Natasha (74 page)

GOSSIP ABOUT NATALIE AND BEATTY
: numerous magazines, columns, etc.

NATALIE SUICIDAL
: Maryann Marinkovich Brooks to SF

GOSSIPS BLAMED MANSION FOR BREAKUP
: See such as “Natalie and Bob: What Happened to Their Togetherness?” Mike Connolly,
Screen Stories
, October 1961, et al.

NATALIE AS SCARLET WOMAN WITH BEATTY
: e.g., three-part series, “The Loves of Natalie,” “The Star’s Search for True Happiness,” and “Running, Running, Running,” Jean Bosquet,
Los Angeles Examiner
, 11/12/61, 11/19/61, and 11/26/61

BEATTY WASN’T THE CAUSE
: Mart Crowley, A&E Biography of Robert Wagner, 7/5/99

HASN’T FOUND HAPPINESS
: 11/21/61
Los Angeles Examiner;
2/62
Motion Picture

SAME PARIS CINEMA
: “The Body Meets the Face,”
Hollywood Reporter’s 48th Annual
, November 1978

COVETED GYPSY 18 MONTHS
: 8/9/60 letter from Jule Styne to Trilling, Warners Special Collection, USC (Natalie’s lobbying for part); 11/9/60 Louella Parsons column mentions Natalie as Gypsy

RUSSELL PLAYED MUD; USED CHILD STAR
: Lana Wood to SF

MARIE RAVED AGAINST GYPSY
: Robert Hyatt to SF; 1/12/62
Hollywood Reporter

3
UNFLATTERING PROFILES
: 4/7/62
Saturday Evening Post
; 3/62
Show
; 2/26/62
Newsweek

CRUSHED BY
NEWSWEEK
: Henry Silva to SF, 12/16/99

BRITTANY COMMENTS
: Morgan Brittany to SF, 8/19/99

ORRY-KELLY AND STRADLING’S TRICKS
: “Natalie Wood: How Tricks of the Trade Made Her Sexy,” Lloyd Shearer,
Parade
, 12/9/62

JILLIAN COMMENTS
: Ann Jillian to SF, 10/1/99

MALDEN COMMENTS
: Karl Malden to SF

PHOTOGRAPHER FOLLOWED
: Natalie Wood,
Donahue
, December 1976

FLYING JARS OF COLD CREAM
: 11/68
Cosmopolitan

TUMULTUOUS WITH BEATTY
: Lana Wood, “The Final Days”

FALSE REPORT NATALIE IN RUSSIA
: “Warren Beatty, Seriously,” Aaron Lathan,
Rolling Stone
, 4/1/82

ENCOUNTER IN ROME
: 8/75
Cosmopolitan
; 7/71
Pageant;
12/62
Photoplay;
1/63
Photoplay

CONFUSED ABOUT MARRIAGE
: “Brash and Rumpled Star,” Joseph Laitin,
Saturday Evening Post
, July 1962

PARTY WITH MONROE
: 11/68
Cosmopolitan
; 6/69
Screen Parade;
6/69
Movie World
; Shirley Mann to SF

THOMPSON COMPARED HER TO MONROE
: 4/79
Look

REJECTED
CHARADE
: 4/64
Screen Stories

LOVED ANGIE; MORAL CODE; STAYED FRIENDS WITH BEATTY
: Lana Wood to SF

ROLE TRUTHFUL, MET WITH SCHULMAN
: 7/80
Biarritz;
“Her Family Came Before Her Career,” Barbara Glesone,
Orange County Register
, 12/2/81

BROKEN UP WITH BEATTY BEFORE
: Tom Bosley to SF, 8/4/99; 12/12/62
Daily Variety
(report of breakup); Hedda Hopper column, 12/16/62; 10/26/76
San Francisco Times

BOSLEY COMMENTS
: Tom Bosley to SF, 8/4/99

EDIE ADAMS COMMENTS
: Edie Adams to SF, 7/21/99

MOST REWARDING; GOOD TOGETHER
: 10/26/76
San Francisco Times;
“Natalie Wood Makes It As an Actress,” Bruce Bahrenburg,
Newark Sunday News
, 6/15/69

NEILE ADAMS COMMENTS
: Neile Adams to SF, 8/18/99

IN LOVE WITH MCQUEEN
: William Claxton to SF

A BEAST
: Sugar Bates to SF

COULDN’T STOP CRYING
: “Hollywood Party,” Murray Schumach,
New York Times
, 2/2/64

GOT DEPRESSED; QUESTION MARK IN FRAME
: Shirley Mann to SF

SAW LOEW AT MAY PARTY
: 4/64
Screen Stories

LOEW RESCUED DAMSELS
: Janet Leigh to SF; Debbie Reynolds to SF (friend to us); Regina Loew to SF

LAUGHED WITH LOEW
: Edd Byrnes to SF, 10/15/99; Robert Jiras to SF

MARRIAGE RUMORS; SABLE COAT
: 10/16/63
Hollywood Reporter;
1/64
Photoplay;
11/63
Motion Picture

$200, 000; NATALIE OWED A PICTURE, QUINE NEEDED MONEY
: Joseph Heller to SF, 9/21/99

CONTRACT DEMANDS
: Contracts, Warner Brothers Special Collection, USC; David Niven, Jr., to SF, 9/30/99 (2nd to Taylor)

DAYS OFF FOR PERIOD
: Sugar Bates to SF; Phil Ball to SF, 9/24/99

PANIC WITHOUT ENTOURAGE
: “Natalie Wood: Hollywood’s Child,” for
Hollywood and the Stars
, produced by David L. Wolper

CURTIS COMMENTS
: Tony Curtis to SF, 6/2/99

HELL FLYING ALONE; GIFT FOR COMEDY; INTERIM MEN; DAVID LANGE
: Robert Jiras to SF

PHONED MUD IN MORNING
: Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn

PHONED OR SAW LINDON AT NOON
: various sources

MOORE’S COMMENTS
: Shirley Mann to SF

FAHD HEARTBREAKING
: Robert Hyatt to SF

PREFERRED DRAMA
: Jacqueline Eastes Perry to SF

FLIPPED OUT
: William Claxton to SF

SAW R.J. AT LA SCALA; DESPERATE FOR BABY
: Lana Wood to SF; 8/75
Cosmopolitan

MARION A PAYBACK; “FRIENDS”
: “The Robert Wagners Split!”
Rona Barrett’s Hollywood
, September 1970; Katie Wagner, A&E biography of Robert Wagner

MOST BEAUTIFUL
: “Black and White Ball,” Dominick Dunne,
Vanity Fair
, July 1997

PROMISED
DAISY
: Contracts and correspondence, Warners Special Collections, USC; Tony Curtis to SF

PURSUED THEM RELENTLESSLY
: Robert Mulligan, AMC’s
Hollywood Real to Reel

ESTRANGED FROM CURTIS
: Janet Leigh to SF; Martin and Erin Jurow to SF, 9/19/99

JUROW COMMENTS
: Martin and Erin Jurow to SF, 9/19/99

EDWARDS WORSHIPPED SLAPSTICK
: Arthur Ross to SF, 9/10/99

PARTY ATMOSPHERE, PREFER CLOSED SET
: 12/28/69
London Times

NOT A THRILL
: Lana Wood to SF

BIRTHDAYS DEPRESSING
: 8/75
Cosmopolitan

STAND-IN DIDN’T SEE TORMENT
: Roselle Gordon to SF, 7/19/99

A LOT OF FUN
: Phil Ball to SF; Jack Cunningham to SF, 10/3/99

PLANS WITH COURTENAY
: 11/27/64
Daily Variety

SUICIDE ATTEMPT
: Correspondence and memos, Warners Special Collection,
The Great Race
file (sick days); “Intimate Portrait: Natalie Wood”; Robert Jiras to SF; 11/30/64
Hollywood Reporter
(Cedars as Natasha Gurdin); Mart Crowley, “Intimate Portrait: Natalie Wood” (“deep and complicated”); Olga Viripaeff to SF; David Niven, Jr., to SF; 4/65
Modern Screen
(upset about
Hawaii)
[note: Walter Mirisch to SF: not aware she was upset]

BITTER
: 4/27/86
London Times

ALONE AND EMPTY
: 8/79
McCall’s

ANALYST TALKED HER INTO LIVING
: 8/75
Cosmopolitan

LEFT U.S. AGAINST ADVICE; CRAZED YUGOSLAVIAN
: David Niven, Jr., to SF, 9/30/99

NIVEN JR. COMMENTS
: David Niven, Jr., to SF

BACK TO BABYLAND
: 4/65
Motion Picture

NIGHTCLUB ACT
: Tom Mankiewicz,
E True Hollywood Story

BYRNES’ COMMENTS
: Edd Byrnes to SF

REACTION ON ONE OTHER THING
: “Hollywood’s Child” documentary

FELT CLOSE TO DAISY
: Natalie Wood at San Francisco Film Festival, 10/26/76

IDENTIFIED WITH DAISY
: Gavin Lambert, American Cinematheque Tribute to Natalie Wood, September 1999

NATALIE APPROVED RUTH GORDON
: 7/24/69
Daily Variety

REDFORD COMMENTS
: Robert Redford to SF

REALLY CREATED A CHARACTER; ENJOYS ACTING ITSELF
: 5/1/70 & 12/28/69
London Times

DISAPPOINTED BY VOICE-OVER
: Peggy Griffin to SF, 12/9/99; 10/26/76
San Francisco Times

UPSET AT HALF-SONG
:
12/28/69 London Times

NATALIE DISAPPOINTED BY
DAISY
: 7/23/67
Los Angeles Examiner

CLOSEST TO BLANCHE
: Rex Reed interview with Natalie Wood,
New York Times
, 1/16/66

HUSTON AND LEIGH ATTACHED
:
Hollywood Reporter
, 10/2/64, 10/7/64

POLLACK COMMENTS
: Sydney Pollack to SF, 2/22/99

SPIES
: Shirley Mann to SF

NO IDEA WHY WEDDING CANCELED
: Marion Blatnik Picciotto to SF, 10/7/99

BETTER LONG ENGAGEMENT
: 11/30/65
Daily Variety

DAISY
A FAILURE
: 3/25/66
Life

COSTELLO COMMENTS
: Anthony Costello to SF, 4/27/99

NORMA A MOTHER FIGURE
: Scott Marlowe to SF

MONKEYS OFF BACK
: 10/79
After Dark

BANNED MUD PER LINDON
: Costello to SF

EARLY ASSIGNMENT WAS WORDSWORTH
: 7/23/67
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner

WENT TO EXTREMES
: 5/2/66
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner;
11/68
Cosmopolitan;
culture vulture: Joyce Haber

DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO BE
: Natalie Wood 1980 excerpt, “Intimate Portrait: Natalie Wood”

REALIZED SHE WANTED A FAMILY
: 10/77
Los Angeles Times Home Magazine
; 3/79
Saturday Evening Post
; 8/79
McCall’s
; “How I Did It!” Merrill Shindler,
Los Angeles
, March 1980

OLGA’S THE LUCKY ONE
: Olga Viripaeff to SF

JAGLOM COMMENTS
: Henry Jaglom to SF, June 1999

PENELOPE
CONTRACT
: Contracts, Warners Special Collection, USC

MUD ENCOURAGED HER TO MARRY SINATRA
: Robert Hyatt to SF

RING-A-DING
: Leslie Bricusse to SF, 8/25/99

GORTON COMMENTS
: David Gorton to SF, 2/22/00

HILLER COMMENTS
: Arthur Hiller to SF, 2/18/99

BEATTY SPOKE FONDLY
: 11/68
Cosmopolitan;
Stuart Whitman to SF, 9/25/99 (Natalie and Beatty were friends)

TURNED DOWN
BONNIE
BECAUSE OF ANALYST
: 3/9/69
New York Times;
10/26/76
San Francisco Times
; 8/75
Cosmopolitan
; 10/13/74
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner

HIVES
: 4/79
Look

“WORST ACTRESS”
: 4/21/66
Daily Variety;
12/28/69
London Times
(wrote speech)

SUICIDE ATTEMPT; DIDN’T SEEM SUICIDAL
: Lana Wood to SF

NEVER SAW HER DEPRESSED
: Frank Sinatra,
A Tribute to a Very Special Lady

FAHD NAMED HER FIRST
: 2/11/79
New York Daily News

FIRED EVERYONE; SPENT NIGHT ALONE; FLEW ALONE TO NY
: Tony Costello to SF; Lana Wood to SF; 4/79
Look;
8/75
Cosmopolitan
;
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star;
7/71
Pageant

ACT FOUR