“London” flu 312
Long Beach, California 531
Long, Tom 583, 647, 675
Lonn, David 471
Loos, Anita 168, 221, 306, 308, 453, 509, 510, 614, 615, 616–17, 763–4
Loos, Mary 453, 615, 616–17
Lord Byron (opera) 226, 230–31, 233
Lorenz, Konrad, On Aggression 285
Los Angeles: high rise developments 81, 122, 133, 140, 144, 159, 162, 249, 287, 311; smog 113, 437, 582, 619, 649, 677; freeway construction 117–18; mayoral election (1973) 363
Los Angeles City Council 16, 611
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, “Change Inc., West” exhibition 598
Los Angeles County Public Library 353
Los Angeles Film Festival (Filmex) 286, 290, 297
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park 293, 345, 358, 374–5, 376–7, 497, 609
Los Angeles Music Center 133; Mark Taper Forum 3n, 226, 229, 232, 252, 492, 648; Ahmanson Theater 179, 259, 589n, 610
Los Angeles Times 1, 87n, 119n, 132, 150, 157, 232, 377–8, 386, 406, 460, 501, 551, 630
Los Angeles World Affairs Council 280
Lost Horizon (film) 244n
Lost Years: A Memoir 1945–1951 (C.I.), reconstruction of diaries 119, 197, 211, 213, 239, 249, 271, 288, 292, 354, 395, 410, 411, 429, 534
Loud, Lance 376, 379, 764
Louisiana 149, 609; see also New Orleans
Love Me Tonight (film) 684
Loved One, The (film) 405, 417, 539
Lovelace, Linda 368n
Lowenkopf, Shelly 527, 528
Loy, Myrna 172, 307, 764
Loyola University, New Orleans 432
Lubitsch, Ernst, To Be or Not To Be 270
Luce, Clare Boothe 189, 191, 195, 764
Luce, William, The Belle of Amherst 496
Luckenbill, Dan 254, 602, 764
Luckinbill, Laurence (Larry) 227, 229, 230, 231, 232, 238, 292, 293, 298, 306, 307, 308, 764
Lucky Lady (film) 492
Lüdecke, Wenzel 65
Ludington, Wright 211, 764–5
Luke, Peter, Hadrian VII 2
Luminous Procuress (film) 267
Lusk, Mr. and Mrs. (party hosts in Fremont Place) 154
Lyme Hall, Cheshire, England 53
MacAndrew, Eddie 52
McBey, Marguerite 517
McCallister, Lon 124, 127
McCallum, David 347, 380, 769–70
McCallum, Rick 498, 501, 551, 770
McCallum York, Pat 238, 239, 240–41, 244, 254–5, 308, 492, 498, 501, 658, 823–4
MacCarthy, Desmond 562
McCarthy, Frank 507, 559, 770
McCarty-Cooper, Billy 69, 70, 507, 770
McCord, James 360
McCormick, Geoff 258
McCormick, Kevin 317
McCowen, Alec 291–2
McCoy, Ann 492, 494, 770
McCullough, Rohan 385–6
McDermott, Keith xii, 605, 608n
McDermott, Mo: in London 49, 315, 319, 320, 324, 335, 352, 505, 506, 523; in California 505, 506, 523; 770
McDonagh, Michael 273
McDonald, Graham/Graeme 514
McDonald, Joe 500
MacDonald, Madge 178, 189, 448, 574–5, 765
McDowall, Roddy 263, 376, 386, 400n, 448, 770–71; and Paul Anderson 244, 263, 270, 286, 401, 491, 496, 497, 559, 682
McDowell, Malcolm 511
McEwan, Geraldine 11n
McEwen, Romana von Hofmannsthal 323
McGonigle, Dr. John 560–61
McGovern, George 235, 246, 299n
McGuire, Dorothy 611, 771
McHattie, Stephen 497
Macht, Stephen 293, 298, 306, 765
McKellan, Ian 41
MacLaine, Shirley 641
MacMillan, David 411
McShine, Kynaston 650
McWhinnie, Donald 24, 25, 771
Macy, Gertrude 93, 312, 765
Madigan, Leo (Larry) 43, 324, 330, 459, 514, 765
Madrid, Spain 517–18
Maeterlink, Maurice: L’Oiseau Bleu 449n; Sister Beatrice 383
Magic Flute, The (Bergman film) 492
Magnin, Jerry 289
Maharaj see Brahmananda, Swami Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 404
Mailer, Norman 157, 362, 765–6
Main, Bob (carpenter) 127
Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X x, 14
Maley, Ken 586, 587, 597, 631
Malick, Terrence 579
Mallory, Margaret 492, 766
Maltin, Arnold and Mrs. (pseuds.; accountants) 26, 133, 234, 271
Man Who Fell to Earth, The (film) 510
Man Who Would Be King, The (film) 395, 491
Manaus, Brazil 351
Manchester, England 53, 683
Mandeville Canyon, Los Angeles 592, 593
Mangeot, André 9, 766
Mangeot, Olive 9, 37, 54, 766
Mangeot, Sylvain 8–9, 146, 766
Manhattan Beach, California 373
Manionis, Anthony (Tony) 293, 298, 766–7
Mann, Daniel (Danny) 534
Mann, David 28, 46, 52
Mann, Erika xxxi, 677, 767
Mann, Heinrich Klaus xxxi, 677, 767
Mann, Thomas xv, 339
Manning, Cardinal Timothy 590
Manson, Charles 146, 290n
Mantilla, Faride (cleaner) 250, 352
Manulis, Martin 610
Mao Tse-Tung 128
Marchand, Leslie A., Byron: A Portrait 193
Margaret, Princess 144, 588, 589, 590
Margo (actress) 417
Marie Antoinette (film) 582
marijuana see pot
Marin County, California: Civic Center 89; College of Marin 630, 631
Marina del Rey, Los Angeles 187, 249, 281, 487
Mark, Mary Ellen 497
Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles 3n, 226, 229, 232, 252, 492, 648
Markovich, John (Mark; later Swami Tadatmananda) 124, 155, 191, 768
Marlborough Gallery, New York 467
Marple Hall, Cheshire, England 6, 84, 768
Marrakech, Morocco 517
Marre, Albert 556, 557, 561, 562, 563–4, 566, 569, 581, 600, 602, 603, 604, 605, 607, 608n, 768
Marre, Joan 603, 604
Marshak, Daryll 497
Martel, Alan 171
Martin, Anne 443
Martin, Gene 664
Marx, Fred (surgeon) 672
Mary, Queen 330
Marymount College, Los Angeles 263
Masefield, John, “Biography” 570
Mason, James 347, 380, 768
Mason, Marshall 479
Masselink, Ben: break up of relationship with Jo Lathwood 4, 80, 98, 143, 181, 284; father’s ill-health 98, 359; marriage to Dee Hawes 98, 359; drinking 181; meditation 181; 1954 trip to Mexico 287; 768
Masselink, Jo see Lathwood, Jo Masters, Brian 516
Mathews, Ernest 258
Matteson, Rob 236, 261, 264, 269, 450, 494
Matthews, Philip 29
Matthewson, Mr. (friend of Doug Walsh) 160, 161
Maugham, Liza 390
Maugham, Robin, Conversations with Willie 568
Maugham, William Somerset (Willie) 2, 33, 36, 286, 389–90, 533, 568, 769; The Constant Wife 471, 474; Home and Beauty 383; The Razor’s Edge 389, 594
Maupin, Armistead 586–7, 597, 631, 667, 769; Tales of the City 577, 638
Maupiti, Leeward Islands, South Pacific 472
Mayer, Louis B. 633
“Mayor of Casterbridge, The” (television adaptation) 585
Meador, Richard 643–4
Mechtold, Hans 289
Medina, Patricia 519
Medley, Robert 9–10, 28, 29, 56–7, 511, 515, 771
Meeting by the River, A (C.I.; novel) 42, 50, 68–9, 425, 560
Meeting by the River, A (C.I. and Don Bachardy; draft screenplay): negotiations about possible productions 292, 378, 384, 391, 394, 400, 405, 409, 414–15, 419,
422–3, 424–5, 429–30, 430–31, 433–4, 439, 441; writing and revision 310, 350, 354, 359, 378, 395, 397, 557
Meeting by the River, A (C.I. and Don Bachardy; play): Broadway production xvi, 479, 544, 545, 551, 556, 557, 561, 563, 565, 566, 568, 569, 572, 581, 600, 602, 605, 606, 607, 608n; small stage productions xvi, 81; writing and revision xvi, xxii, 1, 7, 8, 11, 12–13, 17, 24, 46, 67, 80, 231, 233, 561, 562, 563–4, 569, 584, 603, 606, 607, 608; possible London productions 4n, 8, 11, 12–13, 16, 18, 24, 25, 40, 41, 44, 48, 50, 52, 53–4, 55, 57, 59, 61–2, 63, 67, 71, 76–7, 79–80, 81, 176–7, 233, 238, 253, 281, 288, 291–2, 345, 394, 441, 451; proposed Leicester production 89–90, 91, 222–3, 307; possible San Francisco production 91, 93, 99; possible Los Angeles readings and productions 121, 126–7, 130, 171, 206, 233; Mark Taper Forum production 226, 227–8, 228–33, 234, 235, 238, 243; reviews 232–3, 234, 238, 243, 296, 307; possible New York productions 281, 441, 445, 450, 455; New Phoenix Repertory production in New York 292, 296, 297–8, 300, 306–8
Melnitz, William 369–70
Melo, Juan 9
Memorial, The (C.I.) 593
Mendelson, Edward 433, 475, 509, 771
Mendelssohn, Felix, A Midsummer Night’s Dream 386
Mengers, Sue 462, 537–8, 594
Merced, California 366, 367
Merchant, Ismail 419, 424, 429–30, 431, 433–4, 451, 771–2; The Wild Party 437–9, 441, 455, 470
Meredith, Burgess 3, 772
Meredith, Mona 444n
Merlo, Frank 102n, 772
Merrill, James 465–6
Mesic, Penelope 529
Methuen (publishers): and Kathleen and Frank 125, 127, 155, 177, 202; Richard Simon leaves 205; and proposed publication of John Lehmann’s correspondence with C.I. 379, 392; and Christopher and His Kind 513; and My Guru and His Disciple 612, 630; and October 644; 772
Metropolis (film) 193
Metropolitan Community Church, Los Angeles 45, 154, 183
Mexico 143, 444, 536, 538; C.I. reminisces about trips to 95, 287; Don Bachardy visits with Bill Franklin 602, 603, 604, 605–6
Meyer, David and Tony 29, 773
MGM studios: picketed 348, 355, 361; C.I. filmed at 505
Michel, Ted (Tat Twam Asi) 498
Michener, James 443
Midler, Bette 549, 626
Midnight Cowboy (film) 492
Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (ballet) 49–50
Miles, Sarah 319, 519
Miles, Stephen 491
Millard, Paul 236–7, 269, 271, 450, 494, 773
Millay, Edna St. Vincent 251–2
Miller, Arthur, After the Fall 464
Miller, Dorothy: C.I. visits 103, 216, 284; on Elsa Lanchester 103; and Unity church 103, 284; pneumonia 271, 284; on Jo Lathwood and Ben Masselink 284; operation on leg 458; death and funeral 461; 773
Miller, Jonathan 516
Miller, Larry 447, 454–5, 456, 463, 468–9, 470, 473, 483
Miller, Merle 147
Miller, Robert 541, 665, 674; show for Don Bachardy 646, 649–51, 652–3, 665
Mills, Bill 595
Mills, John 543
Milow, Keith 29, 60, 510, 773
Milton, John xxxv
Minneapolis, Minnesota 536, 538
Minnelli, Liza 289, 350n, 422, 467, 492
Minter, Mary Miles see O’Hilderbrandt, Mary Miles Minter
Mischwitzky, Holger (Rosa von Praunheim) 65
Mishima, Yukio 118–19, 169, 773; Forbidden Colors 249; Runaway Horses 358; Spring Snow 249, 310; Yukoku (film) 169
Miss Europe (Prix de Beauté) (film) 538
Mission Inn, Riverside, California 437–8
Mississippi, tornadoes 149
Missouri Breaks, The (film) 508
Mitchell, Arthur 478n
Mitchell, Charlie 175, 602, 774
Mitchell, J.J. 169, 307, 509, 774
Mitchell, John 358–9
Mitchell, Julian 59, 60, 61
Mitgang, Herbert 612
Modern Language Association (MLA), conventions 466, 467, 490
Moffatt, Ivan 50, 68, 325–6, 335, 478, 500, 774
Moffatt, Katharine (Kate) see Smith, Katharine
Moffett, Judith 466n
Moffitt, Peggy (Claxton) 253, 714
Mokshada (earlier Meta Evans) 348–9, 352
Molière, The School for Wives 171
Mollison, Denis 21
Molly Maguires, The (film) 78
Mon Oncle d’Amérique (film) 663
Monday, Anna see Urbashi
Monday, Jon see Dharmadas Monday, Rachel 499
Monet, Claude 80, 329
Mong, Bud 439
Monk, Nancy 585
Monkey (C.I. and Don Bachardy; proposed screenplay for Steven Arnold) 267, 271, 272–3, 274–5
Monkhouse, John (Johnny) 15, 104, 774–5
Monkhouse, Patrick (Paddy) 104, 774–5
Monkhouse, Rachel 15, 774–5
Monroe, Louisiana 609
Monroe, Marilyn xiii, 111
Monsieur Verdoux (film) 137
Monsters, The (C.I. and Don Bachardy; play) 97–8
Montague, Mary 515
Montague, Richard 154
Montecito, California: Paul Wonner and Bill Brown’s house 99; brush fire 204–5; Vedanta temple see Sarada Convent;
Montel, Michael 292, 293, 297, 298, 307, 775
Montgomery, D. Harry 583
Moody, Robert L. 30, 775
moon landing (1971) 138
Moore, Charles 532
Moore, Dudley 514
Moore, Eric 490, 491, 529
Moore, George 613, 671
Moore, Susanna (Sylbert) 601
Moorea, Polynesia 126, 131
Moreau, Jeanne 3, 35, 775
Morgan Library, New York 170
Mori, Grace 268, 270
Moriarty, Michael 425, 441, 443, 445, 450, 455, 479, 545, 775
Morita, Masakatu 119
Morocco 516–17; see also Tangier Morocco (film) 241
Morris, John 510
Mortimer, John 215, 776
Mortimer, Raymond 365, 776
Mortmere (imaginary village) xviii, 310, 685, 776
Morton, Tom 495
Moses, Avilda 188, 218, 419, 494
Moses, Ed xix, 107, 188, 218, 333, 419, 498, 776
Mosheim, Grete 176–7
Mosley, David 183, 185–6
Mostert, Noël 517, 776
motorcycle racing 112
Mount Baldy, California 124
Mount Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles 16, 133, 134, 201, 664, 665
Moya, John 495
Mr. Lucky (film) 520
Mr. Norris Changes Trains (C.I.) xxxvii, 283
Mrabet, Mohammed 517
Muchnic, Suzanne 630
Muktananda 660–61
“Mummy, The” (C.I. and Don Bachardy; proposed television film; working title “The Lady from the Land of the Dead”): negotiations for 199, 214, 221, 287–8, 328, 381, 385; writing and revising 226–7, 228, 235, 236, 239, 241, 252–3, 253–4, 255, 256, 257, 265, 288, 291, 292, 293, 310
Murad, Sirri 230
Murder by Death (film) 518
Murdock, James (Jim) 90, 307, 776
Muscle Beach, Santa Monica, California 410
Museum of Modern Art, New York 650
Musicant, Dr. (anesthetist) 202
My Guru and His Disciple (C.I.; earlier title Another Kind of Friend): reviews x, 634, 639, 644; title xii, 559, 569, 606; use of diary extracts xxvii–xxviii, 534, 538, 568, 600, 626, 627; style and literary technique xxxv, xxxvi–xxxvii, 562, 572, 579, 610, 614; planning, research and writing 523, 525–6, 534, 538–9, 540, 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 547, 550, 553–4, 555, 557, 559, 562, 563, 564, 565, 566, 567–8, 569, 572, 575–6, 577, 579, 581, 584, 588, 591, 601, 609; themes 538–9, 550, 565, 572, 581, 591, 592, 607; afterword 550, 553–4, 555, 565; publication and promotion 609, 610, 612, 630, 632, 634–5, 643, 645, 656; reaction among Vedanta community 609, 611, 612, 618, 623, 644;
proofs 625, 626, 628; Gavin Lambert’s views on 631; paperback edition 638–9; sales 638
Myers, Carl 50
Myers, Gordon 501, 504
Nabokov, Nicolas, Love’s Labour’s Lost 335
Nabokov, Vladimir x, xi, 544
Nader, Ralph 147
Nahas, Nabil 649
Nashville (film) 499
National Gay Archives 634–5
National Institute of Arts and Letters 199, 404, 777
National Institute of Mental Health 154
National Observer, The (newspaper) 178
national parks, signs in 271
National Portrait Gallery, London 132, 391, 514, 515–16, 777
National Students Gay Liberation Conference (1970) xxv, 97
National Theatre, London 345
National Youth Theatre (Britain) 288
Nauman, Bruce 407–8
Navigators, The (evangelical Christian group) 164
Nazism viii, xxv, 270, 285, 522, 555
NBC (television network): C.I. interviewed on 17, 552, 570–71; and “Frankenstein” film 256, 372, 381, 406; and proposed “The Beautiful and Damned” film 481
Neal, Warren 505, 506, 508, 518, 520, 562, 591, 593, 594, 777
Ned Kelly (film) 3n, 27, 120
Neddermeyer, Heinz: C.I.’s attempts to acquire Mexican passport for 54; C.I.’s relationship with 54, 142, 398; Kathleen Isherwood’s dislike of 54, 398; appearance 255; on deaths of Auden and Jean Ross 394; portrayal in Christopher and His Kind 398, 428, 464, 589, 590, 591, 596, 597, 602, 684; arrest in 1937 428; retirement 596
Nelson, Allyn 353, 777
Nelson, David 374
Network (film) 586
Neville, John 25
Neville, Richard, Play Power 8
New Hampshire, Bill Brown and Paul Wonner’s house in 271, 293, 300
New Orleans, Louisiana 432–3, 475, 609, 610
New Phoenix Repertory Company 292, 306, 307, 309
New Theater for Now (theater company) 232, 234, 238
New Writing (magazine) 115n, 329
New York: C.I. visits en route to London (1970) 5, 7; C.I. and Don Bachardy visit following Stravinsky’s death (1971) 159, 166, 168–74; C.I. and Bachardy visit for promotion of Kathleen and Frank (January-February 1972) 218, 220, 221; C.I. and Bachardy visit for performance of A Meeting by the River (December 1972) 293, 295, 296, 297–8, 300–301, 302–4, 304–5, 305–9; Bachardy visits alone (October-November 1973) 397, 400, 402, 403; C.I. and Bachardy visit for Bachardy’s Cultural Center show (February 1974) 419, 421–2, 423, 425–6, 430; Vedanta Center 420; skyline 425–6; Bachardy visits for work on The Stepford Wives ( June 1974) 439; C.I. and Bachardy visit at Christmas (1974) 465, 466; Bachardy visits alone (April 1975) 474, 477; C.I. and Bachardy visit en route to and from Europe (1976) 508–510, 518; C.I. and Bachardy visit for promotion of Christopher and His Kind (December 1976) 529, 530; C.I. and Bachardy visit for Broadway production of A Meeting by the River (1979) 607, 608; C.I. and Bachardy visit for Bachardy’s Robert Miller Gallery show (September-October 1980) 646, 648–53
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