Merv Griffin- A Life in the Closet

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by Darwin Porter


  Ames, Leon 159

  Amory, Cleveland 454

  Amsterdam, Morey 332, 383

  An Early Frost 102

  Anatomy of a Murder 103

  Anderson, Loni 458

  Andrews Air Force Base 497

  Andrews Sisters, the 43, 133

  Angel and the Badman 217

  Angels in the Outfield 193

  Anger, Kenneth 150, 422

  Anhalt, Frederick von 450

  Ann Sothern Show, The 28

  Another Time, Another Place 392

  Anthelme, Paul 149

  Anthony. Ray 42

  Antony and Cleopatra 279

  Any Number Can Play 64

  Apartment, The 344

  Apprentice, The 485

  Aquilon, Jeff 439

  Armstrong, Louis 267, 275

  Arnaz, Desi 31, 126, 273, 275, 435

  Arnaz, Desi Jr. 435

  Arnold, Jack 407

  Arthur Godfrey and Friends 82

  Arthur Murray Party, The 341

  Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips 435

  Arthur, Bea 81

  Arthur, Jean 59, 474

  Artists and Models 455

  Ashe, Penelope (Billie Young) 413

  Ashley, April 360

  Ashley, Lady Sylvia 105

  Associated Press, The 490

  Astaire, Fred 299

  Aste, Anthony L. 299

  Asti's Restaurant 114

  Ataturk, Kemal 449

  Atkins, Christopher 459

  Atkins, Dr. Robert (The Atkins Diet) 509

  Attenborough, Sir Richard 329

  Auchincloss, Hugh 430

  Aumont, Jean-Pierre 129

  Auntie Mame 287

  Autry, Gene 299

  Aware, Inc. 314

  Aykroyd, Peter 447

  Ayres, Lew 48

  Babe Gordon (The Constant Sinner) 266

  Babe Ruth Story, The 212

  Baby Doll 309, 310

  Baby, the Rain Must Fall 103

  Bacall, Lauren 124, 164, 247, 292, 367

  Bacharach, Burt 323, 329

  “Back on the Bus” 85

  Backus, Jim 367

  Baker, Carroll 310

  Baker, Josephine 297

  Balaban & Katz Theater Chain 68

  Balaban, Barney 68, 69, 224

  Balaban, Judy 67, 68, 69, 70, 103, 111, 138

  Baldwin, James 181

  Ball, Lucille 43, 67, 85, 126, 273, 348, 435, 461, 475

  Ball, Suzan 67

  “Ballad of Davy Crockett” 145

  Ballard, Hank 343

  Baltimore Orioles, The 439

  Bancroft, Anne 362, 483

  Banderas, Antonio 482

  Bankhead, Tallulah 43, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 132, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 281, 282, 283, 294, 322, 328, 329, 367, 404, 405, 521, 523

  “Banned in Boston” 341

  Barefoot Contessa, The 175

  Barker, Lex 148, 193

  Barnard, Dr. Christiaan 373

  Barol, Bill 479

  Baron, Sandy 386, 387

  Barrett, Frances 466

  Barry, Jean 39, 41, 45

  Barry, Robert 323

  Barrymore, Ethel 93, 274

  Barrymore, John 19, 273, 380, 461

  Barsocchini, Peter 416, 472

  Basie, Count 43

  Batman 37, 404

  Baur, Esperanza Wayne (“Chata”) 216, 217

  Baxter, Anne 151

  Bean, Orson 332

  Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, The 223

  Beat the Devil 295

  Beatles, The 388, 395, 451

  Beautiful Brown Eyes 138

  Beaverbrook Newspapers 395

  Beechnut Gum, Inc. 342

  “Bei Mir Bist Du Schon” (“Means That You're Grand”) 133

  Belafonte, Harry 78, 356, 414, 418, 419

  Belanger, Camille (or Camyl) Sosa 491, 492, 493

  Belew, Bill 339

  Belge, Burhan 449

  Bell, Chris 381

  Ben-Hur 430

  Bendix, William 367, 368

  Bennett, Tony 136, 342, 367, 488

  Benny, Jack 416

  Benzell, Mimi 247

  Bergen, Polly 323

  Bergman, Ingrid 174, 212, 213, 269, 360, 442

  Berle, Milton 18, 47, 116, 117, 333, 344, 345, 437

  Bert Parks Show, The 284

  Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce 481

  Beverly Hilton Hotel, The 1, 481, 482, 483, 484, 495

  Beyond the Forest 124, 222, 274

  Biano, Solly 268, 269

  Big Show, The 91, 92, 95, 96, 272, 322

  Billboard Magazine 343

  Billingsley, Sherman 297

  Billington, John 375

  Biondi, Frank 471

  Birth of a Nation 157

  Bishop, Hazel 101

  Bishop, Joey 242, 332, 353, 412

  Bishop, Stephen 429

  Black, Eugene R. 374

  Blackburn, Tom 145

  Blair, Gwenda 486

  Blake, Amanda 145

  Blakeman, Roy 354

  Bleier Center for Television & Popular Culture

  (Syracuse University) 471

  Block, Ray 318

  Blonsky, Marshall 495, 496

  Blow Job 433

  Blue Angel, The 274

  Blue Harbour (Jamaica) 327

  Blue Lagoon, The 459

  Blue Note, The 142

  “Blue Velvet” 342

  Blum's Soda Fountain 38

  Blyth, Ann 62, 127

  Body, The 253

  Bogart, Humphrey 19, 22, 124, 147, 212, 213, 247, 269, 270, 295, 369, 380

  Bolen, Lin 377

  Bolger, Ray 237

  Bollweevil, Finger-Lickin' 302

  Bonnie and Clyde 103

  Bookwalter, De-Veren 433

  Boone, Pat 82, 367

  Booth, Shirley 194

  Born to Dance 232

  Born Yesterday 363

  Bow, Clara 261, 420

  Box, Edgar (a.k.a. Gore Vidal) 430

  Boy from Oklahoma, The 234, 315

  Boy George 480

  Boyd, Stephen 430

  Boys in the Band 422

  Boys in the Sand 421, 422, 423

  Bradford, Shaun 521

  Brando, Marlon 49, 50, 51, 70, 78, 79, 111, 127, 171, 172, 181, 212, 255, 296, 297, 307, 308, 309, 312, 333, 354, 359, 373, 389, 416, 428, 432, 495, 506, 520

  Brandon, Henry 291, 523

  Brandt, George 115

  Brennan, Eileen 447

  Brent, George 94

  Breslin, Jimmy 435

  Brewster, William Herbert 304

  Brian, David 146

  Bridges, Jeff 82

  Bright Leaf 213

  Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame Award 508

  Broadway 374

  Broadway Open House 436

  Brooks, Louise 59

  Brooks, Mel 483

  Brotman, Stuart N. 508

  Brown Derby, the 461

  Brown Palace, The (Denver) 188

  Brown, Jerry 430

  Brown, Johnny Mack 19

  Brown, Richard 347, 453

  Browning, Edward W. (a.k.a. “Daddy” Browning) 189

  Browning, Peaches 188, 189

  Bruce, Lenny 384, 387

  Brynner, Yul 346

  Buckmaster, John 364

  Bucks County Playhouse, The 366

  Buddha's Amateur Hour 26

  Budinger, Victoria (“Miss Vicki”) 388

  Buetel, Jack 71, 226

  Burke, Billie 423

  Burnett, Carol 84, 85, 344, 365, 438, 521

  Burton, Richard 46, 360, 427, 428, 449, 451

  Bus Stop 311

  Bush, George Herbert Walker 467, 490, 505, 514

  Butler, David 157, 159

  Butterflies in Heat (a.k.a. The Last Resort) 441, 442,

  By the Light of the Silvery Moon 132, 152, 159, 160

  Byrd, Marguerite 79

  Caen, Herb 503
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  Caesars Palace (Las Vegas) 448, 452, 475

  Cagney, James 329

  Cahn, Sammy 133, 232, 522

  Caine Mutiny, The 225, 228, 229

  Calamity Jane 63, 145

  Caldwell, Erskine 201

  Calhern, Louis 94

  Calhoun, Rory 204, 209

  Call of the Wild, The 94

  Callas, Maria 346

  Cambridge United Football Team 83

  Camille 248

  Campbell, Jo Ann 343

  “Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man” 63

  Candy Snatchers, The 211

  Cantor, Eddie 80, 297

  Cantor, Natalie 80

  Capitol Records 256

  Capote, Truman 286, 293, 294, 295, 371, 373, 382, 428, 431, 498, 523

  Captain Blood 20, 21

  Captain Brassbound's Conversation 442

  Captain Eddie 63

  Cardinal, The 442

  Carey, Philip 145, 146

  Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden 185

  Carlin, George 367, 384, 385, 386

  Carlton Records 238

  Carlyle Hotel, The (New York) 372, 373

  Carlyle, Kenneth 194

  Carmel by the Sea, California 474

  Carne, Judy 458

  Carnegie, Hattie 274

  Carousel 257

  Carroll, Lewis 447

  Carroll, Pat 332

  Carson, Dick 418, 437

  Carson, Jack 121, 224

  Carson, Johnny 332, 333, 353, 355, 365, 366, 382, 384, 386, 411, 416, 417, 418, 424, 437, 445, 458, 475

  Carter, Jack 447

  Carter, Jimmy 408

  Cartier 37

  Casa Donovan, The (Key West) 424

  Casablanca 147, 174, 212, 269

  Casals, Pablo 418

  Cass, Peggy 332

  “Cassandra” (a.k.a. William Connor) 336

  Cassini, Oleg 389

  Catherine the Great 115

  Catholic Hour, The 18

  Cattle Town 144, 146, 152

  Cavallero, Carmen 34

  Cavett, Dick 354, 355, 384, 412, 416

  CBS 411, 414, 415, 436, 437, 484

  Cedars Sinai Medical Center 510

  Chamberlain, Richard 516

  Chambers, Ernest 435

  Chandler's Restaurant 296

  Chanel, Coco 285, 462

  Chaney, Lon Jr. 234, 236

  “Changing Keys” 443

  Channing, Carol 225, 383, 386

  Chapin, Miles 447

  Chaplin, Charlie 90, 352, 393, 421

  Chaplin, Michael 393

  “Charanga” 341

  Charge at Feather River, The 58, 198, 199, 202, 211

  Charles, Prince of Wales 452, 505

  Chase, Ilka 332

  Chateau Marmont 150, 162

  Checker, Chubby 343

  “Chee Cheeoo Chee” 318

  Cheers 356

  Cherry Grove, Long Island 422, 423

  Cheyenne 125, 147

  Chez Mimi (Santa Monica) 502

  Chez Paree 328

  Chicago Seven, the 415

  Chordettes, the 259

  Chouinard, Jeff 189

  Christian, Paul (a.k.a. Paul Hubschmid) 223

  Christie, Julie 360

  Christmas Carol, A 388

  Christmas in Connecticut 146

  Church of the Good Shepherd (Beverly Hills) 513

  Churchill, Sir Winston 325

  Cincinnati (the Mobster) 278

  Cinderella 296

  Cinema-Scope 189, 257

  Cinerama 257

  Citizen Kane 255, 460

  Clark Brothers, The 272

  Clark, Dick 342

  Clark, Petula 299

  Clark, Ron 447

  Clark, Tom 469

  Clary, Robert 79, 80, 81, 521

  Clement, Governor Frank (Tennessee) 187, 188

  Cleopatra 427

  Click 506

  Clift, Brooks 521, 522

  Clift, Montgomery 111, 112, 118, 140, 149, 150, 151, 161, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 184, 250, 273, 281, 293, 294, 308, 311, 312, 313, 314, 321, 354, 358, 404, 416, 506, 519, 521, 522, 523

  Cline, Patsy 367

  Clinton, Bill 481

  Clooney, George 345

  Clooney, Rosemary 35, 70, 136, 137, 139, 140, 208, 223, 224, 225, 261, 317, 322, 324, 345, 346, 358, 367, 383, 402, 403, 416, 499, 521, 522

  Close, Glenn 81

  Coca-Cola Company, The 471

  Coca, Imogene 323

  Cochran, Steve 124, 133, 155, 156, 158, 263, 265

  Cocoanut Grove, The 42, 51, 57, 58, 59, 60, 68, 70, 71, 83, 90, 97, 98

  Coconut Club, The 482

  Cocteau, Jean 459

  Cohen, Nudie 339

  Cohn, Harry 167, 168, 178, 183

  Cohn, Yetta 364

  Colapinto, John 418, 509

  Colbert, Claudette 249, 326, 327, 523

  Coleman, Nancy 305

  Colleran, Bill 103

  Collier, Chester H. (“Chet”) 377

  Collins, Jackie 483

  Collins, Matt 441

  Collyer, Bud 332

  Columbia Entertainment 471, 472

  Columbia Records 35, 36, 42

  Columbia Studios 225, 237

  Come Back, Little Sheba 194

  Come Blow Your Horn 367

  “Come Ona My House” 138, 317, 403

  Como, Perry 44, 284, 321

  Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet, The 509

  Coney Island 27

  Confidential Magazine 209, 333, 336

  Connery, Sean 148, 330, 387, 391, 392, 449, 451

  Connor, William (a.k.a. “Cassandra”) 336

  Connors, Mike 209

  Conqueror, The 438

  Conrad Hilton 481

  Conspirator, The 65, 104

  Constant Sinner, The (Babe Gordon) 266

  Continental Airlines, Inc. 344

  Cooke, Alistair 374

  Cooke, Sam 343

  Cooper, Gary 124, 210, 211, 213, 259, 261, 263, 272, 277, 330, 337, 389, 391, 421

  Cooper, Gladys 364

  Coppola, Francis Ford 299

  Corday, Mara 67

  Cornell, Katherine 43

  Cort Theater, The (NYC) 411, 434

  Cosby, Bill 355, 468

  Cosmopolitan (“Cosmo”) Magazine 457, 458

  Cotten, Joseph 255

  Cotton Club, The 289

  Country Girl, The 76

  Court Jester, The 357

  Coward, Noel 119, 324, 326, 330, 341, 359, 361, 387, 393, 427, 428, 524

  Cox, Wally 50, 51, 296, 307

  Craig, Michael 487

  Crane, Cheryl 288, 436

  Crawford, Broderick 212

  Crawford, Joan 29, 53, 63, 95, 124, 133, 145, 146, 157, 158, 165, 167, 168, 178, 195, 211, 213, 264, 270, 356, 383, 420, 520

  Crazy October 521

  Crimson Pirate, The 124

  Crocker National Bank 25

  Cronin, Evelyn 92

  Crosby, Bing 8, 42, 44, 48, 76, 136, 187, 299, 367, 389, 437, 448

  Cruise, Tom 482, 516

  Crystal, Billy 482

  Cugat, Xavier 43

  Cukor, George 154, 199, 200, 438, 440

  Culver, Cal (a.k.a. Casey Donovan) 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 440, 441, 442, 443, 524

  Cummings, Robert 132

  Curly Top 335

  Current Affair, A 494

  Curtis, Tony 193, 194, 195, 311, 481

  Curtiz, Michael 212, 213, 214, 216, 234, 235

  Cypress Gardens (Florida) 319

  Cyrano de Bergerac 138

  D'Arcy, Alexander 74

  Dailey, Dan 379

  Daily Mirror, The 336

  Daisy Kenyon 53

  Dakota, The 117

  Dali, Salvador 448, 449

  Dallesandro, Joe 433

  Daly, Hugh C. 342

  Damita, Lili 76, 213

  Damn Yankees 375

  Damned Don't Cry, The 157

  Damone, Vic 323

 
Dance Fever 493

  Daniels, Peter 370

  Dann, Mike 496

  Danson, Ted 483

  Darby O'Gill 392

  Dark City 164

  Darnell, Linda 85

  Data Lounge, The 516

  Date with Judy, A 61

  David Frost Show, The 413, 416

  Davidson, Sara 208

  Davies, Marion 89, 90

  Davis, Bette 29, 59, 71, 124, 213, 222, 249, 270, 272, 274, 363, 416, 426

  Davis, Glenn 106

  Davis, Sammy Jr. 125, 241, 245, 440, 447

  “Day-O” 78

  Day, Doris 39, 44, 120, 127, 132, 133, 145, 152, 155, 159, 164, 176, 185, 212, 270, 292, 496, 500, 521

  Days of Wine and Roses 103

  Daytime Emmy's Lifetime Achievement Award, The 508

  De Haven, Gloria 81

  De Havilland, Olivia 36, 150, 151

  De Musset, Alfred 154

  De Niro, Robert 495

  De Rossi, Portia 513

  De Sica, Vittorio 293

  Dean, James 127, 140, 169, 170, 171, 172, 214, 215, 256, 268, 522

  Deans, Mickey 405, 406, 407

  DeCamp, Rosemary 159, 185

  Decca 237

  Dee, Kiki 429

  “Deep in the Heart of Texas” 339

  Deep Throat 387, 422

  Deerfield Beach/Boca Raton Hilton 483

  DeGeneres, Ellen 513

  DeHaven, Gloria 194, 195

  Del Ruth, Roy 212, 232, 233, 254, 255

  Deliverance 458

  Delon, Alain 209, 210, 390, 391

  DeLuise, Dom 437

  DeMille, Cecil B. 165

  Democratic National Convention (1968), the 415

  “Demon Haunted World, The” 465

  Dempsey, Jack 356

  Deneuve, Catherine 360

  Denver, John 387

  Derek, Bo 448

  Desert Song, The 176, 296

  Desperate Hours, The 305, 523

  Devane, William 314

  Devil and the Deep 289

  Devine, Andy 204

  Diamond Lil 114, 124, 157, 263

  Diana, Princess of Wales 505

  DiCicco, Pat 73, 74, 75, 77, 78, 190

  Dickens, Charles 388

  Dickinson, Angie 324, 437

  Dietrich, Marlene 86, 119, 136, 139, 208, 223, 251, 264, 273, 274, 292, 300, 324, 326, 328, 329, 349, 375, 420, 460, 470

  DiMaggio, Joe 193

  Dior, Christian 399

  Dirty Harry 386

  Dirty Poole 423

  Disney Channel Original Movies 416

  Dixon, Jeanne 463

  Do I Hear a Waltz? 423

  Doctor �o 330

  Dodge City 147

  “Does England Really Need a Queen?” 395

  Doff, Red 80

  Dolores 286

  Domecq d'Usquain, The Marques de 360

  Donahue, Troy (a.k.a. Merle Johnson Jr.) 209, 421, 432, 433, 521

  Donnell, Jean Marie (“Jeff”) 201

  Donohue, Jack 132

  Dorn, Dolores (a.k.a. Dolores Dorn-Heft) 211, 254

  Dorsey, Jimmy 42

  Dorsey, Tommy 17, 42

  Doubleday Publishers, Inc. 426

  Doubleday, Abner 375

  Douglas, Gordon 186, 198, 199, 202, 258, 259, 269, 523

  Douglas, Kirk 29, 200, 367

  Douglas, Mike 382, 413, 490

  Douglas, Mrs. Kirk 457

 

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