Everybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sara Murphy, A Lost Generation Love Story

by Amanda Vaill

]–[>]; Jungian analysis of, [>]–[>]; as Zelda Fitzgerald visitor, [>]; and father’s estate, [>]; sinus operation of, [>]–[>]; separated from SWM at Saranac, [>], [>]; tonsils removed, [>]; and The Spanish Earth, [>]; and political activism, [>]–[>]; surrogate sons for, [>]; speeding offenses committed by, [>]; on grand jury, [>]; classes at New School, [>]–[>]; throat abscess, [>]; as cook, [>]; and food poisoning incident at Hellman’s, [>]; and contribution to Hellman and Hammett, [>]; Beatles’ importance recognized by, [>]; cancer of, [>]; and feeling of age, [>]; final illness of, [>]–[>], [>]; death of, [>]; funeral of, [>]–[>]

  PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF: “defect,” [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; feeling of difference, [>], [>], [>]; orotund speech, [>], [>]; depressions (“Black Services”), [>], [>], [>]; emotional restraint, [>]; artistic bent, [>]; inattention and loss of direction, [>]; and patriarchal disapproval, [>]; upper-class accent, [>]; voracious reader, [>]; clothes, [>], [>]; contrasted with Hemingway, [>]; hatred of pigeons, [>]; and sexual ambiguity, [>], [>]–[>], [>]; liking for wordplay, [>]; love of gadgets, [>]; liking for Gerard Manley Hopkins, [>]–[>]; penchant for nicknames, [>]–[>]

  ATTITUDES AND VIEWS OF: life’s “invented part” as meaningful, [>], [>], [>]; vs. Catholic Church, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; as outsider, [>]; indifference toward work and society, [>], [>], [>]; on effect of Paris, [>]–[>]; Pamplona reactions, [>], [>]; sees work as drug, [>]; hatred of opening nights, [>]

  AS MARK CROSS HEAD, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; attitude toward, [>]; lease negotiations, [>]; and commuting to Lake Saranac, [>]; and Léger, [>]; buying trip, [>]; art squeezed out, [>]; hope of leaving, [>]; window displays on WWII, [>]–[>]; and hope of war service, [>]; retirement, [>]

  FRIENDSHIPS OF: MacLeish, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>] (see also under MacLeish, Archibald); Léger, [>]–[>], [>], [>] (see also Léger, Fernand); Fitzgerald, [>]–[>], [>]; Hemingway, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]; Woollcott, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>] (see also Woollcott, Alexander); Jarvis, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  PAINTINGS OF: Turbines, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; Pressure (Pression) (Engine Room/Pression) [>], [>], [>]; Crystaux, [>], Taxi, [>]; Boatdeck, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]; Razor, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; Watch, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; Villa America signboard, [>], [>]; Roulement à Billes (Ball Bearing), [>], [>], [>], [>]; Laboratoire, [>], [>], [>], [>]; Doves, [>], [>], [>]; Bibliothèque, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; Cocktail, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]; Portrait, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]; Wasp and Pear, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  AS PAINTER, [>]–[>]; and activities at Antibes, [>]; view of avant-garde art as stimulus, [>]–[>]; study with Goncharova, [>]–[>]; work for Diaghilev, [>]–[>], [>]; studio found, [>]–[>]; first paintings, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; at 1923 Salon des Independents, [>]–[>]; as “centrifugalist,” [>]; and Bal des Artistes Russes booth, [>]–[>], [>]; work on Les Noces sets, [>]; iconographic paintings, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; and 1926 Salon des Independents, [>]; in New York, [>], [>]; 1927 accomplishments, [>]–[>]; and number five, [>]–[>], [>]; and Vidor film proposal, [>]; first one-man exhibition, [>], [>], [>]; and formalism, [>]; termination, [>]; vs. Zelda Fitzgerald’s style, [>]; abortive attempt to resume, [>]; and sensory deprivation in apartments, [>], [>]; public’s ignorance of, [>]; retrieval of paintings, [>]; renewed interest in, [>]–[>]; and Corcoran Gallery offer, [>]; and MOMA, [>]–[>], [>]

  AND PERFORMING ARTS: ballet commission from de Mare (Within the Quota), [>], [>], [>]–[>]; on sex theme for play, [>]; ballet dismissed, [>]; “ballet of metiers,” [>]; film project, [>]; plans for Dos Passos plays, [>]; Union Pacific (MacLeish-Nabokov ballet), [>]–[>]; ballet libretto (Ghost Town), [>]–[>], [>]

  Murphy, Gerald and Sara. See Murphys

  Murphy, Honoria Adeline (later Honoria Donnelly) (daughter): birth of, [>], [>]; baptism of, [>]; SWM and GCM as young parents with, [>], [>]; and visits of family friends, [>]; and wartime meetings of GCM and SWM, [>], [>]; and Mary McLeod Bethune, [>]; voyage to Europe (1921), [>]; and “Dow-dow,” [>]; and Fred Murphy in hospital, [>]; and life in Villa America, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; and grandfather, [>]; and treasure hunt, [>]; in California, [>]; tonsils removed, [>]; return to France, [>]; and tuberculosis threat, [>], [>], [>]; and “Harry’s Bar,” [>]; to Cannes, [>]; ski lessons for, [>]; in ride to Paris, [>]; to New York, [>]; Paris tutor for, [>]–[>]; in school at Cannes, [>]; leaving Villa America, [>]; outdoors with Hemingway, [>]; in boarding school, [>]; Christmas holiday with MacLeishes, [>]; sailing, [>]; shopping and dinner dancing, [>]; and news of Patrick’s relapse, [>]; with Baoth in hospital, [>]; need not to overlook, [>]; at Saranac Lake, [>], [>]–[>], [>]; and Camp Adeline, [>], [>]; aquaplaning, [>]; and Patrick’s death, [>]; trips to Europe, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]; acting ambitions of, [>]–[>], [>]; trip to Key West, [>]; and Platt, [>]; at Ghost Town premiere, [>]; marriage to John Shelton, [>]; and SWM at Wood Memorial Day Nursery, [>]

  AS HONORIA DONNELLY: marriage to William Donnelly, [>]; children born to, [>]–[>], [>]; parents’ advice to on knowledge of couples, [>]; Hemingway’s affection for, [>]; SWM to on farewell dinner, [>]; furniture given to, [>]; in McLean house, [>]; at GCM’s deathbed, [>]; at MOMA retrospective, [>]; SWM lives with, [>]; at SWM’s deathbed, [>]

  RECOLLECTIONS OF: on Patrick Murphy, [>]; on SWM’s daredevil streak, [>]; on parents’ life plan, [>]; on GCM’s hike to monastery, [>]–[>]; on Ramgut, [>]; on SWM’s makeup ritual, [>]; and Hellman on Parker’s accusation, [>]; on Linda Porter, [>]

  Murphy, Honoria Roberts (great-grandmother of GCM), [>]

  Murphy, Noel (wife of Frederic; formerly Noel Haskins), [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  Murphy, Patrick Francis (father of GCM), [>], [>]–[>]; and Esther, [>]–[>]; and Fred at Mark Cross, [>], [>]; and Fred’s illness, [>]; and Adeline Wiborg’s smuggling indictment, [>]; and birth of Baoth, [>]; on voyage to Europe, [>]; as luncheon guest in Paris, [>]; and Fred after WWI, [>]–[>]; Esther’s dowry from, [>]; report to on Patrick II, [>]; and Villa America, [>]; death of, [>]–[>]

  AND GCM: physical toughness demanded, [>]; and GCM at school, [>]; vs. Esther, [>]; and GCM at Yale, [>], [>], [>]–[>]; absence, [>]; and GCM’s engagement, [>], [>]; on GCM’s character, [>]–[>]; and W. 11th St. home, [>], [>], [>]; and GCM at work, [>], [>]–[>]; and GCM in army, [>]; disapproval as driving force, [>]; and GCM’s walking on hands, [>]; possessions of in GCM paintings, [>]

  Murphy, Patrick Francis II (son): birth of, [>]; and Vladimir’s stories, [>]; in California, [>]; tonsils removed, [>]; on return to France, [>]; stricken by tuberculosis, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; improvement of, [>], [>]; at Bad Aussee, [>]; and Scottie Fitzgerald bathwater scene, [>]; return to Switzerland, [>]; left in Paris, [>]; at Villa America, [>]–[>]; to Canada, [>]; misses outdoor vacation, [>]; Christmas holiday with MacLeishes, [>]; and Harvey School, [>], [>]; on Weatherbird cruise, [>]; relapse of, [>]–[>], [>]; in Doctors’ Hospital, [>]; and Baoth’s death, [>]; attention paid to, [>]–[>]; at Saranac Lake, [>]–[>], [>]; and Leger, [>]; and Camp Adeline, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; in decline, [>]; diary of, [>]; death of, [>]; memorial service for, [>]; memories of, [>], [>]; financial effect of care for, [>]; in GCM’s dreams, [>]; and SWM’s day-care work, [>]–[>]; and Murphys’ grandsons, [>]; avoidance of discussion on, [>]

  Murphy, Sara Sherman Wiborg (SWM): pearls of, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; and Tender Is the Night, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; family background of, [>]–[>]; birth of, [>]; and stock market, [>]; Mary Hoyt Wiborg bailed out by, [>]; and ballet project, [>]; unhappiness and bereavement of, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]; intends to run Paris soldiers’ canteen, [>]; at Wood Memorial Day Nursery, [>]–[>]; memory failure, [>]; final years of, [>]–[>]; death of, [>]

  EARLY LIFE OF: childhood, [>]–[>]; on family trip to Europe, [>]–[>]; in New York, [>]
; and mother, [>], [>]; at Miss Spence’s, [>]–[>]; on trip to France, [>]–[>]; in East Hampton, [>]–[>]; in East Hampton musical burlesque, [>]; coming-out party, [>]–[>]; presented at Buckingham Palace, [>]; as singer, [>], [>]; and East Hampton household, [>]–[>]; depression over life-situation, [>], [>], [>], [>]; trips to Europe, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]; and Mrs. Patrick Campbell, [>]; at 1912 Republican convention, [>]; in tableaux vivants, [>]; stress, [>]; trip to London and India, [>]–[>], [>]; on WWI outbreak, [>]

  PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND ATTITUDES OF: and germs around children, [>], [>], [>]; appearance, [>]–[>], [>]; and death of pet dog, [>]; daredevil streak, [>]; personal correctness, [>]; austere attitude about extramarital sex, [>], [>], [>]; health problems, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; and Mary McLeod Bethune’s work for racial justice, [>]–[>]; chaste sensuality, [>]; and driving, [>]; on bullfights, [>]–[>]; and eye-pencil-as-seam trick, [>]; and Hoytie’s “curse” against sons, [>], [>], [>]

  PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS OF: Fitzgerald, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>] (see also Fitzgerald, Scott); Picasso, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]; MacLeish, [>]–[>] (see also MacLeish, Archibald); Hemingway, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>] (see also Hemingway, Ernest)

  ART INTERESTS OF, [>], [>], [>]; enrollment in sculpture classes, [>]; painting classes, [>]; painting in Paris, [>]–[>]; costumes for Within the Quota, [>], [>] n

  Murphys (Sara and Gerald), [>], [>], [>]; tragedy in lives of, [>]; on money management, [>], [>]; and GCM on heart as “instrument de précision,” [>], [>], [>]; and dancing the Charleston, [>]; luggage of, [>], [>]; and GCM’s self-examination, [>], [>]; and political activity, [>], [>]–[>]

  NATURE OF RELATIONSHIP: and SWM’s sensual nature, [>]; and GCM on “communicated affection,” [>], [>], [>]; working shoulder to shoulder, [>]; Fitzgerald on, [>], [>]; difficulties, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]; lack of communication, [>], [>]

  VIEWS AND OPINIONS ON: of Scott Fitzgerald (Tender Is the Night), [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; of MacLeish, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; of Stewart, [>]; of Dos Passos, [>]; of Pauline Pfeiffer, [>]; of Scott Fitzgerald (letter), [>]–[>], [>]; of Hemingway, [>], [>]–[>]; of Zelda Fitzgerald, [>]; and MacLeish’s J.B., [>]–[>]; and Tomkins profile, [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  TASTES AND ATTITUDES OF: modernism embraced, [>], [>]; in home decorating, [>]; and African American culture, [>]–[>]; vs. American culture, [>]–[>]; on responsibility, [>]–[>]; vs. southern California, [>]–[>]; and anti-Semitism, [>]; vs. U.S. society, [>]; sexual silence, [>]

  FINANCIAL GENEROSITY OF: toward Hemingways, [>], [>], [>], [>]; toward Kamerny Theater, [>]; toward Myerses, [>], [>], [>]; toward Dos Passos, [>], [>], [>], [>]; toward Léger, [>], [>]; toward Stella Campbell, [>], [>]; toward Fitzgerald, [>], [>]; toward Powell, [>]; toward Hellman and Hammett, [>]; toward Esther Murphy, [>]

  AND FITZGERALDS, [>]–[>]; Scott’s behavior at parties, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]; Scott attracted to SWM, [>], [>]–[>], [>]; Zelda’s bizarre behavior, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]; Scott’s curiosity, [>], [>]–[>]; Scott’s attitudes toward GCM, [>]–[>]; Scott jealous of Hemingway, [>]; at Fitzgeralds’ return to France, [>]; and Zelda’s ballet, [>], [>]; Scott helps GCM get movie job, [>]; Scott’s remark on despair, [>]; and Velasquez talisman cross, [>], [>]; Scott as confidant in GCM’s self-analysis, [>], [>]; visit to Ramgut, [>]; Fitzgeralds as U.S. friends, [>]; SWM’s rebukes, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; GCM bemoans trade as drug, [>]; SWM invites Scott to Saranac, [>]; GCM letters to Scott, [>], [>], [>]; and Patrick’s death, [>]; and Sheilah Graham, [>]–[>]; Scott’s appeal and Murphys’ loan, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; Zelda on, [>]; Hemingway on, [>]; SWM’s dismissal, [>]; Scott’s letters in Cheer Hall, [>]. See also Fitzgerald, Scott; Fitzgerald, Zelda

  AND HEMINGWAY, [>], [>], [>]–[>]; and Hadley Hemingway, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; at Antibes, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; ski trip, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; Pamplona trip, [>], [>]–[>]; and Murphys’ largesse, [>]; Hemingway’s nickname, [>]; letters to Murphys, [>], [>]–[>]; in Key West visits, [>]; dinner party for Hemingway, [>]; refusal of request for letters, [>]–[>]

  AND PICASSO, [>], [>]; and GCM’s artistic awakening, [>], [>]; at Antibes, [>]–[>], [>], [>]; and SWM, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]; praise for GCM from, [>], [>]; diminished relationship, [>]; GCM’s tales of, [>]; SWM’s elegaic note, [>]

  RELATIONSHIP UP TO TIME OF MARRIAGE: meeting, [>], [>]; deepening friendship, [>]; letters, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]; grounds of GCM’s interest, [>]–[>]; at Yale junior prom, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; GCM at the Dunes, [>]; during and after senior year at Yale, [>]–[>]; and SWM’s trip to Europe, [>]–[>], [>]; and SWM’s artwork, [>], [>]; going-away gift, [>]; and GCM’s need for conversation, [>]; and GCM’s prose poem, [>]; SWM’s realization of love, [>]; growing closeness, [>]–[>]; engagement, [>]; planning for family, [>]; families’ reaction to engagement, [>]–[>], [>]; and GCM’s depressions, [>]; and lease on first home, [>], [>]; wedding postponed, [>], [>]–[>]; SWM’s admiration, [>]; engagement announced, [>]; honeymoon plans, [>]; wedding, [>]–[>]

  FIRST YEARS OF MARRIAGE (1916–1921): first home (W. 11th St.), [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>] n; honeymoon, [>]; and sex, [>]; and GCM at work, [>]; wrenching separations, [>]; children wanted, [>]; scrapbooks on, [>]–[>], [>]; and Adeline Wiborg’s death, [>], [>]; birth of Honoria, [>], [>]; and GCM in army, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; with Honoria, [>], [>]; dreams of pastoral home, [>], [>], [>], [>]; idea of joint artistic work, [>]; birth of Baoth, [>]; living in Cambridge, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; and property settlement from SWM’s father, [>], [>]; and SWM in East Hampton, [>]–[>], [>]; GCM’s tribute to SWM’s principles, [>]; summer in Connecticut, [>]–[>]; birth of Patrick, [>]; move to Europe, [>]–[>]

  IN PARIS (1921–1924), [>]–[>]; stopoff in England, [>]; painting, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; vacation in Houlgate, [>]; first visit to Antibes, [>]; Versailles home, [>]; apartment on quai des Grands-Augustins, [>], [>], [>]; sale of New York house, [>]; Kamerny troupe feted and aided, [>]–[>]; friends and acquaintances, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; and Stravinsky’s Les Noces, [>]–[>]; second summer in Antibes (1923), [>], [>], [>]–[>]; and Picasso, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; Venice visit, [>]; as Man Ray-photographed celebrities, [>]; as parent figures, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]; St.-Cloud (Gounod) house rented, [>]–[>]; third summer in Antibes (1924), [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; escape to Villa America, [>]; and MacLeishes, [>]–[>]

  AT VILLA AMERICA (ANTIBES) (1924–1928), [>]–[>]; purchase, [>]–[>]; renovations, [>]–[>]; daily activities, [>]–[>]; parties and cocktails, [>]–[>],friends, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]; life’s “terrible possibilities” held at bay, [>]–[>]; GCM’s sailing, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]; winter adventure, [>]–[>]; and Hadley with John Hemingway, [>]–[>]; and Fitzgeralds, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; party for MacLeish’s arrival, [>]; in Pamplona for fiesta, [>]–[>]; New York sojourn, [>]–[>]; eastern Europe trip, [>]; and SWM’s burden, [>]; and new crowd, [>]; to Paris for farewells, [>]–[>]; treasure-hunting voyage, [>]–[>]; and proposed score for Hallelujah!, [>]–[>]; rented films shown, [>]

  IN CALIFORNIA (1928–1929): journey, [>], [>]–[>]; Beverly Hills residence, [>]; distaste, [>]–[>]; and Hallelujah! production, [>]–[>]; staying on, [>]–[>]

  RETURN TO EUROPE (1929–1932): On shipboard, [>]; friends, [>]–[>]; GCM convicted in bailiff incident, [>], [>]; Patrick’s tuberculosis and health resort, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]; SWM’s birthday party, [>]; and Parker on “poor Gerald,” [>]; in Paris with Fitzgeralds, [>]–[>]; and death of SWM’s father, [>]; life at la Bruyère, [>], [>]–[>]; and “Harry’s Bar,” [>]–[>], [>]; Venice trip, [>]; weakened financial situation, [>]; changed social situation, [>]; retreat, [>]–[>]; and Weatherbird (schooner), [>], [>]; move to Ramgut (Bad Aussee), [>]–[>]; preparatory visit to U.S., [>]; Paris exp
eriment, [>]–[>]; Patrick with family at Villa America, [>]–[>]; and friends in America, [>]; departure, [>]

  IN U.S. (1932–1937): and Mary Hoyt Wiborg’s financial difficulties, [>]–[>]; finances tight, [>]–[>]; visitors, [>]; Montana vacation with Hemingway, [>]–[>]; residences, [>]; Christmas with MacLeishes, [>]; trips to Europe, [>], [>]; financial help to friends, [>]; ballet project, [>]–[>]; in Key West with Hemingway, [>]; and Zelda’s paintings, [>]–[>]; Beekman Place apartment, [>]; dinner party, [>]; trips to Europe, [>], [>]–[>]; Patrick’s recovery seen, [>]; financial battle with Mary Hoyt Wiborg, [>]; Patrick’s relapse, [>]–[>], [>]; GCM as Mark Cross head, [>]–[>], [>]; death of Baoth, [>]–[>], [>]; with Patrick at Saranac, [>]–[>]; and Leger’s trip to U.S., [>]–[>]; and Sara’s loneliness after Baoth’s death, [>]; with Patrick at Saranac, [>]–[>], [>]; change of apartments, [>]; marital difficulties, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]; with Patrick at Camp Adeline, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]; death of Patrick, [>]

  IN LATE ’30S AND WAR YEARS: penthouse apartment, [>]–[>]; and The Spanish Earth, [>]; to Europe and health resort, [>]–[>]; SWM’s fragility, [>]; friends, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]; remodeled house (Swan Cove), [>], [>]–[>]; European summer, [>]–[>]; SWM’s trip to Europe, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; lack of communication, [>], [>]; diminished capital, [>]; Fitzgerald’s appeal for help and loan, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]; with Pauline Hemingway, [>]–[>]; Fitzgerald’s death, [>]–[>]; war efforts, [>]; and Stella Campbell’s death, [>]; reduced finances, [>]; move to duplex, [>]–[>]; and Southern trip, [>]–[>]; Mary Hoyt Wiborg’s lawsuit, [>]–[>]; visiting MacLeishes in Washington, [>]–[>]; Honoria’s marriage, [>], [>]; SWM at Wood Memorial Day Nursery, [>]–[>]; and Dawn Powell, [>]–[>]

  IN POSTWAR YEARS: death of friends and relatives, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]; and Jarvis, [>]–[>]; and Dos Passos, [>], [>]; new house (Cheer Hall), [>