You Must Remember This (36 page)

Sunset Inn,
190
,
191

Trocadero “The Troc,”
204
–6,
214
–16

Vernon Country Club,
190

Niven, David,
184
–85

Novarro, Ramon,
81

Oliver, Harry,
81
,
244

Olmedo, Alex and David,
99

Orsatti, Frankie,
190

Palm Springs,
45
–52

Paramount,
24
,
28
,
45
,
81
,
165
,
193

Parsons, Louella,
170
,
172
–75,
173
,
174
,
241

parties

decline of,
135
–36

practical jokes and gags,
143

prominent hosts and hostesses,
71
,
101
,
104
–5,
127
,
129
–30,
133
,
139
–43

social standing and networks,
126
,
143
–44

theme parties,
81
,
103
–4,
139

Perino’s/Alexander Perino,
232
–34,
233

Pickford, Mary,
69
–73,
72
,
135
,
140
,
141
,
241

Players,
234
,
234
–35

Polglase, Van Nest,
82

polo,
94
,
98
,
109
,
150
–51

Powell, William,
40
,
49
,
83
,
110
,
153
,
198

Power, Tyrone,
153
,
162
,
184
–85,
207
,
250

press and publicity

freelance press agent,
179
–80

gossip columnists,
170
–75,
173
,
174

paparazzi and scandalmongers,
172
,
182
–86

protection of stars’ reputations,
14
,
171
,
176
–77,
180
–82

restaurant policies concerning,
183
,
194
,
226
,
228

studio publicists and press agents,
171
–72,
175
–79

writers’ fees,
171

Prohibition years,
189
–91,
205

radio studios,
216
–17

Raft, George,
163
,
202
,
203

Rathbone, Basil and Ouida,
142
–43

Ratoff, Gregory,
55
,
152

Reeves, John J.,
27

restaurants.
See also
nightclubs

Au Petit Jean,
228
–29

Brown Derby,
195
–204,
197
,
198

Café Swiss,
244
–45

Chasen’s,
224
–28,
227
,
232

Cock ’n Bull,
237

Cocoanut Grove,
215
,
230
–31,
231

Don the Beachcomber’s,
48
,
237
–40

experimentation and novelty,
237

Henry’s,
192

home-style cooking,
192

La Rue,
240
–42

La Scala,
228

manners and standards at,
193
,
213

Musso & Frank,
192

Perino’s,
232
–34,
233

Philippe the Original,
21

Players,
234
,
234
–35

policies on photographers and reporters,
183
,
194
,
226
,
228

Romanoff’s,
217
–24,
218
,
232

Sardi’s,
195

Scandia,
235
–37,
236

Schwab’s Pharmacy,
245
–46

Ship Café,
191

Smoke House,
244

Tam O’Shanter,
244

Tick Tock Tea Room,
245

Vendôme,
241

Victor Hugo,
192
–93

Yamashiro,
22

Rex
gambling ship,
55
–56,
56

Rindge family,
40

Roach, Hal,
149
,
150

Robinson, Edward G.,
142
,
142

Rogers, Ginger,
82

Rogers, Will,
75
,
90
,
94
,
102
,
109
,
150

Roland, Gilbert,
54
,
100
,
116

Romanoff’s/Mike Romanoff,
154
,
217
–24,
218
,
220
,
229
,
232

Scandia,
235
–37,
236

Schenck, Joe

after divorce,
116

gambling,
53
,
55
,
242

homes,
26
,
100
,
116
–17

investments,
38
,
57
,
59

loans to friends and employees,
75
,
204
,
243

personality,
115

studios,
58
,
176

Schindler, Rudolph,
48
,
195

Schulberg, B. P.,
53
,
126

Schwab’s Pharmacy,
245
–46

Selznick, David O.,
53
,
55
,
81

Selznick, Irene Mayer,
128
–29,
130

Selznick, Myron,
53
,
150
,
206

Shatto, George,
41

Shearer, Norma,
99
,
104
–5

Sinatra, Frank,
51
,
52
,
162
–64,
164
,
219
,
220

St. John, Jill,
3
,
52
,
77
,
109
,
125
,
135
,
179

Stanwyck, Barbara,
40
,
150
,
201

stars.
See
actors