Natasha (67 page)

FIRST LEADING MAN, IN LOVE, BLEW HIS TAKES, EYES REFLECTED TRAGEDY
: Orson Welles, “Tribute to a Very Special Lady”

HELPFUL TO HER
: Natalie Wood interview excerpt on AMC’s
Hollywood Real to Reel

TERRIFYING
: “New Movie Moppet,”
Life
, 11/26/45

WELLES HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCE
: 2/26/62
Newsweek

BOOMING VOICE, TAUGHT MAGIC
: October 1984
McCall’s

KNOW LINES, TERRIFIED TO CRY, GOT HER WORKED UP, SHORTY, COLBERT, WELLES CHANGED LIGHTING, MUD GOT HER WORKED UP
:
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

PERFECTIONISM
: Olga Viripaeff to SF

BEST AT SAD CHARACTERS
: 6/69
Screen Parade

ACTS FROM HEART; COLBERT SAID SMART
: “Natalie Wood: Teenager with a Past,”
Movie Life
, July 1956

THE WAY IT WORKS
: Robert Hyatt to SF, 5/10/99

I HAD TO TAKE
: Natalie Wood on
Tomorrow
with Tom Snyder, 2/14/80

HORRENDOUS STORIES
: Mart Crowley, “Intimate Portrait: Natalie Wood”

TAUGHT MAGIC TRICKS
:
San Francisco Chronicle
, 3/22/46; “Natalie Wood Makes It As Actress,” Bruce Bahrenburg,
Newark Sunday News
, 6/15/69; Erskine Johnson column,
Los Angeles Mirror-News
, 7/7/56

LOVED GROWN-UPS
: 3/64
Motion Picture

WATCHING TO BE BETTER
: November 1957
Movie Show

COLBERT KIND, MATERNAL
:
Claudette Colbert
unsourced biography, Academy Colbert collection

LETTER TO EDWIN
: Letter and photo from Natasha Gurdin to Edwin Canevari received 5/22/45

I INVENTED HER
: Maria Gurdin to Randal Malone

FAN MAGAZINE
: (circa July) 1945
Motion Picture

FRIGHTENED TO BE ALONE, MUD NEVER LET HER
: “Natalie Wood’s Own Story,” Patricia Reynolds,
Pageant
, July 1971;
Natalie: A Memoir by Her Sister

KIDNAPPED
: 6/69
Screen Parade;
11/68
Cosmopolitan

DANGEROUS
: 10/84
McCall’s

DREADED BEDTIME, STORYBOOK DOLLS, CALLED “FATHER,” LIVED IN IMAGINATION, BEST FRIEND PICHEL
: 6/45
Motion Picture

DOLLS KEPT HER COMPANY
: Maryann Marinkovich Brooks to SF

TALKED TO HER DOLLS
: 11/68
Cosmopolitan

SOLE COMPANION
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 7/11/99; 6/45
Motion Picture

FANTASIZED RUSSIA
: 7/80
Biarritz;
“Natalie Wood’s Russian Roots,” Roderick Mann,
Los Angeles Times
, 2/15/79

BIRTHDAY PARTY
: “Am I Too Young to Be a Good Mother?” Frank Collins,
Motion Picture
, July 1958

ENAMORED OF
: Mrs. Gregory (Lily) Muradian to SF, 2/9/99

PERFUME
: 7/7/56
Los Angeles Mirror-News

11/26/45
LIFE
Maria Gurdin to Shirley Mann to SF; Maria Gurdin to Sue Russell, 11/85; Maria Gurdin to Randal Malone

STORY LANA WAS TOLD
: Lana Wood to Dennis Bartok at the American Cinematheque Tribute to Natalie Wood, Hollywood, California, 9/2/99

GENIUS, FOOT IN THE DOOR
: Randal Malone to SF

PUT A LOT INTO HER
: Robert Wagner, “Intimate Portrait: Natalie Wood”

DECIDED TO WORK; NOT EXCITED ABOUT MOVIES
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/24/99 47–48 NO MATTER WHAT: “Just for Variety,” Army Archerd,
Daily Variety
, 11/8/78

DEFINED ACTING, BULGING CALVES
: 6/45
Motion Picture

MARIA’S STORY
: Maria Gurdin to Sue Russell and Phyllis Quinn for
Star Mothers
, 11/85

GAIL REMEMBERED HER
: Gail Lumet Buckley letter to SF

TREAT TO GO TO MOVIE, BIT HER CHEEK, WET HER PANTS
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/24/99

NATALIE SAW HER PARENTS AS GODS
: 11/68
Cosmopolitan
; 6/69
Screen Parade

94
STARS
: 2/60
Coronet

PLAYED MAKING MOVIES
: 11/57
Movie Show

NICK WAS PROUD
: Dmitri Zakharenko to SF

GOSSIP IN SAN FRANCISCO
: Nina Arrabit to SF

NICK WAS UNHAPPY
: Lana Wood to SF, 8/19/99

RUBBED OIL, SAID NO
: 8/67
Photoplay

TOLD HER SHE WAS FRAIL, SHE IMAGINED ILLNESSES
: 3/62
Photoplay

WOULDN’T LET HER RUN
: Robert Wagner, “Intimate Portrait: Natalie Wood”

SO OVERPROTECTED
: “Natalie’s Happy To Be Back In Films,” Kevin Thomas,
Los Angeles Times
, 10/30/69

MISPLACED FEAR, CHILD ABUSE
: Robert Blake outtakes

NICK HELD A KNIFE, MARIA IN CONTACT WITH CAPTAIN, MARIA WAS AFRAID
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/24/99

GOSSIP ABOUT HOLLYWOOD PRODUCER
: Nina Arrabit to SF

MEAN DRUNK
: Lana Wood to SF, 8/24/99

AIRPLANE FEAR
: Robert B. Jiras to SF, 9/16/99; Faye Nuell Mayo to SF; various Natalie Wood published interviews

PULLED PIGTAILS, AFRAID
:
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star;
8/2/70
Los Angeles Times

GABRIELLA, THRILLED BY SNOW
: 7/56
Movie Life; Hollywood Top 10 Scandals
1963

SELDOM NEGATIVE, WOULDN’T WANT HER OWN CHILD
: “Natalie Wood: A Young Wife’s Tragic Story”,
Modern Screen
, December 1961; 4/64
Screen Stories

RELINQUISHED LANA TO OLGA
: Lana Wood to SF; Olga Viripaeff to SF; Constantine Liuzunie to SF; Randal Malone to SF; 8/67
Photoplay

RUMORS SVETLANA WAS OLGA’S BABY
: Olga Viripaeff to SF,
Natalie: A Memoir by Her Sister

IT WAS THE LAW; “THEIR MOTHER NEGLECTED LANA…”
: 8/67
Photoplay

NON-PERSON, THINKS SHE LIVED THERE, NO GODPARENT OR CURTSYING
: Lana Wood to SF, 8/19/99

PRESENTED NATALIE WOOD
: 3/22/46
San Francisco Chronicle

MAGAZINE PRAISED NATALIE
:
Tomorrow Is Forever, Look
, 3/19/46

OLGA WORRIED ABOUT GRADES, FIRED NANNY
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn, Lana Wood to SF

DAYS CONSISTED OF DRINKING; MARIA WAS UNHAPPY, SHE’LL SING
: Lana Wood to SF, 8/24/99, 8/19/99

NATASHA FELT GUILTY
: 3/79
Saturday Evening Post;
10/79
Orange Coast

MARIA’S COMPANION POSITS
: Randal Malone to SF

EATS YOUR HEART
: Louella Parsons column,
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
, 4/5/46

BRENT TOOK HER TO FAMOUS ARTISTS
: 9/57
Photoplay;
8/67
Photoplay

CONTRACT WITH FAMOUS ARTISTS
: Case #503232, Los Angeles Superior Court

SHE’D STILL READ THE TRADES; OLGA STAYED BEHIND
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/24/99

MARIA NEGOTIATED
: Robert Hyatt to SF, 5/10/99

MOTHER MANAGED MY CAREER
: 6/67
Pageant

DIDN’T LIKE SCHOOL
: 9/57
Photoplay

DIDN’T KNOW NEIGHBORS; BITTY HOUSE
: Lana Wood to SF, 8/19/99

NATALIE FELT AWFUL
: “Natalie Wood Gets Back In the Ring,” Patrick Pacheco,
After Dark
, 10/79

FILMED AS B MOVIE
: Robert Hyatt to SF, 5/10/99

TITLES; SUGGESTED WHILE VACATIONING; NATALIE FLEW ON 11/17
: “Vital Statistics on
Miracle on 34th Street
,” Harry Brand, Director of Publicity, Twentieth Century Fox, circa 1947 [from the Fox archives, Los Angeles]

ZANUCK SENT A NOTE, ASSIGNED O’HARA AND PAYNE
: Fox Archives, Los Angeles

I WAS ONLY EIGHT
: “Exclusive Interview: Natalie Wood,” Flanzy Lewis,
Preview
, 1978, USC Archives, Natalie Wood Collection

MARGARET WAS THE TOP
: Randal Malone to SF

THERE WERE A MILLION; COACHED HER TO “BE MARGARET”; PEOPLE THINK IT’S ME
: Margaret O’Brien to SF

ZANUCK’S NOTES ON
GHOST;
MOOD STORY
: “Vital Statistics on ‘The Ghost & Mrs. Muir,’ ” Harry Brand, Director of Publicity, Twentieth Century Fox circa 1947 [Fox collection, Los Angeles]

TRACY DROPPED OUT
: Amanda Duff Dunne to SF, 6/22/99

MANKIEWICZ’S COMMENTS
: Mankiewicz Q&A at the Director’s Guild of America, Los Angeles, 1986, as quoted in
Films In Review 1986

MAUREEN HADN’T READ IT; ORDERED BACK; NOT SO MAD
: Maureen O’Hara to SF, 6/16/99

MAGIC
: Maureen O’Hara to SF, 6/16/99; “Charming Christmas Story Brings O’Hara Back,” Mark Dawidziak,
Calgary Herald
, 12/17/95

BELIEVED HE WAS SANTA
: Maureen O’Hara to SF, 6/16/99; “Maureen O’Hara Hopes She Has Made Her Second Christmas Classic,” Walt Belcher,
The Tampa Tribune
, 12/17/95

FELL MADLY IN LOVE
: “Tennessee Williams Took His Name Off It,” Rex Reed,
New York Times
, 1/16/66

ONE-TAKE NATALIE
: Nina Arrabit to SF

SEATON WAS AMAZED; INSTINCTIVE SENSE OF TIMING
: 2/60
Coronet

MARIE NEVER INTERFERED
: Robert Hyatt to SF, 5/10/99

MOST VIVID MEMORY
: 7/7/56
Los Angeles Mirror-News

NATALIE’S TECHNIQUE
:
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star;
1/64
Seventeen

SPELLED MANKIEWICZ, KNEW SHE’D BE AN ACTRESS
: Mankiewicz Q&A as quoted in
Films in Review 1986

WHAT A WONDERFUL TIME
: “Recalling the Happy Times with Natalie Wood,” Donfeld,
Los Angeles Times
, 9/30/83

HAD TO BE PAMPERED
: Amanda Duff Dunne to SF, 6/22/99

LEE RECOLLECTIONS
: Anna Lee Nathan to SF, 6/3/99

O’HARA RECOLLECTIONS
: Maureen O’Hara to SF, 6/16/99

GOOD LITTLE GIRL
: Natalie Wood interview,
Peeper
press release from Gordon Armstrong, Publicity Director, Twentieth Century Fox, 1975

MAYBE SHE WAS BEATEN
: Scott Marlowe to SF, 6/8/99

THREATENED WITH PIANO
: Twentieth Century Fox press release

BOBBY HYATT RECOLLECTIONS
: Robert Hyatt to SF, 5/10/99, Robert Hyatt letter to SF, 5/99

JEANNE HYATT RECOLLECTIONS
: Jeanne Hyatt to SF, 5/6/99

SCUDDA HOO
BACKGROUND
: “Vital Statistics on ‘Scudda Hoo Scudda Hay,’ ” Harry Brand, Director of Publicity, Twentieth Century Fox [Fox collection]

IN ONE I WAS
: “Falling Stars,” David Castell,
Sunday Telegraph
, 12/6/81

I WAS PLAYING
: 3/9/69
New York Times

I TOOK ON THE CHARACTERISTICS
: 7/71
Pageant

DIFFICULT TO SEPARATE THE REALITY
:
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

STILL VAGUELY BELIEVED IN SANTA
: Natalie Wood on AMC
Hollywood Real to Reel

NATALIE WAS PARALYZED
: 2/60
Coronet

ALWAYS BEEN FRAIL
: 3/62
Photoplay

IT WAS TERRIBLE
: Scott Marlowe to SF, 6/8/99

PLAYED CANASTA
: Robert Hyatt to SF, 5/10/99

LOUELLA GUSHED
: Louella Parsons columns,
Los Angeles Herald- Examiner
, 5/3/47, 6/14/47

MARIA’S DIRTY TRICK
: Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn; Maria Gurdin to Sue Russell for
Star Mothers
, 1/10/87

NICK WAS TOO DRUNK
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/24/99

LANA’S STORMY RECOLLECTIONS
: Lana Wood to SF, 8/19/99

SHOW BUSINESS HER SOLUTION
: Robert Blake, “E True Hollywood Story: Natalie Wood”

BELIEVED SHE WAS SEXUALLY ABUSED
: Robert Blake outtakes

THE SIGNS WERE THERE
: Scott Marlowe to SF, 6/8/99

KEEP HANDS OUT OF BEDCOVERS
: Lana Wood to SF, 8/19/99, Olga Viripaeff to SF, 5/24/99

TOLD NATALIE SHE WOULD DIE
: Robert Hyatt to SF, 5/10/99

FAHD WAS IN THE BACKGROUND
: Margaret O’Brien to SF

NICK PRETENDED, FLIPPED OUT, SENSITIVE TOPIC, NATALIE KNEW RUSSIAN, KIMONOS
: Robert Hyatt to SF, 5/10/99

LANA HATES SHOUTING, NATALIE HATED CONFRONTATION
: Lana Wood to SF, 8/19/99

OLGA AND LEXI, SHE WAS MORE RUSSIAN
: Olga Viripaeff to SF, 8/13/99

RUSSIAN FOODS
: “Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner,” Barbara Wilkins,
Bon Appetit
October 1977

DACHAS HIDDEN IN FORESTS
: 2/15/79
Los Angeles Times

GOAL TO BE BEST BALLERINA
: 9/57
Photoplay

WHAT INTRIGUED DWAN
:
Who the Devil Made It
, Peter Bogdanovich, 1997, Knopf

IT WAS A SLEEPER
: Robert Hyatt to SF, 5/10/99

THE NEW YORKER
, 6/14/17, “Santa Out of Season”
“‘Ghost and Mrs. Muir’ Scores as Novelty,” Edwin Schallert,
Los Angeles Times
7/4/47