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14 Tot was dwarfish beside: Interview with George Menard, March 26, 1995.
15 Rooted in Texas after their 1913 marriage: Travis County Deeds Records Register. Several property acquisitions, starting with Vol. 270, page 451: between F. J. Compte and Archibald Hart and Sallie P. Hart, recorded August 31, 1915, for purchase of Lot No. (12) and the west one-half of Lot No. 13 in the Block No. 30 of Travis Heights, a subdivision … Later purchases to Vol. 594, dated September 1, 1938 (for tract No. 3 in Ridgetop).
16 Tot’s relationship with Mary P. Robinson: Travis County Records. Criminal District Court No 45, 324, dated June term A.D. 1928. A.W. Hart vs. Sallie P. Hart.
17 Elisha was dead by then: Death certificate. Elisha Redford of 25 Noyes Avenue, Stonington. Age, 76. Occupation: Jack-spinner. January 22, 1904.
18 Charles had become a deadbeat: Advertisement in Westerly Directory, circa 1908. “Westerly Band. Concerts, Parades and Picnics Attended. Chas. Redford: Leader, 54 High Street, Westerly, R.I.” Death certificate. Charles Redford of 19 Daniels Street, Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Age, 67. Occupation: Insurance agent. April 9, 1918.
19 the year the Marx Brothers: Jack Benny and Joan Benny, Sunday Nights at Seven (New York: Random House, 1992), 34.
20 In 1911 Tiger married: International Genealogical Index for Ireland, 1992 edition: Taylor family tree research conducted by Judith Moore, B.A., A.L.A., Family Histories, Flixton, Manchester. Lena Taylor, daughter of Henry and Mary Taylor, née Tucker; Henry son of John Taylor and Elizabeth Girvin, Kircubbin, Co. Down, Ireland.
21 She joined the glee club: Martha Hart Redford’s scrapbooks. Sundance archive, Utah.
22 After high school graduation, Martha enrolled: Spin-Drift, the annual of Santa Monica Junior College, 1934. (“Charlie Redford led the Corsairs batters …” p. 85; Martha Hart and Charles Redford, pictured, among the seven-person Student Body Commission.) Copies, The Samojac, weekly newsletter, Santa Monica Junior College, 1933–34.
23 “Charlie was living at the corner house”: Interview with Marcella Scott Krisel, November 20, 1995.
24 At Christmas he sent her a card: Martha Hart Redford’s scrapbooks, Sundance archive.
25 Charlie and Menard decided to join the CCC: Interview with George Menard, March 26, 1995.
26 Martha fell ill: Interview with Margaret Mitchell, October 16, 1995.
27 Beyond Charlie and the doctors: Interview with Marcella Scott Krisel, November 20, 1995.
28 On the evening of August 18: Birth Certificate No. 9191. Local Register No. 501. August 18, 1936. Charles Robert Redford Jr., born to Charles Robert Redford, 1471 So. Bedford Street, Los Angeles, aged 21, and Martha Woodruff Hart, aged 22. Born at 8.02 p.m. At Santa Monica Hospital.
29 she sent out frilled blue cards: Martha Hart Redford’s scrapbooks, Sundance archive.
2. Two Americas
1 the work programs of the New Deal: James Kirby Martin et al., eds., America and Its People (New York: HarperCollins College, 1993), 832–58.
2 The pleasure piers, stretching from Venice: Fred E. Bastem, Santa Monica Bay (Los Angeles: General Publishing Group, 1997), 122.
3 pushing beachfront prices past: Ibid., 182.
4 for Charlie, Martha and the baby, economic security: Interview with Vivian Knudson Christensen, October 29, 1995.
5 Though single-minded, Martha embraced: Interview with Margaret Mitchell, October 16, 1995.
6 Many friends found it remarkable: Interviews with Marcella Scott Krisel, January 15, 1996, and Margaret Mitchell, October 16, 1995.
7 a $3,000 mortgage: Interview with George Menard, February 9, 1996.
8 as director Alan Pakula believed: Interview with Alan J. Pakula, May 8, 1997.
9 Studying accountancy part-time: Interview with Marcella Scott Krisel, January 15, 1996.
10 Redford’s bond with David: Interview with George Menard, February 9, 1996.
11 Betty Webb saw Bobby Redford as a loner: Interview