Brown, Harry 90–91, 180, 499, 502, 560, 562, 598, 666, 707
Brown, Jared 90, 560
Brown, Jerry 545, 590, 623, 707–8
Brown, June 560, 562, 598
Brown, Rick 240, 243, 708
Brown, Susan 227, 229, 230, 231, 708
Brown, Willie, Assembly Bill 489 (A.B. 489) 478, 479, 493n, 683–4
Browne, Coral (Price) 491, 503, 559, 682, 788–9
Browne, Roscoe Lee 596
Browning, Robert 589
brush fires 204–5, 273, 399, 400–401, 592, 593
Bryant, Anita 544
Bryden, Ronald 291
Buchholz, Horst 65, 488, 708
Buckingham, Bob and May x, 22, 23, 71, 83, 708
Buckle, Christopher Richard (Dicky) 71, 73, 74, 511, 515, 516, 708
Buckley, Hal 317, 493
Buckley, Michael 493
Buckley, Peter 317, 493
Buddha Chaitanya (earlier Philip Griggs; afterwards Swami Yogeshananda): at London Vedanta Centre 4, 9, 77, 255, 327; “lapse” 9; appearance 77; dislike of India 77; takes sannyas at Belur Math 137, 155; moves to Chicago center 470; 708
Buffalo, New York 538
Bugliosi, Vincent 290
Bunting, Basil, Collected Poems 647
Burbank, California 136, 137
Burden, Chris 551, 552
Burgess, Brian 314
Burkett, Jane 504, 514
Burns, Lee 533, 534
Burroughs, William 170, 597, 709
Burton, Richard 38, 79–80, 134, 160, 187, 622, 709
Burton, Susan (Hunt) 622, 625
Busch, Joseph 290
Butazolidin (anti-inflammatory drug) 528, 590, 676, 709
Butterflies Are Free (film) 254
Byrd, Jerry 188
Byrne, John 17, 56, 709
Byron, George, Lord 105, 160n, 423, 488; Byron: A Portrait (Marchand) 193; Lord Byron (opera; Thomson/Larson) 226, 230–31, 233; Letters and Journals 423, 488, 558, 572; “The Corsair” 586
Cabaret (film): C.I.’s views on xii, 127, 289, 307; income from xii, 312, 420; C.I.’s and Don Bachardy’s treatment rejected 2–3; characterization 93, 127; Academy Awards 350; promotion 422
Cabaret (stage musical) xii, 7, 70, 467
Cabin in the Sky (film) 623
cable television 203
Cadmus, Paul 171, 307, 709–710
Caine, Patrick 515
Calcutta, India 155, 468
Caldwell, George 498, 500, 503, 541, 710
Caldwell, Philadelphia 498, 710
California (C.I.; proposed autobiographical volume; alternative working title Scenes from an Emigration) 613–15, 616, 618, 639, 642, 646, 668, 671, 673, 674, 675, 676–7, 678, 679, 680, 681, 682, 683, 684, 686, 687
California: earthquakes and tremors xi, 111, 139–41, 142, 148, 150–51, 155, 343, 441, 586, 608, 625; C.I.’s preference for Californian lifestyle xxxii, 77; land slides 3, 564–5, 578, 585, 586, 627, 628; earthquake predictions and scares 142, 143, 148, 150, 153, 182, 196, 453, 530–31, 556, 585; “red tides” 179, 180, 185; brush fires 204–5, 273, 399, 400–401, 592, 593; reinstatement of death penalty 290, 545; Santa Ana winds 301, 399, 579, 592; speed limit 546; referendums (1972) 290–91; (1978) 569–70, 575, 576–7, 586, 587, 590, 594, 599, 600; and narrative of C.I.’s proposed final autobiographical volume 613–15, 668, 673
California Christian Campaign Committee 531
California Hospital Medical Center 201–2
California Institute of Technology (Cal. Tech.) 441, 583
California State Assembly: elections (1972) 289, 290; Assembly Bill 489 (A.B. 489) 478, 479, 493n, 693–4
California State Senate, Chaplain 531
California State University, Fullerton 498–9
California State University, Long Beach 485, 489
California State University, Los Angeles 433
California State University, Northridge 499
Calley, John 405, 409, 429, 431, 710
Calley, Lieutenant William 160–61
Calthrop, Gladys 58, 317, 710
Cambodia 81n, 132, 359
Cambridge, England: C.I. visits Forster in 18, 20–22, 71–72, 74–75, 190; C.I.’s views on 20, 75, 413; see also King’s College
Cameron, Roderick (Rory) 24, 25, 36, 710
camp: C.I.’s use of xxxv–xxxviii, 229, 380, 610; C.I.’s views on 28, 50, 58, 379, 577
Campbell, Alan 162, 710
Campbell, Brian 509, 650, 710–711
Campbell, Sandy 38
Campbell, Victor 184
Canterbury Tales, The (Pasolini film) 511
Cap Ferrat, France 36, 678; Villa Mauresque 36, 389, 390
Capote, Truman: and Gore Vidal 10, 199, 341, 404; his Bulgari chain 66, 341; C.I. and Don Bachardy visit in New York 173, 301; reads proofs of C.I.’s Kathleen and Frank 173, 177, 309; C.I. socializes with in Los Angeles 199, 471, 486, 487–8, 507; and Joanne Carson 199, 555; operations for cancer 234–5; nervous breakdown 235; relationship with Jack Dunphy 235, 555; and John Gielgud 238; and Rick Brown 240, 243; fails to attend opening of A Meeting by the River 309; C.I. visits in Palm Springs 348, 349, 410; interviewed by Warhol for Rolling Stone 350–51; receives poison-pen letters 350–51; and John O’Shea 410, 487–8, 507, 545; smoking pot 410; in Murder by Death 518; drinking 545, 547, 555; 711
Answered Prayers 350, 471
Capp, Jeff 663
Carcassonne, France 31, 32, 33
Carlson, Mr. and Mrs. Chester 246
Carlson, Phil 89, 101–2
Carnal Knowledge (film) 193
Caron, Leslie (Laughlin): C.I.’s views on 3, 109, 242; friendship and socializing with C.I. 109, 150, 217, 241–2, 244, 304, 343, 450, 501, 503, 595, 601; moves to France 343, 345; Nicole 376–7; gift for C.I.’s seventieth birthday 451; in Chicago for 13 Rue de l’Amour 463, 471, 472; relationship with David Lonn and marriage problems 471, 472, 478; in Paris 478; Fanny 488; 711
Carpenter, Humphrey 636
Carpinteria, California 381; Cate School 442–3
Carr, Allan 487–8
Carr, Don 648, 653, 654, 657
Carroll, Nellie 47, 184–5, 276, 345, 346, 711
Carroll, Robert 349, 350
Carson, Joanne 199, 555, 711
Carson, Karen 519
Carter, Jimmy 599, 625–6, 657, 711–12
Casado, Patricia 623
Casanova (Fellini film) 535
Caskey, William (Bill): at the ballet 73; relationship with C.I. 121, 202, 544, 615, 619; in Greece 202, 575, 636–7, 647; photography 202; in New York 508; and biographies of C.I. 533, 561; demands return of possessions 615, 619, 636, 642–3; proposed book 615; and C.I.’s My Guru and His Disciple 619; death 636–7, 642–3, 647; 712
Casque d’Or (film) 497
Castaneda, Carlos, Journey to Ixtlan 310, 445
Castellani, Juan 675
Catalina Island, California 500
Cate School, Carpinteria 442–3
Cauley, Geoffrey 58
Cavett, Dick 221, 605
CBS (television network) 372
Cedars Sinai Medical Center see Mount Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles
census (1980) 630
Cervantes, Miguel de, Don Quixote 219
Cesaro, Giancarlo 33, 34, 35, 36, 37
Chaikin, Joe 252, 406, 493, 712
Chamberlain, Philip 290, 297
Chamberlain, Richard 44, 62, 160, 164, 187, 312, 319, 712
Chambers, David 514, 516
Chandlee, William H., III (Will) 33, 35, 36, 317, 712–13
Chandler, Raymond 403
Chandon de Briailles, Comte Frédéric and Comtesse Francesca 339
Chaouen, Morocco 517
Chapin, Douglas 504, 505, 507, 508, 520, 713
Chaplin, Charlie 222; Monsieur Verdoux 137
Chapman, Hester 317, 713
Charlton, Jim: correspondence with Edmund White x; appearance and character 41, 217, 295; C.I. reminisces about 95; in Hawaii 95, 228, 295, 305, 675
–6; marriage 95, 295, 305; visits California 217–18, 220, 295, 297, 305; and Don Bachardy 218, 220, 305, 350, 675–6; relationship with “Mark Cooper” 218, 297; reminisces about Japan 297; his psychologist 304; Bachardy’s drawing of 305; drinking 583; 713
Chartwell Artists (production company) 91, 93, 195
Chassay, Tchaik 76
Chatanananda 373
Château Marmont, West Hollywood 264
Chateaubriand, François-René de, Mémoires d’outre-tombe xii
Chatwin, Bruce 284–5
Chaucer, Geoffrey, The Canterbury Tales 446
Cheim, John 649
Chekhov, Anton 13, 133, 141, 148; “The Black Monk”134; The Chorus Girl 177; The Schoolmistress and Other Stories 145, 193; Three Sisters 516; The Witch and Other Stories 157
Chelsea Hotel, New York 172, 400, 419, 423–4, 508, 518
Cherrat, Mohammed 517
Chetanananda: assistant at Hollywood Vedanta Center 176, 417–18, 427, 457, 463, 484; appearance and character 176, 186; translations 250, 534; at Durga puja in Santa Barbara 396; C.I.’s relations with 427, 436, 535; officiates at Vivekananda puja 535; pilgrimage to India 540; 713
Meditation and Its Methods 436, 445, 446; Vedanta: Voice of Freedom 675
Chetwyn, Robert (Bob): and proposed English productions of A Meeting by the River 8, 44, 48, 50, 52, 54, 57, 59, 61–2, 67, 71, 76, 80, 81, 89–90, 91, 94, 223; appearance and character 50, 63; C.I. socializes with in London 63, 71, 75, 323, 510, 511; relationship with Howard Schuman 63, 71, 323; C.I. socializes with in California 506; 713–14
Chicago, Illinois: Vedanta Center 344, 470; C.I. visits 463, 536, 538
Chicago (musical) 518
Chicago Tribune Book World 529
Childers, Michael: and John Schlesinger 335; in London 335, 511; visits Yosemite and San Francisco with C.I. 366–8; and Lance Loud 379; works on Merchant-Ivory film 438; C.I. socializes with in Los Angeles 501, 505; and Barney Wan 658; 714
Chin, Paul 498
China 527; C.I.’s visit (1938) 328
Christie, Agatha, Death on the Nile 588
Christie, Julie 286
Christopher and His Kind (C.I.; earlier title Wanderings): title xii, 399, 458, 502, 537; research and writing xxiv, 387–8, 391, 394, 398, 399–400, 402, 403, 408, 410, 411, 414, 415–16, 420, 426, 428–9, 434, 437, 440, 445, 446, 447–8, 450, 452, 455, 458, 460, 462, 463, 464, 465, 471, 477, 479, 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 490, 506, 525, 537, 562, 684; themes xxiv–xxv, xxix, 387–8, 398–9, 408, 475, 522, 525, 614; publication and publicity xxviii–xxix, 529–30; narration 398, 400; catalogue listing 503; dust-jacket 519–20; Jonathan Fryer reads 521, 522; proofs 522; possible sequel to 523, 613; reviews 529, 670n; German translation 589, 590, 596, 597, 602; Heinz Neddermeyer reads 589, 590, 591, 596, 597, 602; “Vernon Old” reads 609, 612
Christopher Isherwood: Over There on a Visit (television documentary) 504, 514, 537
“Christopher Isherwood Reads” (Pelican Records recording) 491, 496, 519, 521, 528
Church, Frederic Edwin 367–8
Churchill, Winston 310, 394
Cisco Pike (film) 311
Claremont, California 4, 5; Claremont College 212, 213, 355
Clark, Celia (Birtwell) 49, 55, 311, 324, 343, 346–7, 515, 714
Clark, Jim 412
Clark, Kate (daughter of Jim) 412, 413n
Clark, Kenneth, Civilisation 267
Clark, Ossie 55, 311, 315, 324, 347, 714
Clarke, Gerald 295–6, 297, 714
Claxton, Bill 253, 714
Clay, Camilla 91, 103, 121, 130, 148, 714–15
Clay, Cassius (Muhammad Ali) 155, 578
Clement, Dick 556
Cleveland, Ohio 359, 649
Clift, Montgomery 362, 568
Clinco, Judge Mario 543
Clockwork Orange, A (film) 217
Clodd, Alan 17
Coast (magazine) 243
Cobb, Sydney 620
cocaine 283n, 685
Cochrane, Elspeth 59, 60, 61, 62
Cockburn, Claud 70; In Time of Trouble 447
Cockburn, Jean see Ross, Jean Cockburn, Sarah 66, 67, 70, 372
Coco, James 438
Cocteau, Jean 7; Thomas the Imposter 248, 249, 250
Cohan, Robert (Bob) 18, 33, 35, 37, 39, 40, 715
Cohen, Andee 47, 715
Cohen, Dr. (to Gerald Heard) 189
Colacello, Bob 649
Coldstream, William (Bill) 29, 515
Coleman, Keith 626
Colette, The Cat 99
College of Marin, California 630, 631
Collier, Harriet 415
Collier, John 414, 415, 715
Collier, John, Jr. 415
Colorado, criminal code 239
Colossus: The Forbin Project (film) 139
Columbia Essays on Modern Writers (book series) 150
Columbia Studios 207, 213
comet Kohoutek 418
Community College Social Science Quarterly (journal) 467
Company Theater (theater company) 262, 266
Compton, Juleen 617
Conan Doyle, Arthur 402, 403; “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” 588
Conduct Unbecoming (film) 503
Congreve, William, The Way of the World 11
Coni, Peter 514
Connecticut: criminal code 239; Don Bachardy visits 441, 443
Connolly, Cyril 322–3, 579, 647, 715–16
Connors, Bruce 113
Conrad, Joseph, Under Western Eyes 279
Cook, Bruce 178
Cook, Catherine 22, 46
Cooper, Billy see McCarty-Cooper, Billy Cooper, Douglas 32–3, 716
Cooper, Gladys 229, 716
Cooper, Joe 374
Cooper, Mark (pseud.) 218, 297
Cooper, Wyatt 249, 270, 716
Copland, Aaron 595, 623, 716–17
Coppola, Francis Ford 286, 411
Copyright Revision Bill 47
Corbett, Harry H. 13
Corcoran, Dagny 587, 683, 717
Corcoran, James (Jim) 598, 621, 629, 717
Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles 505, 621, 656; Don Bachardy’s show 626, 629, 630
Corderman, Mr. (Hilldale Avenue tenant) 463
Corr, Christopher 619
Corrigan, Douglas 677
Corwin, Norman 290
Costa Mesa, California 406
Cotten, Joseph 258, 519, 717
Courtenay, Tom 62, 67, 71, 76, 717
Coventry, England 20, 83
Covington, James 250
Coward, Noël 55, 459; Blithe Spirit 516
Crabe, James (Jim) 385
Craft, Robert (Bob) 102n, 170, 173–4, 218, 304, 509, 510, 652, 717–18; and death of Stravinsky 160, 168–9, 189; diaries 247; relations with Vera Stravinsky 304 Stravinsky: Chronicle of a Friendship 279
Craig, Edward Gordon 532
Cramer, Douglas Schoolfield 480
Crane, Dan 191
Cranley Mansion, London 72
Cranmer, Archbishop Thomas 201–2
Crawford, Joan xiii, 376, 422, 718
Crawford, Linda 103, 148, 718
Crema, Tom 499
Crémieux-Schreiber, Suzanne 32
Cribb, Don 493, 496, 497, 498, 501, 502, 506, 718
Crichton, Michael 212
Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz, The (film) 311
Crockett, Betsy 280
Cross, Beverley 495
Crosthwaite, Ponsonby Moore 25
Cruickshank, Evan 512
Cruising (film) 628
Cukor, George: on C.I.’s NBC interview on sexuality 17; C.I. socializes with in California 94, 286, 449, 495, 499, 533, 573, 587–8; and proposed television program on Aldous Huxley 94; C.I. socializes with in New York 305; Gavin Lambert’s biography of 305; promotion for Travels with My Aunt 305; proposed film projects for C.I. 359–60, 395; at Don Bachardy’s Municipal Art Gallery show 376; Irving Lazar on 405; on “Frankenstein” television film 406; asks C.I. and Bac
hardy to write biography 449; The Blue Bird 449; aging 573, 607; meets Princess Margaret 588; eightieth birthday 612–13; and C.I.’s proposed final volume of memoirs 614; at Merle Oberon’s memorial service 624; 718
Cullen, John 28–9, 71, 202, 513, 718
Cullen, Tom 646
cummings, e.e. 596
Curry, Tim 511
Curtis Brown (literary agency) 330, 718–19; and Kathleen and Frank 118, 123; C.I. considers leaving 205, 387, 405–6; and proposed publication of John Lehmann’s correspondence with C.I. 379
Cuthbertson, Tom 62, 719
Cvar, Mr. (floorer) 124
Daily Express xxxi
Daily Telegraph, The 132, 617, 618, 644
Dakshineswar, West Bengal, India 155, 246, 260
Dali, Salvador, Don Bachardy’s drawing of 87n, 270
Dalton, Robin 327
Dambacher, David 499, 500, 501, 502, 637, 664, 719
Damned, The (film) 45
Dancer, Scott (pseud.) 92–3
Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy xxxv, 80, 102
Dare, Diana 33, 34, 35, 719
Darling, Candy 374
Davidson, Gordon 232, 233, 252, 256, 481, 719
Davidson, Judy 481
Davidson, Mrs. Lawrence (neighbor) 580–81, 591
Davies, Richard 73
Davis, Adelle, Let’s Eat Right to Keep Fit 101
Davis, Bette 397, 400, 478n
Davis, Edward M. 479
Davis, Ron (longtime companion of Graham McDonald) 514
Davis, Ronald (Ron; artist) xix, 107, 313, 621, 719–20
Davison, Jim 135
Davos, Switzerland 339
Dawson, Bumble 244, 245
Day, Carl 499, 500, 502, 503, 506, 520, 526
Day of the Locust, The (film) 438
Day-Lewis, Cecil 515, 720
daylight-saving time 416, 418
Days of Heaven (film) 579
Dayton, Dr. Glenn (ophthalmologist) 481, 518, 519, 643
de Gaulle, Charles 158
de Kooning, Elaine 171–2
de Kooning, Willem 172, 550
de Laval, Jay 245n, 432, 720
de Lisio, Mike 309
de Naszody, Alex 400–401
de Niro, Robert 501
de Valera, Eamon 10
de Velasco, Adolfo 517, 720
De Wilde, Brandon 245
Dead End (film) 594
Dear, David 495
Death and the Maiden (ballet) 580
death penalty, reinstatement in California 290, 545
Decameron, The (Pasolini film) 311
Deep Throat (film) 368
Deepti see High, Beth Dehn, Paul 113, 194, 327, 333, 448, 511, 720
Delaware, criminal code 252
Deliverance (film) 222n, 260, 311