Table of Contents
Prologue ix
Part 1 Dawn
1 Land of the Rising Sun 3
2 Max Reinhardt, Dick Powell, Mickey Rooney, and James Cagney 11
3 Errol Flynn 21
4 Anthony Adverse, The Charge of the Light Brigade, and Call It a Day 27
5 It's Love I'm After 37
6 Joan Falls in Love, Olivia Makes a Western 43
7 The Adventures of 'Robin Hood 49
8 Brian Aherne 55
9 Howard Hughes 61
Part 2 Gone With the Wind
10 David O. Seiznick 69
11 George Cukor, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Victor Fleming 79
12 The Atlanta and New York Premieres of Gone With the Wind 99
13 Jimmy Stewart 109
Part 3 Affairs of the Heart
14 Vying with Vivien Leigh and Joan Fontaine for Rebecca 123
15 With Ingrid Bergman, Burgess Meredith, John Huston, Bette Davis, and George Brent 131
16 Olivia and Joan Compete for the Best-Actress Oscar 143
17 The de Havilland Rule 151
Part 4 Years of Triumph
18 To Each His Own, the Witch Hunt, The Snake Pit, and the Cover of Time 173
19 Working with Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson, and William Wyler in The Heiress 187
Part 5 Fateful Decisions
20 A Streetcar Named Desire 201
21 Grace under Pressure 217
22 Marriage French Style 229
23 Grace Kelly and the Jet Set 237
24 On Broadway with Henry Fonda, on the High Seas with Edward Heath 255
25 Grand Guignol: Having Fun with Bette Davis in Hush … Hush, Sweet Charlotte 265
26 Benjamin's Illness, Olivia's Faith, Prime Minister Edward Heath Airport '77, and TV 277
27 Sunset and Evening Star 293
28 Grand Slam: Legion of Honor, National Medal of Arts, Dame Commander 307
Epilogue 321
Acknowledgments 327
Endnotes 331
Index 389
About the Author 411