by Lorna Luft
Sally Kirkland, interview with Jeffrey Vance, 2011.
Miles Kreuger, interview with Jeffrey Vance, 2011.
Angela Lansbury, interview with Jeffrey Vance, 2010.
Jerry Lewis, interview with Jeffrey Vance, 2010.
Mort Lindsey, interview with Jeffrey Vance, 2010.
Jerry Maren, interview with Jeffrey Vance, 2010.
Hugh Martin, interview with Jeffrey Vance, 2010.
Liza Minnelli, interview with Jeffrey Vance, 2011.
Kim Novak, interview with Jeffrey Vance, 2011.
Margaret O’Brien, interview with Jeffrey Vance, 2010.
Robert Osborne, interview with Jeffrey Vance, 2010.
Frank Pierson, interview with Jeffrey Vance, 2010.
Jane Powell, interview with Jeffrey Vance, 2010.
Debbie Reynolds, interview with Jeffrey Vance, 2011.
Mickey Rooney, interview with Jeffrey Vance, 2010.
Ann Rutherford, interview with Jeffrey Vance, 2010.
Eva Marie Saint, interview with Jeffrey Vance, 2010.
Coyne Steven Sanders, interview with Jeffrey Vance, 2010.
George Schlatter, interview with Jeffrey Vance, 2011.
Daniel Selznick, interview with Jeffrey Vance, 2010.
David Shepard, interview with Jeffrey Vance, 2010.
Bob Thomas, interview with Jeffrey Vance, 2010.
William Wellman Jr., interview with Jeffrey Vance, 2010.
ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS, DOCUMENTS, AND MISCELLANEOUS
Gene Allen papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
George Cukor Collection, University of Southern California Cinematic Arts Library.
George Cukor papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Harry B. Friedman papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Judy Garland private audio recordings 1963–1966, Lorna Luft Collection.
Ronald Haver Collection, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Fay and Michael Kanin papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Ring Lardner Jr. papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
David O. Selznick Collection, Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin.
A Star Is Born (1937) pressbook.
A Star Is Born (1954) pressbook.
A Star Is Born (1976) pressbook.
A Star Is Born daily production and progress reports, August 13, 1953–July 29, 1954, USC Warner Bros. Archives, University of Southern California Cinematic Arts Library.
USC Warner Bros. Archives, University of Southern California Cinematic Arts Library.
Jack L. Warner Collection, University of Southern California Cinematic Arts Library.
Index
A
Academy Awards, 63, 95, 121, 126–127, 163–165, 168, 171, 187, 189, 198–199
Best Actor, 41, 46, 113
Best Actress, 20, 34, 42–43, 46, 163–165, 184
Best Assistant Director, 46
Best Directing, 46
Best Original Song, 90, 198–199
Best Picture, 46, 134
Best Writing (Original Story), 32, 46
Best Writing (Screenplay), 46
Adventures of Robin Hood, The, 74
Agus, David, 226
All Quiet on the Western Front, 24
Allen, Gene, 104, 106–107, 121, 124, 139, 144, 165, 207, 212, 217, 220, 223
Allen, Peter, 205, 229, 230
Alperson, Edward L., 56, 72–73
Altman, Robert, 13
Alves, Vernon, 73, 130
American in Paris, An, 134, 139
Amsel, Richard, 200–201, 220, 226
Anderson, Maxwell, 24
Anna Christie, 115
Anna Karenina, 41
Annie Get Your Gun, 66
Anslinger, Harry J., 65
Arlen, Harold, 18, 66, 90, 92, 96, 100, 134, 166, 172, 181, 185, 212
Armstrong, Del, 98
Arnaz, Desi, 147
Artist, The, 13
Ascher, Kenny, 188
Astaire, Fred, 65
Aubrey, James, 175, 176
B
Babes in Arms, 60, 63
Bacall, Lauren, 134, 147, 164–165, 181, 227
Bad and the Beautiful, The, 12
Baldwin, Alec, 49
Ball, Lucille, 147, 165
Band Wagon, The, 124, 139
Bankhead, Tallulah, 29
Barbra Streisand: Redefining Beauty, Femininity, and Power (Gabler), 199
Barefoot Contessa, The, 157
Bari, Lynn, 73
Barrymore, Ethel, 103
Barrymore, John, 29, 41
Barstow, Richard, 94–95, 131, 138–139, 141
Bart, Malcolm, 165
“Battle Hymn of the Republic, The,” 176, 181
“Be a Clown,” 206
Begelman, David, 175, 178
Behind the Screen, 11
Bennett, Constance, 24, 26–27, 29, 30–31, 33
Bergen, Candice, 220
Bergman, Alan, 188
Bergman, Ingrid, 101
Bergman, Marilyn, 188
Berman, Pandro S., 24
Bert, Malcolm, 121
“Bewitched,” 176
Bhowani Junction, 158
Bickford, Charles, 86–87, 115
“Bill,” 136
Bill of Divorcement, A, 101
“Black Bottom,” 139, 143
Blake, Amanda, 149
Blane, Martin and Ralph, 95
Blangsted, Folmar, 146, 158, 210–211
Block, Martin, 155
Bloom, 58
Bogarde, Dirk, 172, 173
Bogart, Humphrey, 70, 110, 134
Bogdanovich, Peter, 196
Bolger, Ray, 62–63, 181
Bonanza, 171, 175
Bonnie and Clyde, 31
“Born in a Trunk,” 14–15, 64, 81, 89, 120–121, 122, 123, 133, 135, 139–143, 158, 161, 175, 206, 220
Born Yesterday, 101
Borzage, Frank, 34
Bowers, John, 40, 41
“Boy Next Door, The,” 206
Boys in the Band, The, 204
Brando, Marlon, 57, 110, 113, 156–157, 187
Brice, Fanny, 60
Broadway Melody of 1938, 25, 60
Brown, Rowland, 24, 38
Buddy Holly Story, The, 190
Burton, Tim, 13
Busey, Gary, 190
“But Not for Me,” 90, 92
Butterfly (Streisand), 185
C
Cahn, Sammy, 95, 166
Camille, 41, 101
Campbell, Alan, 17, 38
Canby, Vincent, 196
Capra, Frank, 222
Carmen Jones, 121, 163, 166
Carmichael, Hoagy, 58, 136
Caron, Leslie, 131
Carroll, Harrison, 149
Carson, Jack, 40, 86–87, 114–115, 118–119, 132–133, 149, 152–153, 187
Carson, Johnny, 179
Carson, Robert, 17, 38, 46, 77
Casablanca, 74
Cassavetes, John, 172
Cassidy, Tyler, 229
Cat Ballou, 187
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 114
Chadwick, Helen, 40
Champ, The, 32
Champlin, Charles, 196
Chandler, Chick, 215
Chaplin, Charles, 11–12
Chappelle, Dave, 228
Charisse, Cyd, 124
Child Is Waiting, A, 54, 172
Churchill, Sarah, 131
CinemaScope, 18, 57, 103–104, 122
Claire, Ina, 131
Clark, Carroll, 24
Clark, Pat, 11
Clay, Andrew Dice, 228
Clock, The, 65
Cole, Nat “King,” 169
Colleran, Bill, 175
Colman, Ronald, 113
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��Come Rain or Come Shine,” 90
Condon, Bill, 228
Connelly, Marc, 13
Conway, Jack, 41
Cool Hand Luke, 187
Coolidge, Rita, 190, 193
Cooper, Bradley, 21, 199, 228
Coppola, Carmine, 217
cost overruns, 18–19
Country Girl, The, 20, 163
“Couple of Swells, A,” 68–69
Coward, Noël, 157–158
Crawford, Joan, 101, 114, 149
Crosby, Bing, 12
Crowley, Matt, 204
Crowther, Bosley, 20, 155
Cruze, James, 12
Cukor, George
Academy Awards and, 165
award for, 166
“Born in a Trunk” and, 139, 144
color technology and, 118–120, 121–123
documents from, 10
film cuts and, 207
Garland and, 118
length of film and, 145, 146
on location, 214–215
March and, 41
music and, 101
My Fair Lady and, 168
Noonan and, 115, 117
photograph of, 75
at premiere of 1976 film, 196
reconstruction and, 212, 216–217
reviews of, 157
A Star Is Born, A (1937) and, 40
A Star Is Born, A (1954) and, 14, 16, 77, 94–95, 103–108, 109
What Price Hollywood? and, 11, 24, 29, 32
The Wizard of Oz and, 61, 85–86
Curtis, Tony, 147
D
Daly, Robert, 212, 216
“Dancing Partner,” 134
Dandridge, Dorothy, 163
Davies, Marion, 12
Davis, Judy, 224
Day, Doris, 131, 147
Day for Night, 13
Day of the Locust, The, 14
Dean, James, 147
Deans, Mickey, 179–180, 229
“Dear Mr. Gable (You Made Me Love You),” 60
Defiant Ones, The, 121
Delaney, Peter A., 181
DeMille, Cecil B., 41
Denby, David, 221
Desmond, Norma, 12
Devine, Andy, 34, 149
Diamond, Neil, 187
Dick Cavett Show, The, 179
Didion, Joan, 183–184, 186–187
Dietrich, Marlene, 147
Dog Day Afternoon, 187
Donen, Stanley, 12
Double Life, A, 113
“Down with Love,” 176
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 41
Duel in the Sun, 19
Dunne, John Gregory, 183–184, 186–187
Durbin, Deanna, 58
E
Easter Parade, 65, 68–69, 121
Eastmancolor, 18
Eastwood, Clint, 228
Ed Sullivan Show, The, 179
Ed Wood, 13
Edens, Roger, 60, 135, 137, 139, 206
Ella Cinders, 12
Elliot, Sam, 228
Emmy Awards, 224
Engstead, John, 11
Ettinger, Susan, 149
“Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born),” 189, 198–199
“Everything,” 188
Everybody Sing, 60
Exodus, 121
Extra Girl, The, 12
F
Farewell to Arms, A, 56
Feinstein, Michael, 212, 229, 230
Feldman, Charles K., 74
Fellini, Federico, 13
Ferrer, Gabriel, 230
Fields, Freddie, 171, 175, 178
Film Johnnie, A, 11
Finch, Christopher, 165, 171, 210
Fisher, George, 147
Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 14
Fleming, Victor, 41, 61, 63, 101, 103
For Me and My Gal, 64
For Pete’s Sake, 185
Foreman, John, 184
42nd Street, 12
Fowler, Gene, 24
Frampton, Peter, 194
Francis, Kay, 29
Frank, Gerold, 223
Freed, Arthur, 130, 131
Fricke, John, 227–228
From Here to Eternity, 152
Funny Girl, 185, 199
Funny Lady, 185
G
Gable, Clark, 60, 103, 147
Gabler, Neal, 199
Gance, Abel, 217
Garbo, Greta, 41, 101
Garland, Judy. see also Star Is Born, A (1954); individual movies and songs
addiction and, 58, 64, 65, 98, 169, 178, 208–209
in Broadway Melody of 1938, 25
as child, 135–137
Cukor and, 101–103, 104–105
with daughter, 11
death and funeral of, 180, 201–202
early career of, 58–64
film cuts and, 206–207
Grant and, 109–110
Hays Code and, 29
interment in California, 229–230
on Life, 145–146
Luft and career of, 16
at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 137, 139
at premiere, 149–150, 152–155
at preview, 148–149
during production, 8–9
reviews of, 19
on set, 14–15, 118–121
Streisand and, 185
suicide attempts by, 69, 172
on television, 175–176
on tour, 166–171, 173, 179–180
voice of, 205–206
Garland, Robert, 136
Garland Sisters, 136–137
Garson, Greer, 149
Gaslight, 101
gay community, 201–204
Gay Purr-ee, 172, 175
Gaynor, Janet, 33–34, 36–37, 38–39, 41, 42–43, 44–45, 46–47, 54
Gaynor, Mitzi, 149
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 115
Gentlemen’s Agreement, 76
Gerber, Bill, 228
Germanoota, Stefani (Lady Gaga), 21, 228
Gershe, Leonard, 135, 139
Gershwin, George, 134
Gershwin, Ira, 18, 76, 90, 92, 95, 96, 100, 166, 210, 212
“Get Happy,” 66–67, 69, 70, 171, 176, 206
Gilbert, John, 41
Girl Crazy, 60
Girls about Town, 29
Girl’s Folly, A, 11
Gish, Lillian, 220, 223
Glass Menagerie, The (Williams), 108
Glenn Williams Orchestra, 92
Going Hollywood, 12
Golden Boy, 72
Golden Globe Awards, 156–157, 166, 199
Best Actor, 166
Best Actress, 157, 166, 199
Gone With the Wind, 20, 101, 103, 146
Good News, 212
“Gotta Have Me Go with You,” 78–79, 95, 131
Graham, Bill, 194
Graham, Sheilah, 134, 149
Graham Central Station, 194
Grahame, Gloria, 149
Grammy Awards, 171, 199
Grant, Cary, 109
Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, 63
Great American Popular Singers, The, 205–206
Green, Abel, 155, 157
“Green Light Ahead,” 134
Greene, W. Howard, 46
Griffith, D. W., 222
Grumpy, 24
Gumm, Ethel, 58, 72, 135–137, 139
Gumm, Francis “Frank,” 135–137
Gumm Sisters, 86, 135–136
Gundy, Margaret, 107
Gypsy, 58
H
Haley, Jack, 62–63
Hamilton, Neil, 24, 30–31
Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 136
“Happy Days Are Here Again,” 176
Harburg, E. Y., 90, 172
Harmon, Jack, 120–121
Harper’s Bazaar, 121
Harrison, Rex, 113
Hart, Kitty Carlisle, 223
Hart, Moss, 13, 17–18, 75–78, 81, 83, 86–87, 90, 92, 98, 145, 157, 183, 223
Hartley, L. P., 158
Harvey Girls, The, 206, 227
“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” 95
Haver, Ronald, 21, 210, 212–213, 216–217, 220, 222–223
Hayes, Helen, 220
Hays, William H., 28–29
Hayward, Susan, 179
Hazanavicius, Michel, 13
Hecht, Ben, 38
Heindorf, Ray, 91, 100, 165
Hepburn, Audrey, 163
Hepburn, Katharine, 69, 101, 107–108
“Here’s What I’m Here For,” 95–96, 160, 213
Herron, Mark, 178
His New Job, 11
Hitchcock, Alfred, 57, 113
Hoch, Winton, 75
Holiday, 109
Holliday, Judy, 101
Hollywood, 12
Hollywood Cavalcade, 12
Hollywood Hotel, 12
Hollywood Palace, The, 179
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (Powdermaker), 14
Holmes, Rupert, 188
Holt, Craig, 220
“Hooray for Love,” 174–175
Hope, Bob, 164
Hopkins, George James, 165
Hopper, Hedda, 131, 135, 149, 165
Hoyningen-Huene, George, 118, 121
Hughes, Rupert, 12
Hugo, 13
Hutton, Betty, 66
I
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, 73
I Could Go on Singing, 54, 172–173
“I Got Rhythm,” 90
“I’ll Get By,” 139
“I’m Off the Downbeat,” 134
In a Lonely Place, 12
In the Good Old Summertime, 121
Intolerance, 222
It Happened in Hollywood, 40
“It’s a New World,” 96, 207
J
Jack Paar Program, The, 175
Jagger, Mick, 187
Jazz Singer, The, 73
Jessel, George, 58, 136, 149, 152–153, 155
Jewison, Norman, 175
Johnny Belinda, 115
Johnson, Kate, 230
Jolson, Al, 143
Jones, Allan, 60
Judgment at Nuremberg, 54, 171
Judy (Frank), 223
Judy: A Legendary Film Career, 228
Judy at Carnegie Hall, 171
Judy Garland Show, The, 169, 174–176, 178, 223
Judy Garland: The Concert Years, 223
Julius Caesar, 113
K
Kael, Pauline, 196–197
Kalmenson, Benjamin, 20, 148–149
Kanin, Fay, 212, 221
Kaufman, George S., 13, 75
Kazan, Elia, 57, 74, 149
Kelly, Gene, 12, 64, 65, 66
Kelly, Grace, 20, 57, 163, 164
Kennedy, John F., 170, 176, 181
Kern, Jerome, 92, 136
Kirkland, Sally, 190
Knechtel, Lloyd, 31
Knowles, Beyoncé, 228
Koster, Henry, 58
Koverman, Ida, 58
Kramer, Stanley, 121, 171, 172
Kristofferson, Kris, 182–183, 187, 192–193, 194, 196
Kubrick, Stanley, 113
L
L.A. jets, 194
La La Land, 13
Ladd, Alan, 149
Lady in the Dark, 75
Lahr, Bert, 62–63