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Roosevelt, Franklin D., Sr., 11, 32–34, 41,

Scott, Randolph, 278, 338, 413

46, 57, 60–61, 66–67, 78–79, 93, 96,

Scranton, William, 325, 327–28

98–99, 104, 111–15, 118–19, 125–26,

Sears, John P., III, 437–39, 441, 447–48,

128, 132–33, 143, 145, 152, 157–60,

453–55, 457, 463, 474–86, 498, 500

165, 189, 198, 213, 289, 332, 334, 344

Secret Language of Relationships, The
(Gold-Roosevelt, James, 46, 165–66, 168–69, 172,

schneider and Elffers), 259

197

Selznick, David O., 168, 173, 244–45, 276,

Roosevelt, Theodore, 56, 261, 327, 386, 436

278

Root, Ezekiel, 35

Selznick, Irene Mayer, 199–200, 276

Root, John, 35

Sergeant Murphy,
97

Ross, Diana, 5

“Set Your Clocks at U-235” (Corwin), 166

Roth, William, 472

Shadow in the Sky,
257

Rousselot, John, 315, 321, 337–38

Shadow on the Wall,
232, 247

Rowland, Richard, 38

Shaw, Artie, 166, 168

Rubel, A. C. “Cy,” 334–39, 352, 355–56,

Shaw, George Bernard, 37, 133

379

Sheppard, Eugenia, 2, 493

Rubin, J. Robert, 226

Sheridan, Ann, 112, 150–51, 155

Ruge, Daniel, 131, 145, 317

Sherwood, Robert, 182, 227

5 9 6

Index

Shields, Jimmie, 291, 350, 375, 399

Stein, Doris, 234, 278, 281–82, 291, 295,

Shifting,
36

299, 374–75, 377, 395–97, 402, 424,

Shore, Dinah, 249, 292

429

Short, Howard, 30

Stein, Jules, 109, 153, 170, 234, 267, 272,

Shriver, Sargent, 116, 411, 445

278, 281–83, 291, 295, 320, 330, 346,

Shubert, Lee, 36, 302

374–75, 377, 396, 402, 421, 429

Shultz, George, 434, 483, 488

Stepmother, The,
85–86, 126, 139

Sills, David, 352, 405

Stevenson, Adlai, 264, 381

Silver Glory
(Gish), 126

Stewart, Donald Ogden, 213

Simon, Sylvan, 286, 289

Stewart, Gloria, 276, 278, 292, 304, 375,

Simon, William E., 471–72, 475, 482–83,

414, 504

487–88

Stewart, Jimmy, 76, 89–91, 122, 152, 163,

Sinatra, Frank, 152, 169, 212, 230, 237,

212, 230, 272, 276, 278, 280–81,

314, 349, 413–14, 416, 420, 422, 427,

292–93, 304, 375, 414, 451, 479,

453, 489

488, 504

Sinatra, Tina, 413

Storm Warning,
241, 243

Singing Marine, The,
201

Straus, Ann, 231, 261

Skelton, Red, 59, 411

Strickling, Howard, 230–31

Smashing the Money Ring,
119

Stripling, Robert E., 210, 213, 215, 217

Smith, Alexis, 155, 163, 177

Stumbo, Bella, 495–96

Smith, Alfred E., 28–29, 112

Sturges, John, 247

Smith, Gordon, 357–58, 364

Submarine D-1,
113

Smith, Jean, 10, 337, 352, 374–76, 379,

Sugar Babies,
1

430, 504

Sullivan, Ed, 193, 270–71

Smith, Sophia, 122

Surgeon’s Odyssey, A
(Davis), 42, 44, 46–47, Smith, William French, 336–37, 352,

49, 138–39, 143

356–57, 359, 367, 374–79, 384, 387,

Susan and God,
133

402, 430, 455, 458, 475, 482, 486,

Swing Your Lady,
97

496, 503–4

Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr, 450, 456

Taft, Robert, 327, 394

Sondergaard, Gale, 237, 252

Taft, William Howard, 261, 327, 329, 436

Song of Russia,
157, 198, 213–14

Take One
(LeRoy), 236

Sorrell, Herbert, 158, 172–78, 196, 214

Take Two
(Dunne), 212

Sothern, Ann, 232, 238–39, 256

Talk About a Stranger,
257

Spencer, Stuart, 337–45, 347–49, 353,

“Tax Cuts and Increased Revenue” (Reagan),

357–58, 360, 368, 370, 380, 413, 443,

470–71

446, 449–50, 452, 458, 498–99,

Taylor, Elizabeth, 210, 228, 230–31, 493,

501–2

499

Sprague, Erlenne, 9–10, 12, 311–12, 374,

Taylor, Laurette, 180, 229

396, 469, 504

Taylor, Orville, 89, 190

Stack, Robert, 111, 176–77, 205, 244, 248,

Taylor, Robert, 68–69, 151–52, 158, 172,

488, 504

177, 198, 210–11, 214, 234, 276–78,

Stage Struck,
103

284–85, 304–5, 323, 338, 344, 348,

Stalin, Joseph, 116, 143, 157

350, 404–5, 435

Stallion Road,
163, 167

Taylor, Theresa, 277, 284

Stanwyck, Barbara, 151, 155, 158, 200,

Taylor, Ursula, 276–78, 284–85, 304, 323,

236, 277

350, 404, 435

Starck, Brent, 137–38

Teaberry Sports Review, The,
65

Stark, Fran, 286, 291, 304, 311, 374, 435,

Temple, Shirley, 206, 299

504

Tennessee’s Partner,
283

Stark, Ray, 7, 286, 291, 304, 374, 435,

Tenney, John, 237, 287

504

terHorst, Jerald, 454–55

Staudinger, Orme, 54

Thatcher, Margaret, 12, 409, 440, 473

Index

5 9 7

That Hagen Girl,
206–7

Valentine, Mrs. Patrick A., 92, 138

Thau, Benjamin, 226–29, 235–36,

van der Kemp, Florence, 409

248–49

Van Druten, John, 180, 195

Theiss, Michael, 404

Vaughn, Stephen, 12, 119, 149, 153, 264

Thieu, Nguyen Van, 419, 423–24

Venuta, Benay, 234, 286

This Is the Army,
155–57, 171–72

Vidal, Gore, 192, 324

Thomas, J. Parnell, 198–99, 211, 213–14,

Viewpoint,
431–32

216–18, 220, 237

Virginian, The,
79

Thompson, Nathalie, 301

Voice of the Turtle, The,
195, 242

Thorne, Narcissa Ward, 83, 190, 262

von Damm, Helene, 368–70, 372–73, 392,

Thornton, Flora, 375, 426, 504

431, 457, 478

Thornton, Tex, 375–76, 426, 504

von Furstenberg, Diane, 446

Thurmond, Strom, 384, 388–89

von Stroheim, Erich, 148

“Time for Choosing, A” (Reagan), 332

Vorhaus, Bernard, 157

Toberman, Homer, 296, 311

Vreeland, Diana, 282, 397, 445, 469

Toberman, Lucy, 296, 311

Tracy, John, 39, 78, 186–87

Wagner, Dave, 116–17

Tracy, Louise, 39, 48, 78, 145, 186, 188–90, Wagner, Lorraine, 310

225–26, 266

Wahlgren, Lanetta, 305–7

Tracy, Spencer, 39–40, 48, 73, 77–79, 113,

Wald, Connie, 240, 296, 329, 429, 469

145, 182, 186, 188–90, 192, 199–200,

Wald, Jerry, 96, 208, 222, 240–41, 244,

212, 225–31, 247

249–50

Tracy and Hepburn
(Kanin), 182

Walesa, Lech, 12, 498

Travis, June, 97–98, 287

Walgreen, Charles, Sr., 29, 114, 203

Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The,
188, 242

Walgreen, Myrtle, 29, 114

Tropic Zone,
263

Walgreen, Ruth, 203

Truman, Bess, 3, 455

Walker, Robert (actor), 163, 244–45,

Truman, Harry, 3, 132, 160, 170, 189,

248–49, 253

196–97, 218, 251, 264, 381, 436,

Walker, Robert (political adviser), 351, 384, 463

388–89, 429, 437–38

Trumbo, Dalton, 167–69, 173, 197–99,

Wallace, George, 382, 391, 445

213, 217, 219, 236, 313

Wallace, Henry, 132, 159–60, 170, 197,

Turner, Lana, 105, 153, 160, 230–31,

199–200, 238, 264

255–56

Wallace, Inez, 231, 233

Tuttle, Holmes, 10, 204–5, 279, 313, 321,

Wallace, Mike (journalist), 121, 129, 446,

323, 325–29, 331–40, 344–50, 352,

502

355–60, 362, 367–68, 375, 378–80,

Wallace, Mike (political staffer), 482

382, 384, 387, 389, 392, 412–13, 421,

Wallis, Hal, 96, 112, 150

425–27, 437, 439, 442, 447–48,

Walton, Rus, 381, 387

454–55, 457–59, 462, 464, 468, 471,

Wanger, Walter, 197, 220–21, 251

475, 478–79, 482–83, 488, 496,

Ward, George, 68–69

503–4

Warhol, Andy, 3–7, 397, 444, 497

Tuttle, Robert, 313, 326–27, 333, 339,

Warner, Ann, 98, 118, 276, 300

345–46, 358, 367, 379

Warner, Harry, 96, 109, 117–18, 159, 219,

Tuttle, Virginia, 10, 204–5, 323, 325–27,

234

333–34, 336–37, 345–46, 350, 375,

Warner, Jack (film executive), 69, 95–96,

392, 396, 426, 464, 468, 478–79,

98, 105, 109, 117–18, 127, 150–52,

488, 504

154–55, 157, 162, 174, 178, 199, 211,

213–14, 219, 240, 276, 300

“U.S. Communist Party, The” (Schlesinger),

Warner, John (politician), 493, 499

169

Warren, Earl, 173–74, 362–63

Unruh, Jesse, 359, 402, 412–13, 428, 500

Washburn, Anne, 180, 184

Up from Liberalism
(Buckley), 314

Washington, George, 107, 201, 276

5 9 8

Index

Wasserman, Edie, 110, 161, 268, 281, 283,

378, 393, 396, 399, 406, 426, 430,

292, 322

442, 460, 464, 478, 489, 493, 495,

Wasserman, Lew, 108–10, 150, 161, 240,

504

267–69, 272, 281–83, 320, 322, 346

Wilson, William A., 10, 12, 285, 293–95,

Way I See It, The
(Davis), 265, 307–8

298–99, 302, 304, 326–28, 336, 338,

Wayne, John, 152, 158, 200, 240, 251,

346, 350, 352, 360, 369, 375–78, 406,

314–15, 323, 344, 349, 386, 413, 424,

426, 430, 432, 455, 457, 460, 464,

454, 462

482, 489–90, 504

Weed, Lewis, 53

Wilson, Woodrow, 11, 128

Weinberger, Caspar, 357–58, 381, 417, 475

Winchell, Walter, 187, 193

Weinrott, Betty, 129, 138

Winning Team, The,
257, 264

Weinrott, Lester, 48, 57, 84–85, 128–29, 138

Winship, Frederick, 391

Weld, John, 124, 257

Wirthlin, Richard, 485–86, 490, 492, 497,

Weld, Katy, 124

500

Wellman, William, 245–47

Wirtz, Alice Pirie, 316

Wetzel, Nicholas, 46–47, 129–30

Witcover, Jules, 437

Weymouth, Lally, 484–85, 501

Wizard of Oz, The,
234, 304

Whalen, Richard, 391

Wood, Robert E., 115–16, 126

Wharton, James, 280, 343, 394–96

Wood, Sam, 112, 158–59, 200, 210–11, 214

Where’s the Rest of Me?
(Reagan and Hubler), Wrather, Bonita Granville “Bunny,” 205,

15–16, 59, 62, 66, 112, 161, 265,

335–36, 350, 352, 385, 504

321–22

Wrather, Jack, 204–5, 335–36, 338, 350,

White, F. Clifton, 380–81, 384, 387, 389

352, 385, 439, 455, 482, 503–4

White, James Platt, Jr., 135, 146–47, 189

Wright, Loyd, 315, 321

White, Theodore H., 380, 485, 491–92

Wyatt, Elsie, 107–8

Whiting, John, 395

Wyler, William, 78, 211–12, 220

Whitmore, James, 245–47, 257

Wyman, Ernest Eugene, 100, 102

Whitney, Betsy Cushing, 46, 324

Wyman, Jane, 68–69, 93, 100–111, 114,

Whitney, John Hay “Jock,” 46, 324

150–52, 154–55, 160–64, 166, 172,

Who Killed Society?
(Amory), 317

177, 179, 195–96, 200–202, 204–9,

Wick, Charles, Jr. “C. Z.,” 306, 433–34

212, 221–24, 238–40, 242–44,

Wick, Charles, Sr., 306, 342, 433, 448, 467, 254–56, 258, 260, 263, 266, 268,

475–78, 482, 488, 499, 504

277–78, 282, 295, 308–9, 343, 352,

Wick, Cindy, 306, 478

377, 434

Wick, Mary Jane, 305–6, 342, 375, 433,

448, 467, 469, 475–78, 488, 499, 504

Yearling, The,
162–64, 195

Wicker, Tom, 460

York, Pat, 26, 297

Wilder, Billy, 155, 220, 312

Young, Kathleen, 37, 88

Wilkerson, Billy, 167, 171, 236

Young, Loretta, 82, 308

Wilkin, Abra Rockefeller, 81–82, 87

Your Loving Son,
301–2

Will, George, 11

Williams, Esther, 230, 234

Zanuck, Darryl F., 152, 377

Williams, Jack, 402, 406

Ziegfeld Follies, The,
302

Williams, Paul, 330

Ziffren, Mickey, 398

Willkie, Wendell, 113–14, 125

Zipkin, Annette Goldstein, 398–99

Wills, Garry, 12, 29, 77, 267

Zipkin, David, 398–99

Wilson, Dennis, 467

Zipkin, Jerome Robert, 2, 4–8, 72, 147,

Wilson, Elizabeth Johnson “Betty,” 10, 285,

396–400, 422, 426, 430, 443–44,

293–94, 298–99, 304, 311, 326–28,

455–56, 468–69, 479, 493–94, 497,

333, 336, 350–51, 354, 360, 375–76,

504–6

Document Outline
  • Title page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Prologue: Le Cirque, 1981
  • Chapter One: Early Ronnie, 1911-1932
  • Chapter Two: Early Nancy, 1921-1932
  • Chapter Three: Iowa, 1933-1937
  • Chapter Four: East Lake Shore Drive, 1933-1939
  • Chapter Five: Warner Bros., 1937-1941
  • Chapter Six: Nancy at Smith, 1939-1944
  • Chapter Seven: Ronnie and Jane, 1941-1946
  • Chapter Eight: Nancy in New York, 1944-1949
  • Chapter Nine: Divorce, 1947-1948
  • Chapter Ten: Ronnie and Nancy in Hollywood, 1949-1952
  • Photo Insert
  • Chapter Eleven: Pacific Palisades, 1952-1958
  • Chapter Twelve: The Group, 1958-1962
  • Chapter Thirteen: The Kitchen Cabineet, 1963-1966
  • Chapter Fourteen: Sacramento, 1967-1968
  • Chapter Fifteen: Sacramento II, 1969-1974
  • Chapter Sixteen: Reagan vs. Ford, 1975-1976
  • Photo Insert
  • Chapter Seventeen: Reagan vs. Carter, 1977-1980
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
    • Chapter One Notes
    • Chapter Two Notes
    • Chapter Three Notes
    • Chapter Four Notes
    • Chapter Five Notes
    • Chapter Six Notes
    • Chapter Seven Notes
    • Chapter Eight Notes
    • Chapter Nine Notes
    • Chapter Ten Notes
    • Chapter Eleven Notes
    • Chapter Twelve Notes
    • Chapter Thirteen Notes
    • Chapter Fourteen Notes
    • Chapter Fifteen Notes
    • Chapter Sixteen Notes
    • Chapter Seventeen Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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