by Lorna Luft
Lamarr, Hedy, 58
Lancaster, Burt, 172
Lansbury, Angela, 227
Lardner, Ring, Jr., 38
Last Tycoon, The, 14
Laurents, Arthur, 58
Law, Ted, 72–73
Lawrence, Gertrude, 76
Lazar, Irving “Swifty,” 92, 134
Lazy Afternoon, 188
Leavitt, Sam, 102–103, 121, 128–129, 223
Leigh, Janet, 147
Leigh, Vivien, 101, 103
Lerner, Sammy, 58, 136
LeRoy, Mervyn, 131
Lewis, Jerry, 149
Liberace, 149
Life, 145–146
Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows, 224
Lili, 124
Listen Darling, 60
Little Caesar, 73
“Little Drops of Rain,” 175
Loggins, Kenny, 188
Lolita, 113
Looking Glass War, The, 187
“Lose That Long Face,” 96, 98, 100, 146, 161, 213, 216, 217
Lost Horizon, 222
Louis, Jean, 82–83, 127, 165
Love Finds Andy Hardy, 60
Lubitsch, Ernst, 41
Luft, Joseph Wiley, 145, 164, 176–177, 178, 180–181, 224, 226, 229, 230
Luft, Lorna, 11, 72, 133, 176–177, 180–181, 202, 220–221
Luft, Michael Sidney “Sid”
after film, 168–171
attempted reconciliation with, 178
clothing for, 128
fight with, 172
film cuts and, 161
film reconstruction and, 223
furniture and, 53–54
on Garland, 208
Garland’s career and, 16
Garland’s death and, 181
Garland’s early relationship with, 70–72
Garland’s fights with, 118, 170, 172
hopes for film and, 10
L. Luft’s book and, 223–224
on location, 214–215
movie proposal and, 17
photograph of, 75, 77, 86, 225
at premiere, 149–150, 152
at preview, 148–149
“Rat Pack” and, 134
at reconstruction premiere, 222
relationship with Garland and, 117–118
A Star Is Born, A (1954) and, 74
Lumet, Sidney, 113
Lux Radio Theatre, 56
Madame Bovary, 113
Madison, Guy, 131
Magnificent Obsession, 163
Mahin, John Lee, 38
“Man That Got Away, The,” 18, 50–51, 80–81, 82–83, 86, 95, 104, 121, 144, 166, 171, 181, 203, 206, 210, 220
Man Who Came to Dinner, The, 75
Mankiewicz, Joseph L., 66, 113
March, Fredric, 33, 34, 38–39, 41, 46–47, 54
Marion, Francis, 32
Markson, Ben, 24
Marlow, Lucy, 118, 223
Martin, Dean, 149, 171
Martin, Hugh, 95
Martin, Jeanne, 149
Martin, Skip, 100
Marvin, Lee, 179
Marx, Groucho, 165
Maslin, Janet, 222
Mason, James, 10, 40, 86–87, 106–107, 109–115, 118–119, 124–125, 128, 157, 165–166, 181, 220, 223
Masquerader, The, 11
Mayer, Louis B., 58, 60, 61, 66, 69, 137, 142
Mazursky, Paul, 190
Me and My Shadows: A Family Memoir (Luft), 223–224
Meet Me in St. Louise, 64, 65, 95, 206, 227
“Melancholy Baby,” 139, 141
Méliès, Georges, 13
Mengers, Sue, 184
Menjou, Adolphe, 36–37, 115
Merman, Ethel, 176
Merton of the Movies, 13
Merv Griffin Show, The, 179
Mike Douglas Show, The, 179
Mildred Pierce, 74, 86, 114
Milestone, Lewis, 24
Minnelli, Liza May, 65, 133, 161, 170, 178, 180–181, 205, 220, 222, 229, 230
Minnelli, Vincente, 12, 64–65, 70, 113, 134
Mitchell, Millard, 115
Monroe, Marilyn, 115
Montrose, 194
Moore, Colleen, 12
Morgan, Helen, 136
Motion Picture Production Code, 28–29
Murfin, Jane, 23–24, 32
Murnau, F. W., 34
My Fair Lady, 113, 168
“My Melancholy Baby,” 123
N
Napoléon, 217
Neal, Patricia, 220
Neame, Ronald, 172
Neilan, Marshall A., 29
Niven, David and Hjördis, 134
Noonan, Tommy, 78–79, 115, 117
Normand, Mabel, 12
North by Northwest, 113
Now, Voyager, 74
Nyberg, Mary Ann, 80–81, 124, 127, 165
O
O’Brien, Edmond, 156–157
O’Brien, Margaret, 227
O’Connor, Donald, 175
Odd Man Out, 113
Odets, Clifford, 72
Of Mice and Men, 115
“On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe,” 206
On the Waterfront, 57, 157
Once in a Lifetime, 13
O’Neal, Ryan, 196
Orlando, Tony, 193
Orr, William, 75
Oscars, 20, 32, 46
“Over the Rainbow,” 90, 96, 171, 203, 227
P
Paar, Jack, 175
“Paris Is a Lonely Town,” 175
Parker, Dorothy, 17, 38
“Parlez-moi d’amour,” 28
Parsons, Louella O., 32–33, 131, 149
“Peanut Vendor, The,” 139, 144
Peck, Gregory, 223
Peckinpah, Sam, 31
Peters, Jon, 184–185, 187, 193, 195, 196, 199, 228
Philadelphia Story, The, 101, 109, 113
Pickford, Mary, 28, 34
Pidgeon, Walter, 56
Pierson, Frank, 186, 187–188, 193–195
Pigskin Parade, 58
Pirate, The, 65, 121, 206
Player, The, 13
Pleasants, Henry, 205
Pobirs, Fred, 107
Pollack, Sydney, 184
Ponedel, Dorothy, 64
Powdermaker, Hortense, 14
Powell, Jane, 69
Powell, William, 115
Power, Tyrone, 66
Preminger, Otto, 121
Presenting Lily Mars, 64
Presley, Elvis, 187
Presnell, Robert, Sr., 24
Public Enemy, The, 40, 73
Q
“Queen Bee,” 188
R
Rainbow: The Stormy Life of Judy Garland (Finch), 210
Ramone, Phil, 190
“Rat Pack,” 134
Ratoff, Gregory, 24
Ray, Johnnie, 179
Ray, Nicholas, 12
Rear Window, 57
Reddy, Helen, 196
Redford, Robert, 184
Reed, Carol, 113, 170
Reed, Rex, 212
Reynolds, Debbie, 149
Richards, Colin, 230
Richards, Jesse Cole, 225, 230
Richards, Vanessa Jade, 225, 230
Richardson, Barrie, 158
Rivkin, Allen, 24
RKO Pantages Theatre, 19, 127, 147, 150–151, 152–153, 220
Robb, Lotus, 86
Robe, The, 57, 121
Robson, May, 33
Rogers, Ginger, 131
Romanoff, Mike and Gloria, 134
Romero, Cesar, 149
Rooney, Mickey, 54, 60, 61, 63, 173, 175, 181, 203, 227
Rose, David, 65
Rosher, Charles, 24
Rosson, Harold, 139, 141
Roth, Sanford, H., 11, 86, 91, 101–102, 146, 158–159, 213
Royal Family of Broadway, The, 41
Royal Wedding, 69
S
Sabrina, 163
Santana, 194
Scavullo, Francesco, 182
–183
Schallert, Edwin, 155
Schlatter, George, 175
Schulberg, Budd, 14, 38
Scorsese, Martin, 13
Selznick, David O.
Academy Awards and, 46
Duel in the Sun and, 19
Gone With the Wind and, 101, 103
A Star Is Born, A (1937) and, 23, 37–38, 40–41, 56, 187
What Price Hollywood? and, 23–24, 29, 32
Selznick, Irene Mayer, 40–41
7th Heaven, 34
Sharaff, Irene, 64, 120–121, 122, 127, 139, 142, 165
Shaw, Artie, 66
Shawlee, Joan, 118
Shearer, Norma, 29
Sheridan, Ann, 149
Sherman, Lowell, 24, 26–27, 29, 30–31
Show Boat, 136
Show People, 12
Simmons, Jean, 131, 149
Simon, Carly, 183–184
Sinatra, Frank, 66, 96, 110, 134, 152–155, 168–169
Singin’ in the Rain, 12, 115, 139
Small Town Girl, 34
Some Like It Hot, 118
“Someone at Last,” 52–53, 92–93, 94–95, 96, 161, 220
Souls for Sale, 12
St. Johns, Adela Rogers, 23, 32, 38
Staiger, Janet, 204
Stallings, Laurence, 24
Stander, Lionel, 37, 114
Star Is Born, A (1937)
Cukor and, 103
description of, 32–47
Garland’s viewing of, 54, 56
Hays Code and, 29
later version compared to, 28, 37–38, 40, 77–78, 81, 83, 85–86, 89
What Price Hollywood? and, 23
Star Is Born, A (1954)
author on set of, 54–55
compared to 1937 version, 28, 37–38, 40, 77–78, 81, 83, 85–86, 89
cost of, 130, 135
costumes for, 122, 124, 127–128, 142–144
cutting of, 158, 160–161, 163, 206–207, 210
film score for, 95–96
furniture from, 53–54
Hays Code and, 29
length of, 158
music for, 90, 92
one-sheet poster from, 48–49
premiere of, 19, 147–155
previews of, 145
reconstruction of, 21, 200–201, 210–226
reviews of, 155, 157–158
shooting for, 130
at Turner Classic Movies Classic Film Festival, 49–50
Star Is Born, A (1976), 182–199, 212
Star Is Born, A (2018), 199
Star Is Born: The Making of the 1954 Movie and Its 1983 Restoration, A (Haver), 222–223
Steiner, Max, 24, 46
Stevens, Roger, 24
Stewart, James, 57, 113
Stonewall Uprising, 201–202
“Stormy Weather,” 90
Stradling, Harry, 92–93, 121
Street Angel, 34
Streetcar Named Desire, A, 74
Streisand, Barbra, 11, 174–175, 176, 182–183, 184–199, 212
Strohmaier, Dave, 212–213
Stunt Man, The, 13
Sturges, Preston, 12
Styne, Jule, 95, 166
Sullivan, Ed, 155
Sullivan’s Travels, 12
Summer Stock, 66–67, 69, 70, 206, 227
Sunrise, 34
Sunset Boulevard, 12
Surtees, Robert, 193
Susann, Jacqueline, 179
“Swanee,” 139, 140–141, 143
Swanson, Gloria, 12
“S’Wonderful,” 90
Sylvia Scarlett, 109
T
Talk of the Town, The, 179
Tarnished Lady, 29
Taylor, Elizabeth, 131, 132–133, 149
Taylor, James, 183–184
Taylor, Laurette, 108
television, growth of, 16
Temple, Shirley, 61
Terry, Ellen, 76
Thalberg, Irving G., 29
“That Old Black Magic,” 90
theater chains, sale of, 16, 57
Thomas, Bob, 108
Thomas, Danny, 149
Thompson, Kay, 131, 133, 181, 212
Thoroughbreds Don’t Cry, 60
“Three Coins in the Fountain,” 95, 166
Three Faces of Eve, The, 166, 168
Three Smart Girls, 58
“Through the Years,” 229
Thurston, Gavin, 180
Till the Clouds Roll By, 227
Tonight Show, The, 179
Tourneur, Maurice, 11
Transcona Enterprises, 57, 72–73, 101, 169
Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The, 74
Trilling, Steve, 75
Truffaut, François, 13
Truth About Hollywood, The (St. Johns), 23–24
Tucker, Sophie, 60, 149
Turner, Lana, 60, 175
Turner Classic Movies Classic Film Festival, 21, 49, 225
U
United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc., 16
V
Valentino, Rudolph, 201
Valley of the Dolls (Susann), 179
Vance, Jeffrey, 9
Verdict, The, 113
Vidor, King, 12, 32
Vorkapich, Slavko, 31
W
Walsh, Raoul, 12
Walters, Charles “Chuck,” 65
Warhol, Andy, 220
Warner, Harry, 20, 158, 160, 161
Warner, Jack L.
additional funding from, 135
film cuts and, 145, 161
impression of Garland of, 56
investment of, 16–17, 72–73, 74
length of film and, 158
Luft and, 54, 56, 128
premiere and, 19, 149–150
technological enhancements and, 18
Warner, Jack M., 75
Warner Bros., 73–74
Way Down East, 222
Way We Were, The, 184, 190
Webb, Clifton, 131
Weill, Kurt, 76, 92
Weiss, Donna, 188
Welles, Orson, 175
Wellman, William A., 11, 17, 34, 36–37, 38, 40, 41, 46, 77, 187
West, Nathanael, 14
What Makes Sammy Run? 14
What Price Hollywood? 11, 12, 20–21, 22–28, 29–32, 37–38, 83, 103
“When My Sugar Walks Down the Street,” 147
Whitney, John Hay “Jock,” 56
Wild Boys of the Road, 40
Wild Bunch, The, 31
Wilder, Billy, 12, 118
Wilding, Michael, 149
Williams, Paul, 188, 189, 198–199
Williams, Tennessee, 108
Willoughby, Bob, 8–9, 11, 14–15, 54–55, 92–93, 94–95, 100, 104–105, 123, 133, 145
Wilson, Earl, 149
Wilson, Harry Lean, 13
Winged Victory, 77
Wings, 40
Winters, Shelley, 149
“With One More Look at You/Watch Closely Now,” 189
Wizard of Oz, The, 54, 61–63, 85–86, 90, 103, 139, 163, 203, 204, 205, 206, 227, 230
Woman’s Face, A, 101
Woodward, Joanne, 168
Woulfe, Michael, 149
Wright, Teresa, 131
Wyler, William, 196
Wyman, Jane, 163
Y
Yankee Doodle Dandy, 74
You Can’t Take It With You, 75
“You Made Me Love You,” 25, 60, 206
“You Took Advantage of Me,” 139
Young, Helen, 92–93
Z
Ziegler, D. J., 217
“Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart,” 60, 137
Zinner, Peter, 193Actor, 41, 46, 113
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