Oct 18, 2020 · By the time he died in 1966, he was a diminished man. He was uninsurable, nobody would hire him, and many of his friends abandoned him. The passage of time has further dimmed his legacy. His rival, Marlon Brando, and his successor, James Dean, are still remembered and hailed as great actors, but Montgomery Clift is nearly forgotten.

Feb 14, 2019 · When I was a kid I thought this movie was pure horror fiction. Now I know people exist who are exactly like the Hepburn character. Unfortunately, not too many are like the Clift character. Increase of wisdom is indeed increase of misery. I now know so much about life that even camp movies remind me of too much reality.

Nov 2, 2018 · From Monty: A Biography of Montgomery Clift - 1977Elizabeth Taylor, at seventeen, reacted to Monty just like millions of other girls her own age. Like them, she longed for a benign sexual involvement ...

Nov 4, 2021 · She was in Rome completing filming of "Doctor Faustus". The day after Clift died, Taylor stated to the press: "I am so shocked I can barely accept it. I loved him. He was my dearest friend. He was my brother." She phoned Clift's last lover, Lorenzo, and one of his doctors. Crew on the set of "Doctor Faustus" said she was constantly weeping ...

Jul 29, 2023 · Montgomery Clift's face in "Raintree County" Can you tell the scenes he made before and after the horrific car accident? I think the hair is a giveaway, as it looks like a partial toupee'.

Nov 3, 2019 · Montgomery Clift and the Patricia Bosworth biography. Offsite Link. by Anonymous: reply 7: September 27 ...

Oct 17, 2021 · Monty Clift was a protege of Alfred Lunt and Lynne Fontanne and spent 10 years honing his craft on the New York stage. He then joined the Actors Studio under the tutelage of Robert Lewis and Elia Kazan, then with Lee Strasberg after Lewis departed. Clift, however, became frustrated with Strasberg and left the Actors Studio.

Jan 22, 2023 · Clift didn't connect with other actors as a character. He interacted as himself, or with a layer of ...

Jan 6, 2018 · Burt wanted Clift for the Tino role in Trapeze initially, but iirc he declined and Tony Curtis got the job. Much better choice IMHO. He was a good actor but not a great one and people like Deborah Kerr, Tony Curtis and Shirley Booth acted circles around him.

Jan 11, 2023 · Novels and movies aren't the same product once they've moved from one form of media to another. But what you've written is so correct and conveys what is the singular, tragic element of the "love story between Rhett and Scarlett. The GWTW screenplay is a total misfire.