Natasha (70 page)

DEAN ALMOST OD’D
: Maryann Marinkovich Brooks to SF

LIKE BEING A GIRL
: “The Girl Most Likely To Succeed in 1962,” David Lewin,
Express Photo News
, circa 1962, Natalie Wood Collection, British Film Institute

PART IN
TACEY
: Louella Parsons column,
Los Angeles Examiner
, 11/15/54

NEVER GROW UP
: “Little Girl No More”

HUDSON WHISTLED
: “Little Girl No More”

MINK STOLE
: Sheilah Graham column, 12/29/54

WORE PRINTS AND PLAIDS
: Jacqueline Eastes Perry to SF

LOVED CLOTHES
: Faye Nuell Mayo to SF, 9/15/99

WANTED TO BE GREAT
: 7/71
Pageant

BOBBY CALLED HER
: Robert Hyatt to SF

NATALIE WEPT, VOICE BUZZING
: “Why We Call Natalie ‘Tiger,’ ” Faye Nuell,
Motion Picture
, October 1956

FELT EXACTLY THE WAY
: 2/11/79
New York Daily News Sunday Magazine

REBEL
BACKGROUND
:
Nicholas Ray, An American Journey
, Bernard Eisenschitz, translated by Tom Milne, Faber & Faber, London/Boston, 1993; Leonard Rosenman to SF, 3/9/99; Stewart Stern, Los Angeles County Museum of Art 45th anniversary tribute to
Rebel Without A Cause
, 10/26/00

FELT AN INSTANT COMMUNICATION
: 4/64
Screen Stories

I’M AN ACTRESS
: 11/57
Seventeen

PREFERRED CHARACTERS WITH WHOM SHE IDENTIFIED
: 10/79
After Dark

MARY ANN’S MEMORIES
: Maryann Marinkovich Brooks to SF 162, 177 MARIA WAS SUSPICIOUS; LUCKED OUT, DANGLED: Scott Marlowe to SF

JACKIE’S MEMORIES
: Jacqueline Eastes Perry to SF

FIRST CHOICE WAS O’BRIEN
: Margaret O’Brien to SF

THREATENED TO RUN AWAY
: Natalie Wood interview excerpt, “Intimate Portrait: Natalie Wood”

DECIDED TO PLEASE MYSELF
: Natalie Wood, as quoted by Gordon Armstrong, National Publicity Director for Twentieth Century Fox, in publicity materials for
Peeper

NICK THREW UP HIS HANDS
: Lana Wood, “Intimate Portrait: Natalie Wood”

CRITICAL DECISION
: “Mrs. Wagner Not Ms. Wood,” Richard Cuskelly,
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
, 10/13/74

WANTED TO BE GREAT
: 10/78
Interview

DONE ANYTHING
:
Second Act, An Autobiography
, Joan Collins, St. Martin’s Press, New York, 1997

OPERA PUMPS, WORRIED ABOUT RAY
: “The Girl Who Grew Up Too Fast,” Nick Adams,
Modern Screen
, May 1956; 8/58
Modern Screen

TOLD SKOLSKY
: Sidney Skolsky collection, Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Beverly Hills, California

KNEES SHAKING
:
Modern Screen
circa 10/56

WASN’T GOING TO CAST NATALIE; NO FILM IN CAMERA
:
James Dean, The Mutant King

CONSIDERED HER FOR JUDY’S FRIEND
:
An American Journey

THE ULTIMATE STAR
:
Past Imperfect
, Joan Collins, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1978

LITTLE PRINCE
FAVORITE BOOK
: 11/68
Cosmopolitan
et al.

JAILBAIT; ADAMS GAVE MUD A KISS; SNAPPED BACK
: Jacqueline Eastes Perry to SF

STAKEOUTS AT THE CHATEAU; DAD ANGRY
: Lana Wood to SF, 8/19/99; Lana Wood, “Intimate Portrait: Natalie Wood”

MARIA SUPPORTED
REBEL
: Robert Hyatt to SF, 5/10/99; Jeanne Hyatt to SF, 5/6/99

ROMANTICIZED THE RAY AFFAIR; NOT TO GET THE PART
: Jacqueline Eastes Perry to SF; Maryann Marinkovich Brooks to SF; Margaret O’Brien to SF

OPENED THE DOOR
: 10/84
McCall’s

FIGURES IN ROMANTIC NOVELS; ASSEMBLY LINE; HATED HER IDOL
: Dennis Hopper to SF, 12/21/2000

NATALIE ON
WILD BUNCH
: Gigi Perreau to SF

HOPPER’S COMMENTS
: Dennis Hopper to SF, 12/21/00

DENNIS WAS MADLY IN LOVE
: Steffi Skolsky Splaver to SF

CHORT
: 2/57
Modern Screen

LEANED TO BAKER, REJECTED REMICK
: Nicholas Ray notes to Warners, 1/4/55 and 1/5/55, Steve Trilling papers from the Warner Brothers Collection, University of Southern California

DATED WINTERS
:
Hollywood Reporter
, 2/22/55; Jacqueline Eastes Perry to SF

WANTED MANSFIELD
: Leonard Rosenman to SF; Faye Nuell Mayo to SF; [Note: Dennis Hopper, who read with Mansfield, described it as a “serious” screen test (Hopper to SF, 12/21/2000)]

TOLD HEDDA
: 6/26/55
Chicago Tribune Magazine

NATALIE’S RAPE
: Jacqueline Eastes Perry to SF, 12/11/99; Jacqueline Eastes Perry unpublished manuscript; Dennis Hopper to SF, 12/21/00; Scott Marlowe to SF, 6/8/99 & 8/12/99; Maryann Marinkovich Brooks to SF, 11/4/99; Faye Nuell Mayo to SF, 9/15/99

BLACKLISTING WOULD BE HER MOM’S CONCERN
: Lana Wood to SF, 8/19/99

HATED HER IDOL; MUSTN’T GO TO BED WITH ANYBODY
: Scott Marlowe to SF

NO WONDER SHE BROKE OUT
: 8/75
Cosmopolitan

SHE WAS IT
: Maryann Marinkovich Brooks to SF

LEFT HER TO DRY; WENT TO GOOGIE’S, DRANK AT VILLA CAPRI, DROVE TO MULHOLLAND, ACCIDENT, NEEDED A SPOKESPERSON
: Jacqueline Eastes Perry to SF

CAR ACCIDENT; NATALIE KEPT SAYING CALL RAY; TOLD RAY THEY CALLED HER A DELINQUENT
: Natalie Wood,
Nicholas Ray: I’m a Stranger Here Myself
, October Films, Inc., produced by James Gutman

HOPPER COMMENTS
: Dennis Hopper to SF

RAY PHONED GURDINS AND NATALIE ASKED TO SEE HIM
: Ray, as quoted in
An American Journey
and 7/71
Pageant

LUCKED OUT; LIVE OR DIE; MADE TRAIN NOISES, DISAPPOINTED AT TAUNTS; WENT ALONG WITH THINGS; WANTED TO MARRY RAY
: Scott Marlowe to SF

ASCRIBED IT TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE
: 8/58
Modern Screen
, 8/59
Screen Stars;
7/71
Pageant
[Natalie at times said it was a doctor; other times that it was a cop]

HOPPER COMMENTS
: Dennis Hopper to SF

JACKIE’S COMMENTS
: Jacqueline Eastes Perry to SF

OVERENTHUSIASTIC WANNABE
: 2/23/55
Daily Variety

ALMOST OVER THE EDGE
: Phoebe Kassebaum to SF

WARNERS WANTED REYNOLDS
: Warner Brothers collection,
Rebel Without a Cause
, USC

REYNOLDS WASN’T INTERESTED; CAMERA LOVED NATALIE; DEPTH AND SOUL; WOMAN IN A GIRL’S FACE
: Debbie Reynolds to SF, 12/21/98

LONG’S COMMENTS
: Beverly Long to SF, 9/22/99

THERE WERE 50 OF US; JIMMY TRUSTED NICK
: Natalie Wood,
Nicholas Ray: I’m a Stranger Here Myself

3/1 RAY MEMO
: Trilling Warner Brothers collection, USC

SEVERAL TESTS
: Natalie Wood, excerpted on AMC’s
Real to Reel

I SPOILED IT
: 10/30/69
Los Angeles Times

WOULD HAVE SIGNED ANYTHING
: 10/84
McCall’s

GAVE HER THE ONLY; SHE WAS INSTINCTUAL
: Robert Blake outtakes

SCARED TO DEATH; MANSFIELD ERA; LOOKING FOR WAYS; POUT; VOICE COACH; SUSAN STRASBERG FIXATION; USED VICKS
: Jacqueline Eastes Perry to SF

PADDING
: Beverly Long to SF; Jacqueline Eastes Perry to SF

SPOTTED MINEO IN A LINEUP
: Nicholas Ray, as quoted in
The Mutant King

FAMILY ATMOSPHERE; TONY WAS AROUND; RAY USED HIS SEXUALITY
: Faye Nuell Mayo to SF

NO DIRECTOR IMPROVISED
: Natalie Wood, “I’m a Stranger Here Myself”

LIKED STRUCTURE
: Lana Wood to SF

COREY ALLEN’S COMMENTS
: Corey Allen to SF, 9/22/99

ALL BUSINESS; THOUGHT NATALIE COULD HANDLE RAY; SHE’D LISTEN FOR HOURS
: Maryann Marinkovich Brooks to SF

KNEW OF AFFAIR, RAY SEXY, AFFAIR WITH DEAN
: Mitzi McCall Brill to SF, 10/3/99

ROSENMAN COMMENTS
: Leonard Rosenman to SF

LOVE TRIANGLE
: Jacqueline Eastes Perry to SF; Scott Marlowe to SF; Leonard Rosenman to SF; Faye Nuell Mayo to SF

HAD TO LIVE THEIR ROLES
: “Natalie Wood Speaks Out: Youth Silly About Dean?” Marilyn Lee,
Los Angeles Examiner
, 7/21/56

CRUSH ON DEAN
: 10/78
Interview

DIDN’T HAVE STRONG SENSE; RAY TAUGHT HER ABOUT BOOKS
: 7/71
Pageant
181–88 WEIRD NIGHT; HENNESSY HAD A MEETING; NEVER SAW HER HUG: Beverly Long to SF

THE CAST MUMBLED; COMMITTED TO A PLAY
: Marsha Hunt to SF, 7/30/99

GREAT DIRECTORS LIKE KAZAN
: “Natalie Wood Heralded ‘Best’ Since Helen Hayes,” Ruth Waterbury,
Los Angeles Examiner
, 10/9/55

DEAN ALL SHE TALKED ABOUT; TOYED
: Sal Mineo, as quoted in
The Unabridged James Dean: His Life and Legacy from A to Z
, Randall Riese, Contemporary Books, Chicago, 1991

FLIRTATIOUS
: Tom Hennessy to SF, 10/3/99

NATALIE WAS SCHOOLED
: Ann Doran to SF

KEPT HEARING ABOUT METHOD
: 12/28/69
London Sunday Times

TOOK ACTING AS A JOB
: Margaret O’Brien to SF

FELT INFERIOR TO ANYONE FROM STUDIO
: Faye Nuell Mayo to SF; Jacqueline Eastes Perry to SF; Scott Marlowe to SF; Robert Redford to SF, et al.

DORAN COMMENTS
: Ann Doran to SF

“SPECIAL DISPENSATION” AND HENNESSY COMMENTS
: Tom Hennessy to SF, 10/3/99

NATALIE MADE UP INTERVIEWS
: 8/13/64
Look

STEFFI SKOLSKY COMMENTS
: Steffi Skolsky Splaver to SF

FAYE COMMENTS
: Faye Nuell Mayo to SF

QUIET BUZZ; SEEMED STERN; HANG ON TO HER BRA STRAPS
: Jack Grinnage to SF, 9/23/99

THEY WERE THE GODS
: Natalie Wood, quoted in
Elvis
, Albert Goldman, Avon Books, New York, 1981

WILD SIDE
: Tom Hennessy to SF

NATALIE THOUGHT BEING GROWN UP
: 5/56
Modern Screen

UP FOR ANYTHING; BEST DAY OF HIS LIFE
: Perry Lopez to SF, 2/9/99

COOPER COMMENTS
: Ben Cooper to SF, 10/13/99

SET-UP DATE
: Robert Hyatt to SF

TURN THE PAGE
: Jim Westmoreland/Rad Fulton to SF, 2/15/99

OBSESSED WITH SONG
: Steffi Skolsky Splaver to SF; Jacqueline Eastes Perry to SF

LYRICS
: “When the World Was Young (Ah! the Apple Trees),” Johnny Mercer and M. Philippe Gerard, recorded by Peggy Lee in May 1953, Decca,
Black Coffee
album

FAVORITE SCENE FROM
REBEL
: “Natalie Wood to Make First…”
The Star
, 10/24/78

SAID SHE DATED DEAN
: 10/9/55
Examiner;
Hedda Hopper,
Chicago Tribune
6/26/55; 8/79
McCall’s

SANG RUSSIAN SONG
: Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn

OBSESSED WITH DEAN
: Lana Wood to SF

COMPARED DEAN TO LITTLE PRINCE
: “She Grew Up Being a Star!” Seymour Korman,
Chicago Tribune
, 8/18/56

TWO PEOPLE
: 10/78
Interview

GAVE HER TIGER; BIG DEAL; PIVOTAL PART
: Faye Nuell Mayo to SF

BURST IN TEARS
: 8/75
Cosmopolitan

FLOUNCED IN FUR; BLIND DATE WITH HOPPER
: Margaret O’Brien to SF

TOP 10%
: Tom Hennessy to SF

DID IT FOR LANA
: Jack Grinnage to SF

CHOSE LANA LISA
: 8/18/56
Chicago Tribune

PUSHED ME; SUNBURN; SCARED ON LOCATION; CRUSH ON WAYNE
: Lana Wood to SF, 8/24/99

TOUGH BUT KIND
: “Nat at the NFT,”
Photoplay U.K
., August 1980

PATRICK WAYNE COMMENTS; “DUST AND HEAT”; “FRIED” SKIN
: Patrick Wayne to SF, 10/6/99

GIRL WAS BRILLIANT; WAYNE IMPRESSED BY HER EYES
: Vera Miles and Harry Carey, Jr.,
A Tribute to a Very Special Lady

LONELY PEOPLE; DON’T LIKE TECHNIQUE; TONGUE-TIED
: 1/56
Modern Screen

FREQUENTLY LONELY; KEEPS TIGERS; TAKES TIGERS ON PLANE; STARDOM’S A BY-PRODUCT
: “Going Steady with Stardom,” Bill Tusher,
Motion Picture
, March 1957

CUTE AND ECCENTRIC, SCORED FOR EACH OTHER; TURN IT ON AND OFF; DATED BURR, BEARD, GAY PERIOD
: Dennis Hopper to SF

BURNED TO PLAY SCARLETT
: 6/26/55
Chicago Tribune

BUILT POOL TO MONITOR; HAD TO BE NATALIE WOOD
: Robert Hyatt to SF

GOT IN, GOT WET
: Lana Wood to SF, 8/24/99

UPSET AT BILLING; BURR OFFERED HER A WORLD OUTSIDE
: Scott Marlowe to SF, 6/8/99

BEATNIK PHASE; DINNER IN CHINATOWN
: 8/56
Motion Picture

CRIED HER EYES OUT
: “Natalie Wood: It Seemed As If All Was Going Her Way,” Roderick Mann,
Los Angeles Times
, 12/1/81