Chapter 7
47 “If ever”: AI, Marvin Hamlisch, July 26, 2007.
48 “I have to”: Didi Conn,
Frenchy’s “Grease” Scrapbook,
p. 1.
48 “all wrong”/Lunching at: AI, Kenneth Waissman, Jan. 10, 2008.
48 “I
really
am”/“installment plan”: Ibid.
48 “the bastard child”: Conn,
Frenchy’s,
p. 2.
49 $100,000/“Who are you?”/Eisner/Diller: AI, Kenneth Waissman, Jan. 10, 2008.
50 “legitimate theater”: Conn,
Frenchy’s,
p. 2.
50 “It can’t lose”: AI, anonymous source.
50 “‘Hey, let’s have fun’”/“Broadway thing”: AI, Bill Butler, Oct. 14, 2007.
51 “gone glitzier here”: AI, Patricia Birch, May 4, 2006.
52 JAMANI: AI, Bruce Vilanch, Aug. 13, 2007.
53 “high school memories”: Didi Conn,
Frenchy’s “Grease” Scrapbook,
p. 2.
53 “Money was not”: AI, Joanne Cimbalo, Dec. 18, 2007.
53 “whole nitty-gritty”: Nigel Andrews,
Travolta: The Life,
p. 102.
54 “Allan’s house”: AI, Robert Le Clercq, Nov. 1, 2008.
54 “Don’t worry”/
Ziegfeld’s Follies
: David Galligan, “New Projects for Allan Carr,”
Drama-Logue,
p. 28.
55 “That’s when”: Michael Blowen, “Flamboyant Producer Allan Carr,”
Boston Globe,
p. A1.
55 “an embarrassment”: AI, Freddie Gershon, Apr. 2, 2007.
55 “very hot”: original letter, Freddie Gershon collection.
55 “At home I”: Lydia Lane, “Weight Loss Shapes Personality,”
Los Angeles Times
, p. 12.
56 “Lake Forest is”: AI, anonymous source.
56 “The other fraternities”: AI, David Umbach, Oct. 30, 2008.
56 “Our national chapter”: AI, James Kenney, Oct. 29, 2008.
56 “Roman Catholic”/nun: AI, Ann-Margret, Apr. 17, 2008.
56 “or bar mitzvah”: AI, Joanne Cimbalo, Dec. 18, 2007.
56 “Alan loved”: AI, Margaret Neely Wilhelm, Dec. 1, 2007.
57 “Isn’t he interesting?”: AI, Joanne Cimbalo, Dec. 18, 2007.
57 “Gay or straight”: AI, David Umbach, Oct. 30, 2008.
57 “The other boys”: AI, Joanne Cimbalo, Dec. 18, 2007.
57 “theater nuts”/“I was green”: AI, David Umbach, Oct. 30, 2008.
57 “Mae West at”/Carol Channing: Ibid.
58 “Alan, could”/“Margaret, you’re”: AI, Margaret Neely Wilhelm, Dec. 1, 2007.
59 “Like many kids”: Conn,
Frenchy’s,
p. 3.
59 “He advertised”: AI, Franz Schulze, Oct. 27, 2008.
59 “Alan wasn’t”: AI, David Umbach, Oct. 30, 2008.
59 “Alan knew Bob”/“This shouldn’t be”: AI, Margie Tegtmeyer Cohen, Nov. 3, 2008.
59 “Alan didn’t feel”: AI, Joanne Cimbalo, Dec. 18, 2007.
60 “We reopened”/“We’ll become”: AI, Jack Tourville, Mar. 9, 2008.
60 “divorcing”/“thinking of billing”: Wanda McDaniel, “Sometimes I Feel like Staying Home to Watch ‘Dynasty,’”
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner.
61 “I don’t want”/“Good question”: Gael Love, “Allan Carr,”
Interview,
Oct. 1984.
61 Cassidy also cooperated: AI, Jack Tourville, Mar. 9, 2008.
61 “It was too”/Tallulah Bankhead/
A Raisin in the Sun
: Ibid.
62 “I was starting”: AI, Hugh Hefner, Dec. 2, 2006.
62 Playboy clubs: Nancy Collins, “The Uphill Racer, Allan Carr,”
Women’s Wear Daily,
p. 17.
63 “high school kids”: AI, Patricia Birch, May 4, 2006.
63 “The 1950s”: Wensley Clarkson,
John Travolta: Back in Character,
p. 135.
63 “I based”: Didi Conn,
Frenchy’s “Grease” Scrapbook,
p. 2.
64 “That kid’s”: AI, John Travolta, Sept. 15, 2007.
64 “blue black hair”: Ibid.
64 “Carrie Fisher”: AI, Joel Thurm, July 5, 2007.
64 “One day, Allan”: AI, Olivia Newton-John, Oct. 5, 2007.
65 “No one else”: AI, Joel Thurm, July 5, 2007.
65 “Allan was adamant”: AI, Randal Kleiser, Aug. 3, 2007.
65 “goody-goody two-shoes”: AI, Freddie Gershon, Apr. 2, 2007.
65 “screen test”/“I worry”: AI, Olivia Newton-John, Oct. 5, 2007.
66 “didn’t pop”: AI, Joel Thurm, July 5, 2007.
66 “screenplay effectively”: AI, Randal Kleiser, Aug. 3, 2007.
66 “That was Allan’s!”:
Grease
DVD, special features.
67 “I’m making”/“When do”/$5,000: AI, Harry Reems, Sept. 10, 2007.
67 “You’re in it”/Eisner sat chin/“Wow! The entire”: AI, Lucie Arnaz, Sept. 25, 2007.
68 “We’ll know”/
Bye Bye Birdie
: Ibid.
68 “play Rizzo”/“twenty-four hours”: AI, Stockard Channing, Mar. 6, 2009.
68 “I had picked”/“my daughter”: Conn,
Frenchy’s,
p. 2.
68 “ridiculous. My mother”: AI, Lucie Arnaz, Sept. 25, 2007.
68 Cedars-Sinai/“Ford knew”: AI, Joel Thurm, July 5, 2007.
69 “everybody getting smashed”: AI, Stockard Channing, Mar. 6, 2009.
69 Kenneth Waissman introduced: AI, Kenneth Waissman, Jan. 10, 2008.
69 “Good news for”: Clarkson,
John Travolta,
p. 137.
69 Kate Edwards: Hank Grant, “Rambling Reporter,”
Hollywood Reporter.
69 Marilu Henner, Priscilla: Douglas Thompson,
Fever! The Biography of John Travolta,
p. 110.
69 “But I was”/“That’s Hollywood”/“Don’t worry”: Sam Thielman interview of Jim Jacobs, Aug. 9, 2007.
70 “Oh yeah, that’s”: AI, Randal Kleiser, Aug. 3, 2007.
70 John Farrar: AI, Olivia Newton-John, Oct. 5, 2007.
70 “girls’ names songs”/“There’s the guy”/Scott Simon: AI, Louis St. Louis, Oct. 30, 2007.
70 “most-favored-nations”: AI, Joel Thurm, July 5, 2007.
71 Rudolf Nureyev, George: Ibid., AI, Randal Kleiser, Aug. 3, 2007.
71 “stomach staples”: AI, Joel Thurm, July 5, 2007.
71 “poodle skirts”: Alan Cartnal, “The Dream Merchant,”
New West,
p. 34.
71 “very Ava Gardner”: AI, Stockard Channing, Mar. 6, 2009.
71 When John Travolta: Cartnal, “Dream Merchant,” p. 34, .
71 “They’ll go back”/“I’ve got thirty”: AI, Randal Kleiser, Aug. 3, 2007.
72 “‘Win a Spot’”: AI, Laurence Mark, Aug. 21, 2006.
72 Pepsi-Cola/“Who did this?”/“it’s blurry”: AI, Randal Kleiser, Aug. 3, 2007.
73 “Producing
Grease
”: Didi Conn,
Frenchy’s “Grease” Scrapbook,
p. 5.
73 “cool greasers”: AI, Didi Conn, Aug. 9, 2007.
73 that photo/Bermuda shorts: Conn,
Frenchy’s,
p. 4.
73 “He just beamed”: AI, Stockard Channing, Mar. 6, 2009.
74 “last names A-L”: George Christy, “The Great Life,”
Hollywood Reporter
.
74 “that
Survive!
bought”: Army Archerd, “Just for Variety,”
Daily Variety,
p. 3.
74 “Everyone in Hollywood”: AI, Zvi Howard Rosenman, July 10, 2007.
74 “It felt like”: “Carr’s ABC’s of Beach Chic,”
Los Angeles Times,
p. 3.
74 red carpet/klieg lights: AI, Neil Machlis, Apr. 13, 2007.
74 “them molted”: Ivor Davis, “From Mayer to Cohn,”
Los Angeles
magazine, p. 280.
74 “expensive”/$35: AI, Ronni Chasen, Aug. 20, 2007.
74 Valentino fabric: Christy, “Great Life.”
74 “Get rid of”: “Carr’s ABC’s,” p. 3.
74 Dani and David: Ibid.
74 Britt Ekland, having: AI, Alana Stewart, July 14, 2008.
75 “George and Alana”: Christy, “Great Life.”
75 Keith Carradine came: “So Much for Star Wars,”
People.
75 “It’s all wrong”: AI, Stockard Channing, Mar. 6, 2009.
75 La Vetta, followed: Sue Reilly, “Producer Allan Carr Waxes Fat and Fortyish on the Gross of ‘Grease,’”
People,
p. 49.
75 “I am confident”: Lydia Lane, “Weight Loss Shapes Personality,”
Los Angeles Times,
p. 12.
75 chef, Tom Rolla: “Carr’s ABC’s,” p. 3.
75 Partygoers John Travolta: Ibid.; and “So Much for Star Wars.”
76 Allan motioned for: Ibid.
76 “The DA’s case”: Roman Polanski,
Roman by Polanski,
p. 401.
76 Polanski a “freak”: Barbara Leaming,
Polanski: The Filmmaker as Voyeur,
p. 170.
76 $2,500 bail: Ibid., p. 171.
77 “Only in Hollywood”: AI, Alana Stewart, July 14, 2008.
77 “rhymes with star”/“Cash or career”: AI, Gary Pudney, Feb. 27, 2007.
78 “He saw me”: AI, Randal Kleiser, Aug. 3, 2007.
78 “Your salary”: AI, Bill Butler, Oct. 14, 2007.
78 Stigwood/“The beat”: AI, Randal Kleiser, Aug. 3, 2007.
79 “So why don’t”: Ibid.
79 full 1 percent: Stigwood Group, Ltd., letter, dated Jan. 1, 1978.
79 “Robert was quiet”: AI, Laurence Mark, Aug. 21, 2006.
79 “Stigwood nutty”: AI, Kevin McCormick, Aug. 7, 2007.
79 “I really like”: AI, Stockard Channing, Mar. 6, 2009.
80 “total panic”/“premiere party”: AI, Randal Kleiser, Aug. 3, 2007.
80 “Paramount hated”: AI, Freddie Gershon, Apr. 2, 2007.
80 126 markets: George Christy, “The Great Life,”
Hollywood Reporter,
p. 8.
80 “We sweated”: Ibid.
80 Elaine’s restaurant/“mink caftan”: Ibid.
81 “1950 Chevy”: Anthony Haden-Guest,
The Last Party: Studio 54, Disco, and the Culture of the Night,
pp. 54-55.
81 “the authors”: AI, Kenneth Waissman, Jan. 10, 2008.
82 valet, John/“Mary Tyler Moore”: Allan Carr home video/Brett Ratner collection.
82 “I Feel Love”/“mummified”/“
Holocaust
”: Ibid.
83 “Listen, I am”: Vito Russo, “A Visit with Allan Carr,”
The Advocate,
p. 35.
83 “The unprecedented”: A. D. Murphy, “‘Jaws 2,’ ‘Grease’ Set New B.O. Records,”
Daily Variety,
p. 1.
83 “I really wracked”/“
Grease
grosses”: AI, Ron Bernstein, Apr. 8, 2009.
84 “Something happens”: Bob Weiner, “Big Man on Broadway,”
Sunday News Magazine,
p. 7.
84 “Look, she’s”/“civil tongue”: AI, Freddie Gershon, Apr. 2, 2007.
85 Nile Party: Christy, “Great Life.”
85 movie
Cleopatra: Los Angeles
magazine, p. 256.
85 “private parties”/“4 a.m.”: AI, Don Blanton, Mar. 27, 2009.
85 Merv Griffin, Roy/The Odyssey: Ibid.
86 “Barry is very”: AI, Zvi Howard Rosenman, July 10, 2007.
86 “Barry can’t believe”: AI, Freddie Gershon, Apr. 2, 2007.
87 Studio chiefs Lew/“worst preview”: AI, Thom Mount, Oct. 2, 2007.
87 postmortem/“We realized”/“I’ve come”: AI, Barry Spikings, Aug. 9, 2007.
88 “That’s fine”/“important movie”/“going to market”: Ibid.
88 Wasserman viewed cable/“Z Channel”: AI, Thom Mount, Oct. 2, 2007.
89 “right audience”/Little Carnegie: Ibid.
89 “I saved
The”
: “Allan Carr,”
Life,
p. 42.
89 “I want you”: David Galligan, “New Projects for Allan Carr,”
Drama-Logue,
p. 28.
89 black Bentley/“Allan doesn’t”: AI, Barry Spikings, Aug. 9, 2007.
89 make Allan head: AI, Thom Mount, Oct. 2, 2007.
90 “new film
Ishtar
”/“spelled backwards”: AI, Freddie Gershon, Apr. 2, 2007.
90 “Allan always dreamed”: AI, Thom Mount, Oct. 2, 2007.
90 “The Baby Moguls”: Maureen Orth, “The Baby Moguls,”
New West.
90 “I’m a baby”: AI, George Christy, Mar. 6, 2007.
91 “I hit California”: Nancy Collins, “The Uphill Racer, Allan Carr,”
Women’s Wear Daily,
p. 17.
91 “Allan obviously had”/“did you sleep”/“a long list”: AI, Thom Mount, Oct. 2, 2007.
91 “Do you mind”: AI, James Randall, April 1, 2008.
92 “heavily soused”: AI, Bruce Vilanch, Aug. 13, 2007.
92 “two fried eggs”: Jack Kroll,
Newsweek.
92 “1000 percent no”: AI, Peter Guber, Jan. 10, 2008.
93 “who did
Grease
”: AI, Henri Belolo, Aug. 24, 2007.
93 “represent the Village”/“Instantly, I see”: AI, Richard Hach, Aug. 16, 2007.
93 “No Cooling”: “No Cooling of Disco Fever as Operators Eye $5 Billion Year,”
Hollywood Reporter,
p. 1.
93 “Village People movie”: AI, Bruce Vilanch, Aug. 13, 2007.
94 “very openly gay”/“macho American men”: AI, Henri Belolo, Aug. 24, 2007.
94 hired Victor/100,000 copies: Ibid.
94 “Morali was openly”/“fantastic movie”: AI, Henri Belolo, Aug. 24, 2007.
94 “The girls want”: Clarke Taylor, “The People’s Movie Moves the Village,”
Los Angeles Times,
p. L29.
95 “many discussions”: AI, Bill Butler, Oct. 14, 2007.
95 warn journalists not: Abe Peck, “From the Navy to the YMCA: The Village People,”
Rolling Stone.
95 “Morali became”/“That’s how Hollywood”: AI, Henri Belolo, Aug. 24, 2007.
95 “combination of Olivia”: AI, Bruce Vilanch, Aug. 13, 2007.
95 “Maybe if Allan”: AI, Olivia Newton-John, Oct. 5, 2007.
95 “I made her”: AI, Bruce Jenner, Nov. 29, 2007.
96 “fat farm”: AI, Bruce Vilanch, Aug. 13, 2007.
96 Streep to Jill: Hank Grant, “Rambling Reporter,”
Hollywood Reporter.
96 “Bronte’s sole mission”/“Cher”/“Henry Fonda”: AI, Bruce Vilanch, Aug. 13, 2007.
96 “Victor Willis”/“Raquel Welch”: Ibid.
97 “Mutt and Jeff”: AI, Bruce Jenner, Nov. 29, 2007.
98 “No Raquel”: AI, David Hodo, Mar. 29, 2007.
98 “Allan kept looking”/“play a supermodel”: AI, Valerie Perrine, Dec. 5, 2007.
98 “What’s
that
”/“ugliest man”: AI, Bruce Vilanch, Aug. 13, 2007.
99 “mooned us”: AI, David Hodo, Mar. 29, 2007.
99 “Valerie scared”: AI, Kathy Berlin, Apr. 18, 2009.
99 “She tweaked”/“Farrah Fawcett”: AI, David Hodo, Mar. 29, 2007.
99 play vampires/“Red, white”: Ibid.
100 “Hollywood’s Party”: Charles Schreger, “Hollywood’s Party Champion Defends His Crown,”
Los Angeles Times,
p. E10.
100 “Ann-Margret”/“Francis Coppola”/Allan described his/“International Terrorist”: Ibid.
101 “Steve for two”: Gregg Kilday, “Celluloid Village People,”
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner,
p. E1.
101 “little crushes”: AI, Kathy Berlin, Apr. 18, 2009.
101 “next Alfred Hitchcock”/“Wheaties alone”: Schreger, “Hollywood’s Party,” p. E10.
102 “You’d be perfect”: AI, Bruce Jenner, Nov. 29, 2007.
102 “Strauss waltzes”/“Wow! Our”: Wanda McDaniel, “When You’re Out with Allan Carr the Parties Never End,”
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner,
p. B5
,
June 12, 1979.
103 “headdress”/“It’s my party”: AI, Felipe Rose, Apr. 14, 2009.
103 “Hawaiian theme”: AI, Steve Guttenberg, July 20, 2007.
103 At 2 a.m.: McDaniel, “When You’re Out,” p. B5.
103 “late at night”: AI, Craig Zadan, Nov. 27, 2007.
103 “Robin Williams came”: AI, Don Blanton, Mar. 27, 2009.
103 “They gave us”: AI, Henri Belolo, Aug. 24, 2007.
104 Willis nodded off: AI, David Hodo, Mar. 29, 2007.