Elstree Studios, 77
Ennismore Gardens, Knightsbridge, 18, 53, 142, 171, 260, 269
Evans, Michael, 261
Evans, Pamela, 281
Evans, Peter:
Ava invited to dinner at home of, 276–77
Ava’s kiss bestowed on, 265–66
Ava’s meetings with, 18–22, 28–30, 31–47, 53–60, 80–82, 84–86, 88–96, 97–106, 107–17, 119–27, 129–38, 139–43, 149–51, 184–193, 221–29, 260–66, 269–74
Ava’s phone calls with, 1–4, 5–6, 8–12, 23–28, 49–53, 61–66, 82–83, 143–47, 155–57, 175–79, 181–84, 196–209, 211–19, 231–40, 255–60, 267–69
Cardiff’s advice to, 7–8
death of, 279
notes to Ava from, 164, 241–42
Snyder’s visit with Ava and, 79–86
Spoli Mills’s memoir anxieties and, 77–78, 101, 105
Victor’s advice to, 8, 150
Victor’s friendship with, 6, 52, 173
and Viertel’s warnings about Ava, 15–17, 21, 24, 88–89, 150, 182–83
Exit, 2–3
Family Affair, A, 120
Farrow, Mia, 265
Fassbinder, Rainer Werner, 13
Faulkner, William, 217
Ferrer, Mel, 177
Fidler, Jimmie, 125
Fields, W. C., 116
Films and Filming, 12
Fink, Hymie, 188
Flynn, Errol, 63
Ford, Henry, 142, 153, 243
Ford, John, 26, 195, 221, 228, 267, 268
Forever Amber (Winsor), 205
Franka (Ava’s friend), 217
From Here to Eternity, 159, 280
Frost, David, 50
Gable, Clark, 74, 87, 88, 93, 99, 108, 137, 139, 152, 153, 189, 191, 224, 246, 262
Garbo, Greta, 16, 125
Gardner, Ava, 15–16, 77–80, 87–88, 173–75, 275–77, 279
abortions of, 267–68
accent of, 72, 94, 95, 125, 214
in A.D., 217
affairs and lovers of, 5–6, 7, 16, 54–55, 63, 97, 99, 103, 143, 177, 186–93, 202–3, 206–7, 224–26, 236–37, 238–39, 247–51, 252–53, 259, 262–63, 273, 274
in Barefoot Contessa, 7, 61, 63, 65, 232–36, 271
beauty of, 5, 6, 17, 20, 32, 45, 61–62, 83, 85, 98, 125, 158, 188, 201, 238, 261
Bogarde on, 13, 26–27
on Bogart, 233–34, 236
on Brando, 18–19
Burton on, 6
Cardiff on, 7–8
childhood of, 31, 36–47, 67–75, 89, 216
comment on Sinatra’s penis by, 179–80, 181–82, 195, 196, 221, 228–29
on Dali, 272
on death and aging, 2–4, 20–22, 24–25, 27, 219, 256, 269
death of, 264, 281
depression of, 2–4, 41–42, 156, 215, 218–19
on divorce, 39, 245
doubts of, about memoir, 9–10, 17, 58–59, 80, 100–103, 151, 175, 280
drinking of, 6–7, 8, 13, 38, 40, 53–54, 86, 101, 105, 111, 112, 126, 142, 150, 165, 167, 169, 175, 178, 196, 203–4, 224, 225, 226, 243, 249, 256, 262, 269, 271
education of, 45, 71–72, 203
Evans kissed by, 265–66
at Evans’s home for dinner, 276–77
Evans’s meetings with, 18–22, 28–30, 31–47, 53–60, 80–82, 84–86, 88–96, 97–106, 107–17, 119–27, 129–38, 139–43, 149–51, 184–193, 221–29, 260–66, 269–74
Evans’s notes written to, 164, 241–42
Evans’s phone calls with, 1–4, 5–6, 8–12, 23–28, 49–53, 61–66, 82–83, 143–47, 155–57, 175–79, 181–84, 196–209, 211–19, 231–40, 255–60, 267–69
on father’s death, 64, 68, 81, 87, 89, 90, 97, 155, 198
finances of, 20, 28, 33, 52, 70, 81, 85, 149, 197, 234, 280
in Ghosts on the Loose, 242
in Harem, 217
hospitalized in St. John’s, 270–71
in Hucksters, 152
Hughes and, 7, 54, 91, 97, 103, 186–93, 208, 235, 241, 245, 247–53, 256–59, 274
on Huston, 9, 31–33, 54–56
Huston on, 10
in Killers, 9, 32, 62, 65, 99, 207, 235, 241
in Knights of the Round Table, 176–77
in Knots Landing, 217
in Long Hot Summer, 217
lung conditions and concerns of, 2, 211–13, 218
as man-eater, 5–6, 7, 8, 16, 18, 183, 262
on Mankiewicz, 62–63, 234–35
on Mayer, 110, 124, 136, 137
memory and concentration lapses of, 29, 33, 57
MGM’s contract with, 15, 30, 97–100, 106, 107–8, 110, 159, 171, 177, 187, 206, 217, 234, 271
MGM’s interview and video test of, 93–95
in Mogambo, 228, 267–68, 271, 276
Morrison on, 98–99
mother’s death and, 243, 247, 250
in My Forbidden Past, 225
in Night of the Iguana, 6, 10, 62
on Onassis, 11–12
in Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, 7, 234, 273
pictures of, sent to MGM, 92–93
in Priest of Love, 217
profanity of, 17, 28, 129, 182, 183–84, 185, 249, 255
psychoanalysis of, 38, 112–13, 243
puberty of, 74–75
on religion, 67–68
on Rooney, 103, 119–20, 122, 143, 145, 249, 257
Rooney’s courtship and engagement to, 113–17, 119–27, 133–38, 139–41
Rooney’s divorce from, 11, 54, 73, 91, 97, 156, 160–61, 168–69, 170–71, 185–86, 187, 192–93, 206, 242–45, 246–47, 251, 257, 260
Rooney’s first meeting with, 98, 106, 110, 111–14
Rooney’s marriage to, 11–12, 31, 34, 35–36, 67, 72–73, 91, 97, 99–103, 114–15, 132–38, 141–143, 144–45, 152–55, 156–60, 165–71, 203, 223, 246
Scott’s abuse of, 7, 143, 202–3, 252
sensuality and sexuality of, 6–7, 12, 16, 18, 20, 22, 72–73, 85, 154, 166–67, 185–86, 227, 244, 256–59, 264–65
on Shaw, 64, 137–38, 192, 201, 250
Shaw on, 264–65
Shaw’s divorce of, 125, 206, 252
Shaw’s marriage to, 15, 16, 31–33, 34–35, 37–38, 54–55, 112, 186, 201, 203–4, 207–8, 241, 243, 245, 252
in Show Boat, 178, 234
on Sinatra, 1–2, 56, 64, 137, 159, 192, 222–23, 227, 237, 264–65
Sinatra on, 38, 44
Sinatra’s affair with, 176–79, 225
Sinatra’s divorce from, 8, 222
Sinatra’s marriage to, 7, 16, 31, 51, 79, 125, 158, 175–79, 224, 227, 236–38, 245, 250, 265, 270–71, 272–74
sleeping troubles of, 1–2, 23, 89–90, 146, 155, 196–97, 211, 212, 231, 232, 233, 255–56
smoking of, 10, 20, 34, 36, 42, 45, 84, 114, 132, 202, 211, 212, 213, 216, 218, 226
in Snows of Kilimanjaro, 62, 234
Snyder and Victor in meeting with, 79–86
Spoli Mills on, 77–78
strokes of, 7, 13, 17, 20, 21, 24–25, 27, 28, 33, 35, 53, 65, 83, 145, 212, 213–19, 222, 237, 269, 275
in Sun Also Rises, 16–17, 42, 62, 85, 182–83
Tarr’s launching of, 92–93, 141–42
on Turner, 9, 45, 63
on Victor, 22, 50, 52
Victor on, 8
Viertel on, 15–17, 21, 24, 88–89, 150, 182–83
virginity lost by, 12, 73, 126–27, 142–43, 144
in Whistle Stop, 63, 99, 206–7, 241
Gardner, Ava Virginia (aunt), 31, 38, 39, 42, 44
Gardner, Beatrice “Bappie” (sister), 68, 133, 154, 159, 177, 187, 228–29, 238, 274
drinking of, 169
father and, 38, 41, 71
in Hollywood with Ava, 95–96, 97, 107, 109–10, 116, 152
Hughes and, 250, 251, 252
mother and, 125, 250
in New York, 75, 93, 94
pregnancy of, 44
Rooney and, 122, 126
Sinatra and, 227