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Acknowledgments

Writing a biography is a collaborative enterprise. It’s a pleasure to thank the following for their help:

INTERVIEWEES

Diana Anderson, April 2, 2008

Rudy Behlmer, January 29, 2008, and via email

Richard Benjamin, September 12, 2009

Alice “Boaty” Boatwright, October 12, 2006

David Chierichetti, February 16, 2007, and March 17, 2008

Bruce Dancis, June 26, 2008

Olivia de Havilland, by letter, September 21, 2006

Rhonda Fleming, September 17, 2007

Jim Frasher, October 17, 2007

Barbara Handman, October 11, 2006

Wynn Handman, October 11, 2006

Deborah Hornblow, October 13, 2005, and via email

Doris Hornblow, May 13, 2005

Dr. John Terry Hornblow, April 20, 21, 2005

Leonora Hornblow, June 10, 2005

Michael Hornblow, June 10, 2005

Marsha Hunt, March 18, 2006