Hello, Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisa Part 69

"an otherwise viable": Playboy, November 1970.

[>] Justice Pete Supera: Background on Supera and Carson City comes from various digitized searches of the Nevada State Journal and the Reno Evening Gazette.

15. Fall 1963

[>] to escape to Italy: Earl Wilson wrote of their intention to take a belated honeymoon in Italy in his syndicated column, as in the Reno Evening Gazette, November 20, 1963.

"an unexpected change": NYT, September 23, 1963.

I Picked a Daisy: As it turned out, Fosse did not work on the show, nor did Feuer and Martin produce it. Ret.i.tled On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, it opened in October 1965, produced by Alan Jay Lerner, directed by Robert Lewis, and ch.o.r.eographed by Herbert Ross. Barbra Streisand would star in the 1970 film version.

"Cannot believe that [a] professional": Ray Stark to Bob Fosse, September 17, 1963, BFC, LoC.

"just withdraw and leave to you": Bob Fosse to Streisand, et al., [nd] September 1963, BFC, LoC.

[>] "didn't make contributions": Floria V. Lasky to Albert da Silva, September 3, 1963.

"upset and angry": Jerome Robbins to Floria V. Lasky, September 5, 1963, JRC, NYPL. tape-recorded an hour-long recitation: This tape recording still exists, a fascinating artifact. To listen to Robbins in his own voice describe everything he contributed to Funny Girl up to that point was an extraordinary experience. "Statement of Contribution to Funny Girl," JRC, NYPL.

[>] Hugh O'Brian was "ready to sign": Hedda Hopper's syndicated column, as in the Lima (Ohio) News, August 29, 1963.

Tony Martin was in as Nick: Hedda Hopper's syndicated column, as in the Hartford Courant, September 16, 1963.

Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., was in the running: Mike Connolly's syndicated column, as in the Pasadena Independent Star-News, September 15, 1963.

played by Richard Kiley: Walter Winch.e.l.l's syndicated column, Eureka (California) Humboldt Standard, October 2, 1963.

"long enough to make": Barney Glazer's column, Van Nuys News, November 19, 1963.

She'd been saving: Riese, Her Name Is Barbra.

[>] Torme thought the combination: Anne Edwards interviewed Torme for Judy Garland: A Biography. Tucker Fleming confirmed for me that the counterpoint had been Garland's idea.

[>] in certain markets: Lowell Sun, October 9, 1963.

"in fine fettle": Variety, October 1, 1963.

[>] David Begelman had introduced his two: In Scott Schechter's Judy Garland: A Day-to-Day Chronicle of a Legend, a photograph of Garland and Begelman is identified as being taken on September 13, the "closing night" of Streisand's run at the Cocoanut Grove. On September 13, however, Streisand was already performing at Harrah's in Lake Tahoe. Numerous press items at the time reported that Garland had seen Streisand perform in "Vegas"; this was recalled also by Garland's friend Tucker Fleming, who is the source of the quotes here. But Streisand was not yet a client of Begelman's, nor had she signed for the Garland show, during her run in Las Vegas. It would make more sense for Begelman to take Garland to see Streisand after these two events had occurred. I am concluding that Lake Tahoe was misreported and misremembered as "Vegas."

[>] "A sort of Streisand cult": Bakersfield Californian, July 30, 1963.

"In today's show business": Parade, September 8, 1963.

Pageant magazine had gone a step: Pageant, November 1963.

[>] feeling very "secure": Primetime interview with Diane Sawyer, September 22, 2005. Streisand spoke of her perplexity about Garland's nerves on this show. She also mentioned Garland on the liner notes for Just for the Record (1991).

[>] the script called for: Matt Howe has reproduced a page of the script at www.barbra-archives.com, but the actual televised show does not follow it after a point.

"historic meeting of two": Notes to Double Exposure, Roddy McDowall Collection, Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, Boston University.

[>] Garland started out a bit: The DVD of The Judy Garland Show allowed me to see firsthand what that magical night was like, but I am especially grateful to Seth Rudetsky's brilliant deconstruction of their medley, available on YouTube, for helping me to grasp what made their pairing so remarkable.

[>] Aubrey decreed that: San Antonio Express, October 7, 1963.

"Dynamic, sensitive": LAT, October 8, 1963.

[>] "Barbra Streisand came on": Dorothy Kilgallen's syndicated column, as in the Coshocton (Ohio) Tribune, October 14, 1963.

both alb.u.ms were in the Top Ten: Billboard, November 9, 1963.

"The hottest of the past year's": Tucson Daily Citizen, October 12, 1963.

Kanin had come on board in early October: Kanin gave an interview to Anne Edwards for her Streisand: A Biography in which he stated he'd been hired much earlier, even before Streisand. But that was untrue. Fosse was director until mid-September, and Streisand was hired probably in late June, certainly by early July. Kanin, who told elaborate stories to Edwards about how he'd helped engineer Streisand's hiring, was clearly endeavoring to spin his own myth, which he was very good at doing. The NYT reported Kanin was hired as director of Funny Girl on October 14, 1963.

[>] Allyn Ann McLerie for the part: The New York Herald-Tribune reported on McLerie's casting on November 14, 1963.

"quite beautiful": Michael Shurtleff, on David Merrick stationery, to Jerome Robbins, August 6, 1962, JRC, NYPL.

"Latin as Yorks.h.i.+re pudding": Whitney Bolton, the New York Morning Telegraph, May 16, 1960.

[>] "That doesn't happen": Dorothy Kilgallen's syndicated column, as in the Coshocton (Ohio) Tribune, November 12, 1963.

"Everything seems like me": Boston Globe, December 29, 1963.

"physical fitness special": Pageant, November 1963.

[>] consideration of Tommy Leonetti: Dorothy Kilgallen's syndicated column, as in the Mansfield (Ohio) News Journal, October 16, 1963.

"sounded like Minnie Mouse": People, March 20, 1989.

[>] "maleness," "sensitive, feminine side": Vanity Fair, September 1991.

his star's "misbehaving": Dorothy Kilgallen's syndicated column, as in the Daytona Beach Morning Journal, July 13, 1962.

fas.h.i.+onable place to be seen: NYT, November 12, 1963.

[>] "bit role" in Funny Girl: Walter Winch.e.l.l's syndicated column, as in the Logansport (Indiana) Pharos-Tribune, November 20, 1963.

"Everybody knows Barbra Streisand": Van Nuys News, November 19, 1963.