Twitch Upon a Star (72 page)

Many organizations, publishers, books and publications, documents, and online sources proved invaluable to the writing of this book, beginning with:

Jon Mulvaney of The Criterion Collection, who granted generous permission to quote excerpts from Ronald Haver's interviews with Elizabeth Montgomery that are heard on the 1991 audio commentary from the fiftieth anniversary laserdisc release of the Robert Montgomery film,
Here Comes Mr. Jorda
n; Eileen Spangler of
TV Guide
magazine; Steve R. Biller at
Palm Springs Life
magazine; Gwen Feldman from Silman-James Press; Claudia Kuehl and Joan “Joey” York for the excerpts from
The Seesaw Girl and Me: A Memoir
by Dick York; James Pylant and his online article, “The Bewitching Family Tree of Elizabeth Montgomery,” from
www.genealogymagazine.com
; Rene Reyes, Martin Gostanian, and Gary Browning at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, California, where, on February 27, 2012, and March 2, 2012, I was graciously allowed access via Console 11 in the Scholars' Room to view the following programs:
Appointment with Adventure
: “Relative Stranger” (original airdate: CBS, 11-20-55),
The Spiral Staircase
(original airdate: NBC, 10-4-61),
Kraft Television Theatre
:
Patterns
(original airdate: NBC, 1-12-55),
Mr. Lucifer
(original airdate: NBC, 11-1-62),
Kraft Television Theatre
:
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz
(original airdate: NBC, 9-28-55); Jim Pollock at MSNBC; and Kevin Burns at Prometheus Entertainment.

Additional sources that were referenced for this book include
The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows
by Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh;
Total Television
by Alex McNeil;
www.bobsbewitchingdaughter.com
;
www.earlofhollywood.com
;
www.harpiesbizarre.com
;
www.bewitched.net
; and
www.imdb.com
.

Portions of chapter 8, “Spirits and Demons,” were drawn from
Final Gig: The Man Behind the Murder
by George Eells (Houghton Mifflin, 1991).

Portions of chapter 10, “Lizmet,” were drawn from
Please Don't Shoot My Dog: The Autobiography of Jackie Cooper
(William Morrow, 1981).

Additional book sources include:
Heavenly Bodies: Remembering Hollywood and Fashion's Favorite AIDS Benefit
by Michael Anketell (Taylor Publishing Company, 1999);
Sweethearts of '60s TV: The Women of Action, Dream Wives, Girls Next Door, Comic Cuties, and Fantasy Figures from Your Favorite Shows
by Ronald L. Smith (S.P.I. Books, 1993);
Straight Shooting
by Robert Stack (Berkley Books, 1981);
Everything Is Going to Be Just Fine: The Ramblings of a Mad Hairdresser
by Billy Clift (Everything Is Going To Be Just Fine Society, 1998), among others.

Various commentary and references from articles from
TV Guide
appear throughout this book, and all such commentary and references appear courtesy of
TV Guide Magazine
, LLC. (See full list on in Periodicals section of Bibliography.)

In all, new quotes and commentaries that appear in this book were culled from exclusive interviews with Elizabeth Montgomery and selected individuals; conversations that took place directly with the author in person, via telephone in 1988 and 1989, or in person or via telephone in 2011 and 2012. Additional quotes and commentaries were resourced from various magazine, newspaper, or TV interviews and/or documentaries relating to or about Elizabeth Montgomery, and dated from 1933 to 1995. TV and movie character quotes were culled from various fictional TV show or films associated with the roles performed by Elizabeth Montgomery and her co-stars in scripted performances from 1953 to 1995.

The television program and film character quotations and actor commentaries from the various nonfiction and fiction TV shows or movies are reproduced within this book for educational purposes and/or in the spirit of publicity for those particular productions, be they scripted or unscripted in nature.

In each case, every effort was made to acknowledge specific credits whenever and wherever possible, and we apologize in advance for any omissions, and will undertake every effort to make any appropriate changes in future editions of this book if necessary.

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Arce, Hector.
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Barney, William Clifford. Preston, Eugene Dimon. Editors.
Genealogy of the Barney Family in America
(Springfield, Virginia: Barney Family Historical Association, reprinted 1990), entry 3251.

Blymyer, Ginger.
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Brooks, Tim. Marsh, Earle.
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Boyer, G. Bruce. Cooper Janis, Maria. Lauren, Ralph. Ansel, Ruth.
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Carpozi, George.
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Clift, Billy.
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. Everything Is Going to Be Just Fine Society. 1998.

Cooper, Jackie.
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. New York. William Morrow & Company. 1981.

Cooper Janis, Maria. Hanks, Tom.
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Harry N. Abrams. 1999.

Dunne, Dominick.
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. Crown. September 1999.

Eells, George.
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Esposito, Joe.
Remember Elvis
. TCB JOE Enterprises. 2006.

Grams, Jr., Martin.
The Twilight Zone: Unlocking the Door to a Television Classic
. OTR Publishing. Maryland. 2008.

Jordan, Rene.
Gary Cooper
. Utica, New York. Pyramid. 1974.

Karol, Michael.
The ABC Movie of the Week Companion
. September 1977. (
The Abilene Reporter-News
; Texas).

Lamparski, Richard.
Whatever Became Of …?
Volume III. New York. Ace Books. 1970.

McClure, Rhonda R.
Finding Your Famous (& Infamous) Ancestors.
Cincinnati. Betterway Books. 2003.

McNeil, Alex.
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. New York. Penguin. 1991.

Parrish, James Robert. Pitts, Michael R.
The Great Western Pictures
. Scarecrow Press. 1976.

Pilato, Herbie J
Bewitched Forever
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Pilato, Herbie J
The Bewitched Book
. New York. Dell. 1992.

Podell, Janet. Editor.
The Annual Obituary
. St. Martin's Press. 1982.

Russo, J. Anthony.
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. BookSurge Publishing. 2005.

Wayne, Jane Ellen.
Cooper's Women
. Prentice Hall Press. 1988.

Smith, Ronald L.
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. S.P.I. Books. March 1993.

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. New York. Macmillan. 1980.

Stetler, Susan L.
Biography Almanac. Volume 1
. Detroit. Gale Research Company. 1987.

Thompson, Gary.
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Wayne, Jane Ellen.
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Chicago. Weakley, Harriman & Co. Publishers. 1885.

York, Dick.
The Seesaw Girl and Me: A Memoir
. New Jersey. New Path Press. 2004.

Zicree, Mark Scott.
The Twilight Zone Companion
. Second Edition. Los Angeles. Silman James Press. 1992.

Anderson, Nancy. “Liz Montgomery's Mother Role.” Online.
Ladies' Circle.
July 1970. Downloaded January 7, 2012.

Ardmore, Jane. “An Old Beau Tells All about Liz Montgomery's Past.” Online.
TV Radio Mirror.
September 1967. Downloaded January 7, 2012.

Ardmore, Jane. “Elizabeth Montgomery: My Two Husbands Are Expecting.” Online.
Silver Screen.
September 1965. Downloaded January 7, 2012.

Ardmore, Jane. “How Would You Like to Try My Sourdough Bread?” Online.
TV Radio Mirror.
September 1966. Downloaded January 7, 2012.

Armstrong, Lois. Cortina, Betty. Gliatto, Tom. “That Magic Feeling.”
People.
June 5, 1995. pp. 42–47.

Asher, William. “The Love Letter that Made Liz Montgomery Weep.” Online.
TV Radio Mirror. July 1967
. Downloaded January 7, 2012.

Barbee, Pat. “Featuring Elizabeth Montgomery and Robert Foxworth at Home.”
Beverly Hills 213
. February 5, 1992.

Bell, Joseph N. Bell. “TV's Witch to Watch.” Online.
Pageant
. April 1965. Downloaded March 7, 2012.

Bostick, Jim. “Salem's
Bewitched
Statue.”
Gather Entertainment
. June 19, 2006. Online. December 12, 2006. Downloaded March 26, 2012.

Brandt, Lily. “Liz Montgomery Says: I Hope This Spell Lasts.” Online.
Inside Movie.
October 1966. Downloaded January 7, 2012.

Braxton, Greg. “Ed Asner Revisits Hawaii.”
Los Angeles Times.
March 19, 2012.

Burroughs, K.V. “Elizabeth Montgomery Divorcing.” Online.
Movieland and TV Time.
September 1972. Downloaded January 7, 2012.

Butterfield, Alan. “
Bewitched
Star's Brave Last Days.”
National Enquirer.
May 30, 1995.

Chance, Tabitha. “From
Bewitched
to Besieged.”
TV Guide.
November 10, 1979. pp. 14–16.

Cook, B.W. “William Asher: The Man Who Invented the Sitcom.”
Palm Springs Life.
December 1999.

Deane, Ellen. “Liz Montgomery Says: Too Much Happiness is a Bad Thing.” Online.
TV Circle.
August 1970. Downloaded January 7, 2012.

Del Valle, David. “Getting Lizzie with It.” Camp David. May 18, 2010.

Dozier, William. “The Man Who Helped Deliver a $9000 Baby Tells How It Happened.”
TV Guide.
January 27, 1968. pp. 15–18.

Efron, Edith. “He's Almost Invisible in the Glare of Success.”
TV Guide.
May 29, 1965.

Elber, Lynn. “
Bewitched
Star Dies from Cancer.”
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
. May 19, 1995.

Fischer, Paul. “Interview: Nicole Kidman.” Online.
www.darkhorizons.com
. Downloaded June 6, 2005.

Fleishman, Jeffrey, and Johnson, Glen. “Pan Am 103 Bomber Dies in Tripoli.”
The Los Angeles Times
. May 21, 2012.

Francis, Terry. “One of These Babies is a Witch: Only Samantha Knows Its Real Life Secret.” Online.
TV Radio Mirror.
1966. Downloaded January 7, 2012.

George, Lewis. “Now Liz is a Shooting Star!”
Globe.
1980.

Hano, Arnold. “Rough, Tough and Delightful: The Ashers Agree on What They Want, Including Who's the Boss.”
TV Guide
. May 13, 1967. pp. 19–22.

Hesse, Earle. “Liz Montgomery Confesses: Those TV Ratings Give Me the Willies (Yes, Even When I'm on Top of Them).” Online.
www.harpiesbizarre.com
.
Screen Stars.
August 1965. Downloaded March 22, 2012.

Holland, Jack. “What Makes Samantha Run?” Online.
TV Mirror.
March 1968. Downloaded January 7, 2012.

Hubbard, Ben. “Lockerbie Bomber in Coma, Near Death, Brother Says.” Online.
Associated Press.
Downloaded August 29, 2011.

Jacques, Steve. “A Case of Rape: Liz and the Secret Fear All Women Face.” 1974.

Jason, Jackie. “Elizabeth Montgomery's Baby Book.” Online.
TV Photo Story
. April 1966. Downloaded January 7, 2012.

Kaufman, Bill. “Plummer Joins the Circus to Romance Former Witch.”
The Toronto Star.
January 20, 1981 (Newsday).

Kessner, Jane. “
Bewitched
's Liz Montgomery: My Husband Pushes Me Around (And I Love It!).” Online.
Motion Picture
. September 1966. Downloaded January 7, 2012.

Kessner, Jane. “Her Past Catches Up with Liz Montgomery.” Online.
TV Radio Mirror.
April 1970. Downloaded January 7, 2012.

Landy, Jane. “Liz Montgomery's Real-Life Miracle.” Online.
Modern Screen.
July 1970. Downloaded January 7, 2012.

Lewis, Richard Warren. “Double, Double, Toil and Trouble.”
TV Guide.
November 28, 1964. pp. 20–23.

Lim, Dennis. “That Special Cassavetes Touch.”
The Los Angeles Times
. May 27, 2012.

Massarella, Linda. “
Bewitched
Star Dies of Cancer.”
The New York Post.
May 19, 1995

Mayher, Jane. “Sisters at Heart: A Very Special
Bewitched
.” Online.
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December 1971. Downloaded January 7, 2012.