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Merv Griffin- A Life in the Closet

Page 74

by Darwin Porter


  Porter, Darwin 306, 441

  Powell, Eleanor 232

  Powell, Jane 52, 60, 117, 232, 273, 423

  Power, Tyrone 20, 22, 54, 72, 94, 248, 264, 287, 329, 337, 380, 428, 453

  Preminger, Eric Lee 431

  Preminger, Otto 366, 431, 442

  Presley, Elvis 37, 185, 186, 216, 285, 304, 312, 325, 337, 338, 340, 343, 367, 372, 382, 388, 451, 520

  “Presley's PowderPuff Pals” 340

  “Pretty Irish Girl” 392

  Previn, Soon-Yi 352

  Price Is Right, The 333, 444

  Price, Vincent 129, 130, 438

  Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 373, 389, 404, 451, 505

  Prince Valiant 193

  Prince, Hal 423

  Princess Grace Foundation, The 482

  Princeton University 138

  Principal, Victoria 482

  Private Lives 328

  Private Parts 386

  Private Secretary 28

  Promises! Promises! 253

  Prudential Insurance Co. 481

  Prudential Realty Group 483

  Pryor, Richard 384, 385, 386, 419

  Psycho 193

  Punch Magazine 395

  “Put the Blame on Mame” 173

  “Put Your Shoes On, Lucy” 80

  Python, Monty 83

  Queen Kelly 199

  Queer in America 490

  QueerTwoCents.com 471

  Quick Weight Loss Diet (The Stillman Diet) 509

  Quigley, Joan 463, 464, 465

  Quinn, Anthony 263

  Quo Vadis? 248

  Racing Patrol, Inc. 438

  Radio KFRC (San Francisco) 474

  Raft, George 263

  Rainbow Room, The 233

  “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head” 324

  Rainier, Sovereign Prince of Monaco 70, 389, 391, 450

  Rains, Claude 269

  Raintree County 312

  Rancho del Cielo 501

  Randall, Tony 367, 407, 408

  Random House, Inc. 426

  Rat Pack, the 242, 412

  Rather, Dan 508

  Ray Sinatra Orchestra, The 272

  Ray, Aldo 178, 199, 201, 202, 269, 342, 462

  Ray, Johnnie 406

  Raye, Martha 447

  Razor's Edge, The 196

  RCA Victor 86, 109, 114, 237

  Reach for the Stars 401, 409

  Reagan, Maureen 498, 502

  Reagan, Michael 498

  Reagan, Nancy Davis 4, 49, 52, 98, 105, 124, 128, 141, 292, 417, 463, 464, 465, 468, 481, 484, 496, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 503, 510, 513, 516

  Reagan, President Ronald 4, 48, 124, 126, 141, 155, 196, 300, 408, 417, 418, 429, 443, 463, 464, 467, 468, 481, 484, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 503, 513, 516

  Reagan, Ronald Jr. 498

  Reagans, The 484

  Rebecca 36

  Rebel Without a Cause 172

  Rebozo, Bebe 452

  Red Garters 35, 223, 224

  Red River 111

  Red Skelton Hour, The 366

  Redford, Robert 365, 380, 423

  Redheads from Seattle, Those 35

  Redstone, Sumner 471

  Reed, Donna 212, 216

  Reed, Rex 286

  Reed, Robert 516

  Reeve, Christopher 440

  Reeves, Steve 148

  Regan, Donald 464

  Reilly, Charles Nelson 367

  Reilly, Mike 503

  Reiner, Carl 331, 332, 386

  Remick, Kate 103

  Remick, Lee 103, 358, 402

  Renault, Mary 441

  Republican Party, The (GOP) 418, 484

  Resorts Atlantic City Hotel, The 485, 486, 487, 488

  Resorts International 485, 486, 487, 495

  Restaurant “21” (New York) 37, 104, 105

  Reunion in France 420

  Reuters 514, 515

  Reynolds, Burt 37, 355, 457, 458, 470, 474

  Reynolds, Debbie 46, 130, 238, 253, 423, 448

  Reynolds, Zachary Smith 311

  Rich, Buddy 42

  Richards, Ralph 522

  Richardson, Paul 261, 267, 268, 336, 337, 338, 523

  Richmond, Ray 514, 515

  Rickles, Don 233, 355, 380

  Riley, Johnny 13, 14, 15, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 34, 35, 39, 45, 46, 51, 58, 61, 86, 87, 161, 172, 184, 192, 196, 200, 208, 211, 221, 223, 230, 272, 321, 322, 325, 326, 330, 335, 336, 345, 352, 353, 358, 425, 426, 520

  Ripley's Believe It or Not 19

  River of No Return 204

  Rivera, Chita 81

  Riverside Theater (Milwaukee) 47

  Riviera Resort & Casino, The (Las Vegas) 338

  RKO Studios 189

  Robbins, Bill 13, 14, 15, 17, 23, 39, 46, 87, 88, 89, 204, 221, 222, 223, 225, 227, 229, 240, 246, 258, 268, 271, 321, 322, 325, 335, 359, 425, 426, 520

  Robbins, Jerome 362

  Robe, The 189, 427

  Robert Q. Lewis Show, The 316, 318, 321

  Robinson, Claudia 10

  Robinson, Edward G. 126, 357

  Rockefeller Center, New York City 438

  Rockwell International (formerly North American

  Rockwell, Inc.) 453, 455, 456

  Rockwell, Constance 455

  Rockwell, William Jr. 455

  Rodgers, Richard 423

  Rogers, Clyde 42

  Rogers, Ginger 27, 71, 146

  Rogers, Roy 43, 45, 415, 497

  Rogers, Will Jr. 234, 236, 315

  Roland, Gilbert 94

  Rolling Stone 418, 491

  Romance on the High Seas 133

  Romanoff's (Los Angeles) 22

  Romero, Cesar 20, 30, 31, 275

  Rooney, Mickey 288, 292, 350, 380, 482

  Roosevelt Hotel (Los Angeles) 96, 108, 183, 184

  Roosevelt, Franklin Jr. 374

  Rose, Charlie 414

  Rose, David 55

  “Roses Are Red (My Love)” 342

  Rostova, Mira 149, 150, 152, 160, 522

  “The Roving Kind” 35

  Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In 386, 397

  Roxie Hart 27

  Royalton Hotel, The 80, 119

  Rubin, Ellis 489

  Rubin, Jerry 415

  Rubirosa, Porfirio 328, 346, 347, 348, 449, 477

  Rudel, Julius 298

  Runyon, Damon 51

  Russell, Gail 203, 217, 218, 219, 220, 521

  Russell, Jane 71, 185, 192, 213, 219

  Russell, Lord Bertrand 393, 394

  Rutherford, Ann 36

  Ruzga, Sylvia 412

  Ryan, Jack 449

  Safire, William 429

  Sagan, Carl 465

  Sahara Club, The (Las Vegas) 147

  Sahl, Mort 353

  Sajak, Pat 445, 446, 513

  Sales, Soupy 353

  Salome 201

  San Francisco Chronicle, The 503

  San Francisco Sketchbook, The 32, 33

  San Mateo 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 17, 21, 23, 24, 27, 81, 86, 96, 109, 110, 187, 243, 319, 320, 321, 325, 334, 425, 443, 520

  Sand, George 154

  Sanders, George 108, 347, 348, 414, 450, 455, 478

  Sands Resort Hotel (Las Vegas) 272, 278, 281

  Sanford and Son 429

  Santoni, Reni 386

  Sardi's 288

  Sartre, Jean-Paul 154

  Saturday Night Fever 493

  Saturday Prom 342, 343

  Sawyer, Diane 508

  Saxon, John 209

  Schlosser, Herb 354

  Schone, Paul 13, 15, 17, 23, 46, 87, 204, 221, 222, 223, 225, 246, 268, 271, 321, 335, 347, 355, 359, 361, 425, 426, 520

  Schulman, Bobby 467

  Schwartz, Murray 404, 495

  Schwarzenegger, Arnold 513

  Scott, George C. 314

  Scott, Gordon 147, 148, 199

  Scott, Lizabeth 164, 220

  Scott, Randolph 420

  “Screamin' Meemies from Planet X” 238

  Screaming Mimi 145


  Scutti, Dale 485

  Seacrest, Ryan 506, 507, 514

  Search, The 111

  Searchers, The 291

  Seberg, Jean 181

  “Secret Love” 63

  See the Jaguar 214

  Seinfeld 387

  Seinfeld, Jerry 473

  Selznick, David O. 100, 143, 203

  Sennett, Mack 212

  “Sentimental Journey” 121

  Seven Days Leave 43

  “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television” 385

  Seven Year Itch, The 181

  Shams, Princess 483

  Shanks, Bob 350, 351, 354, 361, 378, 389, 399, 435, 448

  SHARE Organization, The 508

  Sharif, Omar 360

  Shaw, Artie 72

  Shaw, George Bernard 344, 442

  Shaw, Irwin 181

  She's Working Her Way Through College 124

  Sheen, Bishop Fulton J. 16, 17, 18, 94, 95, 96, 303, 431

  Sheldon, Jack 428

  Sheldon, Sidney 487

  Sheridan, Ann 124, 302, 342, 367

  Shields, Brooke 459

  Shirelles, The 343

  Shirley, Anne 196

  Shore, Dinah 27, 28, 29, 32, 284, 369, 437, 474, 487

  Show Boat 185, 191

  Showtime, Inc. 484

  Siegel, Bugsy 253, 263, 278

  Siegfried and Roy 448

  Signorile, Michelangelo 490, 494, 515

  Silvers, Phil 92, 93, 132, 297

  Simmons, Jean 427

  Simon & Schuster, Inc. 426

  Simon, Neil 367

  Simon, Paul 447

  Simpson, O.J. 92

  Sinatra, Frank 35, 46, 48, 51, 53, 54, 86, 90, 116, 133, 134, 135, 136, 177, 178, 180, 182, 183, 186, 187, 200, 242, 252, 256, 257, 267, 276, 281, 287, 291, 292, 296, 301, 311, 341, 343, 349, 352, 356, 367, 371, 389, 404, 412, 429, 436, 449, 453, 470, 482, 499, 522, 523

  Sinatra, Nancy 1

  Since You Went Away 98, 202, 203

  Sincerely Yours 258, 523

  “Singin' the Blues” 35

  Sirius satellite radio network 494

  Six, Robert 344

  Skolsky, Sidney 202

  Slapstick (Of Another Kind) 447

  Smathers, Senator George 371

  Smith, “Buffalo Bob” 316

  Smith, Anna Nicole 189

  Smith, Kate 299, 300

  Smith, Noel M. 144

  Smokey and the Bandit 355

  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 26

  So This Is Love 177, 183, 184, 185, 189, 190, 198, 224, 519

  Some Came Running 177

  Some Like It Hot 195, 311

  Somers, Suzanne 513

  Something Beautiful for God 395

  Sondheim, Stephen 423

  Songs of Merv Griffin 38

  Sonny and Cher 435

  Sony Pictures Studios 443

  Sothern, Ann 28, 29

  Spaeth, Mark 145

  Spartacus 482

  Spaulding, Pam 515

  Spears, Carroll M. 96

  Spellman, Cardinal Francis J. 18

  Spencer, James 94

  Spielberg, Steven 1

  Sports Circle, The 124

  Springtime in the Rockies 30

  St. Clerans Manor (County Galway, Ireland) 506

  St. Francis Hotel 39, 41, 87, 88, 96

  St. James Theater (New York) 384

  St. Johns, Adela Rogers 356, 365, 428

  St. Laurent, Yves 475

  Stafford, Darlene 298

  Stafford, Jo 284, 285

  Stafford, John 516

  Stafford, Susan 444

  Stage Door Canteen 43

  Staircase 427

  Stalin, Josef 299

  Stanley, Kim 522

  Stanwyck, Barbara 65, 105, 146, 247, 431

  Star is Born, A 76, 270, 310, 513

  Star Trek II 493

  “Star Spangled Banner” 26

  Star, the 493

  Starr, Ringo 451

  Statler Hotel (Boston) 188

  Steel Pier, The (Atlantic City) 486

  Steiger, Rod 256

  Stein, Gertrude 181

  Step Lively Jeeves! 335

  Stern, Howard 386, 494

  Stevens, Harold 92

  Stevens, Marc 441

  “Stevie Wonderboy” 511

  Stewart, French 448

  Stewart, James 232, 389, 416, 475

  Stewart, Paula 323

  Stillman, Benny 48

  Stillman, Dr. Irwin Maxwell (The Stillman Diet) 509

  Stillman, Leonard 81

  Stoker, Bill 34

  Stompanato, Johnny 194, 392, 436

  Stop, You're Killing Me 212, 232

  Stork Club, The 104, 105, 297

  Storm Warning 155

  Stowaway 334

  Strand Theater, The 49, 51

  Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and

  Love the Bomb 234

  Strangers on a Train 100, 140

  Streetcar Named Desire, A 49, 255

  Streisand, Barbra 360, 369, 370, 371, 372, 383, 388, 481

  Studio 54 432, 433

  Styne, Jule 134

  Styron, William 181

  Sullivan, Ed 284

  Summer Holiday 195, 284, 285

  Summer Place, A 433

  Summer Stock 195, 366

  Summersby, Kay 409

  Sunset Blvd. 305, 363

  Sunset Strip 125

  Surf Club, The (Virginia Beach) 137

  Surviving at the Top 487

  Susann, Jacqueline 285, 286, 316, 523

  Susskind, David 323, 403, 415, 418, 424

  Swanson, Gloria 199, 240, 317, 356, 363

  Sweet Bird of Youth 380

  Sweet Savage 202

  Sybil Burton's Arthur Discotheque 405

  Szigethy, Edmund de 477

  Tabu Club, The 213

  Taj Mahal Resort & Casino (Atlantic City) 485, 486, 487, 488

  “Take My Hand, Precious Lord” 304

  Talent Scouts 366, 367

  Talk It Up 409

  Tammy Grimes Show, The 37

  Tandy, Jessica 49, 50

  Tarnower, Dr. Herman (The Scarsdale Diet) 509

  Tarzan's Greatest Adventure 148

  Tarzan's Hidden Jungle 148

  Taxi 356

  Taylor, Donald F. 253

  Taylor, Elizabeth 46, 52, 59, 64, 65, 67, 72, 103, 104, 105, 111, 114, 115, 118, 190, 237, 244, 247, 249, 252, 292, 308, 312, 344, 427, 431, 451, 468, 470, 477, 481, 506, 508, 513

  Taylor, F. Chase 317

  Taylor, General Maxwell 374

  Taylor, President Zachary 388

  Taylor, Robert 60, 65, 104, 105, 107, 247, 248, 428

  Tchin-Tchin 387

  Tea for Two 39, 120

  “Tea for Two” 269

  Ted Hook's Backstage Bar 306, 521, 523

  Television City (Los Angeles) 434

  Temple, Shirley 9, 66

  “Tenement Symphony” 96

  “Tennessee Waltz” 188

  Terrio, Deney 493

  Terry, Alice 59

  Thank You Jeeves! 335

  That Forsyte Woman 193

  That Midnight Kiss 185

  “That Old Black Magic” 317

  “That's a Plenty” 302

  “That's Amore” 372

  Thatcher, Margaret 414

  “The Only Girl in the World” 401

  The Railroad Hour 175

  Thiess, Ursula 247

  This Is the Army 26

  “This Land is Your Land” 402

  This Woman is Dangerous 124, 145, 146

  Thomas, Danny 297

  Thomas, Roger 148

  Thompson, Robert 471

  Thompson, Verita 247

  Thorson, Scott 488

  Three Coins in the Fountain 134

  “Three Coins in the Fountain” 133, 134

  Three Sailors and a Girl 232, 233, 234

  Three Stooges, The 9, 334

  Thund
ering Surf Club, The 231

  Ticket to Tomahawk, A 379

  Tiffany's 37

  Till the End of Time 204

  Tin Pan Alley 26

  Tinker, Grant 376

  Tiny Tim 388, 447

  “Tippy Tippy Tin” 248

  Tjader Dance Studio 13

  Tjader, Cal 13, 32, 46, 520

  To Catch a Thief 390

  To Tell the Truth 331, 332

  Toast of New Orleans, The 185

  Tobias, Rose 323

  Today Show (NBC) 314

  Todd-AO 257

  Todd, Mike 114, 115, 451

  Todd, Thelma 74

  Todman, Bill 331

  Toklas, Alice B. 181

  Toldman, Danny 483

  Tomlin, Lili 397

  Tone, Franchot 211

  Tonight Show, The 286, 335, 349, 350, 351, 352, 355, 365, 382, 412, 418

  “Tonight We Love” 42, 482

  Tonight With Belafonte 79

  Too Young to Marry 94

  Torch Song 248

  Torme, Mel 323

  Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de 138

  Tracy, Spencer 52, 53, 94, 199, 229, 367

  Trans-American Video Studios (TAV) 448

  Transcendental Meditation 474

  Transgression 411

  Travolta, John 493

  Treacher, Arthur 334, 378, 379, 396, 401, 428, 435

  Treacher, Judy 401

  Treacher, Virginia Taylor 435

  Treasure in Clay 18

  Trebek, Alex 377, 445, 513

  Trevor, Claire 212, 420

  Tribute to a Bad Man 229

  “Trolley Song, The” 214, 399

  Trouble Along the Way 212, 213, 214

  Trujillo, Rafael Jr. 449

  Truman, Harry S. 109, 209, 404

  Truman, Margaret 91, 209

  Trump Entertainment Resorts 485

  Trump, Donald 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 503

  Tryon, Tom 442

  Tucker, Ken 509

  Tunney, Gene 356

  Turner, Lana 47, 54, 60, 70, 73, 98, 104, 143, 148, 193, 253, 287, 288, 289, 292, 386, 392, 427, 436, 450, 523

  Turtu, Anthony 455

  Twentieth (20th) Century Fox 189

  Twentieth Century 317

  Two Girls and a Sailor 196

  Two-Faced Woman 153

  Two-Minute Warning 446

  Tyler, President John 388

  Tyrnauer, Matt 503

  Uninvited, The 219

  Universal International 474

  University of Miami, The 519

  University of Texas' Football Team 186

  US/Soviet Summit Meeting (Reykjavik) 465

  Vadim, Roger 417

  Valentino, Rudolph 262, 356

  Vallee, Rudy 11

  Valley of the Dolls, The 285

  Van Doren, Mamie 458

  Van Dyke, Dick 513

  Vanderbilt, Gloria 74, 292

  Vanity Fair 503

  Vanna Speaks! 445

  “Vannamania” 444

  Variety 422

  Vaughn, Robert 483

  Vera-Ellen 57, 128

  Viacom 471

  Vidal, Gore 430

  Viertel, Berthod 153

  Viertel, Salka 153, 154

  Vietnam War, The 415, 419

  Vinton, Bobby 342

  Visitor to a Small Planet 430

  Voigt, Jon 458

 

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