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56. Brown, interview with Franklin Jarlett.
57. Robert Ryan, “The Next Time You Want to Do a Play” (ca. July 1971), private collection.
58. Brown, interview with Franklin Jarlett; also Jarlett, Robert Ryan, 162, 164, 87.
59. Lisa Ryan, interview with author, San Francisco, California, April 17, 2011.
60. “Ryan-Buddy Hackett for Mexican ‘Quixote,’” Variety, March 29, 1972, 38.
61. Pete Hamill, “For Robert Ryan,” New York Post, July 13, 1973.
62. Bob Thomas, “Robert Ryan Fights Back After Tragic Two Years,” Milwaukee Journal, August 25, 1972.
63. Ramona Lampell, telephone interview with author, May 18, 2012.
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1. Jean Renoir to Robert Ryan, May 25, 1972, Jean Renoir Papers, UCLA Special Collections, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
2. Mary Murphy, “Robert Ryan—A New Life on Borrowed Time,” Los Angeles Times, September 5, 1972, 1, 12.
3. Robert Ryan to Jean Renoir, July 20, 1972, Jean Renoir Papers, UCLA Special Collections, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
4. Murphy, “Robert Ryan—A New Life on Borrowed Time.”
5. Franklin Jarlett, Robert Ryan: A Biography and Critical Filmography (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1990), 164.
6. Ramona Lampell, telephone interview with author, May 18, 2012.
7. Jarlett, Robert Ryan, 165.
8. Millard Lampell, interview with Franklin Jarlett, March 10, 1987, private collection.
9. Cheyney Ryan, interview with author, Eugene, Oregon, September 22, 2012.
10. Lisa Ryan, interview with author, San Francisco, California, April 17, 2011.
11. Arvin Brown, interview with Franklin Jarlett, September 3, 1986, private collection.
12. Arvin Brown, telephone interview with author, November 1, 2012.
13. Cheyney Ryan, interview with author, Eugene, Oregon, September 22, 2012.
14. Edward Everett Hale, “The Man without a Country,” Atlantic, December 1863, http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1863/12/the-man-without-a-country/308751/?single_page=true.
15. Louis Sheaffer, O’Neill: Son and Artist, vol. 2 (New York: Cooper Square Press, 1973), 492.
16. Eugene O’Neill, The Iceman Cometh (New York: Vintage International, 1999), 9.
17. John Frankenheimer, interview with Franklin Jarlett, May 25, 1987, private collection; also Jarlett, Robert Ryan, 165.
18. “Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides,” Public Broadcasting System’s American Masters, January 12, 2011.
19. Jeff Bridges, telephone interview with author, November 2, 2012.
20. Arvin Brown, interview with Franklin Jarlett.
21. Evans Frankenheimer, interview with Franklin Jarlett, May 30, 1987, private collection.
22. John Frankenheimer to Lisa Ryan, December 14, 1973, private collection.
23. Robert Ryan, “How Do You Remember All Those Words?” (ca. 1957), Jane Ardmore Papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Beverly Hills, California.
24. Bridges, telephone interview with author.
25. O’Neill, The Iceman Cometh, 23.
26. Dwayne Epstein, Lee Marvin: Point Blank (Tucson: Schaffner Press, 2013), 196.
27. John Frankenheimer, interview with Franklin Jarlett; also Jarlett, Robert Ryan, 168.
28. O’Neill, The Iceman Cometh, 9.
29. Charles Champlin, “Robert Ryan: In Memoriam,” Los Angeles Times, July 12, 1973, sec. 4, p. 1.
30. Philip Yordan, interview with Franklin Jarlett, October 27, 1986, private collection.
31. “Phil Yordan into Tele Corp of America; Red Silverstein Sales Chief Beyond U.S.,” Variety, July 4, 1973, 14.
32. Yordan, interview with Franklin Jarlett.
33. Joe Don Baker, telephone interview with author, January 25, 2014.
34. Champlin, “Robert Ryan.”
35. Albert Hackett, interview with Franklin Jarlett, August 1986, private collection.
36. Sue Cameron, “Robert Ryan Signed for Broadway Star Role in ‘Shenandoah,’” Hollywood Reporter, June 29, 1973.
37. Cheyney Ryan, interview with author, Eugene, Oregon, April 15, 2011.
38. “November 22, 1963: In Search of an Answer,” Executive Action, Warner Bros., 2007, DVD.
39. Evans Frankenheimer, interview with Franklin Jarlett, May 30, 1987, private collection.
40. John Frankenheimer, interview with Franklin Jarlett.
41. Larry Goebel, “Robert Ryan,” Los Angeles Times, July 18, 1973, sec. 2, p. 6.
42. Cheyney Ryan, interview with author, Eugene, Oregon, April 15, 2011.
43. Mary Murphy, “Robert Ryan—A New Life on Borrowed Time,” Los Angeles Times, September 5, 1972, 1, 12.
44. “Chatter: Broadway,” Variety, July 18, 1973, 109.
45. Millard Lampell, interview with Franklin Jarlett, March 10, 1987, private collection.
46. “Private Services for Robert Ryan, Burial in Chicago,” Hollywood Reporter, July 13, 1973.
47. “Robert Ryan Estate Left to Children,” Los Angeles Times, July 22, 1973, sec. 1, p. 15.
48. Pete Hamill, “For Robert Ryan,” New York Post, July 13, 1973.
49. Champlin, “Robert Ryan.”
50. Paul D. Zimmerman, Newsweek, November 12, 1973.
51. “Film Critics Soc. Award for Ryan,” Hollywood Reporter, January 30, 1974.
52. Marie Spottswood, “Such a Resource in One Individual,” in A Memorial Tribute for the Robert and Jessica Ryan Memorial, November 3, 1974, Oakwood School archives, North Hollywood, California.
53. Dartmouth College, Twenty-five-Year Report Biographical Data Sheet (ca. 1956), Dartmouth Alumni File, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.
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