Ronnie and Nancy (99 page)

81. Nancy Reagan with Novak,
My Turn
, pp. 94–95.

82. Ronald Reagan with Hubler,
Where’s the Rest of Me?
, p. 235.

83. Nancy Reagan with Novak,
My Turn
, p. 95.

84. E. Morris,
Dutch
, p. 628.

85. Nancy Reagan,
I Love You, Ronnie
, pp. 10–11.

86. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 20, Nancy Reagan scrapbook #1, 1946–1950, newspaper clipping dated November 29, 1949; undated newspaper clipping; newspaper clipping dated December 6, 1949; newspaper clipping dated December 12, 1949.

87. Nancy Reagan,
My Turn
, p. 97.

88. McClelland,
Hollywood on Ronald Reagan
, p. 130, quoting
Doris Day: Her
Own Story
, by Doris Day and A. E. Hotchner.

89. E. Morris,
Dutch
, p. 835.

90. Ibid., p. 235.

91. McClelland,
Hollywood on Ronald Reagan
, p. 98.

92. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 20, Nancy Reagan scrapbook #1, 1946–1950, “Nancy
Notes

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Davis Back Home for Yule,” December 24, 1949; Bruce McFarland, to author, February 14, 2002.

93. Robert Stack, to author, March 16, 2000.

94. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 20, Nancy Reagan scrapbook #2, 1950–1952, newspaper clipping dated October 13, 1950.

95.
New York Times
, August 30, 1951, “Actor Walker Dies After Drug Dosage.”

96. Kelley,
Nancy Reagan
, p. 77.

97. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 20, Nancy Reagan scrapbook #1, 1946–1950, unidentified newspaper clipping dated April 24, 1950.

98. Schary with Palmer,
Case History
, pp. 42–43.

99. Ibid., pp. 44–45.

100. Note held in a display case at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

101.
New York Times
, February 17, 1950, “Metro Is Testing Low-Budget Plan”;
New
York Times
, April 2, 1950, “Hollywood Postscript to the Academy Awards.”

102. Kelley,
Nancy Reagan
, p. 82.

103. Nancy Reagan with Libby,
Nancy
, pp. 96–97.

104. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 20, Nancy Reagan scrapbook #1, 1946–1950,
New York
Herald Tribune
, April 5, 1950.

105. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 20, Nancy Reagan scrapbook #1, 1946–1950, unidentified newspaper clipping; Paul Morrissey, to author, April 15, 2003.

106. Richard Davis, to author, April 17, 2003.

107. Huston,
An Open Book
, p. 185.

108. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 20, Nancy Reagan scrapbook #1, 1946–1950, newspaper clipping dated June 15, 1950.

109. Ibid., newspaper clipping dated June 3, 1950.

110. Ibid., undated clipping.

111.
New York Times
, June 30, 1950, “The Screen in Review: ‘The Next Voice You Hear . . . ,’ Dore Schary Production, Opens at Music Hall”; Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 20, Nancy Reagan scrapbook #2, 1950–1952,
Time
, July 10, 1950, review of
The Next Voice You Hear
.

112. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 20, Nancy Reagan scrapbook #2, 1950–1952, clipping dated August 1950.

113. Ibid., unidentified clipping, circa September 1950.

114. Nancy Reagan, to author, May 17, 2003, May 29, 2003.

115. Leamer,
Make-Believe
, pp. 65–66.

116. Richard Davis, to author, May 30, 2003.

117. Richard Davis, to author, April 17, 2003.

118. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 20, Nancy Reagan scrapbook #2, 1950–1952, unidentified clippings.

119. Ibid., clipping dated September 1950.

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Notes

120. Ibid., “In Hollywood with Louella O. Parsons: Nancy Davis,” September 24, 1950.

121. Nancy Reagan,
I Love You, Ronnie
, p. 8.

122. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 20, Nancy Reagan scrapbook #2, 1950–1952, clipping dated December 28, 1950; clipping dated January 1950; undated clipping.

123. Ibid., “Edith Gwynn’s Hollywood,” October 17, 1950.

124.
New York Times
, July 14, 1962, “Jerry Wald Is Dead; Movie Producer, 49.”

125. Nancy Reagan,
I Love You, Ronnie
, p. 19.

126. Nancy Reagan, to author, June 4, 2000.

127. Minutes from SAG board meeting, October 9, 1950, held at SAG offices, 5757

Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA.

128. Nancy Reagan, to author, March 22, 2000.

129. Ibid.

130. Ronald Reagan with Hubler,
Where’s the Rest of Me?
, p. 196.

131. Ann Rutherford, to author, July 22, 2001.

132. Leamer,
Make-Believe
, p. 162.

133. Nancy Reagan with Libby,
Nancy
, p. 110.

134. Vaughn,
Ronald Reagan in Hollywood
, p. 201.

135. Schweizer,
Reagan’s War
, p. 25.

136. Vaughn,
Ronald Reagan in Hollywood
, p. 203; Schweizer,
Reagan’s War
, p. 25; SAG press release dated September 17, 1950, held at SAG offices, 5757

Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA.

137. Schweizer,
Reagan’s War
, pp. 19–20.

138. Brownstein,
The Power and the Glitter
, pp. 120–21.

139. Nancy Reagan, to author, November 12, 2002.

140. Ronald Reagan with Hubler,
Where’s the Rest of Me?
, p. 234.

141. Nancy Reagan, to author, March 22, 1999.

142. Gahagan Douglas,
A Full Life
, p. 323.

143. Edwards,
Early Reagan
, p. 417.

144. McClelland,
Hollywood on Ronald Reagan
, p. 229.

145. Schweizer,
Reagan’s War
, p. 25.

146. Vaughn,
Ronald Reagan in Hollywood
, pp. 210–11.

147.
New York Times
, April 15, 1951, “Hollywood Is Calm: Hayden’s Frank Admission of Red Ties Not Likely to Hurt Career.”

148. SAG press release, dated April 11, 1951, held at SAG offices, 5757 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA.

149.
New York Times
, July 4, 1952, “Film Writers Shy From Guild Action”; Vaughn,
Ronald Reagan in Hollywood
, pp. 213–18.

150.
Hollywood Citizen News
, July 30, 1951, “Inside Labor,” by Ronald Reagan, held at SAG offices, 5757 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA.

151. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 20, Nancy Reagan scrapbook #2, 1950–1952, clipping circa June 1951.

152. Ibid., clipping dated February 12, 1951; clipping dated February 1951; clipping dated May 21, 1951; undated clipping.

153. Donnelly,
Fade to Black
, pp. 603–4.

154. Nancy Reagan with Novak,
My Turn
, p. 97.

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155. Maureen Reagan,
First Father, First Daughter
, pp. 87, 90.

156. Ibid., p. 91.

157. Michael Reagan with Hyams,
On the Outside Looking In
, pp. 34–35.

158. Maureen Reagan,
First Father, First Daughter
, p. 93.

159. Michael Reagan with Hyams,
On the Outside Looking In
, pp. 35–36.

160. Nancy Reagan, to author, July 22, 2001.

161. Leamer,
Make-Believe
, p. 165.

162. Morella and Epstein,
Jane Wyman
, pp. 161–64; Donnelly,
Fade to Black
, pp.

63–65.

163. Nancy Reagan,
I Love You, Ronnie
, p. 13.

164. Nancy Reagan with Novak,
My Turn
, p. 98.

165. Leamer,
Make-Believe
, p. 162.

166.
Life
, April 5, 1954, “Stargazer for Stars”; Kelley,
Nancy Reagan
, p. 215.

167. Arlene Dahl, to author, May 16, 2001.

168. Ed Helin, to author, August 11, 2003.

169.
Time
, February 22, 1960, “Hollywood: Hi There, Sagittarius,” p. 76.

170.
Life
, April 5, 1954, “Stargazer for Stars”;
Current Biography 1972
, “Righter, Carroll”; Ed Helin, to author, August 11, 2003.

171.
Life
, April 5, 1954, “Stargazer for Stars.”

172. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 20, Nancy Reagan scrapbook #2, 1950–1952, clipping dated January 20, 1950.

173. Weld,
September Song
, pp. 136–37.

174. Edwards,
Early Reagan
, p. 420.

175. Kelley,
Nancy Reagan
, p. 94.

176. Nancy Reagan with Novak,
My Turn
, p. 100.

177. Kelley,
Nancy Reagan
, p. 90.

178. Edwards,
Early Reagan
, pp. 432–33.

179. Nancy Reagan,
I Love You, Ronnie
, p. 24.

180. Ronald Reagan with Hubler,
Where’s the Rest of Me?
, p. 237.

181. Kelley,
Nancy Reagan
, p. 93.

182. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 20, Nancy Reagan scrapbook #2, 1950–1952, “Davis-Reagan Nuptials Set,” by Louella Parsons, February 21, 1952.

183. Ibid., undated clipping entitled “File for Marriage License.”

184. Nancy Reagan with Libby,
Nancy
, p. 25. Kitty Kelley’s account of Nannee Robbins’s death differs slightly. Kelley claims that Robbins suffered a heart attack while waiting for Nancy and Reagan to arrive, and that Nancy’s father, Kenneth, her son, flew her home to Los Angeles (see Kelley,
Nancy Reagan
, p.

114).

185. Ed Helin, to author, August 11, 2003.

186. Goldschneider and Elffers,
The Secret Language of Relationships
, p. 518.

Chapter Eleven: Pacific Palisades, 1952–1958

1. Nancy Reagan, to author, March 22, 2000.

2. Ronald Reagan with Hubler,
Where’s the Rest of Me?
, pp. 239–40.

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Notes

3. Nancy Reagan, to author, March 22, 2000.

4. Nancy Reagan with Libby,
Nancy
, p. 123.

5. Bill Fine, to author, January 10, 2001.

6. Maureen Reagan,
First Father, First Daughter
, p. 94.

7. Ronald Reagan with Hubler,
Where’s the Rest of Me?
, p. 240.

8. Richard Davis, to author, September 29, 2000, April 25, 2002.

9. Heather Schader of the Arizona Biltmore, to author, September 9, 2003.

10. L. Davis,
A Surgeon’s Odyssey
, pp. 298, 333;
Chicago Daily News
, October 14, 1960, “Top Surgeon Post Going to N.U. Professor.”

11. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 20, Nancy Reagan scrapbook #2, 1950–1952, clipping dated October 1951.

12. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 84, “R. Reagan—Letters,” telegram dated March 18, 1952.

13. Ronald Reagan,
An American Life
, p. 123.

14. Morella and Epstein,
Jane Wyman
, pp. 168–70.

15. Richard Gully, to author, October 1, 1999.

16. Nancy Reagan, to author, September 18, 1999.

17. Nancy Reagan, to author, March 22, 2000.

18. Friedrich,
City of Nets
, p. 413.

19. Edwards,
Early Reagan
, pp. 539–42.

20. Vaughn,
Ronald Reagan in Hollywood
, pp. 3–4.

21. Nancy Reagan, to author, July 24, 1998.

22. P. Davis,
The Way I See It
, p. 20.

23. Nancy Reagan with Novak,
My Turn
, p. 103.

24. Nancy Reagan, to author, September 18, 1999.

25. Ronald Reagan with Hubler,
Where’s the Rest of Me?
, p. 243.

26. Nancy Reagan, to author, October 22, 1999.

27. Morella and Epstein,
Jane Wyman
, p. 174.

28. Michael Reagan with Hyams,
On the Outside Looking In
, p. 38.

29. Ibid., pp. 38–39.

30. Nancy Reagan, to author, March 22, 2000.

31. Nancy Reagan with Novak,
My Turn
, p. 125.

32. McDougal,
The Last Mogul
, pp. 184–87; Wills,
Reagan’s America
, p. 264.

33. Wills,
Reagan’s America
, pp. 264–65; Bruck,
When Hollywood Had a King
, pp.

120–21.

34. Brownstein,
The Power and the Glitter
, p. 183.

35. Nancy Reagan, to author, October 18, 2003.

36. Ibid.

37. Nancy Reagan with Novak,
My Turn
, p. 125.

38. Leamer,
Make-Believe
, p. 171; Nancy Reagan with Novak,
My Turn
, p. 125.

39. Nancy Reagan with Novak,
My Turn
, p. 125.

40. Edwards,
Early Reagan
, p. 445;
Us Weekly
, March 16, 1982, “Looking Back with Us.”

41. Nancy Reagan,
I Love You, Ronnie
, p. 36.

42. Ibid., pp. 37–38.

43. Ronald Reagan with Hubler,
Where’s the Rest of Me?
, p. 248.

44. Ibid., pp. 248–49.

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45. Moldea,
Dark Victory
, pp. 107–8.

46. Kelley,
Nancy Reagan
, pp. 100–101.

47. Edwards,
Early Reagan
, p. 446.

48. Nancy Reagan,
I Love You, Ronnie
, p. 41.

49. Nancy Reagan with Novak,
My Turn
, pp. 126–27.