 273, 309, 736, 743
Vance, Cyrus, 618
Van Court, Art, 354
Vessey, Jack, 542
Victory Lap trip, 743–44
Vietnam, 362–63, 387, 461, 493
Viewpoint (radio program), 390–91
Vitagraph Studios, 197, 198, 199
von Damm, Helene, 490–91
voodoo economics, 331, 455, 459, 489
Voting Rights Act, 321
Waggoner, Garland, 77, 87, 90, 93
Walker, Bob, 383
Wallace, George, 392–93, 409, 419, 423
Wallace, Irving, 201
Wallach, E. Robert, 702
Wallis, Hal, 175, 176–77, 187
Wallison, Peter, 670, 674, 680, 684, 688, 694
Wanniski, Jude, 487
Ward, George, 153
Waring, Fred, 276, 277
Warner, Harry, 150, 151, 180
Warner, Jack, 143, 144, 150, 154, 155, 158–59, 168, 178, 179, 186, 187, 188, 190–91, 194–95, 197–98, 203, 207, 214, 221, 222, 225, 228, 229, 232, 240, 241, 244, 245, 267, 268, 271, 296, 758
Warner Bros. 47, 143, 149, 160, 162, 176, 186, 575
growth of, 150–52
and Kings Row, 186, 187
lawsuit against, 206
postwar, 205, 206–7
and Reagan-Wyman marriage, 173, 175–76
and RR’s career, 160, 166, 178, 179
RR’s contract with, 1, 144, 158, 159, 177, 178, 190, 195, 205, 207, 245, 268
RR’s deteriorating relationship with, 244–45, 267, 268
studio of, 142
theater-chain divesture and, 239, 240
treatment of actors by, 153, 158, 159, 165
union strike at, 209, 216–17
variety show underwritten by, 171
war effort films of, 197
wartime salary suspensions by, 195
War Powers Act, 557, 558, 565
Washington, D.C., rioting in, 364–65
Washington, George, 172, 173
Washington summit, 710–14
Wasserman, Lew, 2, 3, 177, 178, 190, 245, 268, 273, 276, 296, 303, 306, 307, 736, 746
Wassmansdorf, Paul, 290, 305–6
Watergate, 377–78, 381–82, 383, 393, 696
Watkins, James D., 541–42
Watt, James, 484, 553, 577
Wayne, John, 140, 177, 180, 227, 241, 289, 309, 468, 627
Webb, Jack, 306
Weinberg, Mark, 691, 734, 737, 742–43, 745
Weinberger, Caspar (Cap), 342, 621, 638, 661, 663, 687, 688
appointed secretary of defense, 483
in conflict with Haig, 508, 529
on Contra aid, 548, 580
on day of assassination attempt, 503, 504, 507, 508
and Lebanon crisis, 534, 546–47, 558, 559, 564, 567, 568
McFarlane’s opinion of, 558
opposed to arms sale to Iran, 639, 640, 642, 669
resignation of, 710
on RR’s SDI speech, 543, 544
on SALT II treaty, 619–20
as Shultz adversary, 532, 544, 607, 631–32
on terrorism events, 601, 607, 614
Weinrott, Lester, 254
Weir, Benjamin, 602, 609, 610, 677
Weissmuller, Johnny, 74, 104, 298
welfare reform, 368, 370–71, 376–77, 405–6
West, Kirk, 330–31, 374
White, Clifford, 345
White House redecoration, 486, 490
WHO radio station, 123, 125, 126, 132, 144, 145, 390
Wick, Charlie, 452, 470, 737
Wick, Doug, 737, 745, 755, 756
Wick, Mary Jane, 737
Wiesel, Elie, 596, 597
Williams, Larry, 168–69
Williams, Myrtle, 126–27, 129, 130
Wills, Garry, 129, 234
Wilson, Bert, 94–95, 96, 98, 99
Wilson, Jane, 25, 26–27
Wilson, John, 25
Wilson, Mary, 26, 27, 28, 29
Wilson, Nelle Clyde. See Reagan, Nelle (mother)
Wilson, Thomas, 26, 27, 28, 29–30
Wilson, William, 303, 470, 741
Wilson, Woodrow, 48
Wirthlin, Dick, 411, 428, 456, 463, 465, 681
WOC radio station, 86, 120–23, 130, 390
Wood, Sam, 187, 189, 190
World War I, 2, 48, 49, 59, 239, 477
World War II, 168, 185, 189, 194, 196, 211, 239, 277, 286, 312, 343, 447, 487
Wright, Jim, 517–18, 565–66
Wright, Loyd, 305
Wyman, Jane, 2, 4, 9, 142, 173, 193, 206, 217, 221, 223, 229, 266, 272, 276, 310
acting break of, 164–65
annoyed by RR’s talkativeness, 201, 217–18, 235, 237
background of, 163–64
children of, 183, 207, 226
divorce from RR and, 237
early marriages and divorces of, 164, 165–66, 168
engagement of, to RR, 171
films of, 166, 168, 173, 176, 178, 185, 187, 202–3, 208, 214, 222–23, 224, 226, 229–31, 245
home of, with RR, 183–84
and marital troubles with RR, 223, 226–27, 229–30, 231, 234–37
marriage of, to RR, 173–74
portrayed as wartime wife, 201–2
and relationship with son, 294–95
resentful of RR’s military service, 195, 202
and romance with RR, 166–68
in Screen Actors Guild, 182
suicide attempt of, 170–71
Wyman, Louis, 396, 397
Zakharov, Gennadi, 657, 658
Zanuc
k, Darryl, 160, 205–6
Zero Option plan, 524–25
Zieman, Vera, 719–20, 721
Zimbalist, Efrem, Jr., 390, 420
Zukor, Adolph, 185
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Bob Spitz is the award-winning author of the biographies Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child and The Beatles, both New York Times bestsellers, as well as six other nonfiction books and a screenplay. He has represented Bruce Springsteen and Elton John in several capacities. His articles appear regularly in magazines and newspapers, including The New York Times Magazine and The Washington Post, among others.
* The original spelling of the family name.
* Max Arnow insists the contract was for $175 a week.
* The Treasure of the Sierra Madre won three Academy Awards: Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay (both to John Huston), and Best Supporting Actor (to Walter Huston, the director’s father).
* FBI files reveal that Source T-10, on February 10, 1948, named five names belonging to a “clique . . . who invariably followed the Communist line” at SAG meetings.
* Warner named Guy Endore, Howard Koch, Ring Lardner Jr., Emmet Lavery, Alvah Bessie, Gordon Kahn, John Howard Lawson, Albert Maltz, Robert Rossen, Irwin Shaw, Dalton Trumbo, John Wexley, Julius and Philip Epstein, Sheridan Gibney, and Clifford Odets.
* The Hollywood Ten were Alvah Bessie, Herbert Biberman, Lester Cole, Edward Dmytryk, Ring Lardner Jr., John Howard Lawson, Albert Maltz, Samuel Ornitz, Adrian Scott, and Dalton Trumbo.
* Strangely, Wright had represented Jane Wyman in her divorce proceeding against Ronald Reagan.
* Department of Finance career executives for the State of California.
* Ed Gillenwaters was California’s representative in Washington, D.C.; Gordon Luce was Reagan’s business and transportation director; Art Van Court was his security chief; and Curtis Patrick was an aide in the governor’s office.
* When Ali heard Reagan’s comment, he responded, “At least he didn’t call me a nigger draft-dodger.”
* Massachusetts and Vermont held primaries on March 2, 1976, but neither Reagan nor Ford campaigned in either state.
* This is not exactly true. They’d met once before, at a dinner party at Walter Annenberg’s home.
* The other Republicans running were perennial candidate Harold Stassen and Benjamin Fernandez, a Los Angeles businessman.
* Military spending was projected at $169.5 billion through 1986.
* Article 5 considers any attack on a member state an attack against them all.
* The federal deficit in fiscal year 1984 was estimated at $190 million.
* It is likely that Ghorbanifar knew that William Buckley had already died in captivity when he made this threat.
* As a result of protests in Italy, Bettino Craxi’s government fell, and he resigned on October 17, 1985.
* Actually, Ghorbanifar had requested the wrong missile.
* Reagan told the NSC’s Soviet expert Jack Matlock, “Cap wants to be Secretary of State but he’d be a disaster.”
* John Poindexter signed it for him: “RR per JMP.”
* Kitty Kelley reported that Nancy Reagan received “an emerald necklace worth $60,000 from Imelda Marcos (Kelley, Nancy Reagan, p. 445).
* A few days later, Reagan referred to Qaddafi as “the mad dog of the Middle East.”
* Special Compartmented Intelligence Facility
* The statement said: “Our policy of not making concessions to terrorists remains intact.”
* Biographer Edmund Morris interviewed Reagan four days before and wrote that “he did not speak with much clarity” (Dutch, p. 607). The next night, as well, he recorded in his diary that the Israelis “past [sic] the balance in a Swiss account belonging to the Contras” (RR, diary entry, Nov. 25, 1986).
* When Bush told the president that Regan agreed to leave, he wrote in his diary: “My prayers have really been answered.” (RR, diary entry, Feb. 26, 1987.)
* He told this author, “I destroyed it by burning. I have no regrets.” (Email, Sept. 8, 2017)
* In 1987, Deaver was convicted of three counts of perjury, fined $100,000, and given a three-year suspended prison sentence.
* Nofziger’s conviction was overturned later that June.
* The original address was 666, which Nancy Reagan had changed because of the number’s reference to the anti-Christ in the Book of Revelation. (Kitty Kelley, Nancy Reagan, p. 449.)
* Long sidelocks.
* In May 1995, George Bush ripped up his NRA membership card in response to an NRA fund-raising letter describing federal agents as “jack-booted government thugs.”
* Maureen Reagan had died in 2001.
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