Young Orson: The Years of Luck and Genius on the Path to Citizen Kane (128 page)

in Ireland, 553, 557, 599, 600, 602

and Edward Lindsay-Hogg, 437, 455, 553, 601

and Michael Lindsay-Hogg, 601-2

and Orson, 437–38, 454, 455, 601, 602

and Virginia, 437, 438, 439, 553, 557, 575, 600–602, 627, 641

Five Kings
(stage play), 518, 520–37

in Boston, 526–31, 532, 533

casting of, 464, 491, 520–21

closing, 535, 536

comparisons with Maurice Evans’s Shakespeare production, 531–32, 535

and finances, 463, 490, 522–23, 532–33, 535–36, 538, 539, 541

idea of, 445

media stories about, 528–29, 535, 538, 540–41, 553

and Mercury Theatre, 463–64, 519, 520, 522–23

in Philadelphia, 533, 534–35, 550

plans for Broadway, 546, 547, 583, 593

postponements of, 462, 463, 519, 527, 530, 540

rehearsals, 491, 515, 521–24, 526–27

staging, 522–23, 526–28, 534–35, 542

and Theatre Guild, 463, 490, 515, 519, 522–24, 527, 530, 531, 533–35

in Washington, 532–34, 540–41

Flaherty, Robert, 88–89, 322, 322n, 589, 645

Flanagan, Hallie, 327, 342, 347, 353, 375, 386, 388, 390, 391, 401, 402

Fleischmann Yeast Hour, The
(radio series), 338

Fleming, Victor, 588, 589

Flynn, Errol, 567, 585, 598, 616, 724

Follow the Boys
(film), 122, 717

Fontaine, Joan, 644

Fontanne, Lynn, 165, 480, 592

Forbes, Brenda, 262, 269–70, 271, 273, 276, 452, 453

Ford, John (film director), 318, 322, 540, 585, 588, 589, 590, 615, 670, 673, 687, 702, 703, 704

Ford, John (playwright), 318

Ford, Ruth, 473, 483, 492

Forward, Jean, 691–92

Fountain of Youth, The
(TV pilot), 643n, 728

Four Saints in Three Acts
(opera), 305, 308, 328, 332, 334

Fowler, Roy Alexander,
Orson Welles
, 696

France, Richard, 213, 268, 343, 443, 464, 496, 504

Francis, Arlene, 360, 362, 473, 475, 476, 492

Frautschi, Lowell, 119–21, 126–27

French, Samuel, 229, 235

Froelick, Anne, 498, 501, 649

Frontier Films, 382, 474

Frost, Charles N., 23, 24–25

Frost, David, 103, 112, 249, 617, 734

Frost, Robert, 252

Frost, Walter J., 23

Gabel, Martin, 365, 404, 416, 431, 443, 469, 483, 490–93, 496, 514, 529

Gabriel, Gilbert W., 311, 376

Gale, Zona, 56, 59, 62, 70

Galsworthy, John, 160, 405

Garbo, Greta, 558, 584, 642

Garden, Mary, 165, 693

Garland, Robert, 311, 348

Garner, Frederick J., 118, 129

Garrick, David, 271, 302

Garson, Greer, 560

Gate Theatre, Dublin, 186, 192, 195–214

The Archdupe
, 208, 209

Back to Methuselah
, 214

The Dead Rides Fast
, 207–8, 209

The Drunkard
, 295

and Gate Ball, 212–13

Hamlet
, 213, 276, 284

Jew Süss
, 197–98, 200–205, 206–7, 212

La Morte in Vacanza
(
Death Takes a Holiday
), 213

The Melians
, 195-96

Mogu of the Desert
, 211–12

Orson’s audition for, 196–99

Orson’s employment with, 199–214, 215, 271

Topaze
, 214

Trilby
, 295

Tsar Paul
, 276

Youth’s the Season
, 209

Gaynor, Janet, 560, 622

Geer, Will, 386, 393, 395, 404, 429, 446, 448

Gershwin, George, 226, 233, 448

Gibbons, Cedric, 568, 598, 616, 641, 642

Gibson, Walter B., 405

Gide, André, 474

Gielgud, John, 369, 520

Gillette, Freddie, 717–18, 738, 743

Gillette, William,
Too Much Johnson
, 410, 472, 481

Gish, Lillian, 566

Godard, Jean-Luc, 745

Goddard, Paulette, 566, 582

Godowsky, Dagmar, 725

Godowsky, Leopold, 10, 11, 725

Goldwyn, Samuel, 407, 408, 455, 539, 552

Goodman, Benny, 576

Goodman, Kenneth Sawyer, 166

Goodman Memorial Theatre, Chicago:

demise of, 185–86, 230

Drama League tournaments at, 156–57, 218

founding of, 166

Orson’s attendance at, 152, 164, 358

Orson’s performances in, 166, 196, 201

Todd student visits to, 149–50, 165

veterans of, 233, 273, 334, 464

and Woodstock summer festival, 280

Gordon, Jacques, 154

Gordon, Max, 229, 457, 490

Gosling, John,
Waging the War of the Worlds
, 503, 505, 509

Gottfredsen, Alice, 57

Gottfredsen, Frederick J., 20, 26, 28

Gottfredsen, Jacob Rudolph, 20, 21, 28, 100, 176–77

Gottfredsen, Mary Head Wells (grandmother), 15-17, 18-19, 20, 21, 26, 28, 33, 57, 62, 177

Graham, Martha, 264, 299, 307, 308, 310

Graham, Sheilah, 584, 585

Grand Detour, Illinois:

Sheffield Hotel in, 100–101, 117–18, 121, 128–29, 145–46, 150–51, 152

vacations in, 92–93, 129, 145–46

Grant, Cary, 593, 614, 643

Graver, Gary, 714

Graves, Mrs. Levi, 57

Great Depression, 219, 220, 239, 240, 305, 311, 322, 327–28, 381, 388

Green, Paul, 660

Green Bay Tree, The
(stage play), 253, 258

“Green Goddess, The” (radio play), 531, 644

Green Goddess, The
(stage play), 521

Green Goddess, The
(vaudeville show), 546–51

Green Hat, The
(stage play), 115–16

Greet, Ben, 61, 165, 271

Griffin, Merv, 98, 709, 713, 714–15, 718, 719, 730–34, 736, 737–38, 742

Griffith, D. W., 102, 502, 615, 615n, 705

Griffith, John, 30

Guggenheim, Paul, 166, 174

Gwenn, Edmund, 161

Haas, Dolly, 587

Hagen, Uta, 617

Hall, Charles, 37, 77

Hamilton, Alexander, 13

Hammett, Dashiell, “The Glass Key” (radio play), 531

Hammond, Percy, 348–49

Hardin, Nils, 246

Hardwicke, Cedric, 405, 576

Harlow, Jean, 642

Harris, Jed, 253, 254, 257–58, 638

Harris, William, Jr. (producer), 229, 231

Hart, Moss, 390

Hart, William S., 118

Hartman, David, 686

Hawks, Howard, 540, 606, 643, 669, 717

Hayes, Helen, 584

radio roles of, 531, 547, 570, 599–600, 643

socializing, 406, 537, 566

stage roles of, 434, 547, 559–60, 735

Hayes, J. J., 204

Hays Office, 702

Hayward, Leland, 576, 577, 638

Hayworth, Rita, 109, 686, 715, 716, 725, 726, 727, 733

Head, Daniel, 18, 21

Head, Dan O., 52, 58

Head, Orson Sherman (great-grandfather), 16, 17, 18, 21, 64

Head family, 15–16, 17, 18, 21

Hearst, William Randolph:

books about, 246, 652

and
Citizen Kane
, 651–56, 663, 675–76, 679, 735, 736–37

and
Cradle Will Rock
, 388

and Marion Davies, 567, 625-26, 663, 737

health of, 725

Hearst Castle, San Simeon, 624–25, 652

and Huxley novel, 566–67, 622

ideas for a drama about, 237, 238, 573, 596, 622–26

and Herman Mankiewicz, 619, 622-25, 629, 652-55, 663-64, 675-76

newspapers of, 79, 94–95, 113, 226, 561–62, 724, 735

shrinking empire of, 622

and Spanish-American War, 652, 654

Heart of Darkness
(proposed film), 583, 589, 591–97, 606–10

cancellation of, 695

costs of, 578–79, 592, 596, 597, 605, 606, 693, 695

and Mercury players, 586–87, 592, 609

plans for, 563–65, 580, 589, 606, 617

postponement of, 574, 578, 607, 608, 609, 703

preparatory filming of, 592–93

previous radio version of, 564

and RKO, 563–65, 586, 606, 607, 618, 628

script for, 564–65, 569, 570, 578, 579, 591, 593–95, 607, 624

Smiler with the Knife
as follow-up to, 595–97, 618

Smiler
as substitute for, 607, 609–10, 616

and special effects, 592, 593, 595, 606–7, 673

Hearts of Age, The
(short film), 286–87, 360, 474, 475, 565, 668

Hecht, Ben, 407, 425, 540, 695

“Cyrano
de Bergerac
” script, 563

The Front Page
, 79, 406

Ladies and Gentlemen
, 559, 560

and Charles MacArthur, 79, 406-7, 531, 537, 540, 559-60, 571, 658

Madame X
, 660

and Herman Mankiewicz, 406, 571

socializing, 406, 537, 571, 658

The Kingdom of Evil
, 679

“Twentieth Century” (radio play), 531

Hecht, Rose, 406

Helburn, Theresa, 463, 527

Hemingway, Ernest, 248, 249, 382–83, 520, 584, 746

Henderson, Ray, 303

Hendrickson, Carl, 138, 139, 158–60, 165, 279, 320

Henning, Doug, 710

Henrotin, Dr. Ferdinand, 277

Hepburn, Katharine, 258, 484, 520, 584, 593, 664

“Her Escape” (uncompleted film), 61

Herrmann, Bernard, 139, 379

and
Citizen Kane
, 3, 634, 692–93, 701, 703, 724, 735, 736n

and
The Columbia Workshop
, 370, 380

and “First Person Singular,” 459, 469–70, 471

and “War of the Worlds,” 501–2, 503, 649

Herron, Constance, 277, 278, 285, 288, 289

Hersholt, Jean, 674

Herz, William, 472, 480, 483, 502, 521

Hickenlooper, George, 746

Higham, Charles,
Orson Welles: The Rise and Fall of an American Genius
, 13, 15, 60, 80, 145, 146, 151, 183, 375, 525, 716

Highland Park News
, 153, 169, 170, 186

Hill, Hortense Gettys, 137, 221

and Maurice Bernstein, 162

and Chris Welles Feder, 716

and Orson, 139, 145, 147, 148–49, 172, 178, 188–89, 205, 232, 255

and Orson-Virginia marriage, 298–99, 301

socializing, 252, 542, 549

and Todd School, 138, 147

and Woodstock summer theater, 282, 283, 287

Hill, Joanne, 218, 321

Hill, Noble, 135, 147, 149

Hill, Roger:

and Maurice Bernstein, 162

and
Citizen Kane
, 660, 706

and “The Deep,” 738

eulogy to Orson, 746–47

and
Everybody’s Shakespeare
, 240–41, 251, 255, 260, 293–94, 300, 302–4, 314, 606

and John Brown play, 219, 220, 222–23, 225–26, 229–30

letters to and from Orson, 187, 188–89, 194, 196, 197, 201, 215, 221–22, 228, 231–33, 239, 242–44, 255, 260, 261, 263, 272, 295, 308, 309, 313, 341, 358

and New York trip, 228–36

and Orson’s Big Ideas, 238–39, 272–73, 314–16

Orson’s conversations with, 90, 144, 456, 466–67, 718, 719, 733, 738–42

and Orson’s finances, 225, 234, 241, 263, 297, 299, 300, 314–16, 323, 337

Orson’s friendship with, 178, 181, 182, 186, 252, 263, 349, 515, 542, 549, 554

and Orson’s schooling, 132, 135–39, 145, 147–49, 184

and Orson’s teen years, 82, 155, 162–64, 165, 185, 220, 223, 227

and Orson-Virginia marriage, 298–99, 301, 600

and Richard Ives Welles, 82, 172

and sailing, 540, 738

and school productions, 150, 156–58, 180, 201, 231, 320–21

and Todd School, 115, 132, 137–39, 145, 147–49, 164, 184, 217–20, 228, 316, 320, 358, 404

and “War of the Worlds,” 509

and Woodstock summer theater, 273, 275, 277, 279, 281, 282, 283–84, 293

Hillside estate, Wyoming, NY, 108–9

Hindenberg
disaster (1937), 504

Hitchcock, Alfred, 160–61, 485, 744, 745

Hitler, Adolf, 159, 372, 427, 493, 511, 566

Hoffenstein, Samuel, 571

Holland, Joseph, 416, 443

Holliday, Judy (Tuvim), 477

Hollywood blacklist, 562, 643n, 727

Hollywood Reporter
, 593, 607, 647, 702

Hopkins, Arthur, 390, 403, 408, 409, 445

Hopkins, Harry, 389, 391, 393, 399, 400, 401

Hopkins, Miriam, 643

Hopper, Hedda, 560–62, 567, 608, 617–18, 642, 728

Horse Eats Hat
(stage play), 359–62, 363–65, 368, 384, 410, 472

and Bil Baird, 357, 363-64

cast of, 359, 360–61, 373, 473

critics’ reactions to, 364–65, 535

and Edwin Denby, 355–56, 360, 361, 364, 378

and John Houseman, 359, 361, 362, 365

as
Italian Straw Hat
, 354, 355–56

music for, 356, 433

Orson as director of, 361–62, 363, 372, 401, 484

Orson’s acting in, 357, 364, 366

production team, 356–57, 361

script for, 356, 357, 359–60

success of, 364–65

timing in, 362, 363, 364, 434, 484

Horton, Asadata Dafora, 334–35, 341, 343

Houdini, Harry, 87, 88, 114–15, 127–28

Houseman, John, 304–10

and
The Campbell Playhouse
, 516, 518, 531, 546, 569, 570, 579–80, 611

and
Citizen Kane
, 628–30, 635, 636, 638, 639–41, 650–52, 653–55, 656, 659, 680, 696

and
Citizen Kane
lawsuit, 613, 621, 622, 628–29, 630, 638, 639–40, 651, 652–53, 655, 677, 681, 694

and
The Columbia Workshop
, 380, 415

and
The Cradle Will Rock
, 384, 385–86, 387, 390–92, 393, 394–98, 400, 402

and
Danton’s Death
, 489–91, 493, 495–97, 498

and
The Devil and Daniel Webster
, 530, 536, 538

early years of, 305

and
Faustus
, 371, 374–77

and Federal Theatre Project, 328, 460

and “First Person Singular,” 460, 467–69

and
Five Kings
, 522–27, 530, 532, 533–34, 536, 545, 546

and
The Green Goddess
, 549–50

and
Hamlet
, 369, 370