27 “I had to accept”: Antheil to Bok, 22 Sept. 1934, George Antheil Correspondence with Mary Louise Curtis Bok, 1921–40, Library of Congress.
28 “MacArthur and I lured”: Hecht (1962), 162–63.
29 “100% music”: Antheil to Bok, 22 Sept. 1934. 90 “in a ‘Russian’ village”: Antheil (1945), 272.
30 “With us were gypsy dancers”: Hecht (1962), 163–64.
31 “This summer has been”: Antheil to Bok, 22 Sept. 1934.
32 “My dear George”: Bok to Antheil, 28 Sept. 1934, Antheil Correspondence with Bok.
33 “wherein I had to represent”: Antheil to Bok, [28] Sept. 1934, Antheil Correspondence with Bok.
34 “We had been discussing”: Antheil (1945), 274.
35 “FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS!”: Ibid., 275.
FIVE: LEAVING FRITZ
1 “to drive a submarine”: Walter (1954), 166.
2 hydrogen peroxide: See Walter (1947), Walter (1954), and Wernimont et al. (1999).
3 “only isolated suggestions”: Walter (1947), 2.
4 “Years later”: Walter biography, The Hellmuth Walter Web Site, www.walterwerke.co.uk/hw/wbiog.htm, accessed 22 March 2011.
5 Tests at the Chemical State Institute: Walter (1954), 166. 100 “After the encouraging”: Ibid.
6 four-man mini-sub: Stokes (1998), 4. Another source, www.walterwerke.co.uk, mentions a three-man crew.
7 one thousand kilograms of thrust: Walter (1954), 166.
8 “The first flight”: Ibid., 166–67.
9 Henschel Hs 293A: Bollinger (2010), 15; Piccirillo (1997), 9.
10 “could operate on any”: Piccirillo (1997), 4.
11 “He was very interesting”: The interviewer was Nino Amarena: Nino Amarena interview with author, 5 Jan. 2011.
12 “I felt more and more”: Hall (1938), 77.
13 “‘Went walking’”: Tims (2003), 92.
14 “Hedi is expected”: “‘Ecstasy’ Star to Quit Rich Mate for Stage,” New York Sunday News, 19 Sept. 1937, 3C.
15 “I cannot tell”: Hall (1938), 77.
16 “At a small evening party”: Ibid., 77–78.
17 “I saw Ecstasy”: Lamarr (1966), 38–39.
18 “on board ship”: Ibid., 41, 43.
19 “We all agreed”: Hall (1938), 78.
20 “[Mayer] didn’t like Kiesler”: Walter Reisch in McGilligan (1991), 222.
SIX: CINEMOGLING
1 “She swam”: “Cinema: The New Pictures,” Time, 25 July 1938.
2 “The film and especially”: Horak (2001), 34–35.
3 Man Ray recalled playing chess: Man Ray (1963), 296.
4 “My favorite thing”: Hall (1938), 78.
5 “Howard Hughes once lent”: Meeks (1990), 136. 116 tissue-box attachment: Denise Loder-DeLuca, personal communication, Nov. 2010.
6 “My life has been”: “Backstage with Esquire,” Esquire, Jan. 1939, 36.
7 “very very ill”: Antheil to Bullitt, 18 June 1938, William C. Bullitt Papers, Yale University Library.
8 “almost died”: Antheil to Bok [Month obscure, 1936; letter begins “Boski and I have at last reached California.”], George Antheil Correspondence with Mary Louise Curtis Bok, 1921–40, Library of Congress.
9 “Ten years ago”: Antheil (1935), 62.
10 “just enough of a taste”: George Antheil radio interview, transcribed by Charles Amirkhanian, 28 Sept. 1980, box 14, folder 14, Antheil Collection, Library of Congress.
11 “I have been down”: Antheil to Bok, [Oct. 1937], Antheil Correspondence with Bok.
12 three-score contract: Antheil to Bok, [Oct. 1937]. 119 “liked the idea”: Antheil (1945), 305.
13 “studied the writing field”: Ibid.
14 “but I no longer”: Ibid., 306.
15 Every Man His Own Detective: Antheil (1937a).
16 “a system”… “every last piece”: Antheil to Bullitt, 18 June 1938.
17 Dutch challenger: Ibid.
18 “Our company”: Antheil to Bullitt, 13 Aug. 1938, Bullitt Papers.
19 $49,000… “little Peter”: Antheil to Bok, 21 May 1938, Antheil Correspondence with Bok.
20 “The publishers of the world”: Quoted in Bok to Antheil, 10 July 1938, Antheil Correspondence with Bok.
21 “We tried to keep up”: Boski Antheil memoir, 96–99, box 17, folders 1–3, Antheil Collection.
22 “on the walls”: Ibid., 99.
23 desperate financial crisis: Antheil to Bok, 18 Feb. 1939, 6 March 1939, 30 March 1939, 6 Feb. 1940, 28 March 1940, 16 March 1940. Antheil Correspondence with Bok.
24 “[We] put our meager”: Boski Antheil memoir, 100–101.
25 “just making it on time”: Ibid., 101.
26 “falsified assignment cables”: Johnson and Hermann (2007), 50.
27 “mysteriously exploded”: Quoted in ibid., 46.
28 “no hope is held”: Hull to Antheil, telegram, 22 June 1940, box 18, folder 5, Other Correspondence, Antheil Collection.
29 “a brilliant raconteur”: Quoted in Barton (2010), 90.
30 “We decided late Friday”: Quoted in ibid., 81.
31 already bought a house: Ibid. 128 She told the court: Ibid., 90–91.
32 October 1939: Ibid., 83.
33 “I really wanted”: Quoted in Baker (2009), 213.
34 “[German] Naval High Command”: Dönitz (1959), 58–59.
35 “On her second day”: Nagorski (2006), 20.
36 “Four days, 600 miles”: U.K. Wartime Memories Project.
37 She began thinking: As she told Nino Amarena in 1997; Nino Amarena interview with author, 5 Jan. 2011.
SEVEN: FREQUENCY HOPPING
1 “We were good friends”: Boski Antheil memoir, 94, box 17, folders 1–3, Antheil Collection, Library of Congress.
2 “a few homes”: Powdermaker (1950), 21.
3 “to visit my heartbroken”: Antheil to Bullitt, 18 Aug. 1940, William C. Bullitt Papers, Yale University Library.
4 the week when George and Hedy finally met: “Boski wasn’t present, as she was visiting Mother and Dad in Trenton.” Antheil (1945), 329.
5 “One day”: Ibid., 327.
6 “eyeballs sizzled” … “The thing is”: Ibid., 328–29.
7 “high up”: Ibid., 329–30.
8 “We began talking”: Ibid., 330.
9 “very, very bright”: Ibid., 332.
10 “overheard him”: Ibid., 330.
11 Hedy told an interviewer: The interviewer was Nino Amarena; Nino Amarena interview with author, 5 Jan. 2011.
12 “Here, then, and at long last”: George Antheil draft text attached to Antheil to Lamarr, 10 Jan. 1941, 11, box 2, folder L, Antheil Collection, Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
13 “Our pal, Ted Mills”: Antheil to Boski, 12 Sept. 1940, box 18, folder 6, Antheil Collection.
14 “I have been up”: Ibid.
15 “Boski was so indignant”: Antheil (1945), 331.
16 “I have been a very”: Antheil to Boski, 8 Sept. 1940, box 18, folder 6, Antheil Collection.
17 “when Hedy moved down”: Antheil (1945), 332.
18 “By the way”: Antheil to Boski, 2 Feb. 1945, box 18, folder 6, Antheil Collection.
19 “I get around”: Antheil to Bullitt, 30 Sept. 1940, Bullitt Papers.
20 “We talked like”: Amarena interview with author, 5 Jan. 2011.
21 Philco console-model radio: Ramirez (2006).
22 generates high-frequency signals: See Miessner (1916), 137–44.
23 Formal German development: My source for this discussion is Bollinger (2010).