The Man Who Saw a Ghost: The Life and Work of Henry Fonda (66 page)

(1928) leaves Omaha for Cape Cod

(1929) Broadway debut

(1931–1932) difficult times in New York

(1931) marries Margaret Sullavan

(1932) divorced from Margaret Sullavan

(1934) called to Hollywood

(1935) possible attempted suicide of

(1936) marries Frances Seymour

(1939) contract with Zanuck

(1942) volunteers for military service

(1942–1945) war experiences

(1943) paternity suit brought against

(1947) return to Broadway

(1950) death of Frances

(1950) marries Susan Blanchard

(1951) on tour with
Mr. Roberts

(1953) adopts Amy

(1955) meets Afdera Franchetti

(1955) Susan divorces

(1957) marries Afdera Franchetti

(1958–1962) four Broadway plays

(1960s) mediocre movies made during

(1961) Afdera divorces

(1965) marries Shirlee Mae Adams

(1968) theatrical producing by

(1971) new play about Lincoln

(1973) new play about Clarence Darrow

(1981) last film

(1981) last stage play

(1982) death of

acting style on-stage

Americanness of

as angry man

as antihero

artist pursuit as painter

assessment of, by his father (“he was perfect”)

assessments of, by friends

autobiography.
See Fonda: My Life

awards

business apprenticeship in Omaha

childrearing style

college education

commercial endorsements by

construction and landscaping pursuit of

criticized by his children

criticized by sixties radicals

dancing manner in performances, inhibited

early acting roles

early experiences of loss

early films

emotional distance of

extramarital affairs of

face of

farming and gardening pursuit of

fatalistic roles played by

feeling restricted by family and domesticity

first Broadway success

first spoken words on film

florist job

health problems in final years

healthy living of

hidden vs. public self of

hiding on stage

hobbies

Hollywood commitment

Hollywood life when starting out

hospitalizations

intelligence work during World War II

interview with Grobel

itinerant life in repertory

lasting place in film history

liberal politics of

loner roles

love life, early experiences

manliness on-screen

marital strife and failures

marriages of

obituaries and tributes

parents of, remembered reverently

passionlessness of

performs on stage on day of Frances’s suicide

playing himself, discomfort at

point of view of this book

political campaigning by

postage stamp honoring

president roles

a private person, in roles

in radio

reserve and simplicity of

retrospectives

reviewers’ doubts about, as actor

reviews of work

roles and characters, diversity of

roles for which he was overaged

stardom of

in television

temper and rages of

and the Vietnam War

voice of

wanted man roles

war experience, effect of

will and bequests

workingman roles

work of, “majesty and trash scrambled together”

work pace and refusal to take it easy

World War II action

Fonda, Herberta (mother).
See
Jaynes, Herberta Lamphear

Fonda, Herberta Jayne (Jayne) (sister)

Fonda, Jane (daughter)

birth (1937)

Broadway debut

criticism of HF

early acting career

fictionalized

marriages.
See
Hayden, Tom; Vadim, Roger

memoir

quoted

radicalism of

Fonda, Jellis Douw

Fonda, Justin

Fonda, Margaret.
See
Sullavan, Margaret

Fonda, marquis de

Fonda, N.Y.

Fonda, Peter (son)

accidental shooting of self

birth (1940)

criticism of HF

early acting career

incidents with the police

inspires a Beatles song

interview with

marriage

neurotic upbringing of

quoted

rebelliousness of, growing up

Fonda, Shirlee.
See
Adams, Shirlee Mae

Fonda, Susan.
See
Blanchard, Susan

Fonda, Ten Eyck Hilton

Fonda, William Brace (father)

HF’s veneration of

print shop of

takes HF to view the 1919 Omaha race riot

Fonda family

origins in Europe, and arrival in America

turning into ordinary Americans

upstate New York cemetery of

Fonda: My Life
(autobiography “as told to”)

For a Few Dollars More

Ford, Francis

Ford, Gerald

Ford, John

directorial style

fistfight with HF

patriotism expressed in films

Foreign Correspondent

Forrest Theatre (Philadelphia)

Forsaking All Others

Forsythe, John

Fort Apache
(film)

Fort Lee, New Jersey

Fort Lewis military reservation, Tacoma, Washington

Fort Omaha, Nebraska

46th Street Theatre (New York)

Fox.
See
Twentieth Century—Fox

Fox Film Corporation

France, student protests

Franchetti, Afdera (fourth wife)

memoir by

Franchetti noble family

Franco, Francisco

Frankenheimer, John

Franklin, John Hope

Freel, Aleta

Free Speech Movement

Freud, Sigmund

Freudianism

Front Page, The

FTA (“Fuck the Army”) (musical revue)

Fugitive, The
(film)

Fulton Theatre (New York)

Fun Couple, The

Gahagan, Helen

Galusha, Joan

Game of Love and Death, The
(play)

Garbo, Greta

Garnett, Tay

Gaver, Jack

gay liberation

Gaynor, Janet

General Aniline and Film Corporation (GAF)

General Electric Theater
(TV show)

Generation
(play)

Genoa

Germany

Gettysburg, Battle of

Get Yourself a College Girl

ghosts

Gibson, William

The Cobweb

The Seesaw Log

Gide, André,
The Immoralist

Gift of Time, A
(play)

Glenville, Peter

Godard, Jean-Luc

Godfather
movies

Golden Globes

Goldfarb, Mr. (florist)

Goldwater, Barry

Goldwyn, Samuel

Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The

Goodhart, William

Good Years, The
(TV special)

Gordon, Ruth

Gostas, Ted

Graham, Sheilah

Grand Island, Nebraska

birthplace of HF

Grant, Cary

Grapes of Wrath, The
(album of readings)

Grapes of Wrath, The
(film)

Grapes of Wrath, The
(novel, Steinbeck)

graves

of Ann Rutledge

of the westward migration

Gray, Amy

Great Depression

Greatest Show on Earth, The

Great Platte River Road

Great Smokey Roadblock, The
(film)

Great Train Robbery, The

Green Berets

Green Berets, The

Greene, Graham

The Power and the Glory

Greenwich, Connecticut

Count Palenclar House

Greenwich Village

Gregory, Don

Gregory, Paul

Griffith, D. W.

Grizzard, George

Grobel, Lawrence

Guam

Gulf + Western

Gunn, Moses