by Joan Kramer
Adventures of Errol Flynn, The (documentary)
and Flynn, Deirdre, 381–82
and Flynn, Pat, 378–81, 386–88
and Flynn, Rory, 377, 378
interviews, 382–86
memorabilia, 380
premiere party, 388
proposal, 377
See also Flynn, Errol
Adventures of Robin Hood, The (film), 386
African Queen, The (film), 36, 100
All About Bette (documentary), 248
All About Eve (film), 248
All About Me. See Katharine Hepburn: All About Me
Allen, Herbert, Jr., 341
All My Sons (play), 368
American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA), 122, 123–26, 140. See also Spencer Tracy Legacy, Broadway premiere
American Federation of Musicians, 165
American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, Connecticut, 33–34
Annenberg, Leonore, 345
Arledge, Roone, 60
Arthur, Jean, 342, 345, 351, 354
Arzner, Dorothy, 113
Astaire, Adele, 17–20, 20
Astaire, Fred
and Adele, 17, 18, 19–20
in “Bojangles of Harlem,” 23, 23n
contracts with RKO and excerpts from his movies, 13
and Hayworth, 343, 352
and Rogers, 15, 17–18
See also entries beginning with “Fred Astaire”
Astaire, Robyn Smith, 277–80
ATV internship (DH), 5, 5n
Autman, Lynne, 256
Awake and Sing (play), 267, 268
Ayres, Lew, 326
Bacall, Lauren, 37, 250, 254
and Bacall On Bogart, 252–57
biographical information, 251, 257–58
and Heeley and Kramer, 258–59
and Hepburn, 252
and Sinatra, 257
Starring Katharine Hepburn interview, 36
Bacall on Bogart (documentary), 251, 252–57, 258, 259
Bacall in, 252–57
Emmy nomination, 258
graduation picture, 259
premiere, 258
proposal and backing, 251
Ball, Lucille, 201, 237
Bancroft, Anne, 297
Barry, Michael, 315, 319, 321–22
Barry, Philip, 31, 321
Basinger, Jeanine, 214
Battler, The (TV), 54–55, 60
BBC (DH), 5
bead gown in “Let’s Face the Music and Dance,” 17–18
Beatty, Warren, 272
Begelman, David, 32
belt story, Reagan’s, 197–98
Benny, Jack, 237, 391
Berliner, Alan, 271
Berlin, Irving, 391
Berman, Pandro, 17, 28, 32, 34, 34
Bernard, Joseph, 364
Bernstein, Leonard, 132, 133
bicycle scene in Katharine Hepburn, 318, 319
Bigger, Michal, 77, 99
Bill of Divorcement, A (film), 37–38
Black, Michael, 11, 14, 243–44, 245, 248
Blanco, Maria, 341
Board, Elizabeth, 192, 194
Bogart, Humphrey, 251, 369. See also Bacall on Bogart
Bogart, Steve, 253
Bogdanovich, Peter, 272
“Bojangles of Harlem” (Astaire dance), 23, 23n
Boy Scouts (DH), 4
Brando, Marlon, 60, 61, 262, 272
Brand, Phoebe, 263, 273, 364, 371, 371–72
Brandy (singer), 348
Breaking Point, The (film), 370
Brentwood home, Los Angeles, 298, 301
Broadway’s Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (documentary)
Awake and Sing, 267, 268
and Chinoy, 268
clips from members’ screen tests, 272
credits, 272
Emmy Award and celebration party, 273–74, 275
funding, 263, 265
interviews, 263–66, 266–68
and Woodward, 261, 263, 268–72, 273
See also Group Theatre, The
Burns, George, 17, 237, 391
Burton, Kate, 270
Burton, Richard, 94
bushbaby, Stewart’s story about, 230–31
canoe scene in Katharine Hepburn, 318
Cansino, Margarita, 343. See also Hayworth, Rita
Capra, Frank, 214, 342, 345
Carmen (film), 59
Carnovsky, Morris, 263, 267, 268, 273
Carson, Johnny, 172, 181, 209, 212, 216, 222, 225, 226, 241
and Benny, 237
biographical information, 214–15
and florists, 223–24
and Fonda, Henry, 236
and Grant, Cary, 178-180
and Gray, 222, 222
and Heeley and Kramer, 235–37, 240
home of, 178, 178
and Hope and Burns, 237
as James Stewart host, 176–77, 217–23
James Stewart interview, 208–15, 209
at James Stewart special screening, 227, 228
and Stewart, 205, 207
Casablanca (film), 369
Cash, Johnny, 391
Cavett, Dick, 2–3, 6, 6, 132, 139, 392
CBS, 68, 157–58, 161, 162
Chamberlin, Mark, 321
Change Partners and Dance, 157, 159. See also Fred Astaire (documentaries)
Chase, Barrie, 14, 19–20, 20
Chase, Mary, 213
“Cheek to Cheek” (Astaire and Rogers dance), 17
Cheyenne Social Club, The (film), 211
Chinoy, Helen Krich, 268
Christopher Strong (film), 113
Citron, Herman, 174, 175–76, 228
Clark, Dick, 68
Clift, Montgomery, 71
Clinton, Bill, 356–59, 361
Close, Glenn, 324, 345–48, 346, 348
and daughter, Annie, 347–48
Clurman, Harold, 262, 265
Cohen, Betty, 296, 300
Cohn, Harry, 341, 342–45
Columbia Pictures, 341, 342–45. See also Lady With the Torch
Columbia Records, New York City, 346
Comden, Betty, 129, 133
Communist witch-hunts, 266–67, 364, 372–73
Conan the Barbarian (film), 326
Cooper, Gary, 203
Coppolo, Michael, 364, 372
corporate entities, portraying, 325–26, 342, 349
Cover Girl (film), 343
Cowan, Warren, 52, 56, 64
Crawford, Cheryl, 262, 263
Crispen, Elaine, 191, 192, 193
Cromwell, James, 364
Cromwell, John, 372
Cronyn, Hume, 364
Cukor, George
and Hepburn, Katharine, 109–10, 310
and Starring Katharine Hepburn, 28–29, 30–31, 32, 36, 46, 318
Culver City lot, MGM, 78–79, 106–13, 107–8, 108
Curry, John, 8, 9
Custom of the Country, The (Wharton), 392
Dallas (TV series), 222, 222–23
Damita, Lili, 381, 386, 388
Damsel in Distress, A (film), 17
Davis, Bette, 242, 243–48, 354
DeCapite, Raymond, 49
de Havilland, Olivia, 383–86
Destry Rides Again (film), 239
Devil at Four O’Clock, The (film), 86–87
Devillier, Ron, 27–28, 50–51
Dial, The (WNET magazine), 44
Dick Cavett Show, The (TV series), 2–3, 6, 6, 11, 12, 245, 392
Dieterle, William, 343
Dietrich, Marlene, 239, 391
Directors Guild, 113, 165
Don’t Tell Dad (Fonda, Peter), 294
Downs, Hugh, 52, 56, 57, 58, 61
Dretzin, Rachel, 271
Dreyfuss, Richard, 324, 333, 335, 337, 368
about actors, ix
and Flynn, 382
and Garfield, 364, 368–69
Lady With the Torch, The interview, 345
Off-stage wounds 369,
382-383
as The Universal Story host, 332–36
Dunaway, Faye, 272
Dunne, Irene, 345
Easy Rider (film), 324
Eber, Jose, 94
Eddington, Nora, 381, 388
Education of Max Bickford, The (TV series), 369
Emmy Awards
Bacall on Bogart nomination, 258
The Beverly Hills Hotel stay, 145–50
for Broadway’s Dreamers, 273–74, 275
for Fred Astaire: Change Partners and Dance, 157, 159
Fred Astaire nominations, 155
invitation, 144, 145
James Stewart nomination, 229
Katharine Hepburn: All About Me nomination, 322
nominations for Fred Astaire documentaries, 338
preparing for and getting to, 151–54
Screen Actors Guild strike, 157
Spencer Tracy Legacy writing and directing awards, 154, 154
Fairbanks, Douglas, Jr., 43–44
Farmer, Virginia, 266
Father of the Bride (film), 91
Father’s Little Dividend (film), 91
feather gown in “Cheek to Cheek,” 17
Feltenstein, George, 383
Fenwick, Connecticut, 310–11, 313–20, 322–23
Fervent Years, The (Clurman), 262
Flynn, Arnella, 376, 381
Flynn, Deirdre, 379, 381–82, 386
Flynn, Errol, 375, 376, 377, 380, 385–87
biographical information, 377, 380, 385–87
and Heeley and Kramer, 376
See also Adventures of Errol Flynn
Flynn, Lili Damita, 381, 386, 388
Flynn, Luke, 381
Flynn, Nora Eddington, 381, 388
Flynn, Patrice Wymore “Pat,” 376, 378–81, 386–88, 389
Flynn, Rory, 377, 381, 386
Flynn, Sean, 381
Follow the Fleet (film), 17–18
Fonda, Henry, 288, 290
biographical information, 292, 297
and Carson, 236
Katharine Hepburn interviews, 32, 289–92
lithographs of paintings, 295
and PBS, 49
and Stewart, 238
Fonda, Jane, 300, 304
Brentwood home, Los Angeles, 298, 301
as Fonda on Fonda host, 298–305
Fonda on Fonda interview, 293, 296–97
and Hepburn, Katharine, 32, 33, 44, 296–97, 305, 307, 309–10
and Jackson, 183–84
and Turner, 289
Fonda on Fonda (documentary)
Fonda, Jane, as host, 298–305
graduation picture, 307
preliminary interviews, 293–98
TNT and Fonda meeting about, 293
TV Guide cover, 116n
Fonda, Peter, 293–94
Fonda, Shirlee, 292, 294–95
Fontaine, Joan, 17, 386
Foote, Horton, 54, 55
Ford, Glenn, 343
Ford, John, 214
Ford Star Jubilee (CBS), 162
Four Daughters (film), 363
Fox, Paula, 392
Frank, Gerald, 167
Frank Sinatra Drive, Rancho Mirage, California, 84
Fred Astaire (documentaries)
Astaire, Adele, interview, 17–20
Astaire viewing the rough-cut, 14, 22–24
Change Partners and Dance Emmy Award, 157, 159
Chase, Barrie interview, 19
Nureyev interview, 21
obtaining agreement from Astaire, 11–14
Pan interview, 21
Robbins use of “I’m Old Fashioned” from, 24–25
Rogers interview, 15–18
success of, 27
Woodward as narrator, 21
Fred Astaire Songbook, The (documentary), 276–79, 280–85
and Astaire, Robyn Smith, 276–79
Hepburn, Audrey as host, 280–84
idea for, 276
publicity, 284–85
See also Astaire, Fred
Freed, Arthur, 354
Free Time (TV series), 33
Friendly, Fred, 139
Fuller, Charles, 392
Funny Face (film), 282, 284
Gable, Clark, 345
Gadge “Elia Kazan,” 262, 266–68, 267, 273
Garbo, Greta, 109–10
Gardens of the World (TV series), 285–86
Garfield, John, 362–65, 371–72
biographical information, 362–63
death and funeral, 364–65
and HUAC, 363, 371–72
wallet of, 372
See also John Garfield Story
Garfield, Julie, 362, 363, 365–67, 368, 373–74, 375
Garfield, Robbe, 364
Garland, Judy, 161, 166, 167–71, 171. See also Judy Garland
Geneva, Switzerland, 283
Gentleman’s Agreement (film), 369
Gentle People, The (play), 265
Gershe, Leonard, 282
Gershwin, George, 391–92
Gershwin, Ira, 201, 391–92
get well card signed by Jane Fonda and Ted Turner, 304–5, 306
Gilda (film), 343
Gleason, Jackie, 60
Glover, Danny, 364, 372
golf cart scene in Katharine Hepburn, 318–20
Gone With The Wind (film), 383–84
Goodspeed, Roger, 366
Gordon, Michael, 266
Gordon, Ruth, 71
Gow, Ray, 38–39, 40, 77, 99
Grant, Cary, 42–43, 44, 49, 179–80, 342, 390
and Hayworth, 342, 343
and James Stewart, 179–80
and Starring Katharine Hepburn, 42–43, 44
and PBS, 49
profile proposal, 42–43, 390
Grant, Lee, 364, 372, 373
Grant, Schuyler, 185–86
“Grapes of Wrath” lithograph, 295
Gray, Linda, 222, 222
Great Performances (TV series), 162, 251
Green, Adolph, 129
Group Theatre, The, 260
about, 262–63
and Communist witch-hunts, 266–67, 364, 372–73
and Garfield, 371–72
See also Broadway’s Dreamers
Hampton, Christopher, 392
Hanks, Tom, 358
Harding, Laura, 37, 44
Harris, Barbara, 42
Harris, Julie, 272
Harry and Son (film), 49, 51
Harvey (Chase, Mary), 213
Harvey (film), 212–13
Harvey sketches by James Stewart, 235, 235–36
Harvey, Tony, 38–39
Haymes, Dick, 344
Hayworth, Rita, 23, 342, 343–44, 345, 391
HBO, 68, 108, 340–41
HD, shooting in, 347
Healy, Ted, 204–5
Heeley, David “DH,” 159, 331, 394
about, ix, 4, 392–93
with Bacall, 250
with Berman, 34
biographical information, 4–5, 4n, 7
with Carnovsky, 267
and Carson, 225, 235–37, 240
and Davis, 245–48
Emmy Awards, 154, 154, 159, 165
with Flynn, Pat, 389
with Fonda, Henry, 290
and Fonda, Jane, 299, 300, 304, 305, 307
with Garfield, Julie, 362
with Glover, 364
with Group Theatre members, 260
and Hepburn, Audrey, 285, 286–87, 287
and Hepburn, Katharine, 28–30, 45–46, 96, 119–20, 139, 141–42, 143, 315
and Kramer “stealing” from Sinatra’s house, 86–87
with Luft, Lorna, 163
and Newman, 58–59, 61, 62
and pre-release screenings, 228
and Reagan, Ronald and Nancy, 188, 189
with Robbins, 25
and Rogers, 15, 16
and Spencer Tracy Legacy’s Broadway premiere, 132–33
with Stewart, James and Gloria,
200
and Wasserman, 352–54, 360–61, 361
and Woodward, 58–59, 61, 62, 65, 267
Heffernan, John, 362
Hepburn, Audrey, 276, 281–85, 286–87, 287
Hepburn, Katharine, 26, 47, 96, 111, 143, 187, 308, 313, 315, 323
Arzner tribute, 113
and Bacall, 252
and Barrymore, 37–38
Berman on working with, 34
biographical information, 27, 75, 104–5, 113, 316, 322–23
and Clurman/The Group Theatre, 266
Cukor on working with, 36
Fenwick, Connecticut, home, 310–11, 313–20, 322–23
and Fonda, Henry, 291
and Fonda, Jane, 33, 296–97, 305, 307, 309–10
Fonda on Fonda interview, 298
and Gow, 38–39, 40
and Harvey, Tony, 38, 39
and Heeley, 28–30, 96, 119–20, 139, 141–42, 143, 315
home movies, 310
and Jackson, 183–87
and Kramer, 67, 96, 118–20, 124–26, 127, 131–32, 139–40, 141–42, 143, 266, 317
and Kramer and Heeley, 45–46
The Lion in Winter with hair down, 38–39
on Long Day’s Journey Into Night, 42
and L.B. Mayer’s office at MGM, 109–10
and mirrors on site, 100
on motherhood, 296–97
and O’Toole, 40–41
on part selection, 33–34
Pledge spot for PBS, 113
and raspberry stain on sofa, 74–75
reporters asking questions at MGM lot, 107–8, 108
and Rooney, 83
and Selznick, 130
in Shakespeare, 33–34
and Sinatra, 83, 137
and Spencer Tracy Legacy, 67–68, 69, 76–79
and Spencer Tracy Legacy interviewees, 83, 89, 92–93
and Stewart, 183, 186
and Taylor, 92–93, 95
and Tracy, 95, 112–13, 115, 117, 121, 291
WNET donation, 45
See also Katharine Hepburn: All About Me; Starring Katharine Hepburn; entries beginning with “Spencer Tracy Legacy”
Hepburn Reconsidered (Lawrenson), 44
Hepburn, Thomas, 316
He Ran All the Way (film), 364
High Definition, shooting in, 347
Hitchcock, Alfred, 214
Hitchcock clips and James Stewart documentary, 175–76
Hoffman, Dustin, 263, 345
Holden, William, 345
Holliday, Judy, 342
Hollywood
The Beverly Hills Hotel, 145–50
and Communist witch-hunts, 266–67, 364, 372–73
film studios in, 337n
with Katharine Hepburn as tour guide, 77
Rooney on, 88
See also actors
Hope, Bob, 237
Hopper, Dennis, 345
Houghton, Katharine, 184
Houseman, John, 32, 33–34
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), 266–67, 364, 372–73
Howard, Ron, 297
Humoresque (film), 366–67
Hunchback of Notre Dame, The (film), 36
Hurok, Sol, 391
Hustler, The (film), 60
Huston, Walter, 195
Hyman, Dick, 273