The Man Who Saw a Ghost: The Life and Work of Henry Fonda (57 page)

“He does it”:
Tucson Daily Citizen,
6/15/1971.

ABC pulls
The Smith Family
:
Sheboygan Press,
11/17/1971 and 1/6/1972.

Plumstead Playhouse: Julie Baumgold, “Starting Small with Big Names,”
New York,
9/30/1968, 58–59.

such worthies:
San Antonio Light,
8/11/1968; Springer, 40.

“We might fall”: Baumgold, 58.

“Stifling boredom”:
San Antonio Express-Times,
11/17/1968.

Our Town
: Springer, 40–41.

Assembled to Henry’s design: ibid., 41.

premieres in April 1970:
Cedar Rapids Gazette,
4/2/1970.

a cheap, portable annuity: Springer, 41.

production of
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
: Sweeney, 190.

readies its staging:
Bucks County Courier-Times,
11/17/1971;
Pocono Record,
11/22/1971;
Oakland Tribune,
1/13/1972.

Opening at the Kennedy Center:
Des Moines Register,
1/17/1972;
Long Beach Independent,
2/2/1972.

“Seen now”:
Long Beach Independent,
3/23/1972.

premiere in Hartford:
Waterloo Sunday Courier,
5/3/1970.

the piece combines: ibid.;
Tucson Daily Citizen,
4/7/1971;
Van Nuys Valley News,
4/11/1971.

will have its unlikely reopening:
Hutchinson News,
2/20/1971.

Already in the cast:
Tucson Daily Citizen,
4/7/1971.

Fonda signs on:
Tucson Arizona Republic,
3/27/1971.

The part is a stern: ibid.

“very provocative”: ibid.

preview in Tucson:
Tucson Arizona Republic,
3/29/1971.

“a hurried poll”: ibid.

handful of walkouts:
Tucson Daily Citizen,
4/7/1971.

“one of the most explosive”: ibid.

“the most thoroughly entertaining”:
Van Nuys Valley News,
4/11/1971.

“possesses wit”: ibid.

“plays Lincoln a bit stiffly”:
Long Beach Independent
, 4/9/1971.

he is troubled:
Tucson Arizona Republic,
6/11/1971.

Meanwhile, as the producers scramble: ibid.

David Rintels:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0725766/
.

Reading it in the fall of 1973:
Albuquerque Tribune,
10/4/1973.

Fonda has doubts:
Salina Journal,
3/26/1974.

Seascape
:
FML,
313;
Long Beach Independent,
4/28/1974.

But in reading:
Pacific Stars and Stripes,
4/4/1974.

“I didn’t know”:
Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star,
9/1/1974.

“begun to look like”: Leslie Fielder,
The Collected Essays of Leslie Fielder,
vol. 1 (New York: Stein & Day, 1971), 436.

“as great as his cause”: Stone, 133.

doesn’t trust the judgment:
FML,
313;
Columbus Telegram,
4/13/1974; Houseman,
Final Dress
, 578.

place a call to producer John Houseman:
FML,
314;
Columbus Telegram,
4/13/1974.

That Girl from Memphis
: Houseman,
Front and Center,
181.

Ford’s Theatre: Houseman
, Final Dress,
334.

he agrees to step in: ibid., 518.

“My main use to him”: ibid., 578.

Henry sleeps in his stage clothes:
Long Beach Independent,
2/24/1974.

previewed in Louisville: Houseman,
Final Dress,
519.

From there it goes to Chicago: ibid.

“Fonda is doing something incredible”:
Columbus Telegram,
4/13/1974.

“the accumulation”:
Frederick News-Post,
3/1/1974.

“Olympian feat”:
Oakland Tribune,
2/19/1974.

the play moves to Broadway:
Lebanon Daily News,
3/28/1974.

“It would be difficult”:
New York Times
, 5/27/1974.

The five-week run sells out:
Long Beach Independent,
4/28/1974.

“People seem to have a compulsion”:
Elyria Chronicle-Telegram,
9/4/1974.

tour dates:
Long Beach Independent,
4/28/1974.

A television special: ibid.

Henry’s Darrow will still be sought:
Elyria Chronicle-Telegram,
10/22/1978.

“the great interpreter of the second-rate”: John Simon, “Failures of Nerve,”
New York,
4/8/1974, 84.

“curious current phenomenon”:
Coshocton Tribune,
5/31/1975.

“evil men”: Rintels, 22.

“Don’t you know”: ibid., 20.

“I know my life”: ibid., 48–49.

a ranch near Santa Fe:
Albuquerque Tribune,
7/24/1969.

“with flying colors”:
Victoria Advocate,
10/30/1969.

Bataan Memorial:
Albuquerque Tribune,
7/11/1969.

reported as influenza:
Annapolis Evening Capital,
7/10/1969.

“a respiratory condition”:
Albuquerque Tribune,
7/11/1969.

“I’m just a tired old man”:
Annapolis Evening Capital,
7/10/1969.

Henry collapses:
Bucks County Courier-Times,
4/26/1974.

admitted to Lenox Hill: ibid.

“I suddenly found myself”:
Kingsport Times-News,
2/23/1975.

“isn’t really sick”:
Bucks County Courier-Times,
4/26/1974.

The hospitalization continues:
Oakland Tribune,
5/3/1974.

dates in Boston are likewise canceled:
Newport Daily News,
5/2/1974.

temporary pacemaker will be installed:
Oakland Tribune,
5/3/1974.

irregular heartbeat:
Newport Daily News,
5/2/1974.

William O. Douglas and Peter Sellers:
Parade,
9/28/1975.

a device pioneered in 1960: ibid.

Henry is fitted with the newest model: ibid.

“a hard spot on his chest”:
Bennington Banner,
5/27/1975.

A wall-plugged charger:
Parade,
9/28/1975.

“Once a week”: ibid.

He leaves Lenox Hill:
Florence Morning News,
5/8/1974;
Abilene Reporter-News,
5/19/1974.

he is sent home to Bel Air:
Pasadena Star-News,
5/21/1974.

Darrow
’s scheduled engagements are postponed:
Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph,
5/18/1974.

“The veteran of fifty years”:
Pasadena Star-News,
6/17/1974.

“A most incredible”:
Las Cruces Sun-News,
9/4/1974.

television version of
Darrow
:
Long Beach Independent,
9/1/1974.

It cuts twenty-two minutes: ibid.;
Charleston
Daily Mail,
9/4/1974.

“The only difference”:
Clovis News-Journal,
9/3/1974.

Henry gets another checkup:
Newcastle News,
9/20/1974.

Darrow
returns to Broadway:
Kingsport Times-News,
2/23/1975.

Henry forgoes matinees:
Clovis News-Journal,
9/3/1974.

he runs up and down the stairs:
Kingsport Times-News,
2/23/1975.

Tour dates are lined up: ibid.

Henry plays Adm. Chester Nimitz:
Danville Bee
, 6/4/1975.

Darrow
begins a ten-week stand at the Piccadilly:
Winnipeg Free Press,
7/18/1975.

“every American actor’s dream”:
Naples Daily News
, 8/10/1975.

he’s reported to be incensed:
Winnipeg Free Press,
7/18/1975.

“An entertainment that uplifts”:
Des Moines Register,
7/18/1975.

will name him its Man of the Year:
Las Cruces Sun-News,
7/11/1975.

X-rays show a tumor:
Long Beach Independent
, 3/15/1976.

He checks into Cedars-Sinai: ibid.

undergoes his second surgery:
Helena Independent Record,
3/18/1976.

“had grown to the size”: ibid.

cancellation of
Darrow
’s projected college tour:
Long Beach Independent,
3/16/1976.

Henry’s recovery looks promising:
Logansport Pharos-Tribune & Press,
3/23/1976.

His release is delayed:
Canandaigua Daily Messenger,
4/7/1976.

more college dates go by the board:
Mansfield News Journal,
3/24/1976;
Waterloo Courier,
3/25/1976.

on April 13, he is sent home:
Oakland Tribune,
4/13/1976.

Fonda flies back to New York on June 14:
Long Beach Independent,
6/14/1976.

Henry is furious at the rumors: ibid.

“I’m not afraid”:
Oakland Tribune,
5/13/1976.

40 percent hearing loss:
Chicago Daily Herald,
5/11/1980. See also
FML,
323.

“There’s a bit of
Easy Rider
”:
Cedar Rapids Gazette,
11/21/1976.

Henry’s presence on TV:
Bridgeport Post,
3/17/1973;
Long Beach Independent,
4/20/1973;
Albuquerque Tribune
, 12/29/1975;
Great Bend Daily Tribune,
2/2/1970; Sweeney, 210, 212, 214;
Pasadena Star-News,
4/10/1973;
San Mateo Times,
8/10/1974;
New Castle News,
9/20/1974.