by Peter Evans
Callas, Maria, 11
Camille, 121
Capote, Truman, 50
Captains Courageous, 120, 137, 245
Cardiff, Jack, 7–8, 62, 83–85
Carter, Nell, 120, 134, 136, 141, 142, 168
Catcher in the Rye, The (Salinger), 26
Cavani, Liliana, 13
CBS, 237
Chapman, Mrs., 3
Chasen, Dave, 116
Cher, 6
Churchill, Winston, 150, 163
Citizen Kane, 231–32
Clarke, Thurmond, 243
Colman, Ronald, 110, 116
Columbia, 274
Confidential, 139, 239
Coward, Noel, 50
Crosby, Bing, 46
Cukor, George, 77, 234, 261
Daily Telegraph (London), 13
Dali, Salvador, 270, 271–72
Damned, The, 13
Darnell, Linda, 190, 234
Davies, Marion, 46
Davis, Sammy, Jr., 238–39
Dead End Kids, 168
Dean, James, 19, 42
Death in Venice, 13
DeHaven, Gloria, 166
de Havilland, Olivia, 32
Diamonds Are Forever, 269
Dominguín, Luis Miguel, 16, 236–37, 262
Dorsey, Tom, 165, 208, 222–23
Dorsey band, 165, 167, 222–23
Douglas, Kirk, 99
Duhan, Barney, 92
Durante, Jimmy, 63, 116–17
East of Eden (film), 42
East of Eden (Steinbeck), 42
Ebony, 238
Edwards, Bill, 261, 275–77
Eldridge, Roy, 206
Elstree Studios, 77
Ennismore Gardens, Knightsbridge, 18, 53, 142, 171, 260, 269
Evans, Michael, 261
Evans, Pamela, 281
Evans, Peter:
Ava invited to dinner at home of, 276–77
Ava’s kiss bestowed on, 265–66
Ava’s meetings with, 18–22, 28–30, 31–47, 53–60, 80–82, 84–86, 88–96, 97–106, 107–17, 119–27, 129–38, 139–43, 149–51, 184–193, 221–29, 260–66, 269–74
Ava’s phone calls with, 1–4, 5–6, 8–12, 23–28, 49–53, 61–66, 82–83, 143–47, 155–57, 175–79, 181–84, 196–209, 211–19, 231–40, 255–60, 267–69
Cardiff’s advice to, 7–8
death of, 279
notes to Ava from, 164, 241–42
Snyder’s visit with Ava and, 79–86
Spoli Mills’s memoir anxieties and, 77–78, 101, 105
Victor’s advice to, 8, 150
Victor’s friendship with, 6, 52, 173
and Viertel’s warnings about Ava, 15–17, 21, 24, 88–89, 150, 182–83
Exit, 2–3
Family Affair, A, 120
Farrow, Mia, 265
Fassbinder, Rainer Werner, 13
Faulkner, William, 217
Ferrer, Mel, 177
Fidler, Jimmie, 125
Fields, W. C., 116
Films and Filming, 12
Fink, Hymie, 188
Flynn, Errol, 63
Ford, Henry, 142, 153, 243
Ford, John, 26, 195, 221, 228, 267, 268
Forever Amber (Winsor), 205
Franka (Ava’s friend), 217
From Here to Eternity, 159, 280
Frost, David, 50
Gable, Clark, 74, 87, 88, 93, 99, 108, 137, 139, 152, 153, 189, 191, 224, 246, 262
Garbo, Greta, 16, 125
Gardner, Ava, 15–16, 77–80, 87–88, 173–75, 275–77, 279
abortions of, 267–68
accent of, 72, 94, 95, 125, 214
in A.D., 217
affairs and lovers of, 5–6, 7, 16, 54–55, 63, 97, 99, 103, 143, 177, 186–93, 202–3, 206–7, 224–26, 236–37, 238–39, 247–51, 252–53, 259, 262–63, 273, 274
in Barefoot Contessa, 7, 61, 63, 65, 232–36, 271
beauty of, 5, 6, 17, 20, 32, 45, 61–62, 83, 85, 98, 125, 158, 188, 201, 238, 261
Bogarde on, 13, 26–27
on Bogart, 233–34, 236
on Brando, 18–19
Burton on, 6
Cardiff on, 7–8
childhood of, 31, 36–47, 67–75, 89, 216
comment on Sinatra’s penis by, 179–80, 181–82, 195, 196, 221, 228–29
on Dali, 272
on death and aging, 2–4, 20–22, 24–25, 27, 219, 256, 269
death of, 264, 281
depression of, 2–4, 41–42, 156, 215, 218–19
on divorce, 39, 245
doubts of, about memoir, 9–10, 17, 58–59, 80, 100–103, 151, 175, 280
drinking of, 6–7, 8, 13, 38, 40, 53–54, 86, 101, 105, 111, 112, 126, 142, 150, 165, 167, 169, 175, 178, 196, 203–4, 224, 225, 226, 243, 249, 256, 262, 269, 271
education of, 45, 71–72, 203
Evans kissed by, 265–66
at Evans’s home for dinner, 276–77
Evans’s meetings with, 18–22, 28–30, 31–47, 53–60, 80–82, 84–86, 88–96, 97–106, 107–17, 119–27, 129–38, 139–43, 149–51, 184–193, 221–29, 260–66, 269–74
Evans’s notes written to, 164, 241–42
Evans’s phone calls with, 1–4, 5–6, 8–12, 23–28, 49–53, 61–66, 82–83, 143–47, 155–57, 175–79, 181–84, 196–209, 211–19, 231–40, 255–60, 267–69
on father’s death, 64, 68, 81, 87, 89, 90, 97, 155, 198
finances of, 20, 28, 33, 52, 70, 81, 85, 149, 197, 234, 280
in Ghosts on the Loose, 242
in Harem, 217
hospitalized in St. John’s, 270–71
in Hucksters, 152
Hughes and, 7, 54, 91, 97, 103, 186–93, 208, 235, 241, 245, 247–53, 256–59, 274
on Huston, 9, 31–33, 54–56
Huston on, 10
in Killers, 9, 32, 62, 65, 99, 207, 235, 241
in Knights of the Round Table, 176–77
in Knots Landing, 217
in Long Hot Summer, 217
lung conditions and concerns of, 2, 211–13, 218
as man-eater, 5–6, 7, 8, 16, 18, 183, 262
on Mankiewicz, 62–63, 234–35
on Mayer, 110, 124, 136, 137
memory and concentration lapses of, 29, 33, 57
MGM’s contract with, 15, 30, 97–100, 106, 107–8, 110, 159, 171, 177, 187, 206, 217, 234, 271
MGM’s interview and video test of, 93–95
in Mogambo, 228, 267–68, 271, 276
Morrison on, 98–99
mother’s death and, 243, 247, 250
in My Forbidden Past, 225
in Night of the Iguana, 6, 10, 62
on Onassis, 11–12
in Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, 7, 234, 273
pictures of, sent to MGM, 92–93
in Priest of Love, 217
profanity of, 17, 28, 129, 182, 183–84, 185, 249, 255
psychoanalysis of, 38, 112–13, 243
puberty of, 74–75
on religion, 67–68
on Rooney, 103, 119–20, 122, 143, 145, 249, 257
Rooney’s courtship and engagement to, 113–17, 119–27, 133–38, 139–41
Rooney’s divorce from, 11, 54, 73, 91, 97, 156, 160–61, 168–69, 170–71, 185–86, 187, 192–93, 206, 242–45, 246–47, 251, 257, 260
Rooney’s first meeting with, 98, 106, 110, 111–14
Rooney’s marriage to, 11–12, 31, 34, 35–36, 67, 72–73, 91, 97, 99–103, 114–15, 132–38, 141–143, 144–45, 152–55, 156–60, 165–71, 203, 223, 246
Scott’s abuse of, 7, 143, 202–3, 252
sensuality and sexuality of, 6–7, 12, 16, 18, 20, 22, 72–73, 85, 154, 166–67, 185–86, 227, 244, 256–59, 264–65
on Shaw, 64, 137–38, 192, 201, 250
Shaw on, 264–65
Shaw’s divorce of, 125, 206, 252
Shaw’s marriage to, 15, 16, 31–33, 34–35, 37–38, 54–55, 112, 186, 201, 203–4, 207–8, 241, 243, 245, 252
in Show Boat, 178, 234
on Sinatra, 1–2, 56, 64, 137, 159, 192, 222–23, 227, 237, 264–65
Sinatra on, 38, 44
Sinatra’s affair with, 176–79, 225
Sinatra’s divorce from, 8, 222
Sinatra’s marriage to, 7, 16, 31, 51, 79, 125, 158, 175–79, 224, 227, 236–38, 245, 250, 265, 270–71, 272–74
sleeping troubles of, 1–2, 23, 89–90, 146, 155, 196–97, 211, 212, 231, 232, 233, 255–56
smoking of, 10, 20, 34, 36, 42, 45, 84, 114, 132, 202, 211, 212, 213, 216, 218, 226
in Snows of Kilimanjaro, 62, 234
Snyder and Victor in meeting with, 79–86
Spoli Mills on, 77–78
strokes of, 7, 13, 17, 20, 21, 24–25, 27, 28, 33, 35, 53, 65, 83, 145, 212, 213–19, 222, 237, 269, 275
in Sun Also Rises, 16–17, 42, 62, 85, 182–83
Tarr’s launching of, 92–93, 141–42
on Turner, 9, 45, 63
on Victor, 22, 50, 52
Victor on, 8
Viertel on, 15–17, 21, 24, 88–89, 150, 182–83
virginity lost by, 12, 73, 126–27, 142–43, 144
in Whistle Stop, 63, 99, 206–7, 241
Gardner, Ava Virginia (aunt), 31, 38, 39, 42, 44
Gardner, Beatrice “Bappie” (sister), 68, 133, 154, 159, 177, 187, 228–29, 238, 274
drinking of, 169
father and, 38, 41, 71
in Hollywood with Ava, 95–96, 97, 107, 109–10, 116, 152
Hughes and, 250, 251, 252
mother and, 125, 250
in New York, 75, 93, 94
pregnancy of, 44
Rooney and, 122, 126
Sinatra and, 227
Tarr and, 71, 92, 93, 141–42, 170–71
Gardner, Elsie Mae (sister), 40–41, 44
Gardner, Inez (sister), 44, 95, 96, 97, 154, 246
Gardner, James Bailey (grandfather), 38, 40, 261
Gardner, Jonas (father), 46, 70, 82, 91, 190, 198–200, 246
death of, 64, 68, 81, 87, 89, 90, 97, 155, 198
drinking of, 38, 41
as farmer, 36–37, 72, 216
first son lost by, 43–44
illness and dying of, 67–68, 69, 71, 93, 198, 236
Molly’s marriage to, 127
parents of, 39, 40
poverty of, 36–37, 43, 68, 216
Gardner, Mary Elizabeth “Molly” (mother), 42–46, 71, 72, 82, 95–96, 109, 125, 126, 156, 199–200
Ava’s puberty and, 74–75
Ava’s trip to NYC with, 93
cancer of, 81, 91, 95, 97, 103, 154–55, 208, 246
children and family of, 36, 38–39
death of, 97, 243, 247, 250
Jonas’s marriage to, 127
poverty of, 43, 68, 216
working of, 44, 46, 68–70, 90
Gardner, Melvin Jonas “Jack” (brother), 43, 91
Gardner, Mrs. James Bailey (grandmother), 39
Gardner, Myra (sister), 43, 44, 46, 75, 110, 216
Gardner, Raymond (brother), 43–44
Garland, Judy, 112, 120, 166, 224, 246
Garson, Greer, 110
Ghosts on the Loose, 9, 168, 242
Gilbert, Martin, 150
Godfather, The, 280
Goetz, Edith Mayer, 123, 136
Going Hollywood, 46
Goldwyn, Sam, 15
Gone With the Wind, 55, 72
Goring, Marius, 233
Grable, Betty, 35–36, 207, 245
Grabtown, N.C., 31, 43
Graduate, The, 2, 262–63
Grant, Cary, 116, 119, 187
Graves, Robert, 149
Gray, Charles, 269
Grayson, Kathryn, 122, 168
Greer, Howard, 274
Grimaldi, Gracie, see Kelly, Grace
Guest, Charlie, 252
Harem, 217
Harlow, Jean, 125, 190, 267
Harrison, Rex, 277
Hawkins, Coleman, 206
Hawks, Howard, 187, 188
Hayworth, Rita, 231, 235
Hellman, Lillian, 50
Hell’s Angels, 191
Hemingway, Ernest, 26, 106, 262
Killers and, 54, 62
Snows of Kilimanjaro and, 62
Sun Also Rises and, 15–16, 17, 42, 62, 182, 260
Hemmings, David, 277
Hendry, Whitey, 239
Hepburn, Katharine, 125, 187, 190, 247
His Way (Kelley), 179, 221, 228–29
Hitler’s Madman, 9
Holden, William, 102
Holiday, Billie, 206
Hoover, Herbert, 135
Hopper, Hedda, 125, 135
Horne, Lena, 205
House Un-American Activities Committee, 205
Hucksters, The, 152
Hughes, Howard, 63, 99, 201, 209, 236, 239, 262, 265
Ava’s relationship with, 7, 54, 91, 97, 103, 186–93, 208, 235, 241, 245, 247–53, 256–59, 274
Bappie and, 250, 251, 252
Turner and, 190, 247
Huston, John, 2, 16, 26, 35, 63, 99, 143, 183, 207, 262
on Ava, 10
Ava on, 9, 31–33, 54–56
on Cardiff, 62
smoking of, 114, 213
James, Harry, 273
Johnny (Inez’s husband), 44
Johnson, Nunnally, 213
Kelley, Kitty, 179, 221, 228–29, 280
Kelly, Grace, 53, 54, 125
Kennedy, Jackie, 11, 19
Kennedy, Joe, 38
Kennedy, Robert, 41
Kern, Betty, 207
Kern, Jerome, 204, 270
Kerr, Deborah, 15, 17–18, 261
Keyes, Evelyn, 32, 35, 55
Killers, The (film), 9, 32, 54, 62, 65, 99, 207, 235, 241
Killers, The (Hemingway), 54, 62
Knights of the Round Table, 176
Knots Landing, 217
Korda, Michael, 51
Koverman, Ida, 135–36, 253
Kraft, Hy, 205
Lancaster, Burt, 99
Lauren Bacall: By Myself, 51
Lawford, Peter, 132, 166–68
Lazar, Irving Paul “Swifty,” 50–53
Letter to Three Wives, A, 234
Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, The, 56
Loew’s Inc., 92, 93
Lombard, Carole, 152
Long Hot Summer, The (Faulkner), 217
Long Hot Summer, The (film), 217
Lord Jeff, 167
Losey, Joseph, 12
Lugosi, Bela, 168
Lupino, Ida, 190
Lysistrata (Aristophanes), 11
Maisie Goes to Reno, 9
Mankiewicz, Joe, 26, 61–62, 63, 65, 233–36
Mann, Thomas, 16
Mannix, Eddie, 139–41, 153, 168, 169–70, 187, 242
marijuana, 225–26
Martin, Freddy, 117
Mason, James, 217
Maxwell, Marilyn, 224–25
Mayer, Edith (Goetz), 123, 136
Mayer, Irene, 123, 136
Mayer, Louis B., 63, 134, 139–41, 235, 247, 253, 273
Ava on, 110, 124, 136, 137
and Rooney’s relationship with Ava, 121–25, 126, 135–38, 141, 152, 153, 168, 169–70, 187, 193, 206, 242–43
Mayer, Margaret, 136
Meet Danny Wilson, 178, 238
Meyer, Johnny, 187–89, 235–36, 247, 249, 250–51
MGM, 59, 77, 120–23, 126, 132, 168–69, 193, 202, 223–24, 242, 245, 247, 261, 270, 273
Ava’s contract with, 15, 30, 97–100, 106, 107–8, 110, 159, 171, 177, 187, 206, 217, 234, 271
Ava’s interview and video test with, 93–95
Ava’s pictures sent to, 92–93
press and publicity of, 37, 105, 239, 276
Rooney as biggest star at, 12, 67, 141
Sinatra fired by, 237
MGM International, 275
Midsummer Night’s Dream, 120
Miller, Sid, 167
Mills, Paul, 77, 78, 105, 131, 261, 275, 276
Mills, Spoli, 131, 195, 233, 261, 266, 275, 276, 277
memoir anxieties of, 77–78, 101, 105
Miranda, Carmen, 112
Mitchum, Dorothy, 226
Mitchum, Robert, 225–26, 262
Mogambo, 87, 195, 228, 267, 268, 271, 276
Monogram, 168
Monroe, Marilyn, 19, 78
Monroe, Vaughn, 94
Morgan, Frank, 120
Morgan, Jess, 22, 85, 280
Morgan (Ava’s dog), 57, 217
Morrison, Greg, 98–99, 276
Mrs. Miniver, 110
Muni, Paul, 138
My Forbidden Past, 225
New Biographical Dictionary of Film, 120
Newport News, Va., 46, 63, 68–72, 75, 81–82, 87, 90, 198
New York Daily Mirror, 178
Nichols, Mike, 262–63
Night of the Iguana, The (film), 6, 10, 17, 62
Night of the Iguana, The (Williams), 6, 62
Night Porter, The, 13
Ninochka, 121
Nixon, Richard, 50
O’Brien, Edmond, 62, 235–36
O’Brien, Pat, 245
Odets, Clifford, 50
O’Hara, John, 207
O’Hara, Scarlett (char.), 55, 85
Olivier, Laurence, 19
Onassis, Aristotle, 10–11, 150, 175
Open Book, An (Huston), 9
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, 7, 225, 234, 273
Pankey, Fred, 134
Parker, Dorothy, 156
Parsons, Louella, 125, 134
Pearson, Billy, 56
Perelman, S. J. (Sid), 207
Peters, Jean, 190
Peterson, Les, 123, 124, 141, 142, 145, 153
Porter, Cole, 50
Poverty Row, 168
Power, Tyrone, 183
Priest of Love, 217
Puzo, Mario, 280
Racing Form, 121, 134
Raft, George, 35, 63, 99, 206–7, 245
Random Harvest, 109
Rat Pack, 236
Red Dust, 267
Reed, Donna, 122, 168
Rene (maid), 238
Reynolds, R. J., 169
Robards, Jason, 217
Robinson, Eddie G., 138
Rogers, Ginger, 190, 252
Romm, May, 243
Rooney, Mickey, 58, 59, 91, 104, 164, 184, 201, 202, 206, 207, 209, 215, 241, 250, 256, 258–59
Ava courted and affianced by, 113–17, 119–27, 133–38, 139–41
Ava on, 103, 119–20, 121, 122, 143, 145, 249, 257
Ava’s divorce from, 11, 54, 73, 91, 97, 156, 160–61, 168–69, 170–71, 185–86, 187, 192–93, 206, 242–45, 246–47, 251, 257, 260
Ava’s first meeting with, 98, 106, 110, 111–14
Ava’s marriage to, 11–12, 31, 34, 35–36, 67, 72–73, 91, 97, 99–103, 114–15, 132–38, 141–43, 144–45, 152–55, 156–60, 165–71, 203, 223, 246
Ava’s post-marriage relations with, 73, 102, 160, 189, 252–53, 256, 260
drinking of, 121, 157, 167
infidelity of, 63, 132–34, 158–59, 160, 165–66, 167–68, 169, 170, 242
Mayer and, 121–25, 126, 135–38, 141, 152, 153, 168, 169–70, 187, 193, 206, 242–43