Lost Years (79 page)

Cerf, Bennet, 119

Chaplin, Charlie: friendship with C.I., xvi, 81, 195, 199, 234, 278; hostility to C.I., 69, 199n; C.I.'s supposed incontinence on sofa, 199 & n, 234; Dylan Thomas visits, 233; Emlyn Williams interrogates, 233–4; hears Yma Sumac perform, 242

Chaplin, Oona (
née
O'Neill), 81, 199n, 234, 242, 278

Charlton, Hilde, 164n

Charlton, Jim: depicted in
The World in the Evening
, xv, 122n, 159; C.I.'s relations with, 156–66, 173–4, 183, 208, 210–11, 214, 216, 230, 248, 255, 28on; and architecture, 157, 165–6; character and qualities, 158–62, 211; flying, 160–1; influenced by father, 160–1; meets Caskey, 167, 233; visits C.I. and Caskey, 167, 171; at Vernon Old's wedding, 170; friendship with Caskey, 175; and Glenway Wescott, 187; birthday party (1949), 190; mother's death from cancer, 196; provokes fight, 213–14; meets Britten and Pears, 214–15; and Korean War, 241; stays with Kittredges, 248, 255; Brad Saurin's love for, 259; and C.I.'s break with Caskey, 283

Charpentier (chef), 195

Cheltenham (England), 107

Cherry Grove, Fire Island (New York), 129

Chicago, 149

“Chip” (pseud.), 11

Christopher and His Kind
(C.I.), xi, xx, xxiv, xxvi, xxx, xxxiii, 7n

Churchill, (Sir) Winston S., 25n

Cienega, La, Boulevard (Los Angeles), 15

Clift, Montgomery, 149, 174

Clock Symphony, The
(ballet), 147n

Clore, Andrew, 235[n]

Coble, Jack, 123

Cockburn, Claud, 108

Cockburn, Jean
see
Ross, Jean

Cockburn, Sarah (Sarah Caudwell), 108

Cocteau, Jean: praises
Fireworks
, 212;
Le Livre blanc
(attrib.), 140n

Collier, John: amused by C.I.'s gonorrhea, 7; enthusiasm for Proust, 21, 26; works on film scripts, 23, 25, 31 & n; at Warner Brothers, 24–5; described, 24–5; wins bet on 1945 British election result, 25n; alimony payments, 31 & n; witnesses C.I.'s homosexual activities, 32–3; and plot of
Up at the Villa
, 36n; describes Caskey, 42;
His Monkey Wife
, 52n

Collins, Wilkie:
The Moonstone
, 25;
The Woman in White
, 23–4

“Coming to London” (C.I.;
earlier
“Letter from England”; article), 83, 85–6, 88, 89n, 113n

Committee on Un-American Activities, 191

Compton–Burnett, (Dame) Ivy:
Manservant and Maidservant
, 140n;
Two Worlds and Their Ways
, 224n

Condor and the Cows, The
(C.I.): writing, xxxiv, 170, 172–3, 177–8, 183, 187; as autobiography, 3; on Caskey's hitting C.I., 52n; on Berthold Szczesny and Tota, 133n; ghost story in, 133n; Victoria Ocampo in, 136; and C.I.'s visit to South America, 141; manuscript sent to publishers, 188; dedications, 194; publication, 196; Bob Craft praises, 203n

Conklin, Groff (ed.):
A Treasury of Science Fiction
, 175–6n

Connolly, Cyril: in USA, 81; C.I. meets in London, 96, 143;
The Rock Pool,
140–1n;
The Unquiet Grave
, 51n, 275n

Connolly, Lys (
formerly
Lubbock;
née
Dunlap), 96 & [n], 143

Connor, Whitfield, 235[n]

Conrad, Joseph:
Nostromo
, 175n;
The Shadow Line
, 140n

Cooley, Steve (pseud.): C.I.'s relations with, 32–8, 41; arrested and released, 39–40; takes drama classes, 39; interrupts C.I.'s lovemaking, 279; and Jack Garber, 279

Coombs, Don: on de Laval's seducing, 29n; relations with C.I., 218–19, 221, 230, 258, 260–1

Cooper, William:
Scenes from Provincial Life
, 275n

Cornell, Ed, 213n

Corvo, Baron
see
Rolfe, Frederick William

Cowan, John, 50–1, 76

Cowan, Rita, 51, 191

Coward, Noël, 130–1

Cowper, William, xxvii

Craft, Robert, 198–200, 201n, 202–3, 222, 241, 243, 264 & [n];
Dialogues and a Diary
(with Stravinsky), 201n;
Retrospectives and Conclusions
, 198

Creixell, Luis, 133

Cromwell, Richard
see
Radebaugh, Roy

Cuevas de Vera, Tota, 133, 134–5n

Cukor, George, 37–8, 40

Culbrow, Leonard, 277

“Curly” (pseud.), 17, 40

Curry, Phil, 167–8

Curtiss, Mina, 135

Dahl, Ingolf, 264 & [n]

Dakar (West Africa), 141

Daniehan, Leon, 50n

Danilova, Alexandra, 50n

Dantine, Helmut, 32

Darms, Peter (pseud.), 242–3, 246, 258, 282

Darnell, Linda, 207n

Darrow, John, 14

Davies, Marion, 63–4, 234, 273

Davis, Bette, 31n, 37

Davis, Richard E., 235[n]

Day–Lewis, Cecil (ed.):
The Mind in Chains: Socialism and the Cultural Revolution
, xiii n

Deception
(film), 31 & n

Defoe, Daniel, xxvii

de la Mare, Walter:
Memoirs of a Midget
, 140n

de Laval, Jay: friendship with C.I., 28–9, 81, 153, 195, 208; and C.I.'s relations with Caskey, 34–5, 67, 233; runs restaurant, 43–5, 171; C.I. entertains, 50; encourages Michael Hall to approach C.I., 67; relations with Lennie Newman, 67; at Vernon Old's wedding, 170; affair with Brad Saurin, 172, 177; organizes new restaurant in Virgin Islands, 177; at Caskey trial, 209; introduces
C.I. and Coombs, 218; Caskey travels to Baja California with, 248

Derain, André, 244n

Devotion
(film), 31 & n

Dewey, Thomas, 172

Dianetics, 237

Diehl, Digby, 247

D.J. (pseud.), 259

Dolin, Anton, 147

Doone, Rupert, 83n, 116

Doré, Gustave, 99n

Dostoevsky, Fedor: depicted in film (
The Great Sinner
), 146, 150–2, 177;
Crime and Punishment
, 151;
The Gambler
, 150–1

Douglas, Melvyn, 187

Down There on a Visit
(C.I.), xiii, xxv, 7[n], 46n, 49, 271

Dreiser, Theodore:
An American
Tragedy
, 84

Duchamp, Marcel, 29

Dunphy, Jack, 125

Durant, Tim, 271

Easiest Thing in the World, The
(film), 167, 195, 198, 206, 207n

East Rustic Road (No.3 33), Santa Monica, 167, 183–6, 238, 272

Eberhardt, Dave (pseud.): C.I.'s friendship with, 11, 31, 50; at AJC Ranch, 220

Edelman, Louis, 23–4, 29, 32

Edens, Roger, 170

Edman, Irwin, 235[n]

Ehrenburg, Ilya, 135n

Eliot, T.S., 98;
The Cocktail Party
, 275n

Enfants du paradis, Les
(film), 95

England: C.I. visits (1947), 80–116; 1947 prices, 89n; C.I. visits with Caskey (1948), 143–9

Erdman, Richard, 205

Erdmann, Charles, 101–2

Ernst, Max, 158

Erskine, Eileen, 235[n]

Ethan Frome
(stage adaptation), 229

Evans, Rex, 37

Ewing, Majal, 233

Exhumations
(C.I.), 83, 282n

Fairbanks, Douglas, Jr., 223n

Fairbanks, Harold, 155–6, 192, 263n

Falk, Eric, 107

Falkenburg, Eugenia (Jinx), 135, 137

Farrell, James T., 48

Faulkner, William, 140n

Fechin, Nicolai, 222

Felton, James, 9

Ferrer, José, 17

Field, Fritz, 235[n]

Field, Gus: co–adapts C.I.'s
Goodbye to Berlin
for stage (as
Sally Bowles
), xxxi, 265–6, 273, 277; C.I. excludes, xxxii-xxxiii, 285; accepts C.I.'s withdrawal of
Sally Bowles
adaptation, 285

Fire Island, New York, 129 & [n], 138

Fireworks
(film), 212

Flint (pseud.), 5

Fodor, Ladislas, 150–3, 168n, 188

Fontan, Jack, 224–6

Foote, Dick, 196 & n

Forbes, Don, 11, 31, 50, 220

Ford, Ford Madox:
The Good Soldier
, 140n;
Parade's End
, 250n, 275n

Foreman, Carl, 205

Forster, Edward Morgan: meets and likes Caskey, xvii, 42, 121, 143; influence on C.I., xxviii–xxx, 201n; and Katherine Anne Porter, 68; C.I. visits in England (1947), 83 & n, 92, 94–5; on C.I.'s accent, 86; and Burgess's intercession for Jack Hewit, 93, 99n; on C.I.'s capacity for friendships, 94; character, 94–5; on C.I.'s extravagance, 99n; visits USA, 99n, 121; lectures at Aldeburgh festival, 144; Vidal and Tennessee Williams visit, 146; C.I. and Caskey visit (1948), 148; on
T.E. Lawrence, 175n;
Maurice
, xxviii

Fouts, Denham (Denny): introduces Bill Harris to C.I., 4–6, 19; C.I. depicts in writing, 7, 121n; and C.I.'s life at Vedanta Center, 7; and Marcel Rodd, 8; and kite incident, 9–10; and C.I.'s travels with Bill Harris, 13; starts composing cycling song, 13n; friendship with C.I., 17, 28, 31, 34, 45; and Bobo and Kelley, 18; and C.I.'s relations with Caskey, 20, 34–5, 52, 69; on Thelma Todd's, 29; on Steve Cooley, 32; Tompkins's exhibitionism at party, 35, 48, 279; death, 40n, 142, 172–3; Maugham warns C.I. of police watch on, 40; in Mexico, 41; leaves for New York, 46; sells Picasso picture, 46n; quarrels with Caskey and leaves Los Angeles, 69–70; C.I.'s friendship ends, 70; C.I. and Caskey visit in Paris, 142; and Watson–Gandy, 173, 222n; and Ken Anger, 212

Fowler, Norman, 179

Fox, Paul, 13, 242

Fragment of Speaking
(film), 212

France: C.I. visits with Caskey, 141–2

Francis, Anne, 220

Frankenstein
(C.I.; TV script, with Bachardy), ix

Fred (pseud.; friend of Coombs), 260–1

French, Jared, 127–8

Freud, Lucian, 143

Freud, Sigmund, xx

Friends, Society of (Quakers): C.I. works with, 7, 72; in
The World in the Evening
, 121–2 & n, 244n; C.I. attends meeting, 125; and Los Angeles world peace conference (1949), 189

Friendship, The (Santa Monica bar), 43–4 & n

From, Eddie (Isadore), xix, 24n

From, Sam: C.I. attends party, xviii–xix; appearance, 24n; friendship with C.I., 24, 264; at Benton Way Group, 197; answers Evelyn Hooker's questionnaire, 198; motor accident, 264

Fry, Christopher:
Venus Observed
, 275n

Fueloep–Miller, René, 150

Furtmueller, Carl, 121n

Gage, Margaret, 238

Garber, Jack (pseud.), 279–80

Garbo, Greta: in C.I.'s circle, xvii, 81, 101; seeks company of C.I. and Caskey, 71–2; C.I. rebukes, 130–1; in New York, 130; Foote claims to have propositioned, 196n

Gardner, Ava, 168, 187 & n

Garrett, Eileen, 241

Gaszynski, Michael, 264

Geller, James, 23–4, 230

Germany: C.I.'s fading interest in, xxx–xxxi, 19n; C.I.'s sexual experiences in, 57–8

Ghosh, Asit, 8 & n

Gide, André, xx;
Lafcadio's Adventures
, 52n;
Pastoral Symphony
, 84n

Gielgud, (Sir) John, 134–6

Gissing, George, xxvii

Goldsmith, Joel, 247

Goodbye to Berlin
(C.I.): stage adaptation (as
I Am a Camera
), xxxi, 78, 282; Vernon Old reads, 181;
see also Sally Bowles

Goodman, Paul: at From party, xviii–xix; at Benton Way Group, 197;
The Breakup of Our Camp
, 197;
Making Do
, 197

Goodwin, John: at Fouts party, 14;
friendship with C.I., 45; C.I. entertains, 50; and death of Fouts, 172–3; C.I. visits at ranch, 457–8

Gordon, Cliff, 147

Gordon, Ruth, 229

Gorer, Geoffrey:
The American People
, 175–6n

Gorfain, Dr. A.D., 61–3, 111

Goring, Hermann, 133

Gottfried
see
Reinhardt, Gottfried

Goulding, Edmund, 38n

Goyen, William, 194;
The House of Breath
, 275n

Grant, Alexander, 147n

Great Sinner, The
(film), 146, 150, 153, 167–8, 174, 176, 187–8

Green, Henry
see
Yorke, Henry

Greene, Felix, 89

Greene, Graham:
The Quiet American, 265n

Groddeck, Georg, xx

Groix
(French ship), 141, 170

Hagen, Uta, 17

Hagenbuehler, Hanns, 212n

Hall, Michael, 67

Halliburton, Richard, 274

Halma, Harold, 126–7, 131–2

Hamilton, Bernie, 200

Hamilton, Gerald, 96–8, 107–8, 115n;
Mr. Norris and I
, 97

Hamlin, John and Mrs., 228

Hanna, Len, 34, 43, 53

Harford, Betty (
later
Andrews), 229

Harkness, Alan, 74

Harper's Bazaar
(magazine), 74n, 78, 83, 210n

Harrington, Curtis, 212, 229

Harris, Bill: relations with C.I., 4 & n, 5–7, 9–20, 76; painting, 16; leaves for New York, 21; admires John Cowan, 50; sees figure at East Rustic Road, 184–5; and Jack Fontan, 224–6; stays with C.I., 224, 226, 229

Hartford, Connecticut, 78

Hartford, Huntington, 245–6; Foundation, 245–6, 264, 277–8, 281–3

Hatfield, Hurd, 170

Hauser, Amber, 108

Hauser, Hilda, 107–8

Hauser, Phyllis, 108

Haverford, Pennsylvania, xvii, xxix–xxxi, 7, 49, 121;
see also
Friends, Society of

Haxton, Gerald, 37

Hayden
see
Lewis, Hayden

Hayward, John, 97–8

Heard, Henry FitzGerald (Gerald): C.I. visits with Caskey, 47; Kathleen Isherwood mistrusts, 89; on self-imputation, 132; acquaintance with Grace Wiley, 152n; believes Kiskadden a sadist, 179; comments on C.I.'s life-style, 181; arranges transfer of Trabuco to Vedanta Society, 188; relations with Stravinsky, 201n; friendship with C.I., 208, 230, 238, 263; C.I.'s proposed article for, 210n; story of film dog (Strongheart), 221n; at Sophia Williams's. séance, 238–9; believes in flying saucers, 263n; interest in extrasensory phenomena, 264; “The Great Fog”, 176n;
Is Another World Watching?
, 263n

Hearst, William Randolph, 234, 273