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Lord Byron
(opera) 226, 230–31, 233;
Cherry,
Larry, Sandy, Doris, Jean, Paul
(play) 230

Las Tunas Canyon, California 282–283, 357, 371, 656

Las Vegas, Nevada 148

Lassally, Walter 438

Laster, Dale 465

“Late Night Extra” (radio program) 7

Latham, Aaron,
Crazy Sundays
157

Lathwood, Jo (Masselink): break up of relationship with Ben Masselink 4, 80, 98, 143, 181, 284; friendship and socializing with C.I. 4, 80, 98, 138–9, 274, 422, 430, 490, 492, 496, 502, 508, 518, 519, 672; advised by Evelyn Hooker 80; apartment in Santa Monica 98, 124, 138, 446; and Ben's father 98, 359; loses job 100; age 113; horoscope analyzed by Jack Fontan 113; birthday 220; operation on foot 223; at Tom Hayden lecture on war in Indochina 266; swimming 269; reminisces with C.I. about 1954 Mexico trip 287; suffers allergic reaction 391–2; fear of death 430; Paget's Disease 437,
782
; complains about poor health 446, 448, 458, 460, 626; shingles 446; in hospital for tests 447, 448; walks with crutch 455, 458; flower paintings 502; and Brian Finney's biography of C.I. 561; operation for diverticulitis 625, 626, 630; requires visiting nurse 637; on crime in the neighborhood 655, 657;
768–9

Laughlin, Leslie
see
Caron, Leslie

Laughlin, Michael: C.I.'s views on 3, 109, 244; shooting incident 109; C.I. socializes with 150, 217, 304, 450, 500, 501, 503, 515, 601; offers Don Bachardy work as art director 163; business projects 241–2; moves to France 343, 345; views on economy 345;
Nicole
369, 376–7; gift for C.I.'s seventieth birthday 451; marriage problems 471, 472, 478;
760

Laughton, Charles: marriage to Elsa Lanchester 102, 185; proposed biographies of 114, 185, 211; homosexuality 185; as King Lear 216; information on C.I.'s fossil 431

Laughton, Elsa
see
Lanchester, Elsa

Lavery, Emmett, Jr. 434

Lawrence, D.H.:
Lady Chatterley's Lover
568;

Movements in European History
574

Lawrence, Jerome (Jerry) 206, 231,
760

Lawrence, T.E. 175, 632;
The Secret Lives of Lawrence of Arabia
(Knightley and Simpson) 177

Lawson, George 56, 511, 512, 513, 515,
760

Lawson, Gladys 512
n

Layard, John 480,
760–61

Lazar, Irving 235, 387, 391, 405–6, 425, 434, 439,
761

Lazar, Mary 235

Lazarus
(ballet) 58

Le Fanu, Sheridan 441

Le Page, Richard 21, 41, 42, 54, 55, 56, 57–8, 74,
762

Lean, David 495

Leavitt, Natalie, cooks and cleans for C.I. 240, 263, 271, 492, 493, 494, 496, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 503, 505, 506, 519, 576, 580, 631, 638,
761

Leavitt, Thaïs 580, 640

Lebanon 435

Leddy, Eamonn 619

“Legend of Silent Night, The” (television program) 534

Léger, Jean 30–31, 38

Legg, Bill 299–300

Lehmann, Beatrix (Peggy) 235, 513,
761

Lehmann, John: hopes to publish correspondence with C.I. xxxi–xxxii, 329, 379, 387, 390, 392–3, 395; C.I. annoyed and bored by visits of 3, 117, 208, 433; and Alexis Rassine 68, 69; C.I. visits in San Diego 115; and Morris Fry 115;
New Writing
(magazine) 115
n
, 329; teaches at San Diego State College 115, 117, 207; publishing company 117, 329; views on America 141; stays at C.I. and Don Bachardy's house 145, 152, 153, 207–8, 433; in London 329–30, 510, 511, 516; proposed pseudonymous memoirs 329–30; on deaths of Auden and Plomer 394; on Auden's memorial stone at Westminster Abbey 456–7; agnosticism 554; and William Caskey 615; review of C.I's
My Guru and His Disciple
644;
761–2
Thrown to the Woolfs
581–2

Lehmann, Rosamond 317, 510, 516,
762

Leicester, England 512; Phoenix Theatre 89, 90, 91, 222–223, 307

Leighton, Margaret (Maggie) 1, 270, 347
n
,
762

Lelouch, Claude 496

Lemke, Cliff (carpenter) 125, 127

Leningrad 449

Lennon, John 190

Leonardo da Vinci 267–8

Leopard, The
(film) 574

Leopold, Michael 118,
762

Les Baux, France 33, 194

lesbianism 12, 83

LeSueur, Joe 169, 171, 509,
762

Levant, Amanda 268

Levant, June 268

Levant, Lorna 305

Levant, Oscar 268, 271,
762–3

Leverson, Ada 325, 577

Levy, Miranda Speranza (Mirandi) 584, 605,
763

Lewes, George Henry 163

Lewis, Ian 73, 74, 316

Lewis, Mort 358

Leyland, Winston 372

Libman, Lilian 159, 162

Lieberman, Archie,
Farm Boy
451

Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, The
(film) 341

Limerick, Ireland 84, 86

Lincoln, Abraham 305

Lincoln Center, New York 169, 206, 259

Lincoln Heights Jail, Los Angeles 488

Lindisfarne Castle, Northumberland, England 513

Linkroum, Dick 138–139

Linlithgow, Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of 389, 390

Lion, Henry 234

Lions and Shadows
(C.I.) xxiv, xxxiii, xxxvi, 75, 393
n
, 398, 432

Lipscomb, Mark 524, 587, 593, 598, 601–2, 607, 609, 639,
763

Lipstick
(film) 503

List, Herbert 25–6,
763

Listener, The
(magazine) 208

Little, Barbara 560

Little, Penny: friendship and socializing with C.I. and Don Bachardy 112, 135, 182, 188, 216, 233, 240, 244, 302, 385, 427, 494, 497, 500, 505, 519, 520, 533, 560, 577, 598–9, 620, 676; relationship with Billy Al Bengston 112; trips to Mexico 143, 536, 538; recommends store 153; Bachardy's drawing of 182; running 562, 599; trips to Hawaii 577, 580, 676; birthday 580;
763

Littman, Doris 506

Littman, Robert (Bobby) 497, 506, 553,
763

Litvinov, Ivy,
She Knew She Was Right
250

Livermore, California 625

Lloyd, Peggy 354

Locke, Charles O. (Charlie) 5–6, 130–31, 136–7, 138,
763

Lokeswarananda, Swami 467–8, 470, 473

Lolita
(Kubrick film) 490

London: gay scene xxxviii, 49, 67, 324; C.I.'s trips to: (1970) 7–13, 16–30, 38–52, 55–77; (1973) 314–30, 334–6; (1976) 510–511, 513–16; (1977) 540, 542–3; (1980) 635, 643, 645; anti-Vietnam War protests 8; fashions 8, 22; Ramakrishna-Vedanta Centre 9, 77, 255, 327, 470; high-rise developments 27; C.I.'s views on 28, 314, 316, 322;
see also
England

“London” flu 312

Long Beach, California 531

Long, Tom 583, 647, 675

Lonn, David 471

Loos, Anita 168, 221, 306, 308, 453, 509, 510, 614, 615, 616–17,
763–4

Loos, Mary 453, 615, 616–17

Lord Byron
(opera) 226, 230–31, 233

Lorenz, Konrad,
On Aggression
285

Los Angeles: high rise developments 81, 122, 133, 140, 144, 159, 162, 249, 287, 311; smog 113, 437, 582, 619, 649, 677; freeway construction 117–18; mayoral election (1973) 363

Los Angeles City Council 16, 611

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, “Change Inc., West” exhibition 598

Los Angeles County Public Library 353

Los Angeles Film Festival (Filmex) 286, 290, 297

Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park 293, 345, 358, 374–5, 376–7, 497, 609

Los Angeles Music Center 133; Mark Taper Forum 3
n
, 226, 229, 232, 252, 492, 648; Ahmanson Theater 179, 259, 589
n
, 610

Los Angeles Times
1, 87
n
, 119
n
, 132, 150, 157, 232, 377–8, 386, 406, 460, 501, 551, 630

Los Angeles World Affairs Council 280

Lost Horizon
(film) 244
n

Lost Years: A Memoir 1945–1951
(C.I.), reconstruction of diaries 119, 197, 211, 213, 239, 249, 271, 288, 292, 354, 395, 410, 411, 429, 534

Loud, Lance 376, 379,
764

Louisiana 149, 609;
see also
New Orleans

Love Me Tonight
(film) 684

Loved One, The
(film) 405, 417, 539

Lovelace, Linda 368
n

Lowenkopf, Shelly 527, 528

Loy, Myrna 172, 307,
764

Loyola University, New Orleans 432

Lubitsch, Ernst,
To Be or Not To Be
270

Luce, Clare Boothe 189, 191, 195,
764

Luce, William,
The Belle of Amherst
496

Luckenbill, Dan 254, 602,
764

Luckinbill, Laurence (Larry) 227, 229, 230, 231, 232, 238, 292, 293, 298, 306, 307, 308,
764

Lucky Lady
(film) 492

Lüdecke, Wenzel 65

Ludington, Wright 211,
764–5

Luke, Peter,
Hadrian VII
2

Luminous Procuress
(film) 267

Lusk, Mr. and Mrs. (party hosts in Fremont Place) 154

Lyme Hall, Cheshire, England 53

 

MacAndrew, Eddie 52

McBey, Marguerite 517

McCallister, Lon 124, 127

McCallum, David 347, 380,
769–70

McCallum, Rick 498, 501, 551,
770

McCallum York, Pat 238, 239, 240–41, 244, 254–5, 308, 492, 498, 501, 658,
823–4

MacCarthy, Desmond 562

McCarthy, Frank 507, 559,
770

McCarty-Cooper, Billy 69, 70, 507,
770

McCord, James 360

McCormick, Geoff 258

McCormick, Kevin 317

McCowen, Alec 291–2

McCoy, Ann 492, 494,
770

McCullough, Rohan 385–6

McDermott, Keith xii, 605, 608
n

McDermott, Mo: in London 49, 315, 319, 320, 324, 335, 352, 505, 506, 523; in California 505, 506, 523;
770

McDonagh, Michael 273

McDonald, Graham/Graeme 514

McDonald, Joe 500

MacDonald, Madge 178, 189, 448, 574–5,
765

McDowall, Roddy 263, 376, 386, 400
n
, 448,
770–71
; and Paul Anderson 244, 263, 270, 286, 401, 491, 496, 497, 559, 682

McDowell, Malcolm 511

McEwan, Geraldine 11
n

McEwen, Romana von Hofmannsthal 323

McGonigle, Dr. John 560–61

McGovern, George 235, 246, 299
n

McGuire, Dorothy 611,
771

McHattie, Stephen 497

Macht, Stephen 293, 298, 306,
765

McKellan, Ian 41

MacLaine, Shirley 641

MacMillan, David 411

McShine, Kynaston 650

McWhinnie, Donald 24, 25,
771

Macy, Gertrude 93, 312,
765

Madigan, Leo (Larry) 43, 324, 330, 459, 514,
765

Madrid, Spain 517–18

Maeterlink, Maurice:
L'Oiseau Bleu
449
n; Sister Beatrice
383

Magic Flute, The
(Bergman film) 492

Magnin, Jerry 289

Maharaj
see
Brahmananda, Swami Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 404

Mailer, Norman 157, 362,
765–6

Main, Bob (carpenter) 127

Malcolm X,
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
x, 14

Maley, Ken 586, 587, 597, 631

Malick, Terrence 579

Mallory, Margaret 492,
766

Maltin, Arnold and Mrs. (pseuds.; accountants) 26, 133, 234, 271

Man Who Fell to Earth, The
(film) 510

Man Who Would Be King, The
(film) 395, 491

Manaus, Brazil 351

Manchester, England 53, 683

Mandeville Canyon, Los Angeles 592, 593

Mangeot, André 9,
766

Mangeot, Olive 9, 37, 54,
766

Mangeot, Sylvain 8–9, 146,
766

Manhattan Beach, California 373

Manionis, Anthony (Tony) 293, 298,
766–7

Mann, Daniel (Danny) 534

Mann, David 28, 46, 52

Mann, Erika xxxi, 677,
767

Mann, Heinrich Klaus xxxi, 677,
767

Mann, Thomas xv, 339

Manning, Cardinal Timothy 590

Manson, Charles 146, 290
n

Mantilla, Faride (cleaner) 250, 352

Manulis, Martin 610

Mao Tse-Tung 128

Marchand, Leslie A.,
Byron: A Portrait
193

Margaret, Princess 144, 588, 589, 590

Margo (actress) 417

Marie Antoinette
(film) 582

marijuana
see
pot

Marin County, California: Civic Center 89; College of Marin 630, 631

Marina del Rey, Los Angeles 187, 249, 281, 487

Mark, Mary Ellen 497

Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles 3
n
, 226, 229, 232, 252, 492, 648

Markovich, John (Mark;
later
Swami Tadatmananda) 124, 155, 191,
768

Marlborough Gallery, New York 467

Marple Hall, Cheshire, England 6, 84,
768

Marrakech, Morocco 517

Marre, Albert 556, 557, 561, 562, 563–4, 566, 569, 581, 600, 602, 603, 604, 605, 607, 608
n
,
768

Marre, Joan 603, 604

Marshak, Daryll 497

Martel, Alan 171

Martin, Anne 443

Martin, Gene 664

Marx, Fred (surgeon) 672

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