Natasha (66 page)

WHEN WE WALKED
: “What Ever Happened To Baby Natalie?” Joseph Lewis,
Cosmopolitan
, November 1968

BRAINWASHED NATASHA
: Faye Nuell Mayo to SF, 2/24/99

POSED FOR CAMERA
: “The Taming Of The Shrewd,” Aljean Meltsir,
Coronet
, February 1960; “Natalie Wood: Star Into Actress,” Richard Lemmons,
Newsweek
, 2/26/62

REMEMBERED FROM TWO
: “Don’t Sell Natalie Short,” Richard Gehman,
Photoplay
, September 1957

EASY WITH HER, GOT PIANO
: 8/67
Photoplay

SHE WAS DIFFERENT
: Lana Wood to SF, 8/19/99

MARIA KEPT SECRET
: Lana Wood to SF, Faye Nuell Mayo to SF

MOTHER THOUGHT SHE’D DROWN
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 8/13/99

MARIA SAID SHE WAS AFRAID OF DARK WATERS
: Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn

NATASHA WAS AFRAID TO WASH HER HAIR
: Maria Gurdin to Randal Malone

MOTHER CREATED AN IMPRESSION, CONTRIBUTED TO THE FEAR
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99

CREATED PARANOIA IN HER
: Natasha Gregson Wagner on “Intimate Portrait: Natalie Wood,” Lifetime

NICK WOULD NOT LET HER IN CROWDS
: Shirley Mann to SF

THOUGHT JAPANESE WOULD BOMB S.F., MOVED TO SUNNYVALE
: Nina Arrabit to SF

LIVED IN PROJECTS
: Lois Tenney to SF

NICK WORKED AT SHIPYARD
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/24/9; Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn

MARIA’S HOUSE PURCHASE
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99 and 5/24/99; Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn

MARIA FOLLOWED THE CREW, NATASHA WENT ALONG, GOT SOCIAL SECURITY CARD, MARIA WAS FUN
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99, 5/24/99

NATASHA ALWAYS ACTING
: Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn

EDNA MAY DAY
: “10-Year-Old S.R. Girl Gets Chance at Role in Movies!”
Santa Rosa Press Democrat:
7/28/42; “City Plans Welcome
to ‘Cinderella Girl’ ”10/18/42; “‘Edna May Day’ Will Be Observed Here,” 10/24/42; “City Welcomes Child Actress with Rally,” 10/25/42

“STANDING ON CORNER,” “TOUCH MY DAD”
: Edna May Wonacott Green to SF, 2/4/00

STAGE MOTHER, PLAYED HUSBAND, WATCHED HER, WATER FEAR, CALLED BUTCH, PLOT TO POISON
: Ed Canevari to SF, 5/28/99 and 11/24/99

NEVER PHYSICAL, TAUGHT HER EMBROIDERY
: Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn

PICKED CHERRIES
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99 and 8/13/99

GOT DRUNK, BETTER HE BE SOMEPLACE ELSE
: Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn

DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY
: Outtakes of Robert Blake interview, “E True Hollywood Story: Natalie Wood”

KIDS LOVED HER
: Ethel Polhemus to SF, 2/2/00

PITIED FISH
: 2/26/62
Newsweek

PUPPY KILLED
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 6/12/99

GIRLS STOOD ON CORNERS
: Edna May Wonacott Green to SF

POWDERED HER HAIR
: “Natalie Wood: A Bride Again,” Mike Connolly,
Screen Stories
, April 1964

GOT INTO THE MOOD
: “Hello, Natalie Wood!” Allen Rivkin and Laura Kerr,
Vogue
, June 1962

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
: “Movie Stars to Arrive in S.R. Today,”
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
, 6/13/43

PICHEL SAW “SHADOW”
:
Natalie Wood: A Biography in Pictures
, Christopher Nickens, Dolphin, 1986

BASED ON NOVEL
: “‘Happy Land,’ Second Movie Made Here,”
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
, 1/22/44

KNOWN FOR ANTI-NAZI
: 10/54
Films in Review

DESTINED TO BE MAGICAL, DUTIFUL
: “Natalie Wood: Rebel at 20,” Mark Alan,
Screen Parade
, June 1969; 11/68
Cosmopolitan

PICHEL NOTICED CHILD, TRAGIC EXAMPLE, ENCOUNTER WITH NATASHA
: “Modern Pied Piper,” Faith Service,
Silver Screen
, February 1947

MAKE IMPRESSION, MARIA ASKED HOW IT WORKED, NATALIE DESCRIBED IT, GO SING
:
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

SANG “IN MY ARMS”
:
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

KNEW RUSSIAN, FELL IN LOVE, OLGA TAUGHT HAND MOVEMENT
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 1/6/99, 5/7/99, 7/11/99

THOSE EYES…
: 2/60
Coronet

IF NICE TO MEN
: June 1969
Screen Parade

PICHEL SPOTTED HER IN CROWD
: Phyllis Quinn to SF

NATASHA JUMPED IN LAP
: Shirley Mann to SF; 9/57
Photoplay;
“Seventeen, Seventeen,” Jane Wilkie,
Modern Screen
, January 1956; “We Solved the Natalie Wood Mystery,” Claire Sills,
Movie Show
, November 1957

NICK DIDN’T OBJECT
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/24/99

MARIA MADE DECISIONS
: 8/67
Photoplay

DIDN’T SEEM EXCITED
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/24/99; Ed Canevari to SF, 5/28/99

SEE IT IN HER FACE
: Ed Canevari to SF, 5/28/99

WASN’T SHY
:
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

EDWIN RAN OFF, LIKE A SHADOW
: Ed Canevari to SF, 5/28/99

WITH TEARS
: Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn

DRESSED IN TRAILER, PAIRED HER
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/24/99

ANN PICKED HER UP, MARIA KEPT HER UNDERFOOT
:
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

PICHEL FELL IN LOVE
: 2/47
Silver Screen

“HE SAID TO MY MOTHER…”
:
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

OLGA’S MEMORY OF PICHEL
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99

WANTED TO BUY NATASHA
: Maria Gurdin to Sue Russell for
Star Mothers
, November 1985

PICHEL’S CHILDREN
: Estate of Irving Pichel, Los Angeles County, 7/19/54

PICHEL’S SONS’ ACCOUNTS
: SF interviews with Pichel W. Pichel 3/29/99, Dr. Julian Pichel 4/2/99, Marlowe Pichel 3/29/99

MRS. PICHEL RESENTED MOVIE INDUSTRY
: Aaron Pichel to SF, 4/2/99 & 10/18/99, Dr. Julian Pichel to SF, 4/2/99

PICHEL IN MAGAZINE
: 2/47
Silver Screen

FABRICATION
: Lana Wood to SF, 8/19/99

PROMISED HER PART
: September 1957
Photoplay

WARNED MARIA
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99; 2/47
Silver Screen

BIG DAY
:
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

NEVER MENTIONED MOVIES, PLAYED IN YARD
: Ed Canevari to SF, 5/28/99

MOTHER EXCITED, OLGA CARED LESS
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99

VOLUMINOUS, GIFTS
: 2/47
Silver Screen

TOLD NEIGHBORS, MARIE EMBARRASSED
: Shirley Mann to SF

CUT SCENE
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/24/99

SHE WAS GOING TO OFFER
: Lana Wood, “Intimate Portrait: Natalie Wood,” Lifetime

NO EVIDENCE
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/24/99; Ed Canevari to SF, 5/28/99

WALKED TO JOB, TOOK GIRLS, WENT TO CHURCH
: Olga Viripaeff to SF

STUDIOS WERE GOLD
: “Natalie At Ease,” Roy Loynd,
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
, 7/23/67; 2/26/62
Newsweek

IDENTIFIED STARS, INVENTED A GAME
: September 1957
Photoplay;
1/56
Modern Screen

MAYBE KNEW PICHEL, GYPSY MAGIC, GOT HIM TO SELL
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/24/99

HOUSE GONNA SELL, GOT THREE TIMES
: Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn

SOLD HOUSE LIKE WONACOTTS, ALL WENT TOGETHER
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99, 5/24/99, 7/11/99; (Gurdins moved year to LA year before
Tomorrow Is Forever):
1/56
Modern Screen

DEED TO HUMBOLDT
: Volume 611 of Official Records, Page 70, Sonoma County

ARTICLE
: Santa Rosa newspaper clipping from scrapbook of the Canevari family

FELT BURDEN
: Lana Wood to SF; numerous published Natalie Wood interviews

KILLED ME
: Ed Canevari to SF, 5/28/99

SORRY MOVED, HER DESTINY
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 8/13/99

DESTINED FOR THIS LIFE
: Scott Marlowe to SF, 6/8/99

DROVE ALL NIGHT, HITCHHIKER
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 7/11/99

SOB ACT
: Scott Marlowe to SF, 6/8/99

PICHEL DISMAYED
: 2/47
Silver Screen

HARD MOVE
: Lois Tenney to SF

EXPECTED VELVET
: 7/23/67
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner

PHOTOS
: Letter with photos from Natasha Gurdin to Edwin Canevari dated 9/30/44

READ TRADES, TRIED FOR DIFFERENT THINGS
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 8/13/99, 5/24/99

REJECTION
: “I’m Going to Live My Life,” John Hallowell,
New York Times
, 3/9/69

PRAYED
: “Bride-to-Be Natalie Wood Tells All,” Jon Lawton,
Motion Picture
, March 1964

CARPENTER THROUGH PICHEL, NICK MADE SWING
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/24/99

NICK GOT CONSTRUCTION JOB IN STUDIO
: January 1956
Modern Screen

MOTHER GOT EXCITED
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/7/99

PICHEL WAS DEPRESSED
: 2/47
Silver Screen

BE ACTRESS, WAITING FOR BREAK
: “How Eight Famous Stars Got Their First Acting Job,”
Movie Life
, October 1970

TOLD LANA
:
Natalie: A Memoir by Her Sister

SCHEMED HOW TO STAND OUT
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/24/99

DRESSED THE WAY SHE PLAYS
: Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn

PICHEL ADVISED HER
: Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn, Shirley Mann to SF

IMITATED O’BRIEN
: Margaret O’Brien to SF, 1/26/00; Randal Malone to SF, 1/25/00

FLAWLESS
: studio biographies of Natalie Wood, Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn et al.

NOT VERY GOOD, PICHEL RELIEVED
: 2/47
Silver Screen

PROUD SHE HADN’T CRIED, A COMMOTION, COUNTED CRYING SCENES
:
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
37–38 MARIA WAS UPSET, GOT NATASHA TO CRY, SEEMED TO GET THROUGH IT: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/24/99

MARIA HAD NATASHA CALL
:
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star;
2/47
Silver Screen

TOOK OUT OF SCHOOL, TOLD HER ABOUT DOG
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/24/99

BUTTERFLY
: Robert Redford to SF, 2/16/00

TEARS FROM DEPTH, BROKE HIS HEART, SHE WAS IN THE MOVIES
: 2/47
Silver Screen

NEVER BE THE SAME/CRYING
: Scott Marlowe to SF, 6/8/99; “Natalie Wood Hits Promo Trail,” Mary Blume,
Los Angeles Times
, 8/2/70; “Don’t Sell Natalie Short-Part II,” Richard Gehman,
Photoplay
, September 1957; Lana Wood to SF

MOTHER LIVED THROUGH HER
: “Natalie, More Than the Hollywood Stereotype,” Anthony Korba,
Orange Coast
, October 1979; Natalie Wood interview excerpt on “Intimate Portrait: Natalie Wood”

MARIE’S DREAM
: Randal Malone to SF

MOVIE CONTRACT/SCREEN NAME
: Case #503232,
In the Matter of the Contract between International Pictures Inc. and Natasha Gurdin
, Superior Court, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California, filed 6/22/45

READ SMALL PRINT
: Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn

NAME CHANGE
: Natalie Wood excerpt on “Intimate Portrait: Natalie Wood”; 10/79
Orange Coast
; 7/80
Biarritz

WOOD WALKED BY
: “Hollywood Throwback,” Bill Davidson,
Saturday Evening Post
, 4/7/62

HATED IT, “DON’T FRET”
: “A Star Is Born Again,” Bob Lardine,
New York Daily News Sunday News Magazine
, 2/11/79

MUD ADMONISHED HER
: Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn; 6/69
Screen Parade

BE NICE TO DIRECTOR
: 6/69
Screen Parade

WIND-UP DOLL
: Pauline Kael, as quoted in “Natalie Wood,” Kevin Lewis,
Films in Review
, 1986

I HAD TO DO IT
: Natalie Wood as excerpted on AMC
Hollywood Real to Reel
, “Hollywood Legends: Starring Natalie Wood”

NO VOICE COACH
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/24/99

IQ 150
: Robert Blake outtakes

MEMORIZED EVERYONE’S PARTS
: Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn

MEMORIZED QUICKLY, EXPLAINED IN LANGUAGE SHE UNDERSTOOD
: “Boy Meets Girl,” Richard Baxter,
Seventeen
, January 1964

MOTHER DID SOMETHING
: Scott Marlowe to SF, 6/8/99

PLAYING HOUSE
: “A Last Visit with Natalie Wood,” Dick Moore,
McCall’s
, October 1984

FEELINGS SUBMERGED
: “Natalie Wood & Robert Wagner,” Marshall Berges,
Los Angeles Times Home Magazine
, October 9, 1977

YOU CAN’T MAKE HIM
: 2/47
Silver Screen

ACCOUNTS OF
TOMORROW
FILMING
: USC Special Collections,
Tomorrow Is Forever
file, esp. Daily Production Report

EXPECTED TINSEL AND GLITTER
: 2/26/62
Newsweek;
“Care and Feeding of Child Stars,” Charles Champlin,
Los Angeles Times
, 5/26/65