Authors: Christopher Isherwood
Lord Byron
(opera) 226, 230â31, 233;
Cherry,
Larry, Sandy, Doris, Jean, Paul
(play) 230
Las Tunas Canyon, California 282â283, 357, 371, 656
Las Vegas, Nevada 148
Lassally, Walter 438
Laster, Dale 465
“Late Night Extra” (radio program) 7
Latham, Aaron,
Crazy Sundays
157
Lathwood, Jo (Masselink): break up of relationship with Ben Masselink 4, 80, 98, 143, 181, 284; friendship and socializing with C.I. 4, 80, 98, 138â9, 274, 422, 430, 490, 492, 496, 502, 508, 518, 519, 672; advised by Evelyn Hooker 80; apartment in Santa Monica 98, 124, 138, 446; and Ben's father 98, 359; loses job 100; age 113; horoscope analyzed by Jack Fontan 113; birthday 220; operation on foot 223; at Tom Hayden lecture on war in Indochina 266; swimming 269; reminisces with C.I. about 1954 Mexico trip 287; suffers allergic reaction 391â2; fear of death 430; Paget's Disease 437,
782
; complains about poor health 446, 448, 458, 460, 626; shingles 446; in hospital for tests 447, 448; walks with crutch 455, 458; flower paintings 502; and Brian Finney's biography of C.I. 561; operation for diverticulitis 625, 626, 630; requires visiting nurse 637; on crime in the neighborhood 655, 657;
768â9
Laughlin, Leslie
see
Caron, Leslie
Laughlin, Michael: C.I.'s views on 3, 109, 244; shooting incident 109; C.I. socializes with 150, 217, 304, 450, 500, 501, 503, 515, 601; offers Don Bachardy work as art director 163; business projects 241â2; moves to France 343, 345; views on economy 345;
Nicole
369, 376â7; gift for C.I.'s seventieth birthday 451; marriage problems 471, 472, 478;
760
Laughton, Charles: marriage to Elsa Lanchester 102, 185; proposed biographies of 114, 185, 211; homosexuality 185; as King Lear 216; information on C.I.'s fossil 431
Laughton, Elsa
see
Lanchester, Elsa
Lavery, Emmett, Jr. 434
Lawrence, D.H.:
Lady Chatterley's Lover
568;
Movements in European History
574
Lawrence, Jerome (Jerry) 206, 231,
760
Lawrence, T.E. 175, 632;
The Secret Lives of Lawrence of Arabia
(Knightley and Simpson) 177
Lawson, George 56, 511, 512, 513, 515,
760
Lawson, Gladys 512
n
Layard, John 480,
760â61
Lazar, Irving 235, 387, 391, 405â6, 425, 434, 439,
761
Lazar, Mary 235
Lazarus
(ballet) 58
Le Fanu, Sheridan 441
Le Page, Richard 21, 41, 42, 54, 55, 56, 57â8, 74,
762
Lean, David 495
Leavitt, Natalie, cooks and cleans for C.I. 240, 263, 271, 492, 493, 494, 496, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 503, 505, 506, 519, 576, 580, 631, 638,
761
Leavitt, Thaïs 580, 640
Lebanon 435
Leddy, Eamonn 619
“Legend of Silent Night, The” (television program) 534
Léger, Jean 30â31, 38
Legg, Bill 299â300
Lehmann, Beatrix (Peggy) 235, 513,
761
Lehmann, John: hopes to publish correspondence with C.I. xxxiâxxxii, 329, 379, 387, 390, 392â3, 395; C.I. annoyed and bored by visits of 3, 117, 208, 433; and Alexis Rassine 68, 69; C.I. visits in San Diego 115; and Morris Fry 115;
New Writing
(magazine) 115
n
, 329; teaches at San Diego State College 115, 117, 207; publishing company 117, 329; views on America 141; stays at C.I. and Don Bachardy's house 145, 152, 153, 207â8, 433; in London 329â30, 510, 511, 516; proposed pseudonymous memoirs 329â30; on deaths of Auden and Plomer 394; on Auden's memorial stone at Westminster Abbey 456â7; agnosticism 554; and William Caskey 615; review of C.I's
My Guru and His Disciple
644;
761â2
Thrown to the Woolfs
581â2
Lehmann, Rosamond 317, 510, 516,
762
Leicester, England 512; Phoenix Theatre 89, 90, 91, 222â223, 307
Leighton, Margaret (Maggie) 1, 270, 347
n
,
762
Lelouch, Claude 496
Lemke, Cliff (carpenter) 125, 127
Leningrad 449
Lennon, John 190
Leonardo da Vinci 267â8
Leopard, The
(film) 574
Leopold, Michael 118,
762
Les Baux, France 33, 194
lesbianism 12, 83
LeSueur, Joe 169, 171, 509,
762
Levant, Amanda 268
Levant, June 268
Levant, Lorna 305
Levant, Oscar 268, 271,
762â3
Leverson, Ada 325, 577
Levy, Miranda Speranza (Mirandi) 584, 605,
763
Lewes, George Henry 163
Lewis, Ian 73, 74, 316
Lewis, Mort 358
Leyland, Winston 372
Libman, Lilian 159, 162
Lieberman, Archie,
Farm Boy
451
Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, The
(film) 341
Limerick, Ireland 84, 86
Lincoln, Abraham 305
Lincoln Center, New York 169, 206, 259
Lincoln Heights Jail, Los Angeles 488
Lindisfarne Castle, Northumberland, England 513
Linkroum, Dick 138â139
Linlithgow, Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of 389, 390
Lion, Henry 234
Lions and Shadows
(C.I.) xxiv, xxxiii, xxxvi, 75, 393
n
, 398, 432
Lipscomb, Mark 524, 587, 593, 598, 601â2, 607, 609, 639,
763
Lipstick
(film) 503
List, Herbert 25â6,
763
Listener, The
(magazine) 208
Little, Barbara 560
Little, Penny: friendship and socializing with C.I. and Don Bachardy 112, 135, 182, 188, 216, 233, 240, 244, 302, 385, 427, 494, 497, 500, 505, 519, 520, 533, 560, 577, 598â9, 620, 676; relationship with Billy Al Bengston 112; trips to Mexico 143, 536, 538; recommends store 153; Bachardy's drawing of 182; running 562, 599; trips to Hawaii 577, 580, 676; birthday 580;
763
Littman, Doris 506
Littman, Robert (Bobby) 497, 506, 553,
763
Litvinov, Ivy,
She Knew She Was Right
250
Livermore, California 625
Lloyd, Peggy 354
Locke, Charles O. (Charlie) 5â6, 130â31, 136â7, 138,
763
Lokeswarananda, Swami 467â8, 470, 473
Lolita
(Kubrick film) 490
London: gay scene xxxviii, 49, 67, 324; C.I.'s trips to: (1970) 7â13, 16â30, 38â52, 55â77; (1973) 314â30, 334â6; (1976) 510â511, 513â16; (1977) 540, 542â3; (1980) 635, 643, 645; anti-Vietnam War protests 8; fashions 8, 22; Ramakrishna-Vedanta Centre 9, 77, 255, 327, 470; high-rise developments 27; C.I.'s views on 28, 314, 316, 322;
see also
England
“London” flu 312
Long Beach, California 531
Long, Tom 583, 647, 675
Lonn, David 471
Loos, Anita 168, 221, 306, 308, 453, 509, 510, 614, 615, 616â17,
763â4
Loos, Mary 453, 615, 616â17
Lord Byron
(opera) 226, 230â31, 233
Lorenz, Konrad,
On Aggression
285
Los Angeles: high rise developments 81, 122, 133, 140, 144, 159, 162, 249, 287, 311; smog 113, 437, 582, 619, 649, 677; freeway construction 117â18; mayoral election (1973) 363
Los Angeles City Council 16, 611
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, “Change Inc., West” exhibition 598
Los Angeles County Public Library 353
Los Angeles Film Festival (Filmex) 286, 290, 297
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park 293, 345, 358, 374â5, 376â7, 497, 609
Los Angeles Music Center 133; Mark Taper Forum 3
n
, 226, 229, 232, 252, 492, 648; Ahmanson Theater 179, 259, 589
n
, 610
Los Angeles Times
1, 87
n
, 119
n
, 132, 150, 157, 232, 377â8, 386, 406, 460, 501, 551, 630
Los Angeles World Affairs Council 280
Lost Horizon
(film) 244
n
Lost Years: A Memoir 1945â1951
(C.I.), reconstruction of diaries 119, 197, 211, 213, 239, 249, 271, 288, 292, 354, 395, 410, 411, 429, 534
Loud, Lance 376, 379,
764
Louisiana 149, 609;
see also
New Orleans
Love Me Tonight
(film) 684
Loved One, The
(film) 405, 417, 539
Lovelace, Linda 368
n
Lowenkopf, Shelly 527, 528
Loy, Myrna 172, 307,
764
Loyola University, New Orleans 432
Lubitsch, Ernst,
To Be or Not To Be
270
Luce, Clare Boothe 189, 191, 195,
764
Luce, William,
The Belle of Amherst
496
Luckenbill, Dan 254, 602,
764
Luckinbill, Laurence (Larry) 227, 229, 230, 231, 232, 238, 292, 293, 298, 306, 307, 308,
764
Lucky Lady
(film) 492
Lüdecke, Wenzel 65
Ludington, Wright 211,
764â5
Luke, Peter,
Hadrian VII
2
Luminous Procuress
(film) 267
Lusk, Mr. and Mrs. (party hosts in Fremont Place) 154
Lyme Hall, Cheshire, England 53
Â
MacAndrew, Eddie 52
McBey, Marguerite 517
McCallister, Lon 124, 127
McCallum, David 347, 380,
769â70
McCallum, Rick 498, 501, 551,
770
McCallum York, Pat 238, 239, 240â41, 244, 254â5, 308, 492, 498, 501, 658,
823â4
MacCarthy, Desmond 562
McCarthy, Frank 507, 559,
770
McCarty-Cooper, Billy 69, 70, 507,
770
McCord, James 360
McCormick, Geoff 258
McCormick, Kevin 317
McCowen, Alec 291â2
McCoy, Ann 492, 494,
770
McCullough, Rohan 385â6
McDermott, Keith xii, 605, 608
n
McDermott, Mo: in London 49, 315, 319, 320, 324, 335, 352, 505, 506, 523; in California 505, 506, 523;
770
McDonagh, Michael 273
McDonald, Graham/Graeme 514
McDonald, Joe 500
MacDonald, Madge 178, 189, 448, 574â5,
765
McDowall, Roddy 263, 376, 386, 400
n
, 448,
770â71
; and Paul Anderson 244, 263, 270, 286, 401, 491, 496, 497, 559, 682
McDowell, Malcolm 511
McEwan, Geraldine 11
n
McEwen, Romana von Hofmannsthal 323
McGonigle, Dr. John 560â61
McGovern, George 235, 246, 299
n
McGuire, Dorothy 611,
771
McHattie, Stephen 497
Macht, Stephen 293, 298, 306,
765
McKellan, Ian 41
MacLaine, Shirley 641
MacMillan, David 411
McShine, Kynaston 650
McWhinnie, Donald 24, 25,
771
Macy, Gertrude 93, 312,
765
Madigan, Leo (Larry) 43, 324, 330, 459, 514,
765
Madrid, Spain 517â18
Maeterlink, Maurice:
L'Oiseau Bleu
449
n; Sister Beatrice
383
Magic Flute, The
(Bergman film) 492
Magnin, Jerry 289
Maharaj
see
Brahmananda, Swami Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 404
Mailer, Norman 157, 362,
765â6
Main, Bob (carpenter) 127
Malcolm X,
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
x, 14
Maley, Ken 586, 587, 597, 631
Malick, Terrence 579
Mallory, Margaret 492,
766
Maltin, Arnold and Mrs. (pseuds.; accountants) 26, 133, 234, 271
Man Who Fell to Earth, The
(film) 510
Man Who Would Be King, The
(film) 395, 491
Manaus, Brazil 351
Manchester, England 53, 683
Mandeville Canyon, Los Angeles 592, 593
Mangeot, André 9,
766
Mangeot, Olive 9, 37, 54,
766
Mangeot, Sylvain 8â9, 146,
766
Manhattan Beach, California 373
Manionis, Anthony (Tony) 293, 298,
766â7
Mann, Daniel (Danny) 534
Mann, David 28, 46, 52
Mann, Erika xxxi, 677,
767
Mann, Heinrich Klaus xxxi, 677,
767
Mann, Thomas xv, 339
Manning, Cardinal Timothy 590
Manson, Charles 146, 290
n
Mantilla, Faride (cleaner) 250, 352
Manulis, Martin 610
Mao Tse-Tung 128
Marchand, Leslie A.,
Byron: A Portrait
193
Margaret, Princess 144, 588, 589, 590
Margo (actress) 417
Marie Antoinette
(film) 582
marijuana
see
pot
Marin County, California: Civic Center 89; College of Marin 630, 631
Marina del Rey, Los Angeles 187, 249, 281, 487
Mark, Mary Ellen 497
Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles 3
n
, 226, 229, 232, 252, 492, 648
Markovich, John (Mark;
later
Swami Tadatmananda) 124, 155, 191,
768
Marlborough Gallery, New York 467
Marple Hall, Cheshire, England 6, 84,
768
Marrakech, Morocco 517
Marre, Albert 556, 557, 561, 562, 563â4, 566, 569, 581, 600, 602, 603, 604, 605, 607, 608
n
,
768
Marre, Joan 603, 604
Marshak, Daryll 497
Martel, Alan 171
Martin, Anne 443
Martin, Gene 664
Marx, Fred (surgeon) 672