Authors: Suzanne Finstad
O’BRIEN HAS NO RECOLLECTION
: Margaret O’Brien to SF
NO MORE RESTRICTIONS ON MAKEUP
: Lana Wood to SF, 8/24/99
PROUD OF FIRST ROLE IN LIPSTICK
: Helen MacNeil Moriarty to SF
BOB ARTHAUD’S MEMORIES
: Robert Arthaud to SF, 9/29/99
ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE
: “‘Just For You’ Delightful,”
Hollywood Reporter
, 7/31/52
DORAN RE
ROSE BOWL
: Ann Doran to SF
PERCEIVED DARKNESS AS WEAKNESS
: Maryann Marinkovich Brooks to SF
HAD TO APPEAR A CERTAIN WAY
: Lana Wood at Cinematheque
CUTEST CUTIE
: “‘The Rose Bowl Story’ Lively Football Film,”
Los Angeles Times
, 8/26/52
JIMMY’S YEARBOOK
: 1952 Fulton yearbook, furnished to SF, by Jim Williams
MUD STILL OPPOSED
: Jim Williams to SF
NATALIE AND TOM IRISH
: Tom Irish to SF, 12/1/99
YOU’RE NOT A LITTLE GIRL
: 7/56
Filmland
READ STREET SIGNS
: “Be Neat, Try to Please, Natalie’s Dating Advice,” Lydia Lane,
Los Angeles Times
, 3/16/58
DOLLS; SLUMBER PARTY
: Maryann Marinkovich Brooks to SF
HEDDA’S COLUMN
: Hedda Hopper,
Chicago Tribune Syndicate
, 8/2/52
THRILLED TO WORK
: Natalie Wood,
American Film Institute’s Salute to Bette Davis
, broadcast 3/21/77 on CBS, screened at the Museum of Radio and Television, Beverly Hills, California
IRISH HAD A PART
: Tom Irish to SF
SHOT IN 24 DAYS
: Dale Eunson to SF, 6/15/99
SAILBOAT SCENE SHOT 8/21
: 8/21/52
Daily Variety
SHOT IN SAN PEDRO; HAYDEN’S BOAT
: 8/21/52
Variety;
Dale Eunson to SF; Betty Denoon Hayden to SF, 6/10/99
ALL OF A SUDDEN
:
AFI Tribute to Bette Davis
FIRST VERSION
:
AFI Tribute to Bette Davis
EXPANDED VERSION-A COMPLETE WRECK; FEARED SHARKS
: 12/2/81
New York Daily News
THROWN IN
: 11/26/79
Women’s Wear Daily
OLGA BELIEVES
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99
MARIA’S VERSION
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99; Maria Gurdin to Sue Quinn 1/10/87,
Star Mothers
NOT IN SCRIPT
: Dale Eunson to SF
WAS ON THE BOAT
: Betty Denoon Hayden to SF
BOTH STOOD UP TO HEISLER
: Tom Irish to SF
STUDIO MISTREATED HER
: 11/26/79
Women’s Wear Daily
TOLD A BOYFRIEND
: Scott Marlowe to SF, 6/8/99
INVITED FOR A DRINK
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99; Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn
WHAT A MOUTH; BRACELET
: Maryann Marinkovich Brooks to SF, 11/4/99
SCENE ON STAIRCASE
: Bette Davis,
A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
NATALIE REACHED OUT
: Ann Doran to SF
WRAP PARTY; BRACELET
: Tom Irish to SF
DROWNING DREAMS PROPHETIC
: Jim Williams to SF
FAHD MADE BRACELETS
: Natalie’s eulogy for Nick Gurdin
ARROWHEAD WEEKEND
:
Hollywood Reporter
and
Daily Variety
, 9/8/52
NATALIE PROFILE
: “Divorces Don’t Agree with Natalie’s Notion,” Aline Mosby, UPI “Filmville Fancies,” circa September 1952, unsourced, from University of Southern California Archives
PRIVATELY CONDONE
: Lana Wood to SF, 8/19/99
WORST TIME
: “Natalie Wood-From Pampered Star to Doting Wife and Mother,” Peer J. Oppenheimer,
Family Weekly, Hollywood Citizen- News
, 10/18/69
LOVED THE FEELING
: “Natalie Wood Speaking to John Kobal in New York,”
Premiere
, May 1970
NO PARTS; WHEN NATALIE WANTED SOMETHING
: Jacqueline Eastes Perry to SF, 12/11/99, 3/3/00
JIMMY WILLIAMS MEMORIES
: Jim Williams to SF, 11/17/99, 12/21/99, 12/23/99, 1/2/00
TOOK
2
1/2 YEARS
: “It’s a Wonderful Whirl,” Natalie Wood,
Motion Picture
, August 1956
WASN’T IN THE BUSINESS
: Maryann Marinkovich Brooks to SF
ALL GOOD KIDS; RONNY HOWARD FAMILIES
: Rochelle Donatoni Vukonich to SF
THE VALLEY IN 1952
: Robert Redford to SF, 2/16/00
FIRST GENUINE KISS
: 8/56
Motion Picture
1/2 OF 9TH GRADE
: Natalie Wood’s Los Angeles Unified School District official records
ALL A’S
: Lana Wood to SF, 8/19/99
ROBERT HYATT RECOLLECTIONS
: Robert Hyatt to SF
IDIOT TEENAGER
: 1/56
Modern Screen
PRIDE
CONTRACT
:
In the Matter of the Contracts Between Revue Productions, Inc., and Natalie Gurdin, a Minor
, Case No. 615141, Los Angeles Superior Court, filed 6/17/53
I OBJECTED TO IT
: 1/56
Modern Screen
JEANNE HYATT RECOLLECTIONS
: Jeanne Hyatt to SF
NEVER FELT GUILTY
: Shirley Moore Mann to SF, 2/2/00
IN THE SHADOW
: Maria Gurdin to Sue Russell, 1/10/87
“WAS USUALLY HOME”
: Lana Wood to SF, 8/19/99
SELDOM SAT FOR MEALS
: Jim Williams to SF; Jacqueline Eastes Perry to SF
GURDINS DETESTED JIMMY; AVOIDED CONFLICT
: Lana Wood to SF, 8/19/99
STORYBOOK
: Maryann Marinkovich Brooks to SF, 1/10/00
“WHO WAS THAT GUY?” 5000 LETTERS
: “Robert Wagner, Heart to Heart,” Mark Goodman,
GQ
, March 1986
ILLUSION OF ROMANCE WITH MOORE, SECRETLY INVOLVED WITH HUGHES
: Deposition of Terry Moore, Estate of Howard R. Hughes, Jr., Harris County, Texas, Case #139, 326
OLGA TALKED TO NATALIE ABOUT JIMMY
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 6/12/99
WARNED HER SHE’D DIE IF PREGNANT
: Robert Hyatt to SF; Maryann Marinkovich Brooks to SF
PUNCTURE INTERNAL ORGANS THROUGH SEX WITH WELL- ENDOWED MALE
: Scott Marlowe to SF; Maryann Marinkovich Brooks to SF
BRIBED MARY ANN; NOT STRONG ENOUGH; BLAMED HERSELF
: Maryann Marinkovich Brooks to SF
NATALIE ALMOST ELOPED
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 6/12/99
NATALIE WAS DEVASTATED
: Helen MacNeil Moriarty to SF
NEVER DATED HIGH SCHOOL BOYS
:
8/13/63 Look
EACH YEAR WAS THE LAST
: 11/57
Seventeen
DISTURBED THOSE DREAMS
: Maryann Marinkovich Brooks to SF, 11/4/99
LOATHED HER MOTHER
: Scott Marlowe to SF, 6/8/99
STAGED A COUP
: Margaret O’Brien to SF, 1/26/00; Marie Gurdin to Randal Malone, Malone to SF, 1/14/00 & 1/25/00
STARTED TO REBEL
: Robert Hyatt to SF, 5/5/00
QUIETED HER NERVES
: “Those Rebel Years,” Natalie Wood,
Motion Picture
, October 1957
INSOMNIA
: Lana Wood to SF, 8/19/99
COULDN’T FUNCTION; BELIEVED IN MOTHERHOOD; PSYCHIATRIST
: Maryann Marinkovich Brooks to SF, 11/4/99
HEAVY MAKEUP
: Robert Hyatt to SF; 3/16/58
Los Angeles Times
PARSONS REPORTED THE COLLISION
: Louella Parsons column,
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
, 4/5/54
MONOTONE
: “Glorifying the Scandian Boy,” John McCarten,
The New Yorker
, 4/10/54
BETTE DAVIS LOOK
: Robert Wagner on
The Rosie O’Donnell Show
, 1999
UNDERLYING RESTLESSNESS
:
On the Other Hand, A Life Story
, Fay Wray, St. Martin’s Press, New York, 1989
DREADFUL
: 1/56
Modern Screen
DELICATE, VULNERABLE QUALITY
: “Rick McKay’s Night on the Town with Fay Wray,”
Scarlet Street
1998, issue #27
SAVILLE CLAIMED TO HAVE SEEN HER
: “Natalie’s 2nd Childhood,” Liza Wilson,
The American Weekly
, 10/31/54
ORR CLAIMED TO HAVE SEEN HER
: William Orr to SF, 5/29/99
DATES OF NATALIE’S TESTS FOR
CHALICE
: Warner’s Production Notes for
The Silver Chalice
, the Warners Collection at USC
SINATRA ON THE LOT FOR
YOUNG AT HEART
: Young at Heart
file, Academy Library, Warner’s production notes;
Daily Variety
and
The Hollywood Reporter
SINATRA GOT A KICK OUT OF MARIA
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 6/12/99
SINATRA INVITED THEM, MARIA ENCOURAGED IT, ETC
.: Robert Hyatt to SF, 5/10/99
URGED HER TO GET CLOSE TO SINATRA
: Robert Hyatt to SF, 5/10/99
MARIA WAS A PIMP; EASILY SEDUCED
: Scott Marlowe to SF, 6/8/99
WOULDN’T SURPRISE HER
: Lana Wood to SF, 8/19/99
THREW HER TO LIONS; SINATRA AFFAIR; ABORTIONS
: Maryann Marinkovich Brooks to SF, 11/4/99
CALLED PEOPLE CLYDE
: “Why Sinatra Must Hide His Love for Mia,” Mike Connolly,
Screen Stories
, October 1965
GAVE ME THE FEELING
: Frank Sinatra,
A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
WAY OF LYING TO NATALIE
: Jeanne Hyatt to SF, 5/6/99
LIKE A GROWN WOMAN
: Phoebe Kassebaum to SF, 9/15/99
INSCRIPTION
: Van Nuys High ’54 yearbook belonging to Maryann Marinkovich Brooks
PLAY SEXY PARTS; SAID SHE WAS 17; MODELED IN SWIMSUIT
: Warner’s press releases,
The Silver Chalice
file, Warner’s Collection at USC
I HAD AMBITIONS
: “Little Girl No More,” Natalie Wood, unsourced article circa summer 1956, USC Warner’s Collection
SENSE OF MYSTERY
: Paul Newman,
A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
FRIENDS WITH PIER
: Jim Williams to SF; 10/31/54
American Weekly
O’BRIEN MEMORIES
: Margaret O’Brien to SF
MARGARET WAS SWEET; WORE LEIGH’S DRESS
: Jacqueline Eastes Perry to SF, 12/11/99
NATALIE HAD PIZZAZZ
: Jim Westmoreland to SF, 2/15/99
WHISPERS IN THE FAMILY, DESTROYED HIS PAPERS
: Aaron Pichel to SF, 4/2/99 & 10/18/99
DEVOTED TO MY DAD
: Marlowe Pichel to SF, 3/29/99
TOLD A PUBLICATION
: “The Story of Hollywood’s Newest Sister Act,”
Calling All Girls
, September 1956
18; DATING SOUND MAN BELCHER
: Louella Parsons column,
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
, 6/25/54
JACKIE EASTES’ MEMORIES
: Jacqueline Eastes Perry to SF, 12/11/99, 12/12/99, 12/19/99, 1/4/00, 1/6/00, 3/3/00 & “Conversations with Natalie,” notes by Jacqueline Perry
PINK ROSES
: “She Lives a Teenager’s Dream,”
Movie Stars
, September 1957
CULTIVATED IMAGE
: Lana Wood to SF, 8/19/99
GOTTEN HER EXPELLED
: Phoebe Kassebaum to SF
ALL-AMERICAN
: Margaret O’Brien to SF
RAD FULTON MEMORIES
: Jim Westmoreland (AKA Rad Fulton) to SF, 2/14/99, 2/15/99, 3/8/99
A “SCENE”
: Bob Allen as told to Margaret O’Brien, to SF, 1/26/00
TOLD DICKIE MOORE; ACCIDENT
:
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
ACCIDENT
: “Natalie Wood Unhurt As Her Car Overturned,”
Los Angeles Citizen-News
, 8/26/54; Louella Parsons column,
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
, 8/27/54;
Hollywood Reporter
, 9/1/54
CONTROLLED FEELINGS, NEVER ALLOWED TO BE HERSELF; SISTER’S DRILL, RECORD PLAYER
: Lana Wood to SF, 8/19/99
PASSED OUT AT A PARTY
: Steffi Skolsky Splaver to SF, 10/1/99
SIPPING AT CIRO’S
: 6/69
Screen Parade
5
YEARS BEHIND
: Ted Donaldson to SF
A FEINT, A LOOK
: Randal Malone to SF
LONG LINE OF SUITORS
: Robert Wagner, as quoted in 8/75
Cosmopolitan
FRIENDLY, NO SENSE WHAT HE WOULD BECOME
: Ed Jubert to SF, September 1999
NOT A COOL KID
: Phoebe Kassebaum to SF
REDFORD MET HER AT REGISTRATION
: Robert Redford to SF
NOT BRAGGADOCIOUS; SWEET PERSON
: Phoebe Kassebaum to SF
RELIEVED ABOUT SERIES; ON STRIKE; DIDN’T WANT HER TO MEET WAGNER, WHEN 18
: Robert Hyatt to SF
DADDY LONG LEGS
:
Hollywood Reporter
, 10/15/54
HEART SHONE THROUGH
: “Unforgettable Super-Star Natalie Wood,” Robert Kendall,
Hollywood Studio Magazine
, March 1982
SCHEME TO HIRE WILLSON; MARIA CONCERNED
: Robert Hyatt to SF; Jeanne Hyatt to SF
FIRST LOVE SCENE
: Interview with Natalie Wood, Jeff Freedman,
Interview
, October 1978
STUCK WITH DEAN, NERVOUS, WHAT I EXPECTED, GREASY SPOON, CLASSICAL MUSIC, CHILD ACTOR, READ MOVIE MAGAZINES
:
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
158, 159 PRODUCER WAS WORRIED; DEAN DIDN’T GET IT: Mort Abrahams as quoted in
James Dean, The Mutant King, A Biography
by David Dalton, St. Martin’s Press, 1974, New York