J. Brown and, 285–86, 288–91
in Las Vegas, 225–27, 229–30, 246–50, 262, 291
Los Angeles Dodgers and, 228–29
New York Times series on, 8, 278–80, 341–42
organized crime connections of, 1–2, 5, 7–8, 37–40, 61n, 70–71, 84, 86, 116–17, 119–21, 225–27, 232, 278–80, 285–86, 290, 339, 343, 346
political connections of, 5, 8, 137, 285–86, 288–91, 348–49
Reagan’s 1970 gubernatorial bid and, 8, 259
in RKO purchase, 104–105
Stein and, 40
Teamsters and, 116–18, 134, 290, 346
as a tolerable crime figure, 335, 343, 348–49
Wasserman and, 278, 279, 284–85, 286, 291, 338, 342
Korshak, Ted, 38–39
Kostelanetz, Boris, 38
Kramer, Karl, 99, 110
Kramer, Stanley, 152–53
Krim, Arthur B., 83
Kruse, Leslie (“The Killer”), 86
Labor Department, U.S., 321, 327
Laemmle, Carl, 25, 26, 220
LaMonte, John, 315–17
Lamour, Dorothy, 30
Lansky, Meyer, 20–21, 85–86, 221, 248, 289
Laskin, Paul, 158, 162
Lastfogel, Abe, 14
Las Vegas, Nevada:
“Chicago group” in, 225, 229
Korshak’s activities in, 225–27, 229–30, 246–50, 262, 291
organized crime’s activities in, 242–50, 282, 318–19, 337, 345, 346
Reagan’s job offers in, 5, 107–108
Las Vegas Sun, 245
Laurel and Hardy, 34
Lawford, Peter, 121, 154
Laxalt, Jackie Ross, 243–44
Laxalt, Michelle, 311
Laxalt, Paul, 243–47, 311, 325, 331
casino of, 261–63, 275, 347
gubernatorial campaign of, 244–45
Hoffa and, 259–60
Hughes and, 245–47, 259
libel suit of, 347
Nixon and, 259–60
organized crime and, 7, 244, 261, 297, 318–19, 329, 347
Reagan’s friendship with, 245, 275–76, 349–50
Reagan’s presidential appointees and, 301–302
Reagan’s presidential campaigns and, 7, 292, 296, 301–302
as Reagan’s successor, 349–50
senatorial campaigns of, 262–63, 296–97
Laxalt, Peter, 261–62
Lea Act, 52
LeRoy, Mervyn, 81–82, 228
Levin, Philip, 288–89
Levy, Morris, 315–16
Lewis, Jerry, 3, 132, 152
Lewis, Tom, 329–30
Lindheimer, Ben, 288
Linsk, Eddie (“Killer”), 30
Lipsey, M. B., 50
Loevinger, Lee, 155–57, 161–66, 206, 210–11, 213, 215–16
Loew, Marcus, 27
Lombardo, Guy, 13, 16, 30
Lonardo, Angelo, 346
Long, Baron, 31
Los Angeles Dodgers, 228–29
Los Angeles Herald Examiner, 285
Los Angeles Strike Force Against Organized Crime, 335–36
Los Angeles Times, 273, 290–91, 317
Luciano, Charles (“Lucky”), 20–21, 24n, 57, 85–86
Luckett, Edith, 81
McCann, William E., 301
McClellan, John L., 119, 121–22
McCormack, John, 249
McCormick, Paul J., 49–50, 56, 114
McDevitt, Barney, 42
McDonald, Billy, 44
McGrath, James M., 113
McGrory, Mary, 349
Mafia, see organized crime
Magnuson, Warren, 112–13, 156
Maheu, Robert, 231–32, 245–46
Maloy, Tom, 24, 39
Marcello, Carlos, 234, 298, 338–39
Martin, David, 197
Martin, Dean, 132, 152, 154, 282
Masselli, Nat, 323, 329
Masselli, William, 320, 323, 329, 333
Mathes, William C., 209–11
Maury, George, 31–34
Mayer, Louis B., 27n, 60, 79
MCA:
agents of, 4, 51, 127–28, 222
anonymity of, 3–4
bands represented by, 16–19, 31–34, 41, 43–45, 48–49, 53–56
competition of, 32, 51, 127–28, 133, 148
as conglomerate, 3, 49, 53, 56–57, 204
corporate reorganization of, 145, 162–64
defenders of, 153
early employees of, 29–30
exclusive contracts of, 15–16, 31–34, 42–45, 48, 55, 169–70
failures of, 7–8, 264–65, 272–73
fictionalized account of, 265–66
film libraries of, 124–25, 140, 142–43
financial situation of, 110, 125–26, 127, 219n, 253, 267, 271, 282, 308–310, 312
founding and rise of, 4, 15–18
grand jury investigations of, 6, 55, 161–66, 167–201
lawsuits filed against, 2–3, 6, 41–42, 48–50, 55, 113–14, 163–65, 204, 207, 208, 239–40, 272–73, 314–15
other agencies raided and absorbed by, 30–31, 45, 54, 55, 62, 168
“package deals” of, 111, 124–25, 147, 150, 169–70, 176–77
Reagan represented by, 1, 5, 62–63, 79–80, 101, 139, 143, 168–70, 182, 187–90, 196, 198–99
Reagan’s financial ties with, 1, 2, 5–6, 105–106, 199–201, 239–40
studio real estate deals of, 131–32, 148–49
MCA Records, 315–17
MCA-SAG agreements, Reagan’s role in, 2, 5–6, 101–104, 105, 139–43, 159–60, 167–201, 202–203
Meany, George, 141
Mechling, Tom, 246
Meese, Edwin, 257, 285, 299, 300, 321, 342–45, 348
Meiklejohn, William, 61–62, 147
William Meiklejohn Agency, 55, 168
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 26, 27, 141–42, 233–34, 252, 268–69
Miller, Arthur, 74, 75
Mitchell, John, 266–67
Moldea, Dan E., 167n, 276n
Mollenhoff, Clark, 61n
Montgomery, George, 230
Montgomery, Robert, 36, 60, 64, 71, 114
Moretti, Willie, 57n
William Morris Agency, 13–14, 29, 32, 33, 43–44, 52–54, 103, 123–24, 127–28, 133, 221
Morton, Ferdinand (“Jelly Roll”), 11
Morton, Moe, 285–86
Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals, 66–67, 74
Motion Picture Operators Union, 24, 39
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA), 25–27, 70, 85, 88
Motion Picture Producers Association, 27, 35
Motion Picture Technicians Committee, 35
Muhl, Edward, 233
Mullen, Francis (“Bud”), 321–22, 331–32
Murphy, Betty, 300
Murphy, George, 64, 69, 70, 72, 125, 236, 239n
Murret, Charles, 234
Mutiny on the Bounty, 233–34
National Broadcasting Company (NBC), 13, 32–33, 97–98, 130–31
MCA’s sweetheart relationship with, 126–27, 147, 149–50, 157–58
National Gambling Information Center, 246
National Labor Relations Board, 35, 69, 144, 172, 300
National Mediation Board, 347
Nelson, Harmon, 30
Nemerov, Bernard, 261–62
New Jersey Casino Control Commission, 338, 339–42
Newman, Paul, 269
New Republic, 333
New York Jets, 236–37
New York Organized Crime Task Force, 344
New York State Liquor Authority, 227
New York Times, 8, 29–30, 71n, 91, 205, 219n, 278–80, 300, 303, 312–13, 323, 325–26, 341
New York Times Magazine, 297, 347
Nitti, Frank, 21, 24, 37, 83, 135
Nixon, Richard M., 72, 136, 255
Laxalt and, 259–60
Reagan’s defense of, 266–67, 276
Stein and, 266
Nunn, Sam, 299, 321
Oliver, Joe (“King”), 12
O’Malley, Walter, 229
Operation Prime Time, 282–83
Oppenheimer, Harold L., 293–94
organized crime:
business interests of, 12, 15, 20–22, 317–18
disorganized crime vs., 21, 334–35
history and rise of, 20–28
institutionalization of, 317–18
Reagan administration’s policy on, 317–34, 335–36, 347–48
Reagan’s 1980 presidential campaign and, 8, 294–98
Reagan’s presidential appointees and, 300–303
Organized Crime Review, 318
Osterberg, Clyde, 24
Oswald, Lee Harvey, organized crime and, 234
Paramount studios, 128, 148–49, 162, 234, 283
film library of, 125–26, 140
history of, 25, 26, 46
Stein and, 80–81, 124, 159
Park, Arthur, 107, 109, 169, 188–92, 198
Parsons, Louella, 64n
Parvin, Albert, 247–48, 250, 262
Parvin-Dohrmann Company, 247–50
payola scandals, 131n, 315
Penthouse, 336–37
Pepper, Claude, 331
Petrillo, James Caesar, 33, 40, 52, 75, 100, 224n, 308
organized crime connections of, 22, 28
Stein and, 17–19, 22, 33, 102–103, 159
N. V. Philips, MCA’s venture with, 264–65, 272–73, 277–78, 283, 310
Pidgeon, Walter, 100, 102, 144
Pisello, Salvatore, 316–17
Playboy, MCA’s suit against, 284, 338
Posner, Bernard (“Pepi”), 227
Posner, Herman, 227
Posner, Leonard, 113, 123–24, 147–51, 156–60, 161–65, 203–206, 209–14, 221
Powell, Dick, 194–96
President’s Commission on Organized Crime, 328, 330, 335, 344–45, 348–49
Presser, Jackie, 321, 327–28
government investigations of, 343–47, 348
Reagan’s presidential campaigns and, 297–98, 332
Reagan’s transition team and, 299–300, 343
Presser, William, 226, 298
Proxmire, William, 295
Psycho, 148–49, 270
Qualls, Mike, 285
quiz shows, government investigation of, 130–31
Rackmil, Milton, 141
Radio Corporation of America (RCA), 13, 32–33
MCA’s merger negotiations with, 312–13
radio industry, 13, 18, 32–33, 98
Rangel, Charles, 335
J. Arthur Rank Productions, 221
Raskin, Hy, 204, 213, 216
“Rat Pack,” FBI Surveillance of, 154
Reagan, Jack and Nelle, 60–61
Reagan, Nancy, 5, 6, 107–10, 114, 174, 179, 181, 312
Reagan’s first meeting with, 81–82, 228
Reagan, Neil, 237
Reagan, Ronald:
actors’ criticisms of, 103–104, 142–44
autobiography of, 202, 238–39
birth and early career of, 60–62, 166
on communism, 63–64, 72–73, 75
divorce of, 77–78, 79, 81, 99, 107
finances of, 1–2, 5–7, 62, 105–106, 240, 292
grand jury testimony of (Feb. 5, 1962), 6, 167–201, 202
income tax records of, 6, 202–203, 293
military service of, 62–64, 78
political beliefs of, 7, 75–76, 222–24, 235–36
popularity of, 276
press coverage of, 293, 300, 307
published articles of, 114–15, 347–48
real estate deals of, 240–41, 255–56, 258–59
speeches of, 293–94, 297–98, 321, 349–50
record industry, 13, 17, 98, 287, 315–17
Redford, Robert, 269
Regan, Donald, 320
Reid, Ed, 37n, 234n
Reid, Harry, 262–63
Republican National Committee, 7, 325
Republicans, Republican Party, 5, 235–36, 307, 349
Revue-MCA-SAG letter agreement (July 23, 1952), 178, 182–86
Revue Productions, 115, 126
formation of, 99–101, 176–77
General Electric Theater and, 109, 115, 143, 194–98, 200–201
MCA’s split off from, 162–64
Reagan’s partnership interest with, 189–90, 199–201
see also television industry, MCA as producer and distributor in
Reynolds, Debbie, 230
Rio, Frankie, 23
RKO Pictures Corporation, 26, 42, 46, 104–105
Robb, David, 167n
Robinson, George S., 88
Robinson, Hubbell (Hub), 150
Rockford Files, The, 314
Rockman, Maishe, 346
Roen, Allard, 226
Rogers, William P., 112
Rollins, Edward J., 346
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 21–22, 32, 97
Rose, David, 30
Roselli, Johnny, 83–86, 108, 337
CIA plot to assassinate Castro and, 231–32, 246
Hughes and, 246
IATSE and, 4, 25–26, 37, 70
as Senate hearing witness, 88–91
Ross, Brian, 286, 290
Ross, John Tom, 243–44
Rubel, A. C., 238
Rubin, Stanley, 223–24
Ruby, Jack, 234–35
Rudin, Milton, 274–75
Ryan, Stephen M., 345–46
Sacks, Manny, 126–27
Sacramento Bee, 293, 347
Safire, William, 303
SAG, see Screen Actors Guild
St. John, Jill, 249, 268, 273
Salvatori, Henry, 238–39
San Diego Exposition, 42
San Jose Mercury News, 78
Saphier, Jimmy, 30
Saturday Evening Post, 56–57, 81
Sawyer, Grant, 243–45
Scalise, George, 39
Schenck, Joseph, 60
CSU vs. IATSE and, 67–68
organized crime and, 27, 28, 35–38
Schenck, Nicholas, 27, 28
Schowengerdt, L. N., 331–32
Schreiber, Taft, 1, 4, 29, 48–49, 50, 61, 236
death of, 276–77
FBI on, 266–67
FCC and, 146, 155–57
in Reagan’s gubernatorial campaigns, 238, 239, 255
Reagan’s political philosophy and, 7, 223
television production and, 101, 108–109, 190–91, 196, 201, 237
Schroeder, Patricia, 332–33
Schumach, Murray, 205, 219n
Schweiker, Richard, 276
Screen Actor, 140
Screen Actors Guild (SAG), 36, 64, 306
AFTRA vs., 144, 170, 171–73
AMG and, 110, 113, 164–65, 171, 186–87
antitrust investigation of, 113–14, 207
ATP vs., 99–100, 173–74
CSU vs. IATSE and, 6, 69–70
history of, 59–60
labor-management relations of MCA and, 100–104, 108, 110, 156–60, 162–66, 167–201, 202–203, 206–207, 211
MCA’s residuals settlement with, 139–43, 171–73, 178–201
Reagan as president of, 1, 2, 5–6, 71–72, 75, 77–80, 98–99, 101–104, 139–41, 143, 159, 171, 174–78
Reagan on board of, 64, 65, 109–110, 114–15, 171
rule 16-E of, 186
Seach, George Emerson, 230–31
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), 248–50, 294–95, 319
Myron Selznick Agency, 32, 45, 100
Senate, U.S.:
Appropriations Subcommittee, 326
Budget Committee, 332
Government Affairs Subcommittee, 329
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, 156–57
Judiciary Committee
, 307, 311
Labor Committee, 320, 321, 323
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, 338–39, 340
Select Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor or Management Field, 119–22
Seven Arts, 125, 221, 251
Special Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce, 87–92
Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency, 158, 162
Shales, Tom, 314
Shefferman, Nathan, 118, 119
Sheinberg, Sidney, 258, 267
embarrassments of, 311–12
video discs and, 7–8, 265, 277, 287, 310
Sherman Antitrust Act (1891), 32, 42, 46, 47, 112, 126, 207, 272, 313–14
Shore, Dinah, 138, 230, 232
Siegel, Bugsy, 20–21, 25, 37n, 85–86, 118, 242
Siegel, Herbert, 103, 165n
Silbert, Harvey, 226, 247
Silverman, Leon, 322–24, 329
Silverman, Maurice, 111
Simpson, Ross, 256
Sinatra, Frank, 57–58, 141, 154–55, 259, 299
organized crime and, 274–75, 281–82, 302–303
Sirigano, John, Jr., 128–29
Sklarsky, Harry, 213–15
Skouras, Spyros, 36, 140, 233–34
Smith, John, 39–40
Smith, Sandy, 243
Smith, William French, 7–8, 238, 240, 273, 275, 291, 293, 298–99, 301–303, 307, 339n, 342–43
Reagan’s war on crime and, 318–23, 325–26, 328–30, 332
Sony Betamax, 277, 283, 287, 310
Sorrell, Herb, 67, 72, 73
Speakes, Larry, 313, 323–24
Speech, The (October 27, 1964), 235–36
Spencer Gifts, MCA’s purchase of, 253, 270
Spielberg, Steven, 269, 271, 310
Spilotro, Anthony, 290, 326n–27n, 337
Spitz, Leo, 26, 28, 220
“Star-Spangled Octopus” (Wittels), 56–58
State of the Union Address (January 25, 1984), 330
Stein, Doris, 22, 308
Stein, Jacob, 343
Stein, Jeff, 253
Stein, Jules, 1, 5, 7, 125, 142–43, 145, 236
awards and honors of, 256, 283–84
bands booked by, 4, 14, 15–18, 22, 30
death of, 308
general talent sought by, 29–30, 132
Korshak and, 40
MCA’s antitrust suits and, 42, 49–50
Nixon and, 266
organized crime connections of, 22–23
Paramount stock held by, 80–81, 124, 159
Petrillo and, 17–19, 22, 33, 102–103
in Reagan’s gubernatorial campaigns, 238, 239
Reagan’s political philosophy and, 7, 223
Reagan’s tax shelters and, 292–93
real estate deals of, 256
resignation of, 267
on television, 98
Westinghouse offer and, 253–54
Stempel, Herbert, 130–31
Stewart, Jimmy, 92–93, 222n
Sting, The, 269
Stone, Al, 33–34
Stone and Lee, 33–34
Stordahl, Alex, 58