Natasha (76 page)

I’M AN ACTRESS; NEEDS BALANCE
: Natalie Wood interview, “Remembering Natalie;” Natalie to Sue Russell, July 1978

I SELL SOAP
: Tom Mankiewicz, A&E biography of Robert Wagner

BROTHER AND SISTER
: Faye Nuell Mayo to SF

BURDITT COMMENTS
: Joyce Burditt to SF, 12/10/99

GO ON INSTINCT; IN LOVE WITH
CRACKER
: Natalie Wood, “Remembering Natalie”

MARTINELLI COMMENTS
: John Martinelli to SF

SHAPIRO COMMENTS
: Richard Shapiro to SF

LEDDING COMMENTS
: Ed Ledding to SF

MCNALLY COMMENTS
: Lola McNally to SF, fall 1999

THERE WERE DEMONS
: Robert Wagner, “Intimate Portrait: Natalie Wood”

CATES COMMENTS
: Gilbert Cates to SF

RELATED TO
MARRIED
: 2/80
Tomorrow
show; “My life with the Greatest,” Victor Dais,
London Daily Express
, 4/23/80; 3/79
Saturday Evening Post

RUSSIA TRIP
: Peggy Griffin to SF; 2/15/79
Los Angeles Times
; 4/2/79
Look
; “Natalie Wood’s Sentimental Journey,” Thomas Thompson,
TV Guide
, 1/23/82; 7/80
Biarritz
; 8/79
McCall’s
; 11/26/79
WWD;
12/2/81
Orange County Register

LOOK
COVER
: 4/2/79
Look

ACT FIVE

MEMOIRS: Olga Viripaeff to SF; Peggy Griffin to SF; 2/10/80
New York Times
(chapters in fur closet); 2/11/79
New York Daily News;
Mart Crowley, “Intimate Portrait: Natalie Wood”

TWO TRAGEDIES
: from the play
Lady Windermere’s Fan
, Oscar Wilde

THEME OF WATER FEAR
: told to Bob Lardine, as reported 12/2/81
New York Daily News

WANTED
ORDINARY PEOPLE
: Robert Redford to SF

CRITICISM HURTFUL
: 11/26/79
WWD

GRIFFIN COMMENTS
: Peggy Griffin to SF

ALT COMMENTS
: Duane Alt to SF, 10/5/99

HYPNOTIZED FOR SCENE; ENACTED DEATH SCENE
: “Natalie Wood In ‘Eva Ryker,’ ” Jerry Buck,
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
, 5/4/80

FIRST DEATH SCENE
: 12/2/81
Orange County Register

GRAUMAN COMMENTS
: Walter Grauman for SF, 8/10/99

HUNT COMMENTS
: Grady Hunt for SF, 8/5/99

DILLMAN COMMENTS
: Bradford Dillman for SF, fall 1999

FOXWORTH COMMENTS
: Robert Foxworth for SF

BATES COMMENTS
: Sugar Bates to SF

NOT HEALTHY
: “Natalie Wood on Marriage and Movies,” Judy Klemesrud,
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
, 2/18/80

SURPRISE PARTY
: 2/7/80
Daily Variety;
9/85
Ladies Home Journal

PRESTIGE PARTNERSHIP; MUSK, LONELY
: Roderick Mann to SF

LIKE VENTRILOQUISTS
: Sue Russell to SF, 4/30/99

SECOND RATE
: “Reassurances of ‘Last Married Couple,’ ” Vincent Canby,
New York Times
, 2/8/80

ONE TYPED ROLE
: “Banjo Pickin’ with George Segal,” Clifford Terry,
Chicago Tribune
, 4/2/98

KEPT PROMISE TO FAHD
: Shirley Mann to SF

EULOGY
: written by Natalie and Lana Wood

WAGNER PARTY
: Gilbert Cates to SF

R.J. TOAST
: 12/14/81
People

THE FITS; BEREFT
: Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn; Shirley Mann to SF; Lana Wood to SF; Olga Viripaeff to SF

MUD STRAINED WAGNER MARRIAGE
: Lana Wood to SF; Robert Hyatt to SF;
Natalie: A Memoir by Her Sister

CREATIVE STIRRING
: Peggy Griffin to SF; Lana Wood to SF

READ
ANASTASIA
IN ’80; MORE WONDERFUL
: “Natalie Wood Speaks of Her Theater Debut,”
Music Center News
, November 1981

WANTED TO DO PLAY WITH REDFORD
: Robert Redford to SF

MUD GAVE HER PHOTOS
: Maria Gurdin to Phyllis Quinn

FAHD HER INSPIRATION; DON’T BE AFRAID: “‘Anastasia’: A Big Steppe For Wood,” Roderick Mann,
Los Angeles Times
, 7/23/81

LANA COMMENTS; NOT “OVERLY THRILLED”
: Lana Wood to SF

PRODUCTION COMPANY; BUSINESS SIDE; GOOD TO BE AMBITIOUS
: “Natalie!”
Harper’s Bazaar
, September 1981

GRIFFIN COMMENTS
: Peggy Griffin to SF

MILFORD COMMENTS
: Nancy Milford to SF, 10/15/99

MUD PROVOKED ARGUMENTS
: Sugar Bates to SF; Lana Wood to SF; Robert Hyatt to SF

CALL FROM FOREMAN; INTRIGUED
: 7/23/81
Los Angeles Times

SCREENWRITER’S IDEA
: Robert Stitzel to SF, 10/6/98

POSED WITH FAN
: Diane Wells to SF

HAD INPUT; WALKEN WAS FOREMAN’S CHOICE
: Robert Stitzel to SF

STITZEL COMMENTS
: Robert Stitzel to SF

FLETCHER COMMENTS
: Louise Fletcher to SF, 11/2/99

STARTED DIET
: 9/30/83
Los Angeles Times
; Lana Wood to SF; Louise Fletcher to SF

GRIFFIN COMMENTS
: Peggy Griffin to SF

LANA COMMENTS
: Lana Wood to SF

OLGA COMMENTS
: Olga Viripaeff to SF

SOMETHING BOTHERING
: Betty Batausa to SF

CORDIAL
: Stitzel to SF

FINALIZED
ZELDA
: Nancy Milford to SF

ANNE SEXTON PROJECT
: Allan Folsom, quoted in “The Plot That Made a Wallet Thicken,” Bob Sipchen,
Los Angeles Times
, 2/25/93

TOOK A LATER FLIGHT
: 9/30/83
Los Angeles Times

MCGIFFERT COMMENTS
: David McGiffert to SF, 10/28/99

NUELL COMMENTS
: Faye Nuell Mayo to SF

WASN’T MUCH OF A DRINKER
: Christopher Walken’s second statement to L.A. Sheriff’s Investigators, December 1981

R.J. WAS IRRITATED
: Margaret (Marti) Rulli to SF, 10/4/99

BODY MIKES
: David Dukes to SF, 1/4/00

MORE EXCITED ABOUT
ANASTASIA
: 11/81
Music Center News

CROWE COMMENTS
: Tonya Crowe for SF

INVITED WALKEN TO DEMONSTRATE NO AFFAIR
: “Natalie Wood’s Fatal Voyage,” Sam Kashner,
Vanity Fair
, March 2000

TYPICAL TO BRING COSTARS
: Marti Rulli to SF, 10/4/99

NOTE: The police statements paraphrased or quoted are from Detectives Duane Rasure and Roy Hamilton’s official notes and/or the Natalie Wood file in the L.A. Sheriff’s Department Archives

DAVERN CLAIMS HE KNOWS
: Marti Rulli to SF, 10/4/99; 3/00
Vanity Fair
(something “more sinister” occurred); Davern to Lana Wood,
1992, 2/24/01; Davern to Cheryl Quarmyne, 1992; Duane Rasure to SF (Davern “insinuating it might have been murder”)

DISCLOSE IN A BOOK
: Dennis Davern to SF, 2/28/01; Marti Rulli to SF, 10/4/99; 3/00
Vanity Fair

DAY TO REVEAL; NATALIE BOUGHT HIM A GIFT
: Marti Rulli to SF, 10/4/99

NOON FRIDAY
: police statements of Wagner, Walken and Davern

GO A DIFFERENT TIME; CATALINA THEIR FAVORITE; FEELING OF JEALOUSY; R.J. IRRITATED
: Dennis Davern, “The Final Days”

WONDERFUL WEEKEND; WORSHIPPED WAGNERS; HELPED RAISE
: Marti Rulli to SF, 10/4/99

ROUGH CROSSING, WALKEN SEASICK; MOORED NEAR CASINO
: police statements of Wagner, Walken and Davern

BLOODY MARYS
: Walken’s 2nd police statement (Detective Roy Hamilton’s notes)

DRANK AT 2 RESTAURANTS ON AVALON
: statements of Walken and Wagner (anniversary at El Galleon); Sharon Milandra and Lee Mead, “The Final Days”; Paul Reynolds’ police statement

R.J. BOUGHT A NECKLACE
: David Stein, “The Final Days”; Wagner’s 2nd police statement

MANAGER SAW THEM LEAVE AT 10
: Paul Reynolds’ statement to police

NATALIE DIDN’T WANT TO GET INTO DINGHY
: Wagner’s and Walken’s 2nd statements to police

MORE DRINKING ON THE BOAT, WENT TO STATEROOM
: Walken’s 2nd police statement

R.J. SAID NOTHING ABOUT FRIDAY
: Wagner’s 1st police statement

CROSSING TO MAINLAND
: Wagner’s 2nd police statement

NO MENTION OF A NIGHT CROSSING
: Davern’s and Walken’s police statements

NATALIE DIDN’T WANT TO GO IN THE DARK; DISAGREEMENT ABOUT MOVING THE BOAT
: Duane Rasure to SF, 10/27/99; Wagner’s 2nd police statement

LAWYERS HIRED BY R.J
.: 3/00
Vanity Fair;
Marti Rulli to SF, 10/4/99

GRUMPY SEA, NATALIE’S IDEA
: Davern’s 2nd police statement

HUBBUB; NEVER GET INVOLVED; BOAT MOVED; STAYED ABOARD SEASICK AND APPARENTLY ASLEEP
: Walken’s 2nd police statement

UNBEARABLE TENSION; R.J. ON BOAT AGITATED
:
3/00 Vanity Fair

THOUGHT THE BEST
: Davern, “The Final Days”

DAVERN TOOK NATALIE ASHORE
: Wagner’s and Davern’s 2nd police statements

DISTRESSED, INTOXICATED, WITH DUFFEL BAG AND DAVERN
: Police statements of Paul Reynolds, Davern, Ann Laughton

REYNOLDS ACCOUNT
: Paul Reynolds’ police statement

NATALIE AND DAVERN CHECKED IN, INTOXICATED; MAID’S RECORDS
: Police statement of Ann Laughton; Davern’s media accounts

WALKEN IMPLIED ALL ON BOAT: Walken’s 1st police statement; Rasure to SF

WALKEN AND WAGNER NOT ASKED ABOUT FRIDAY
: Rasure to SF

DAVERN SAID STAYED ON BOAT, RATHER TALK TO R.J
.: Davern’s 1st police statement; Rasure to SF

WAGNER AND DAVERN LATER ADMITTED NATALIE ASHORE ON FRIDAY
: Wagner’s and Davern’s 2nd police statements; Rasure to SF

NATALIE ASKED DAVERN TO STAY
: Marti Rulli to SF, 10/4/99;
Vanity Fair
3/00; Davern’s tabloid accounts; Davern requestioned by police per Natalie Wood file

NATALIE WANTED TO CALL LANA; SHE AND DAVERN WANTED TO RETURN TO L.A
.: Marti Rulli to SF, 10/4/99 & 2/28/01

WINKLER ACCOUNT
: Police statement of Linda Winkler

NATALIE ALONE BY THE PIER, CHANGED HER MIND
: Marti Rulli to SF, 10/4/99; 3/00
Vanity Fair;
Diana Magrann to SF, 6/23/99 (Magrann saw Natalie alone, looking “tragically sad”)

NATALIE WOKE WALKEN TO SAY TAKING SEAPLANE; MOOD SHIFTED AND LEFT FOR ISTHMUS
: Walken’s 2nd police statement

EVERYTHING WAS BEAUTIFUL AGAIN
:
3/00 Vanity Fair

FISHING, NICE RIDE, READ SCREENPLAYS, DINGHY RIDE
: 2nd police statements of Wagner, Walken, Davern

LEFT AVALON AT 11
:30: Police statement of Allen Trapp, harbor patrolman

#N1
: Douglas Oudin to SF, 10/10/99

100
YARDS FROM SHORE; 50–75 BOATS
: Doug Bombard to SF

BLUSTERY; TURNED DRIZZLY
: Bombard to SF; Marilyn Wayne to SF, 11/17/99; Walken’s 2nd police statement; Laurel Page Bowen to SF, 11/10/99; Marilyn Bowen to SF, 11/1/99; Christina Quinn to SF, 11/1/99

NATALIE AND WALKEN LEFT NOTE THEY’D GONE TO SHORE
: Wagner’s and Davern’s 2nd police statements