Written by Richard L. Breen (screenplay) and Jean Kerr (play)
The Unsinkable Molly Brown (MGM)
Released June 11, 1964
Starring Debbie Reynolds, Harve Presnell, and Ed Begley
Produced by Lawrence Weingarten
Directed by Charles Walters
Written by Helen Deutsch, based on the libretto by Richard Morris
Goodbye Charlie (20th Century Fox)
Released November 18, 1964
Starring Debbie Reynolds, Tony Curtis, Pat Boone, and Walter Matthau
Produced by David Weisbart
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Written by Harry Kurnitz (screenplay) and George Axelrod (play)
The Singing Nun (MGM)
Released March 17, 1966
Starring Debbie Reynolds, Ricardo Montalban, and Greer Garson
Produced by John Beck
Directed by Henry Koster
Written by John Furia (story and screenplay) and Sally Benson (screenplay)
Divorce American Style (Columbia)
Released June 21, 1967
Starring Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Reynolds, and Jason Robards
Produced by Norman Lear
Directed by Bud Yorkin
Written by Norman Lear (screenplay) and Robert Kaufman (story)
How Sweet It Is! (National General)
Released August 21, 1968
Starring James Garner, Debbie Reynolds, and Maurice Ronet
Produced by Jerry Belson and Garry Marshall
Directed by Jerry Paris
Written by Jerry Belson and Garry Marshall (screenplay) and Muriel Resnik (novel)
What’s the Matter with Helen? (United Artists)
Released June 30, 1971
Starring Debbie Reynolds, Shelley Winters, and Dennis Weaver
Produced by George Edwards and Edward S. Feldman
Directed by Curtis Harrington
Written by Henry Farrell
Charlotte’s Web (Paramount)
Released March 1, 1973
Starring Debbie Reynolds, Paul Lynde, and Henry Gibson
Produced by Joseph Barbera and William Hanna
Directed by Charles A. Nichols and Iwao Takamoto
Written by Earl Hamner Jr. (story), based on E. B. White’s book
That’s Entertainment! (MGM)
Released May 23, 1974
Starring Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, and all the MGM stars
Produced by Jack Haley Jr.
Directed by Jack Haley Jr.
Written by Jack Haley Jr.
That’s Entertainment, Part 2 (MGM)
Released May 16, 1976
Starring Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, and all the MGM stars
Produced by Saul Chaplin and Daniel Melnick
Directed by Gene Kelly
Written by Leonard Gershe
Kiki’s Delivery Service (Studio Ghibli)
Released July 29, 1989
Starring Kirsten Dunst, Phil Hartman, and Debbie Reynolds
Produced by Hayao Miyazaki and Toru Hara
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Written by Hayao Miyazaki (screenplay) and Eiko Kadono (novel)
The Bodyguard (Warner Brothers)
Released November 25, 1992
Starring Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston, and Gary Kemp
Produced by Kevin Costner, Lawrence Kasdan, and Jim Wilson
Directed by Mick Jackson
Written by Lawrence Kasdan
Heaven & Earth (Warner Brothers)
Released December 25, 1993
Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Joan Chen, and Haing S. Ngor
Produced by Oliver Stone, Arnon Milchan, A. Kitman Ho, and Mario Kassar
Directed by Oliver Stone
Written by Oliver Stone (screenplay), Le Ly Hayslip with James Hayslip (book), and Jay Wurts (book)
That’s Entertainment! III (MGM)
Released May 6, 1994
Starring Gene Kelly, June Allyson, Lena Horne, and Debbie Reynolds
Produced by Bud Friedgen, Michael J. Sheridan, and Peter Fitzgerald
Directed by Bud Friedgen and Michael J. Sheridan
Written by Bud Friedgen and Michael J. Sheridan
Mother (Paramount)
Released December 25, 1996
Starring Albert Brooks and Debbie Reynolds
Produced by Herb Nanas and Scott Rudin
Directed by Albert Brooks
Written by Albert Brooks and Monica Mcgowan Johnson
Wedding Bell Blues (Cineplex Odeon Films)
Released June 13, 1997
Starring Illeana Douglas, Paulina Porizkova, and Julie Warner
Produced by Ram Bergman, Mike Curb, Dana Lustig, and Carole Curb Nemoy
Directed by Dana Lustig
Written by Dana Lustig and Annette Goliti Gutierrez
In & Out (Paramount)
Released September 19, 1997
Starring Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Tom Selleck, Matt Dillon, and Debbie Reynolds
Produced by G. Mac Brown, Scott Rudin, Suzanne Santry, and Adam Schroeder
Directed by Frank Oz
Written by Paul Rudnick
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Rhino Films/Summit Entertainment)
Released May 22, 1998
Starring Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro
Produced by Patrick Cassavetti, Laila Nabulsi, and Stephen Nemeth
Directed by Terry Gilliam
Written by Terry Gilliam, Tony Grisoni, Alex Cox, and Tod Davies, based on the book by Hunter S. Thompson
Zack and Reba (Itasca Pictures)
Released October 1, 1998
Starring Brittany Murphy, Sean Patrick Flanery, Thomas Jane, Michael Jeter, and Debbie Reynolds
Produced by Ken Jacobsen, Randy James, and Miles Levy
Directed by Nicole Bettauer
Written by Jay Stapleton
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (Legacy Releasing)
Released October 16, 1998
Starring John Goodman, Alan Arkin, Eric Idle, Whoopi Goldberg, Bob Newhart, and Debbie Reynolds
Produced by William R. Kowalchuk Jr.
Directed by William R. Kowalchuk Jr.
Written by Michael Aschner, based on the story by Robert May
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (Paramount)
Released November 17, 2000
Starring Christine Cavanaugh, Elizabeth Daily, Cheryl Chase, and Debbie Reynolds
Produced by Arlene Klasky and Gabor Csupo
Directed by Stig Bergqvist and Paul Demeyer
Written by Jill Gorey, Barbara Herndon, Kate Boutilier, J. David Stern, and David N. Weiss
Connie and Carla (Spyglass Entertainment)
Released April 16, 2004
Starring Nia Vardalos, Toni Collette, and David Duchovny
Produced by Nia Vardalos, Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, and Jonathan Glickman
Directed by Michael Lembeck
Written by Nia Vardalos
Light of Olympia (Santoon Production)
Released June 2008
Starring Joey D’Auria, Phyllis Diller, Tom Gibis, and Debbie Reynolds
Directed by San Wei Chan
Written by Tommy Cannon and Sarah Kinney
One for the Money (Lionsgate)
Released January 27, 2012
Starring Katherine Heigl, Jason O’Mara, Daniel Sunjata, John Leguizamo, Sherri Shepherd, and Debbie Reynolds
Produced by Sidney Kimmel, Wendy Fineman, Tom Rosenberg, and Gary Lucchesi
Directed by Julie Anne Robinson
Written by Stacy Sherman, Karen Ray, and Liz Brixius (screenplay) and Janet Evanovich (novel)
Behind the Candelabra (Warner Brothers)
Released May 2013
Starring Matt Damon, Michael Douglas, Rob Lowe, Dan Aykroyd, Debbie Reynolds, and Scott Bakula
Produced by Jerry Weintraub
Directed by Stev
en Soderbergh
Written by Richard LaGravenese
INDEX
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“Aba Daba Honeymoon,” 102, 103, 113, 201
Academy Awards, 125, 196–97, 197, 233, 257, 267
Actress, The, 217–20, 226
Affairs of Dobie Gillis, The, 213–14, 217
Allbritton, Louise, 200
Allen, Paul, 155
Allyson, June, 221
Altman, Robert, 214
Alton, Robert, 212
Andrews, Julie, 257, 267
Angeli, Pier, 97–99, 211–12
Anthony, Stephen, 65–66
Arthur, Arthur, 200
Astaire, Adele, 268–70
Astaire, Fred, 65, 66, 194, 196, 200, 206–7, 244, 245, 268–70, 282
Athena, 221–22
Aubrey, Jim, 66, 67
Bacall, Betty (Lauren), 225, 262
Baddeley, Hermione, 256
Badgley, Bob, 30
Baiano, Solly, 183, 191
Baker, Carroll, 249
Basso, Frank, 29, 33, 38
Baxter, Anne, 68, 69
Beaton, Cecil, 172
Beatty, Warren, 132
Behind the Candelabra, 279–82
Bel Geddes, Barbara, 252–53
Bell, Anne, 27
Belson, Jerry, 264
Berkeley, Busby, 201, 268
Berkett, Phyllis, 11
Berle, Milton, 236
Bernard, Crystal, 89
Bettauer, Nicole, 276
Bianci, Joe, 64
Blackstone, Milton, 230
Bodyguard, The, 271
Bogart, Humphrey, 184, 225, 262
Borgnine, Ernest, 226, 227, 228, 230, 252
Bosley, Pat and Tom, 11
Bowab, John, 19
Brennan, Walter, 232, 245
Brooks, Albert, 74–75, 77–79, 80, 274
Brooks, Richard, 194, 226–27, 228
Brylanski, Julian, 200
Buffett, Warren, 155–56, 200
Bundle of Joy, 230–31
Burns, George, 83
Burrows, Jim, 107
Burstyn, Ellen, 135
Burton, Richard, 124–26, 129
Bustamante, Lou, 160
Butler, David, 190–91
Cagney, Jimmy, 149, 184
Calhern, Louis, 201
Callahan, Mushy, 184
Cantinflas, 120, 242, 243
Caron, Leslie, 212
Carpenter, Carleton, 102, 103, 113, 177, 201, 202, 203, 282
Catered Affair, The, 157, 226–28, 229
Champion, Gower, 214, 250, 282
Champion, Marge, 214, 282
Charisse, Cyd, 226
Charlotte’s Web, 267, 270
Chewning, Bootie Bell, 25, 53, 54, 56
Cliburn, Van, 207–8
Clift, Montgomery, 119
Clooney, Rosemary, 134
Coleman, Edward, 25, 71, 88
Collette, Toni, 277
Collins, Joan, 118
Comden, Betty, 207
Connie and Carla, 277–78
Costner, Kevin, 271
Coward, Noël, 197–98
Coyne, Jeanne, 205–6
Crawford, Joan, 90
Crosby, Bing, 239–41
Crosby, Norm, 31
Cukor, George, 217, 219, 252, 282
Culkin, Macaulay, 142, 143
Cummings, Jack, 192, 200
Curtis, Tony, 242, 258, 259–60
Cusack, Joan, 85
Dailey, Dan, 226
Damon, Matt, 279–80
Damone, Vic, 97–98, 211, 222, 226
Daniels, Billy, 212
Daughter of Rosie O’Grady, The, 189–91
Davis, Bette, 65, 66, 184, 189, 225, 226–27, 228, 230, 252
Davis, Joan, 214
Day, Doris, 97, 191, 204, 241
Dean, James, 97, 98, 231
Debbie (album), 240–41
Debbie Reynolds Hotel and Casino, 25–29, 29, 30–38
auction of, 91, 92–95, 94, 147
and finances, 34–35, 44, 47, 48, 59–64, 70–73, 76, 79, 86, 88–91
Jazz and Jokes, 30, 33, 45, 47
Star Theater, 31–38, 31, 39, 47
de Havilland, Olivia, 135, 184
Del Toro, Benicio, 275
DeMille, Cecil B., 65
Depp, Johnny, 275–76
DeSalvo, David, 35
Diller, Phyllis, 180
Disney, Walt, 67, 126, 268
Divorce American Style, 262
Donen, Stanley, 205–6, 209, 214–16
Douglas, Kirk, 97, 184
Douglas, Michael, 281
Douglas, Paul, 235
DR Studios, 23, 27, 63, 90, 139, 142, 275
Duncan, Margie, 35, 52, 167
Duncan, Mark, 53, 54, 59
Edens, Roger, 102, 104, 194, 282
Edwards, Blake, 234
Elliot, Mama Cass, 104, 105
Engelstad, Ralph, 24, 92
Evanovich, Janet, 278
Evans, Ray, 233
Fairbanks, Douglas Sr., 65
Farrell, Henry, 264
Fazan, Adrienne, 195
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 275–76
Fisher, Carrie (daughter), 5, 6–8, 10, 18, 137, 179, 230, 231, 237, 261
and auction, 163, 164–65
and Billie, 22, 114–15, 116, 136
Esme’s Little Nap, 117
and grandparents, 110–12, 114, 116
health problems of, 130–37
movie career of, 18, 20, 96, 132, 270
and museum, 139, 140, 148–49
and Oprah, 161
Postcards from the Edge, 19–21, 130, 133
“Recipe for Ray,” 111–12
teen years of, 131–32
These Old Broads, 117–18
Wishful Drinking, 130–31, 134, 137
Fisher, Eddie, 3, 4, 14, 33, 36–37, 44, 99, 114, 115, 120, 121–25, 179, 221–22, 223, 224, 225, 230–31, 233, 235, 237, 242, 259–60
Fisher, Todd (son), 106, 122, 133, 136, 179, 237, 263, 274
and finances, 52–54, 55, 89, 90–91, 154
and Hollywood collection, 70, 138–39, 140, 148–49, 150–52, 155, 160, 163, 165
and hotel, 26, 28–29, 31–38, 31, 47, 60–64, 70–71, 72, 89, 90–91, 94
and Reynolds-Hamlett marriage, 5–6, 9, 18
Fitzgerald, Barry, 157, 226, 227–28, 229
Flanery, Sean Patrick, 276
Flatt, Ernie, 205–6
Fleming, Victor, 167
Flynn, Errol, 184
Fogler, Gertrude, 208
Ford, Glenn, 134, 238–39, 239, 241–42, 247
Ford, Peter, 241–42
Fosse, Bob, 214–16, 236, 282
Gable, Clark, 198–99, 250
Gabor, Eva, 180, 238
Gardner, Ava, 7–8, 120–21, 133, 218, 220
Garland, Judy, 103, 104, 149, 159, 167–68, 193, 194, 202, 207
Garner, James, 241, 263
Garson, Greer, 193, 260–61
Gaynor, Mitzi, 253
Gazebo, The, 241–42
Geffen, David, 151
Gennaro, Peter, 256
Genuario, Gerry, 30, 36
Gielgud, John, 217, 252
Gilliam, Terry, 275
Give a Girl a Break, 195, 214–16
Goetz, Hayes, 261
Goodbye Charlie, 258–60
Gordon, Ruth, 217, 219, 220
Gorshin, Frank, 229
Grace, Princess, 196, 208
Granger, Farley, 203
Grant, Johnny, 139, 148
Grayson, Kathryn, 211
Green, Johnny, 194
Griffith, Andy, 246, 247
Grimes, Tammy, 253
Grimm, Shelby, 110
Guilaroff, Sydney, 267
Guthrie, W. M., 197
Gwenn, Edmund, 169
Haack, Morton, 265
Hagen, Jean, 90, 209
Haley, Jack Jr., 79, 126, 150, 268, 269, 269, 270, 273, 282
Halloweentown, 277
Hamlett, Richard, 3, 4–6, 9, 10, 11–14, 15–16, 18–19, 22–29, 31–35, 37–38, 39–43, 44–46, 47–51, 52–57, 58, 59–60, 63, 70, 72, 81–83, 85, 87, 270
Hammond, Jeff, 152
Haney, Carol, 205–6
Harlow, Jean, 149
Harrington, Curtis, 264
Hart, Al, 67
Hartman, Don, 205
Hathaway, Henry, 247–49
Haver, June, 190
Hayes, Helen, 254
Hayes, Sean, 107
Hayworth, Rita, 134
Heaven & Earth, 272–73
Heigl, Katherine, 279
Heller, Seymour, 281
Henderson, Florence, 11
Hepburn, Audrey, 172
“He’s My Friend,” 256, 257
Hilton, Nicky, 118, 119, 120
Hit the Deck, 222–23
Hollywood memorabilia collection:
accumulating, 23, 67–68, 268
auctions of, 148–49, 159, 160–62, 163–73, 179
Debbie’s dream for, 152–54, 153, 156, 159, 160, 166, 172, 243
fashion show of, 60
Hollywood & Highland Center, 138–41, 140, 147–48
hotel for storage of, 22, 23, 26, 61, 64–70, 73, 138–39
items stolen from, 68, 212
and Pigeon Forge, 150–54
search for a site, 69, 150–51, 155, 179, 282
warehousing of, 68, 139
Hollywood Motion Picture and Television Museum, 65–66
Holm, Celeste, 225
Hope, Bob, 240
Horne, Lena, 202–3, 211, 218, 220
Horne, Lois, 190, 191
Houston, Whitney, 271
How Sweet It Is!, 262–64
How the West Was Won, 247–50
Hudson, Rock, 135
Hughes, Howard, 220
Hunt, Martita, 255–56
Hunter, Ross, 231, 233, 234, 241
Hunter, Tab, 244
Hutton, Betty, 183, 192
I Love Melvin, 212–13, 217
In & Out, 83–85, 84, 275
Irene, 74, 105, 131, 211, 240, 250, 268
It Started With a Kiss, 237–39
Jackson, Michael, 23, 142–43, 143, 144
Jagger, Bianca, 104, 105
Jagger, Mick, 104–5
Janssen, David, 250–51
Jeter, Michael, 276
Jolson, Al, 33
Jones, Tommy Lee, 272–73
June Bride, 189
Jurgens, Curt, 234–35
Kane, Helen, 191, 201
Kanter, Nancy and Joe, 5, 6, 8
Karl, Harry, 3–4, 5, 13, 14–15, 20, 26, 44, 49, 68, 99–100, 125, 131, 179, 242–43, 251, 252, 262, 263, 266, 270
Karz, Irwin, 68
Keel, Howard, 211
Kellogg, Virginia, 200
Kelly, Gene, 84, 134, 194, 205–7, 208, 209, 210, 211, 218, 250, 268, 270, 282