bank account, 84–5
197
Health: inflamed throat, 21, 23;
Hopper, Hedda, 216
contracts gonorrhea (the clap),
Horizon (magazine), 143
35–7; penis trouble, 47, 61;
Horst (i.e., Horst B. Horst, or Horst
urethra operation (for median
Bohrmann), 65n, 123, 125
bar), 61–3, 111; made sterile,
Houseman, John, 242
62–3; operation for piles, 179n;
Howard, Brian, 95–6, 102–3, 105n
nervous strain, 183; rectal
Hoyt, Karl, 216
bleeding, 183; impotence,
Hubbard, Ron, 237 & n
219n; copies friends’ ailments,
Hunt, Bob, 253
272; illness (1950), 272
Huntington Hartford Foundation see
Personal life: homosexuality, ix,
Hartford, Huntington
xi–xvii, xx, xxiv–xxv, 32–3, 90;
Huston, John, 126n, 154n, 229, 242,
political ideas, xiii, 190;
268–70
drinking, xvi, 53, 96, 100, 140,
Huston, Walter, 187
183, 195, 199, 201, 276, 278;
Huxley, Aldous: in C.I.’s circle,
sense of identity, xviii, xxv;
xvii, 81; writes to Anita Loos
slow adaptation to American
on Matthew and Warner
style, xxv; sense of guilt,
Brothers strike, 27n; C.I.
xxviii–xxix, xxxiii, 6–7, 41, 55,
lunches and sups with, 31, 198;
81, 181, 220n; learns German,
C.I. entertains, 50; makes no
xxx; preoccupation with
mention of Salka Viertel in
exclusion, xxxii–xxxiii; casual
letters, 71; comments on C.I.’s
sexual activities, 5, 64, 67,
life–style, 181; relations with
116–17, 131, 147, 218, 242,
Stravinsky, 201n, 222–3; Bob
258–62, 276; visits burlesque
Craft contradicts, 203; works
shows, 14–15; attracted to
on Below the Equator film story
blond men, 19 & n, 20; sexual
with C.I., 207, 229–30;
practices, 20–1, 56–8, 219n; as
friendship with C.I., 208, 277;
supposed model for Larry in
on LeCron, 230n, 235; at
Maugham’s Razor’s Edge, 22n;
Vedanta Center, 277; Ape and
Time magazine article on, 22
Index
375
& n; reading, 23, 51, 140n,
278; moves into Huntington
175n, 223n, 274n; hitchhikes to
Hartford Foundation, 282
work, 24; owns cars, 33, 46,
Professional activities: film script
276; takes out U.S. citizenship
writing, 23–5, 28, 32–5, 46,
papers, 40; sexual snobbishness,
150–3, 167, 176–7, 191, 195,
41–2; entertaining with Caskey,
207 & n, 229; film outline of
49–51; at school in England,
ghost story, 49; works for
57 & n; exhibitionism, 64,
MGM, 73n; works with Lesser
279–80; and songs, 66;
Samuels, 81, 91, 167, 195, 198,
antagonizes Katherine Anne
206, 229; speaks lines for
Porter, 68–9; gives blood to
Christ’s voice in The Great
accident victim, 69; occupies
Sinner, 177–8; membership of
Salka Viertel’s garage
Academy of Motion Picture
apartment, 70–1, 73–4;
Arts and Sciences, 188; as
promiscuity, 74; jealousies, 75,
trustee of Hartford Foundation,
79, 166; granted U.S.
245–6, 264
citizenship, 77–8, 209;
Relationships: with Don
pacifism, 77–8, 100, 189–90;
Bachardy, ix–x, xxi, xxiii,
fear of flying, 80; plans to settle
xxvii, xxxii; with Heinz
in New York on return from
Neddermayer, xi, xxi, xxx;
England (1947), 82n;
with Bill Caskey, xv–xvii, xxv,
homesickness for USA, 84;
xxvii, 20, 34–5, 41–9, 52–6,
accent, 85–6; wears dinner
59–61, 66, 69, 73–5, 79,
jacket, 104n; attends Pilates’
117–18, 163, 166–7, 175, 182,
gymnasium, 120;
193–4, 208, 233, 241n, 257–8,
photographed by Jared French,
277–8; with Jim Charlton, xv,
128; photographed on Fire
156–66, 183, 208, 210–11,
Island, 138–9; returns to Los
213–14, 216, 230, 248, 280n;
Angeles (1948), 149–50;
with Jack Hewit, xxix, 92–4,
bicycling, 150n; moves into
98–100, 103; with Bill Harris,
East Rustic Road with Caskey,
4–7, 9–20; with Carter Lodge,
167, 183; hospital visiting, 183,
12n; with Steve Conway,
200, 204–5, 219, 236, 239–40;
32–7, 41–2; with Vernon Old,
psychic sensitivity, 185–7 & n;
45, 50, 92, 106, 193; with
attends Benton Way Group
Auden, 58; friendship with
meeting, 197–8; gives up
Denny Fouts ends, 70; with
smoking, 211–12; resumes
John Cowan, 76; with Ian
smoking, 215n; detained in
Scott–Kilvert, 103–7 & n; with
raid on homosexual club,
Tony Hyndman, 114–15n,
216–17; Fechin portrait of,
145; difficulties with Caskey,
222; hypnotized by LeCron,
179–83, 197, 210, 220, 250n,
230–1; driving, 231; practises
278; considers leaving Caskey,
autosuggestion, 236; attitude to
192–3, 199–200; Caskey breaks
Jews, 262, 266; encounter with
with, 195, 282–3; with Don
psychotic neighbor, 264–5;
Coombs, 218–19, 221, 258,
leaves Los Angeles for Laguna
260–1; with Michael Leopold,
Beach, 273–5; painted by
220–2, 230, 258, 277; with
Sorel, 276; play–acts drowning,
Peter Darms, 242–3, 258, 282;
376
Index
with Brad Saunders, 258–9;
invited to contribute to
with Lennie Newman, 279–80
Tomorrow magazine, 241–2;
Spiritual ideas and practices: takes
reviewing, 247, 258, 275–6,
up Vedanta, xxvii, xxix;
282n
meditation, xxix; enjoys
Isherwood, Frank Bradshaw (C.I.’s
Vedanta Center ceremonies, 9,
father), viii, 238
14, 59, 81, 179; has doubts over Isherwood, Henry Bradshaw (C.I.’s monastic life, 27–8; consults
uncle): death, 90n
clairvoyants, 39, 51n; finally
Isherwood, Kathleen Bradshaw (M;
moves from Vedanta Center,
C.I.’s mother): C.I. writes on,
45–6; initiation by
viii ; C.I.’s relations with, x ;
Prabhavananda, 78, 209; makes
C.I. visits, 87–9, 185n; death,
japam, 171, 183
87; and ownership of
Travels: in South America with
Wyberslegh, 90n, 111; and
Caskey, xxxiv, 119, 123, 133,
C.I.’s relations with Ian
139, 141; hitchhiking with Bill
Scott–Kilvert, 104n; reaction
Harris, 13; hobo trip with
to C.I.’s sterility operation,
Vernon Old, 13; motor trip
111; and Richard’s jealousy of
with Caskey, 47; in China,
C.I., 144; The Condor and the
61, 82; to Mexico with Caskey,
Cows (British ed.) dedicated to,
78, 79; to England (1947),
194
80–117; in Portugal (1935–6),
Isherwood, Richard Graham
114n; return to New York
Bradshaw (C.I.’s brother): and
(1947), 117–19; in Berlin,
C.I.’s 1947 visit to Wyberslegh,
133–4n; in Amsterdam, 134n;
87–8, 112; appearance and
to France with Caskey, 141–3;
behavior, 87; meets Felix
in England with Caskey (1948),
Greene, 89; inherits
143–7; returns to New York
Wyberslegh through C.I., 90n,
with Caskey (1948), 149; to
111; and C.I.’s 1948 visit, 144,
New Mexico with Peggy
185n; jealousy of C.I., 144
Kiskadden, 247–54
Ivar Avenue, Hollywood see
Writings: autobiographical
Vedanta Center