Hello, Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisa Part 71

16. Winter 1964

[>] to make his move: I have based my account of the beginning of Streisand's affair with Chaplin on accounts provided by Orson Bean and another friend of Chaplin's, who said the affair began on the first night of their stay in Boston when Chaplin went to her room.

"the old things": Boston Herald, January 9, 1964.

[>] "trying his best": Boston Herald, January 10, 1964.

unapologetically liked s.e.x: Consider her response to the question of her favorite sound on Inside the Actors Studio. It was "the sound of o.r.g.a.s.ms."

"playing games with men": Playboy, October 1977.

[>] "really didn't have": Playboy, October 1977.

"very self-destructive": Playboy, November 1970.

"I'm just finding myself": Life, December 12, 1969.

"trips," "inner understanding": Playboy, November 1970.

"Kid, you're gorgeous": Interview with Orson Bean, also referenced in many other accounts.

[>] the Harborne Stuarts: Boston Globe, January 13, 1964.

[>] "the songs were unimportant": Oakland Tribune, February 2, 1964.

"wouldn't open a can of sardines": NYT, February 12, 1964.

all but two of the auditorium's: Boston Herald, January 14, 1964.

"every Barbra Streisand fan": Lowell Sun, January 14, 1964.

"a personality the crowds": Oakland Tribune, February 2, 1964.

[>] "What begins with bright": Boston Globe, January 14, 1964.

"more of a movie scenario": Billboard, January 25, 1964.

"to sell the costumes and scenery": Lowell Sun, January 14, 1964.

"a quality that makes you want": Boston Herald, January 14, 1964.

[>] "The second act becomes": Boston Herald, January 19, 1964.

"the weakness of the libretto": Boston Evening American, January 14, 1964.

"a heavy, oracular style": Boston Globe, January 14, 1964.

"auditioning for a punch": Dorothy Kilgallen's syndicated column, as in the Salt Lake Tribune, February 1, 1964.

[>] "she was driving herself": NYT, May 12, 1964.

"who makes every note sound": Lowell Sun, February 3, 1964.

"Leave 'em laughing!": Boston Herald, January 19, 1964.

"The first half is a delight": Boston Globe, January 26, 1964, and other dates.

"they still haven't decided": Dorothy Kilgallen's syndicated column, as in the Coshocton (Ohio) Tribune, January 29, 1964.

"She excels ... in every dept.": Walter Winch.e.l.l's syndicated column, as in the Eureka (California) Humboldt Standard, January 27, 1964.

"Three years ago she lived": Walter Winch.e.l.l's syndicated column, as in the Nevada State Journal, January 29, 1964.

"a sensation ... but the book": Hedda Hopper's syndicated column, as in the Lima (Ohio) News, January 23, 1964.

[>] "a cult of wors.h.i.+ppers": Lowell Sun, January 14, 1964.

Joan Crawford made sure: Hedda Hopper's syndicated column, as in the Lima (Ohio) News, January 23, 1964.

"If a musical comedy with": Boston Herald, January 14, 1964.

[>] "Biggest screaming scene": Walter Winch.e.l.l's syndicated column, as in the Eureka (California) Humboldt Standard, January 31, 1964.

last night of their Boston run: Lainie Kazan said "Something About Me" was performed on their last night in Boston.

[>] at the same hotel: Hotel a.s.signments are given in a memo in the Funny Girl papers, JRC, NYPL.

[>] "Dear Gar": Jerome Robbins to Garson Kanin, February 18, 1964, JRC, NYPL.

"The first triumph belongs": Philadelphia Inquirer, February 5, 1964.

"The funny girl should": Philadelphia Inquirer, February 9, 1964.

[>] Buzz Miller, one of the lead: See Vaill, Somewhere: The Life of Jerome Robbins.

[>] "The British group, something like": Zanesville (Ohio) Times Recorder, February 15, 1964.

"impossible to get a radio": a.s.sociated Press syndicated article, as in the Portland Oregonian, February 11, 1964.

[>] d.i.c.k Kleiner's top picks: d.i.c.k Kleiner's syndicated column, as in the Lowell Sun, February 17, 1964.

"Funny Girl must agree": Dorothy Kilgallen's syndicated column, as in the Lowell Sun, February 12, 1964.