Tarr and, 71, 92, 93, 141–42, 170–71
Gardner, Elsie Mae (sister), 40–41, 44
Gardner, Inez (sister), 44, 95, 96, 97, 154, 246
Gardner, James Bailey (grandfather), 38, 40, 261
Gardner, Jonas (father), 46, 70, 82, 91, 190, 198–200, 246
death of, 64, 68, 81, 87, 89, 90, 97, 155, 198
drinking of, 38, 41
as farmer, 36–37, 72, 216
first son lost by, 43–44
illness and dying of, 67–68, 69, 71, 93, 198, 236
Molly’s marriage to, 127
parents of, 39, 40
poverty of, 36–37, 43, 68, 216
Gardner, Mary Elizabeth “Molly” (mother), 42–46, 71, 72, 82, 95–96, 109, 125, 126, 156, 199–200
Ava’s puberty and, 74–75
Ava’s trip to NYC with, 93
cancer of, 81, 91, 95, 97, 103, 154–55, 208, 246
children and family of, 36, 38–39
death of, 97, 243, 247, 250
Jonas’s marriage to, 127
poverty of, 43, 68, 216
working of, 44, 46, 68–70, 90
Gardner, Melvin Jonas “Jack” (brother), 43, 91
Gardner, Mrs. James Bailey (grandmother), 39
Gardner, Myra (sister), 43, 44, 46, 75, 110, 216
Gardner, Raymond (brother), 43–44
Garland, Judy, 112, 120, 166, 224, 246
Garson, Greer, 110
Ghosts on the Loose, 9, 168, 242
Gilbert, Martin, 150
Godfather, The, 280
Goetz, Edith Mayer, 123, 136
Going Hollywood, 46
Goldwyn, Sam, 15
Gone With the Wind, 55, 72
Goring, Marius, 233
Grable, Betty, 35–36, 207, 245
Grabtown, N.C., 31, 43
Graduate, The, 2, 262–63
Grant, Cary, 116, 119, 187
Graves, Robert, 149
Gray, Charles, 269
Grayson, Kathryn, 122, 168
Greer, Howard, 274
Grimaldi, Gracie, see Kelly, Grace
Guest, Charlie, 252
Harem, 217
Harlow, Jean, 125, 190, 267
Harrison, Rex, 277
Hawkins, Coleman, 206
Hawks, Howard, 187, 188
Hayworth, Rita, 231, 235
Hellman, Lillian, 50
Hell’s Angels, 191
Hemingway, Ernest, 26, 106, 262
Killers and, 54, 62
Snows of Kilimanjaro and, 62
Sun Also Rises and, 15–16, 17, 42, 62, 182, 260
Hemmings, David, 277
Hendry, Whitey, 239
Hepburn, Katharine, 125, 187, 190, 247
His Way (Kelley), 179, 221, 228–29
Hitler’s Madman, 9
Holden, William, 102
Holiday, Billie, 206
Hoover, Herbert, 135
Hopper, Hedda, 125, 135
Horne, Lena, 205
House Un-American Activities Committee, 205
Hucksters, The, 152
Hughes, Howard, 63, 99, 201, 209, 236, 239, 262, 265
Ava’s relationship with, 7, 54, 91, 97, 103, 186–93, 208, 235, 241, 245, 247–53, 256–59, 274
Bappie and, 250, 251, 252
Turner and, 190, 247
Huston, John, 2, 16, 26, 35, 63, 99, 143, 183, 207, 262
on Ava, 10
Ava on, 9, 31–33, 54–56
on Cardiff, 62
smoking of, 114, 213
James, Harry, 273
Johnny (Inez’s husband), 44
Johnson, Nunnally, 213
Kelley, Kitty, 179, 221, 228–29, 280
Kelly, Grace, 53, 54, 125
Kennedy, Jackie, 11, 19
Kennedy, Joe, 38
Kennedy, Robert, 41
Kern, Betty, 207
Kern, Jerome, 204, 270
Kerr, Deborah, 15, 17–18, 261
Keyes, Evelyn, 32, 35, 55
Killers, The (film), 9, 32, 54, 62, 65, 99, 207, 235, 241
Killers, The (Hemingway), 54, 62
Knights of the Round Table, 176
Knots Landing, 217
Korda, Michael, 51
Koverman, Ida, 135–36, 253
Kraft, Hy, 205
Lancaster, Burt, 99
Lauren Bacalclass="underline" By Myself, 51
Lawford, Peter, 132, 166–68
Lazar, Irving Paul “Swifty,” 50–53
Letter to Three Wives, A, 234
Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, The, 56
Loew’s Inc., 92, 93
Lombard, Carole, 152
Long Hot Summer, The (Faulkner), 217
Long Hot Summer, The (film), 217
Lord Jeff, 167
Losey, Joseph, 12
Lugosi, Bela, 168
Lupino, Ida, 190
Lysistrata (Aristophanes), 11
Maisie Goes to Reno, 9
Mankiewicz, Joe, 26, 61–62, 63, 65, 233–36
Mann, Thomas, 16
Mannix, Eddie, 139–41, 153, 168, 169–70, 187, 242
marijuana, 225–26
Martin, Freddy, 117
Mason, James, 217
Maxwell, Marilyn, 224–25
Mayer, Edith (Goetz), 123, 136
Mayer, Irene, 123, 136
Mayer, Louis B., 63, 134, 139–41, 235, 247, 253, 273
Ava on, 110, 124, 136, 137
and Rooney’s relationship with Ava, 121–25, 126, 135–38, 141, 152, 153, 168, 169–70, 187, 193, 206, 242–43
Mayer, Margaret, 136
Meet Danny Wilson, 178, 238
Meyer, Johnny, 187–89, 235–36, 247, 249, 250–51
MGM, 59, 77, 120–23, 126, 132, 168–69, 193, 202, 223–24, 242, 245, 247, 261, 270, 273
Ava’s contract with, 15, 30, 97–100, 106, 107–8, 110, 159, 171, 177, 187, 206, 217, 234, 271
Ava’s interview and video test with, 93–95
Ava’s pictures sent to, 92–93
press and publicity of, 37, 105, 239, 276
Rooney as biggest star at, 12, 67, 141
Sinatra fired by, 237
MGM International, 275
Midsummer Night’s Dream, 120
Miller, Sid, 167
Mills, Paul, 77, 78, 105, 131, 261, 275, 276
Mills, Spoli, 131, 195, 233, 261, 266, 275, 276, 277
memoir anxieties of, 77–78, 101, 105
Miranda, Carmen, 112
Mitchum, Dorothy, 226
Mitchum, Robert, 225–26, 262
Mogambo, 87, 195, 228, 267, 268, 271, 276
Monogram, 168
Monroe, Marilyn, 19, 78
Monroe, Vaughn, 94
Morgan, Frank, 120
Morgan, Jess, 22, 85, 280
Morgan (Ava’s dog), 57, 217
Morrison, Greg, 98–99, 276
Mrs. Miniver, 110
Muni, Paul, 138
My Forbidden Past, 225
New Biographical Dictionary of Film, 120
Newport News, Va., 46, 63, 68–72, 75, 81–82, 87, 90, 198
New York Daily Mirror, 178
Nichols, Mike, 262–63
Night of the Iguana, The (film), 6, 10, 17, 62
Night of the Iguana, The (Williams), 6, 62
Night Porter, The, 13
Ninochka, 121
Nixon, Richard, 50
O’Brien, Edmond, 62, 235–36
O’Brien, Pat, 245
Odets, Clifford, 50
O’Hara, John, 207
O’Hara, Scarlett (char.), 55, 85
Olivier, Laurence, 19
Onassis, Aristotle, 10–11, 150, 175
Open Book, An (Huston), 9
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, 7, 225, 234, 273
Pankey, Fred, 134
Parker, Dorothy, 156
Parsons, Louella, 125, 134