Moon, Keith, 301
Moonlighting, 322
Morris, William, 246
Mount Sinai Hospital, 328
Mrs. Lawlor’s Academy, 28
Murder, She Wrote, 397
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 18
“My Country, ’Tis of Thee,” 11
Nabokov, Vladimir, 239
Napier, John, 321
Needham, Hal, 276
Nelson, Gene, 294
Nelson, Miriam, 294–95
Nelson, Rick, 216
Nelson, Tracy, 216
Neville, John, 241
New Frontier Hotel (Las Vegas), 87
New Grand (motion picture house), 9, 10
New York (city), 41, 47–48, 106, 110–12, 117, 179–80, 182–84, 238, 244, 261, 263–64, 306, 308–09, 310, 315, 376
New York Hospital, 348–49
“Night of 100 Stars” (concert), 172
Nitti, Nick, 255–56
Nunn, Trevor, 321
O’Brien, Margaret, 186
Odets, Clifford, 63
“Old Gray Mare, The,” 16
Oliver!, 96–97, 128, 133, 245
Onassis, Aristotle, 244
Orpheus (theater), 19
Oswald, Lee Harvey, 132
“Over the Rainbow,” 31, 32, 97, 181, 295
Pacino, Al, 330
Palace Theater (New York), 57, 181–82, 247
Palisades High, 233, 238
Palladium (London), 54, 56, 93, 94–95, 97, 182, 283, 297
Palmer House (Chicago), 254, 255
Palumbo, Gene, 26, 185, 187, 258–59
Paris, 391
Parlor Theater, 7
Parsons, Louella, 59, 62, 63
People magazine, 374
Perrine, Valerie, 303–05
Pesci, Joe, 322, 329
Peter Bent Brigham hospital, 209
Petty, Bob, 311–12, 314
Pirate, The, 38, 192, 269
Ponedel, Dottie, 54
Poppatakis, Manuela, 280–81
Porter, Cole, 249, 251, 252, 269, 270
Potts, Patricia; see Hemingway, Patti
Powell, Eleanor, 50
Presley, Elvis, 143, 172, 277
Professional Children’s School, 183, 211
Promises, Promises, 245–49, 263–64, 265, 305
Quaaludes, 313–14, 318
Rabwin, Dr. Marc, 15, 41, 163
Rabwin, Marcella, 41
Random House, 99
Rat Pack, 81–82, 276
Reagan, Ronald, 315
Reed, Billy, 47
Reed, Sir Carol, 95
Reeve, Christopher, 302–03
Reinhardt, Pam, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 365
Reno, Nevada, 400
Reynolds, Burt, 269–80, 282, 283, 296
Rhodes, George, 269
Rialto (theater), 19
Richards, Jesse Cole (son), 19, 258, 266, 329–34, 338, 339, 342, 343, 346, 351, 352, 354, 362, 363, 375, 377, 384, 386, 390, 392, 394–95, 396, 397, 398, 399, 400, 404
Richards, Vanessa Jade (daughter), 6, 10, 19, 23, 44, 338, 339, 394, 395–97, 401, 404
Rickles, Don, 256–57
Rink, The, 344, 351
Ritalin, 103, 117, 134, 175, 176, 191, 193–94
Rivera, Chita, 267, 344–45
Robbins, Grace, 300
Robbins, Harold, 300
Roberts, Pernell, 388
Rogers, Ginger, 294
Rola, Prince Stanislaus Klossowski de, 281–82, 283
Rollerena (Studio 54 freak), 312
Rolling Stones, 184, 285, 299, 301, 302
Rooney, Mickey, 28, 32, 35, 36, 90, 129, 209, 227, 240
Rose, David, 36, 38
Ross, Annie, 286
Rothschilds, 255, 256
Rourke, Mickey, 322
Rubell, Steve, 306–08, 313–14, 315, 341
Ruby, Jack, 132
Rudin, Mickey, 350, 365
Russell, Jody, 250
Russo, James, 324
Sabella, Ernie, 406
Sagal, Katy, 167, 291
Sagal, Mrs., 167
Sahara, 122, 124
St. Bartholomew’s Church (London), 286
St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church (New York), 341
St. John’s Hospital, 61, 65
St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, 253
St. Moritz, 187, 194, 200
Sales, Soupy, 183
Sales, Tony, 183
Salvation (club), 184
Sam, Chen, 348, 349
Sands (Las Vegas), 252–54
Sandy, Gary, 319
“Santa Claus Is Coming to Town,” 128
Savoy Hotel (London), 120
Scandori, Joe, 256–57
Scarsdale, New York, 112–14
Scavullo, Francesco, 311
Schlatter, George, 129–30
Schrager, Ian, 313
Seconal, 90, 117, 176, 219, 223, 224
Secret Service, 106
Serendipity, 327–28
Sewanee Military Academy, 6
Sharaff, Irene, 339
Shaw, Artie, 36
Shepherd, Cybill, 269
Shore, Dinah, 270, 272, 274–75, 277, 279
Shriver, Maria, 104
Shubert Theater, 245
Simon, Neil, 245
Sinatra, Frank, 61, 74, 80, 81, 116, 172, 184, 267, 350
Sinatras (the), 350, 354, 355, 357, 365
Sinclair, Madge, 388
“Singing in the Rain,” 181
Sirhan, Sirhan, 208
Skinner, Dr. Bill, 348, 349, 351, 352–53, 354, 355, 357
Snoopy, 321
Snowda-Wu (Snowy), 157–59, 160
Some Like It Hot, 244
Stack, Robert, 69
Star Is Born, A, 57, 73 74, 103, 181, 227
Steel Pier (Atlantic City), 249–52
Stein, Julie, 389, 390
Stewart, Rod, 286
Stone Alone (Wyman), 299
Studio City, 375
Studio 54, 307–15, 317, 318–19, 323, 340, 341, 346, 367
Studio One (nightclub), 267
Sugar, 244–45
Summer Stock, 40
Superman, 303, 305
Susie (nanny), 69
“Swanee,” 95
Talk of the Town, The (nightclub), 218, 283
Taylor, Elizabeth, 89–90, 348, 349, 351, 352, 355, 358, 361, 363–65, 372, 391
Taylor, Rip, 181
Temple, Shirley, 16, 35
Terry, Ellen, 95
Testi, Fabio, 281
“That’s What Friends Are For,” 395
They’re Playing Our Song, 319, 325, 378
Thomas, Danny, 252–54, 378
Thomas, Mario, 253, 395
Thompson, John, 258
Thompson, Kay, 37, 80, 221, 222, 224, 227, 228
Thorazine, 90, 158, 219
Tierney, Gene, 50
“Together,” 181
Tonight Show, The, 278, 279, 297, 322
Towering Inferno, The, 151
Tramp (club, London), 286
Transcona Enterprises, 57
Trapper John, M.D., 377, 384, 388
Travolta, John, 378, 385
Tuinal, 90, 117
Turner, Lana, 35
Twain, Norman, 239–42
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, 407
Twentieth Century Fox, 269, 297
Twister, 2
Umberto’s Clam House, 257
United States (ship), 94
University High (West Los Angeles), 238–39
University of the South, 7
Upstairs at the Downstairs (club), 263–64
Valium, 117, 273
Valley of the Dolls, 176
Vandow, Steve, 249, 250, 251, 252
Vernon, Jackie, 181
Victor/Victoria, 405
Vigrass, Paul, 305, 310
Villa, Joey, 257
Village People
, 326
Waite, Tom, 325
Warhol, Andy, 311
Warner, Jack, 57, 65
Warner Brothers, 57
Webber, Andrew Lloyd, 320, 321
Weep No More, My Lady (Deans), 229
Weisman, Eliot, 350, 391–92
West End theater, 96
West Side Story, 96, 105
Westbury theater, 180
“Where Is Love,” 128
Where the Boys Are, 321, 326–27
White, Jeanne, 393, 395
White, Ryan, 393–95
Who (the), 285, 286, 299, 301
William, Prince, 24, 235
William Morris Agency, 243, 246, 249, 252, 253
Williams, Andy, 185
Williams, Barry, 319
Williams, Dick, 185
Willis, Bruce, 322
Winkler, Lee, 276
Wizard of Oz, The, 19, 23, 26, 32, 33, 35, 43–44, 74, 111, 115, 189, 229
World’s Fair (1934), 25
Wyman, Bill, 299–301, 302, 314
Wyman, Steven, 299–300
Yehad and Yaheed (tumblers), 87–88
Yellowfingers, 261
“You Made Me Love You” (song), 7
Young Rascals, 220
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, 321
Zetter, Lois, 378, 383, 385, 387
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