Daughter of the King (34 page)

Abrams, Elizabeth,
216–217

Abrams, Hy,
28
,
216–217

Adonis, Joe (aka Joe Doto)

        
Benny Siegel and,
65

        
daughter Maria Doto and,
157

        
description of,
6

        
exile to Italy,
183

        
magazine publication about,
90

        
Virginia Hill and,
60
,
98

Affairs

        
Dean Martin,
162–166

        
Dick Shaw,
169–170

        
George DeWitt,
160–162

        
Wynne Lassner,
178–179

Aldrich Stables,
48–49
,
68
,
88
,
125
,
159
.
See also
Manhattan Riding Club

Aleichem, Sholem,
124

Allen, Charles,
209

Allen, Steve,
177

“Almost Like Being in Love” (song),
133

Alo, Flo,
31
,
65–66
,
69
,
85
,
118

Alo, Vincent “Jimmy Blue Eyes,”
12
,
65–66
,
85
,
200
,
228

Aloi, Sebastian “Buster,”
219

Anastasia, Albert,
181–182
,
203

Anderson, Chuck,
188

Andrea Doria
(ship),
151

Angelo’s (restaurant),
149

Annenberg, Moe,
30

Annenberg, Walter,
30

Annie Get Your Gun
(Broadway show),
104

Aristocrat Hotel (New York),
191

Arkansas, Hot Springs,
13–14
.
See also
Kefauver, Estes

Arlington Hotel (Hot Springs, Arkansas),
13

Arrowhead Inn Nightclub (Saratoga Springs, New York),
115

Asunción, Paraguay,
224

Atlantic Monthly
(magazine),
221

Attina, Nancy (nanny),
64–67
,
84

Automat (New York),
5

Avenue X Gang,
213

Backus, Jim,
179

Ballston Spa, New York,
116–117
,
207

Bambi (dog),
149

Bardot, Brigitte,
158

Barrie, Wendy,
60

Barrymore, John,
128–129

Barton, Eileen,
178

Batista, Fulgencio,
29
,
167–168
,
183

Bazookie (horse),
48
,
68
,
88

Bellevue Hospital,
32
,
63–64

Bemelmans Bar,
163

Bennett, Tony,
43

Benny, Jack,
105
,
161

Beresford (New York apartment),
12
,
14
,
15
,
37–38
,
87

Berlin, Irving,
3

Berman, Dave,
139

Berra, Yogi,
194

Best & Co. (hair salon),
31

Beverly Hills, Siegel mansion,
9–10

The Bible
(movie),
12

Biegger, Jeannie,
169

Biller, Bill,
53

Birch Wathen (school),
40
,
50
,
67

Birnbaum, Lillian,
158

Blanche, Billy,
117

Block, Martin,
45

Bo-Bo (restaurant),
196

Bogart, Humphrey,
128–129

Bormann, Martin,
224

Boston, Massachusetts,
21–23
,
27–28

Boston Blackie
(radio show),
45

Boston’s Children’s Hospital,
22–23
231

Boxing,
45
,
70
,
214

Brasserie (restaurant),
178

Brewer, Teresa,
53

Broadway Melody of 1940
(movie),
210

Broadway shows,
1–3
.
See also specific shows

Broward County, Florida,
26
,
50
,
105
,
114

Bruiser (dog),
220
,
226

Bugs and Meyer Mob,
10

Burdines (department store),
85

Burke, Paul,
178

Café de la Paix,
88

Cagney, James,
128–129

Calhoun School (New York),
67–68
,
103
,
106
,
144

California (Naples restaurant),
148

Call Me Madam
(Broadway show),
104

Calloway, Cab,
45

Camp High Point (Ulster County, New York),
79–80

Cannon, Dyan,
125
,
180

Cantinflas (comedian),
177

Capone, Al,
60
,
225

Carbo, Frankie,
70
,
112

Carfano, “Little Augie,”
64–65
,
188

Carlyle Hotel (New York),
163
,
189

Carousel
(Broadway show),
1–3
,
70

Carpet joints (clubs),
25

Carruthers (Buddy’s Boston doctor),
23
,
28

Casino gambling

        
Atlantic City, New Jersey,
53–54

        
beginning of,
25–27

        
Havana, Cuba,
28–30
,
105
,
167–168
,
183–185

        
Hot Springs, Arkansas,
14

        
Las Vegas, Nevada,
59
,
200–201

        
Saratoga Springs, New York,
115

Cast a Giant Shadow
(movie),
111

Castro, Fidel,
183–185
,
197

Catena, Jerry,
33

Cavanagh’s (restaurant),
5

Chandler, Jeff,
187

Chess, Esther,
118
.
See also
Lansky, Esther

Chevalier, Maurice,
133

Christ Cella (restaurant),
152

Christian Science Reading Room,
22

Christmas celebrations,
21

Cincinnati, Ohio,
25–26

Citron, Anna (later Lansky).
See
Lansky, Anna (mother)

Citron, Julie (uncle),
54
,
83
,
119–120
,
146

Citron, Moses (grandfather),
23–25
,
48
,
72–73

Citron, Sadie (aunt),
27
,
31
,
61

Citron, Shelma (grandmother),
23

Clooney, Rosemary,
43

Club Boheme (Florida nightclub),
50
,
85
,
114

Cobb, Lee J.,
124

Cocoanut Grove (Boston nightclub),
28

Coffee shops,
51–52

Cohen, Wolfie,
171

Cole, Nat King,
138

Colombo, Joe,
219

Colonial Inn (Florida nightclub),
50
,
60
,
64–65
,
78
,
85
,
114

Colonial School (Miami Beach, Florida),
50

Colony (restaurant),
178

Common Sense
(Paine),
46–47

Copa Girls,
127

Copacabana

        
Buddy’s introduction to,
43

        
children’s Christmas party at,
86

        
Jack Entratter and,
201

        
last Martin and Lewis show at,
162–163

        
Sandra’s avoidance of,
178
,
188–189

        
Sandra’s exposure to,
85

        
sweet sixteen party,
113
,
126–127

        
Vince Lombardo as bouncer at,
210
,
214

Copley Plaza Hotel (Massachusetts),
217

Coppola, Francis,
30

Costello, Frank

        
assassination attempt on,
181

        
Carlo Gambino and,
203

        
at Copacabana,
127
,
188
,
214

        
death of,
228

        
description of,
5

        
early history with Meyer,
150

        
generosity of,
9
,
86

        
Kefauver Committee hearings,
92–96

        
magazine publication about,
90

        
as successor of Charlie Luciano,
14

Cotton Club (Harlem, New York),
13

Crippled Children’s Hospital (Boston, Massachusetts),
195
,
218

Crosby, Bing,
7
,
172–173

Crosby, Gary,
172–173

Cuba, Havana.
See
Havana, Cuba

Cushing, Richard,
21
,
23

Dalitz, Moe (uncle),
24–25
,
139

Dallas, Texas,
25–26

d’Amato, Skinny,
161

Damone, Vic,
177

Dannemora Prison (New York),
14
,
17

Danny’s Hide-Away,
187–188

Davey Crockett
(television series),
92

Davis, Sammy, Jr.,
7

Deal, New Jersey (aka Gangster Riviera),
33–34

Deerfield Academy,
89

Delicatessens,
51
,
171
,
202

Dempsey, Jack,
100
,
178

Depression era,
28–29
,
31

Desert Inn,
139

Devine, Ida,
201

Devine, Irving “Niggy,”
200
,
201
,
228

Dewey, Tomas,
14
,
17–18
,
110

DeWitt, George,
160–162

Diet pills,
159
,
179–180
,
187
,
218–219

Dietrich, Marlene,
88

DiMaggio, Joe,
187

Dinners

        
at home,
41–43

        
with uncles,
3–5

Dinty Moore’s (restaurant)

        
description of,
3–4
,
6

        
Ethel Merman and,
104

        
George Wood and,
7

        
Sandra’s avoidance of,
178

        
Sandra’s meeting with Meyer at,
120
,
205

        
Tony Salerno and,
154

Diplomat Hotel (Florida),
165
,
166

Disney, Walt,
92

Divorce

        
Buddy’s,
226