Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This?
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352 THE SUBJECT OF HOMOSEXUALITY: Author’s interview with Robert Whitehead.
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354 FOR COMIC RELIEF: William Maxwell letter to author, February 21, 1983.
355 I HAVEN’T GOT : Malcolm Cowley, —And I Worked at the Writer’s Trade: Chapters of Literary History, 1918-1978, The Vi. king Press, 1978, p. 181.
355 IN 1955: Writers at Work, p. 80.
355 IN HER DEALINGS WITH WILLIAM MAXWELL: Author’s interview with William Maxwell.
356 SEEING THE REVIEW : Author’s interview with Harold Hayes.
357 BUT, RECALLED GINGRICH: Arnold Gingrich, Nothing but People: The Early Days at Esquire, A Personal History 1928-1958, Crown Publishers, 1971, p. 301.
357 HE VIEWED HIS OWN JOB: Arnold Gingrich letter to Bernard Geis, August 30, 1962, Michigan Historical Collections, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan.
359 BERNARD GEIS ADMITTED: Bernard Geis letter to author, March 17, 1982.
359 DOROTHY CONFIDED IN QUENTIN REYNOLDS: Reynolds, p. 6.
359 DEAR BERNIE: Dorothy Parker letter to Bernard Geis, ca. 1960.
360 GEIS FELT HAPPY: Bernard Geis letter to author, March 17, 1982.
360 DEAR DOROTHY: Leah Salisbury letter to Dorothy Parker, September 11, 1957, Leah Salisbury Collection.
360 I HAD ONLY ONE LYRIC: Richard Lamparski interview with Dorothy Parker.
361 LEONARD BERNSTEIN RECALLED: Leonard Bernstein statement to author, January 26, 1983.
361 I’VE GOT TROUBLES: Lillian Hellman. Candide: A Comic Operetta Based on Voltaire’s Satire, score by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Richard Wilbur, other lyrics by John Latouche and Dorothy Parker, Random House, 1957. “Gavotte” lyrics by Dorothy Parker, Act 2, Scene 2, pp. 127-8.
361 THE SHOW WAS, SHE THOUGHT: Richard Lamparski interview with Dorothy Parker.
362 AFTER FRIENDS ADVISED HER: Dorothy Parker letter to Malcolm Cowley, April 4, 1958, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.
362 TO DOROTHY PARKER: American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters citation.
362 IN 1958 STANDING OVATIONS : Malcolm Cowley to author, November 17, 1982.
363 MY DRIVING IDEA: Dorothy Parker letter to Elizabeth Ames, April 11, 1958, Yaddo.
363 THE TWO YOUNG LADIES : Dorothy Parker letter to Morton Zabel, October 27, 1958, Joseph Regenstein Library, University of Chicago.
364 I CAN ONLY SAY: Dorothy Parker letter to Morton Zabel, ca. November 1958, Joseph Regenstein Library, University of Chicago.
364 ALTHOUGH THE ENTIRE EXPERIENCE : Dorothy Parker letter to Elizabeth Ames, ca. November 1958, Yaddo.
364 BROOKS TERMED HER: Van Wyck Brooks, “Nomination of Candidate,” National Institute of Arts and Letters.
364 THE INSTITUTE INSISTED : Writers at Work, p. 77.
364 DEAR MISS GEFFEN: Dorothy Parker letter to Felicia Geffen, 1959, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.
365 I NEVER THOUGHT I’D MAKE IT: Richard Wilbur letter to author, July 26, 1982.
365 AFTERWARD, THORNTON WILDER: Thornton Wilder letter to Frank Sullivan, undated, quoted in Gilbert A. Harrison, The Enthusiast: A Life of Thornton Wilder, Tick-nor & Fields, 1983, p. 319.
365 HER GAFFE: Richard Wilbur letter to author, April 28, 1982.
366 SHE KEPT REMARKING- Leslie Fiedler letter to author, May 24, 1982.
366 THERE CRIES THE WOLF: Dorothy Parker draft of speech, R. G. Davis Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries.
367 SHE WAS, SAUL BELLOW THOUGHT: Saul Bellow letter to author, June 16, 1982.
367 HE THOUGHT SHE HAD BEEN: Arnold Gingrich letter to Dorothy Parker, October 23, 1958, Bentley Historical Library.
367 I TURNED MY FACE: Dorothy Parker letter to Morton Zabel, ca. October 27, 1958, Joseph Regenstein Library.
367 THAT AWFUL MAN: Author’s interview with Noel Pugh.
368 NO, SHE PROTESTED: Mailer, p. 134.
368 DOROTHY, WROTE EDMUND WILSON: Edmund Wilson, The Fifties: From Notebooks and Diaries of the Period, Leon Edel ed., Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1986, p. 531.
369 HELLMAN RECALLED: Lillian Hellman and Peter S. Feibleman, Eating Together: Recipes and Recollections, Little, Brown and Co., 1984, p. 76.
370 THEN, WILBUR RECALLED: Richard Wilbur letter to author, April 28, 1982.
370 SHE SAID PRETTILY : Hellman, An Unfinished Woman, p. 192.
371 TO BE ANTI-COMMUNIST: Gerald Murphy letter to Sara Murphy, quoted in Honoria Murphy Donnelly and Richard N. Billings, Sara and Gerald: Villa America and After, Times Books, 1982, p. 211.
372 DOROTHY PASTED THE CLIPPING: Dorothy Parker letter to Sara and Gerald Murphy, July 1, 1958.
372 EXPLAINED AN ACQUAINTANCE: Author’s interview with William Lord.
373 THIS LAST CRACK: Charles Addams letter to author, February 23, 1983.
373 IT WAS A TERRIBLE THING: Bob Thomas, “Feminine Wit Mourns State of U.S. Humor,” Associated Press, January 15, 1951.
373 SHE TOLD TALLULAH: Kiernan Tunney, Tallulah, Darling of the Gods, E.P. Dutton and Co., 1973, p. 11.
373 HER STAGE FRIGHT: Author’s interview with Shepperd Strudwick.
374 OFTEN HE HAD TO LIVE: Author’s interview with Betty Moodie.
375 LONELINESS AND GUILT: Cooper, p. 111.
Eighteen: Ham and Cheese, Hold the Mayo
377 I’M A HOBO: Los Angeles Times, June 18, 1962.
377 SHE WROTE THAT THE TWO THINGS: Parker, “Books,” Esquire, June 1961, p. 38.
378 IF BY ANY CHANCE: Alan Campbell letter to Sara and Gerald Murphy, November 29, 1961.
379 SEEING THE PARKING LOT: Cooper, 111.
380 AFTERWARD, DOROTHY SAID IN DISGUST: New York Herald Tribune, October 13, 1963.
380 WHENEVER THE GOOD SOUP WAS MENTIONED: Author’s interview with Dana Woodbury.
380 HE WAS HARD: Author’s interview with Clara Lester.
381 SHE FINALLY COOED: Author’s interview with Dana Woodbury.
381 MISS PARKER, HE CONFESSED: Author’s interview with Robert Rothwell.
382 AT PARTIES, RECALLED CLEMENT BRACE: Author’s interview with Clement Brace.
382 SAID DANA WOODBURY: Author’s interview with Dana Woodbury.
382 HE WAS NOT A QUEEN: Author’s interview with Parker Ladd.
383 JUST WHO THE HELL: Author’s interview with Dana Woodbury.
383 AFTER THE GOOD SOUP: Dorothy Parker letter to Leah Salisbury, January 25, 1962, Leah Salisbury Collection.
383 DEAR LEAH: Dorothy Parker telegram to Leah Salisbury, February 13, 1962, Leah Salisbury Collection, Columbia University.
383 NINA FOCH RECALLED: Author’s interview with Nina Foch.
383 DOROTHY INSISTED : New York Times, May 6, 1962.
383 HE WAS, ACCORDING TO LEVY: Author’s interview with Ralph Levy.
384 NOT TOO LONG AGO: New York Times, May 6, 1962.
384 SERIOUS PROBLEMS: Dorothy Parker letter to Leah Salisbury, March 9, 1962, Leah Salisbury Collection.
384 SHE TOLD THE NEW YORK TIMES: New York Times, May 6, 1962.
384 IT WAS AWFUL: Dorothy Parker/ Alan Campbell letter to Leah Salisbury, September 19, 1962, Leah Salisbury Collection.
385 DOROTHY HATED: Ibid.
385 ALL ALONG SHE HAD INSISTED: New York Times, May 6, 1962.
386 PARKER LADD ARRANGED: Dorothy Parker and Frederick Shroyer, Short Story: A Thematic Anthology, Charles Scribner’s, 1965.
386 LADD REMEMBERED: Author’s interview with Parker Ladd.
386 ALAN, DAPPER IN SILK ASCOT: Author’s interview with Lois Battle.
387 DOROTHY, ONLY TOO EAGER: Lois Battle, “A Wink at a Cock-eyed World,” UCLA Daily Bruin, February 16, 1962.
387 DOROTHY LIKENED ALAN: Author’s interview with Dana Woodbury.
387 DOROTHY, RECALLED MIRANDA LEVY: Author’s interview with Miranda Levy.
388 THE DOGGIES: Author’s interview with Frederick Shroyer.
388 QUESTIONED BY A RE
PORTER: Los Angeles Times, June 18, 1962.
388 I SENT IT: Cooper, p. 112.
388 DEAR DOROTHY DIX: Arnold Gingrich letter to Dorothy Parker, February 4, 1963, Bentley Historical Library.
389 THEREFORE, HE WAS JOLTED: Arnold Gingrich to Arthur Kinney, May 10, 1963, Bentley Historical Library.
389 SHE HAD IMAGINED: Los Angeles Times, April 28, 1963.
390 I NEVER GIVE A BAD MARK: Author’s interview with Sally Foster.
390 AS PARKER LADD CAME TO REALIZE: Author’s interview with Parker Ladd.
390 TO SOME OF HIS NEIGHBORS: Author’s interview with Bob Tallman and Bob Magner.
390 ALAN EVEN HAD TO TAKE: Hellman, An Unfinished Woman, p. 193.
391 PUGH NOTICED THAT: Author’s interview with Noel Pugh.
391 DOROTHY WAS NOT ABOVE: Ibid.
392 WHEN CLARA LESTER ARRIVED: All-thor’s interview with Clara Lester.
392 HE FELT STRANGE: Cooper, p. 113.
393 THE CORONER’S REPORT: Certificate of Death No. 63-084891. State of California Dept. of Public Health.
393 I DON’T THINK: Author’s interview with Nina Foch.
393 SHE ASKED ME WHAT SHOULD BE DONE: Author’s interview with Roy Eichel.
393 GET ME A NEW HUSBAND: Hellman, An Unfinished Woman, p. 199.
394 IF SHE HAD ANY DECENCY: New York Herald Tribune, October 13, 1963.
394 PERHAPS THE PERSON: Author’s interview with Noel Pugh.
395 WE DON’T HAVE ANY LIQUOR: Author’s interview with Sally Foster.
395 FRED SHROYER: Author’s interview with Frederick Shroyer.
395 YOU SHOULDN’T: Author’s interview with Sally Foster.
395 WHEN SHE STEPPED: Author’s interview with Nina Foch.
396 YOU HAVE TO COME OVER HERE: Author’s interview with Sally Foster.
396 WOULDN’T YOU KNOW IT: Ibid.
396 SHE WANTED TO MAKE A CLEAN SWEEP: New York Herald Tribune, April 8, 1965.
397 SEVERAL TIMES LEVY HEARD HER: Author’s interview with Miranda Levy.
397 IF SHE HAD BOUGHT: Author’s interview with Sally Foster.
Nineteen: Lady of the Corridor
398 FOR THE REMAINDER : Richard Lamparski interview with Dorothy Parker.
398 SHE MADE JOKES: New York World-Telegram, August 3, 1965.
399 SHE IMPRESSED MILFORD: Author’s interview with Nancy Milford.
399 MEETING HER AT A PARTY: Author’s interview with Stella Adler.
399 AS HIS WIDOW: Author’s interview with Rebecca Bernstien.
400 I CAN’T USE MY TYPEWRITER: New York Herald Tribune, April 8, 1965.
400 I AM ALWAYS A LITTLE SAD: Dorothy Parker, “New York at 6:30 P.M.,” Es. quire, November 1964, p. 101.
401 OVER THE YEARS: Dorothy Parker, “Oscar Levant,” in Roddy McDowall, Double Exposure, Delacorte Press, 1966, p. 42.
401 WHEN DOROTHY LEARNED OF IT: Hellman, An Unfinished Woman, pp. 194—5.
402 SHE HAD BEEN OHLIGED: Leah Salisbury letter to Dorothy Parker, March 9, 1964, Leah Salisbury Collection.
402 A STORY ON THE SOCIETY PAGE: New York Herald Tribune, April 8, 1965.
403 THAT WASN’T THE CASE: Author’s interview with Andrew Anspach.
403 SHE VENTED: Cooper, p. 114.
403 GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY: Richard Lamparski interview with Dorothy Parker.
404 AS A JOKE: New York Herald Tribune , April 8, 1965.
404 THEY WERE AS BAD: Richard Lamparski interview with Dorothy Parker.
404 HER OTHER PASTIME: Ibid.
405 DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS: Author’s interview with Heywood Hale Broun.
405 RUTH GOETZ DISCOVERED: Author’s interview with Ruth Goetz.
406 DOROTHY’S ALCOHOLISM: Hellman, An Unfinished Woman, pp. 193—4.
406 WHEN JOSEPH BRYAN TELEPHONED: Author’s interview with Joseph Bryan.
406 FEW NEW PEOPLE: Dorothy Parker, “Not Enough,” New Masses, March 14, 1939, p. 4.
406 SOME OF THEM WOULD HAVE AGREED: Hellman, An Unfinished Woman, p. 194.
406 THE FALL SHE RETURNED: Dorothy Parker telegram to Sara Murphy, October 20, 1964.
406 SHE COMPLAINED : Cooper, p. 114.
406 AS HE WAS LEAVING: Author’s interview with Frederick Shroyer.
407 WHEN SHE BROUGHT HER: Leah Salisbury letter to Lillian Hellman, July 5, 1967, Leah Salisbury Collection.
408 1 CAN’T WRITE: Author’s interview with Parker Ladd.
408 IT WOULD GIVE HER: Cooper, p. 57.
408 THE TAPINGS: Wyatt Cooper quoted from these 1967 tapes in his Esquire profile written the year after Dorothy’s death. Upon Cooper’s death in 1978, the tapes passed into the possession of his widow, who declines to make them public.
408 MY WIFE, WROTE COOPER: Cooper, p. 114.
409 HAVE YOU BEEN INVITED: Author’s interview with Parker Ladd.
409 OH, YES, SHE FLUTED: Cooper, p. 114.
409 I COULD NOT HEAR A WORD: Louis Auchincloss letter to author, May 1982.
410 SHE’S GONE. Guiles, p. 285.
410 A FEW MINUTES LATER: Unidentified newspaper clipping.
411 THE STORY HAD BEGUN: New York Times, June 8, 1967.
411 KATE MOSTEL RECALLED: Author’s interview with Kate Mostel.
411 IF SHE HAD HER WAY: New York Times, June 10, 1967.
411 AFTER THE MOURNERS: Ibid.
411 OH, LET IT BE: Parker, “Testament,” The Portable Dorothy Parker, p. 92.
412 AS ONE OF HER BIOGRAPHERS: Moody, p. 347.
413 IT’S ONE THING: Nora Ephron, “Lillian Hellman Walking, Cooking, Writing, Talking—” New York Times Book Review , September 23, 1973, p. 51.
413 TO PLAYWRIGHT HOWARD TEICHMANN: William Wright, Lillian Hellman, the Image, the Woman, Simon & Schuster, 1986, p. 311.
413 ACCORDING TO HELLMAN’S MEMOIRS: Hellman, An Unfinished Woman, pp. 196—8.
413 AS MARTHA GELLHORN WROTE: Gellhorn, p. 296.
414 I COULD WRITE YOU SO MUCH: Frank Sullivan letter to Ann Honeycutt, June 13, 1967, in Sullivan, pp. 214—15.
Index
Acosta, Mercedes de
Adams, Esther Sayles Root
Adams, Franklin Pierce
column written by
extramarital affairs of
on Parker
Parker and
Adams, Maude
Adams, Minna
Adams, Samuel Hopkins
Adams, Timothy
Addams, Charles
Adding Machine, The (Rice)
Adler, Polly
“Advice to the Little Peyton Girl” (Parker)
After Such Pleasures (Parker)
Agee, James
Ainslee’s
Algonquin Hotel
ambience of
Parker’s suite in
Algonquin Round Table
alcoholism among members of
atmosphere of
bon mots heard at
charter members of
decline of
first meeting of
as legend
outsiders’ reactions to
summer retreat of
theatrical productions of
women at
writing inspired by
see also individual members
American Communist Party
Parker’s association with
American Mercury
Ames, Elizabeth.
Anderson, Jane
Anspach, Andrew
anti-Semitism
“Any Porch” (Parker)
Appointment in Samarra (O’Hara)
Arcaro, Nancy
“Arrangement in Black and White” (Parker)
“Artist’s Reward, The” (Parker)
Asquith, Margot
Atkinson, Brooks
Auchincloss, Louis
“Autumn Valentine” (Parker)
Bainter, Fay
“Ballade at Thiry-five” (Parker)
Bankhead, Tallulah
“Banquet of Crow, The” (Parke
r)
Barach, Alvan
Baragwanath, John
Barry, Philip
Barrymore, Ethel
Baruch, Bernard
Baskerville, Charles
Beer, Hiram
Beggar on Horseback (Connelly and Kaufman)
Bellow, Saul
Bell Syndicate
Benchley, Charles
Benchley, Edmund
Benchley, Gertrude Darling
husband’s relationship with
Parker and
Benchley, Jennie
Benchley, Nathaniel
Benchley, Robert Charles
acting career of
death of
diaries of
drama criticism of
drinking habits of
education of
extramarital affairs of
family life of
humorous style of
illness of
money problems of
Parker’s estrangement from
Parker’s fictional treatment of
Parker’s friendship with
personality of
at Vanity Fair