Kay Thompson (79 page)

Begelman, David,
373

Behrman, Stanley,
303

Belafonte, Harry,
309

Bellamy, Ralph,
318

Bells Are Ringing
,
369

Belushi, John,
375

Bemelmans, Ludwig,
209
,
221

Benchley, Robert,
102
,
106

Benny, Jack,
109
,
170

Bercovici, Leonardo,
81
–82

Berenson, Berry,
359

Berenson, Marisa,
362

Bergen, Edgar,
318

Bergman, Ingrid,
105
,
366

Berigan, Bunny,
78

Berkeley, Busby,
321
,
322

Berle, Milton,
49
,
60
,
159
,
162
,
195
,
201
,
241
,
284
,
309

Berlin, Irving,
105
,
118
,
158
,
179
,
344

Berns, Larry,
82

Bernstein, Leonard,
298
,
309
,
311
,
328

Bernstein, Robert L.,
262
–64,
267
–72,
276

Best Foot Forward
,
83
,
85

Beverly Hillbillies, The
,
170

Big Record, The
,
302
,
327

Big Ten, The
,
44
–45

Bi-Ko,
348
,
370
–72

Billingsley, Sherman,
188
,
240

Billion Dollar Baby
,
166

Bing Crosby–Woodbury Show
,
35
–37,
98

Birkin, Jane,
363

Bishop, Joey,
306
,
349

Black Moon
,
355

Blair, Betsy,
109
,
256

Blane, Ralph,
50
,
62
,
63
,
66
,
70
,
73
,
83
,
85
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89
,
91
,
105
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107
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112
–14,
115
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117
,
122
,
127
,
137
–38,
140
,
143
,
218
,
259
,
284
,
315

Blass, Bill,
361
,
363
,
365

Bleyer, Archie,
82
,
83
,
95
,
217
–18,
324
,
325
,
328

Blithe Spirit
,
175
,
343

Blondell, Joan,
65
,
72

Blue, Ben,
183

Blue Monday Jamboree, The
,
38

Bluett, Leonard,
98
,
99
,
130

Bock, Jerry,
304

Bogart, Humphrey,
98
,
102
,
103
,
123
,
136
,
156
,
200
,
208
,
306

Bogart, Stephen,
208

Bohan, Marc,
360
,
364

Bohème, La
,
297

Bolshoi Ballet,
277
,
279

Boswell, Connie,
70

Bourne, Nina,
265
,
283

Boutet de Monvel, Louis-Maurice,
207

Boyd, Stephen,
317

Boyer, Charles,
317

Boys from Syracuse, The
,
70

Boys in the Band, The
,
334
–35

Bradbury, Ray,
135

Breakfast at Tiffany’s
,
338

Breaking Away
,
361

Breen Office,
111

Bregman, Buddy,
174
,
217
,
296

Bremer, Lucille,
129

Brenner, Marie,
117
,
175
,
185
,
215
,
381
–82

Brewer, Theresa,
196
,
302

Brian Sisters,
77

Brice, Fanny,
15
,
220

Bridges, Jim,
368

Bridges, Lloyd,
318

Brighten-Up with Kay Thompson
,
26

Brin, Irene,
342

British Academy Awards,
361

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC),
274

Britton, Pamela,
107

Broadway Rhythm
,
101

Broadway Story, The
169

Brody, Adrien,
370

Brooks, Donald,
365

Brooks, Mel,
168
,
195
,
260

Brown, Earl,
114
,
367

Brown, Lew,
142

Browne, Coral,
315

Bruce, Nigel,
77

Brunswick Records,
35
,
37
,
40
,
48
–49,
54
,
55
,
68

Brynner, Yul,
343

Buchwald, Art,
181
,
254
,
265
,
301

Buckley, Gail Lumet,
97
,
99
,
182
,
208
,
305
–6

Buell, Ellen Lewis,
275

Buick-Berle Show
,
195
,
241

Bülow, Claus von,
376

Burgess, Al,
191

Burke’s Law
,
237
,
319

Burnap, Campbell,
46

Burnett, Carol,
261

Burns, George,
169
,
170
,
172
,
186
,
192

Burrows, Stephen,
360
,
361

Burton, Paul,
201

Burton, Richard,
314
,
316
–17

Butterworth, Charlie,
106

Bye Bye Birdie
,
260
,
329

Cabaret
,
355
,
356
,
362

Cabin in the Sky
,
96
–97

Cabooch, Tony,
22

Cadence Records,
82
,
217
,
275
,
324
–26

Caesar, Sid,
168
,
260
,
321

Cahn, Sammy,
107
,
124
,
138
,
200
,
307
,
321

Cairo
,
81

California Melodies
,
31

Callas, Maria,
285

Call Me Madam
,
179

Calloway, Cab,
57
,
58

Camden Records,
323

Camille
,
359

Can-Can
,
284
,
297

Cannes Film Festival,
260
,
279

Cantrell, Mary Lorena “Billie,”
see
Marcus, Billie Cantrell

Capitol Records,
325

Capone, Al,
150

Capote, Truman,
172
,
356

Capucine,
339
,
363

Cardin, Pierre,
266
,
360

Cardinale, Claudia,
338
–39

Carlisle, Charles,
45
,
46

Carlisle, Kitty,
285

Carmichael, Hoagy,
21
,
27
–28

Carmichael, William Randolph,
51

Caroline, Princess of Monaco,
346

Carr, Larry,
89

Carradine, David,
102
,
208

Carradine, John,
102

Carroll, Harrison,
107

Carson, Jack,
169
,
170
,
318

Carter, Lynne,
191
–94,
196
,
199

Caruso, Jim,
166
,
360
,
373
,
376
,
377
,
381
,
384

Casablanca
,
92

Casati, Marchesa Luisa,
366

Casino Royale
,
221
,
365

Cassini, Oleg,
309

Castle, Nick,
296

CBS Radio,
40
,
41
,
45
,
55
–56,
109
,
130
,
138
,
234

Kay’s national variety shows on,
51
–55,
72
–74,
76
–77,
82
–85,
306

Los Angeles affiliate of (KHJ),
27
,
28
,
30
–32,
34
–38

St. Louis affiliate of (KMOX),
21
–24,
26
,
29

Spier at,
70
–72,
81
–82,
91
,
94
(see also
Suspense
)

CBS Television,
48
,
170
,
175
,
187
,
228
,
258
,
287
,
300
,
310
,
322
,
325

Eloise
adaptation on,
221
–24,
230

Garland’s specials on,
312
–13

Kay’s guest appearances on,
180
,
183
,
237
,
258
,
261
,
275
,
302
,
303

Williams’s show on,
326

Cerf, Bennett,
212
,
270

Champigny, Georges,
189

Champion, Gower,
176
,
300
,
321
,
322

Champion, Marge,
176
,
217
,
300
,
301
,
321
,
322

Chanel, Coco,
217
,
248
,
258
,
266
,
268
,
353

Channing, Carol,
194
,
200
,
300
–302,
343

Chaplin, Charlie,
33
,
341

Chaplin, Geraldine,
370

Chaplin, Saul,
109

Chapman, Abe,
154

Charisse, Cyd,
121
,
140
,
243
,
256

Charles, Prince of Wales,
273

Charles, Ray,
192
,
195
,
334
,
335

Chase, Edna Woolman,
236

Chast, Roz,
375
–76

Cheerleaders,
200

Cheshire, Maxine,
125

Chesterfield Radio Show, The
,
49
–53,
74

Chevalier, Maurice,
162

Child, Mike,
22
–23

Chordettes,
217

Christian Science,
9
,
144
,
159
–60,
174
,
197
,
341

Christopher, Dennis,
360
–64

Chrysler Shower of Stars
,
300

Cinecittà Studios,
337
,
339

Clark, Dick,
326

Clark, Petula,
196

Clarke, George W.,
236

Clarke, Gerald,
185

Clavé, Antoni,
334

Clayton, Jan,
33

Cleave, Van,
250

Cleopatra
,
167
,
317
,
338
,
339
,
341

Climax!
,
221
,
224

Clinton, Bill,
376

Clinton, Hillary Rodham,
240

Clinton, Larry,
55
,
69
–70

Clock, The
,
116
,
141

Clooney, Rosemary,
256

Coakley, Tom,
27
,
28
,
38
–40,
77

Coca, Imogene,
34

Cocktail Party
,
194
,
197

Coco
,
353

Cocteau, Jean,
260
,
266

Cohan, George M.,
72
,
158

Cohn, Harry,
123
,
128

Colbert, Claudette,
31
,
175

Cole, Jack,
171
,
177

Cole, Natalie,
270

Cole, Nat King,
270
,
309

Coleman, Emil,
49

Coleman, Samuel C.,
289
–90

College Bowl, The
,
323

Collins, Dorothy,
196

Collins, Joan,
358

Colman, Ronald,
123

Colt, Samuel,
225

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS),
see
CBS Radio; CBS Television

Columbia Pictures,
77
,
123
,
128
,
296
,
329

Columbia Records,
159
,
179
,
329
,
338

Colvig, Pinto,
37

Comden, Betty,
109

Comer, Sam,
260

Como, Perry,
102
,
105
,
158
,
195
,
320
,
325
,
335

Condemned of Altona, The
,
335