[84] During the two and a half years that Clift stayed away from films, McDowall's career was nonexistent. He still drank, but not as heavily. Published: 20:36 EST . It wasn't long before he found his way to the big screen. According to McCarthy, Clift told Taylor in a rather unregistered voice that his two front teeth were in his throat, suffocating him. For decades, the star has been the subject of Hollywood gossip and speculation, and Robert Clift is determined to share his uncle's untold story. Clift later stated that he could never have finished the film without McDowall's moral support. McDowall starred with Clift in his final picture, The Defector. Monty's post-accident career has been called "the longest suicide in Hollywood history." In 1966, ten years after his car accident, Montgomery Clift died alone in his New York apartment while watching "The Misfits" on TV. His next four films were The Young Lions (1958), which is the only film featuring both Clift and Marlon Brando, Lonelyhearts (1958), Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) and Elia Kazan's Wild River, released in 1960. Sadly Clift had personal problems and after surviving a terrible car accident those problems only got worse. After the car accident, Clift only took on a few more movie roles. In this classic version of Theodore Dreiser's novel "An American Tragedy," George Eastman (Montgomery Clift), the nephew of a wealthy industrialist, is excluded from high society and given a blue . [21] At age 20, he appeared in the Broadway production of There Shall Be No Night, a work which won the 1941 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Paramount Pictures Montgomery Clift was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and was a contemporary of Marlon Brando (also born in Omaha) and James Dean. Part of honoring someone is being open to that person not being just one, reductive thing., Making Montgomery Clift is showing at NewFest with a release date yet to be announced, Tab Hunter: how Hollywood's boy next door became a gay icon, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. 2023 Cond Nast. Clift reunited with Taylor for "Raintree County," a Civil war era romantic drama. [85][86] McDowall devoted himself to Clift entirely, and he moved from Los Angeles to New York to be closer to his idol. He tended to funnel most of his energy into intense rehearsals with acting coach Mira Rostova who accompanied him on set. Actress Marilyn Monroe even warned him never to work with Hutson, whom she described as a "sadist. [60] According to Clift's brother, Clift was either gay or bisexual. The film's success at the box office brought numerous awards for screenwriting and directing, but none for Clift himself. With his next two films, The Misfits (1961) and Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), Clift pivoted to somewhat smaller supporting or cameo roles that required less overall screen time while still delivering demanding performances. But the troubled star. I have visited him there. Whether he was leaving from or arriving at Taylor's home, it is an undisputed fact that Clift drove his car into a telephone pole and suffered horrific injuries, including significant facial damage (via Vanity Fair). On 12 May 1956, he was leaving the home of his friend, Elizabeth Taylor, high in Coldwater Canyon, Los Angeles, when his car crashed into a telephone pole. In studying Clift's output, one can easily see a before-and-after version of the actor, with the line between the two marked by his near-fatal accident on a break from filming "Raintree County" in 1956. Marilyn Monroe, on the set of The Misfits, wearing costar Monty Clift's Lee Storm Rider denim jacket, ca. [71], Clift was deeply and intensely involved with Broadway choreographer Jerome Robbins; very few associates were aware of how intimate and emotionally charged the relationship between the pair was. Clifts undated images depict a more mature Loy, with whom he starred in the 1958 film Lonelyhearts. Meeting veteran stage and screen actor Kevin McCarthy in a Hollywood restaurant was a thrilling experience. [82][83], McDowall was introduced to Clift by his Lassie Come Home co-star Elizabeth Taylor, who was a lifelong friend of both actors. We collect and tell stories of people from all around the world. Ah, Monty in just about anything (even after his face-scarring accident). Clift countersued with the assertion that he struggled to keep up with an overwhelming volume of last-minute script revisions and that an accidental blow to both eyes on set gave him cataracts. The N.Y.P.L.s Montgomery Clift papers also contain several undated images of his Suddenly, Last Summer co-star Katharine Hepburn looking characteristically redoubtable and Waspy. Before undertaking any course of treatment please consult with your healthcare provider. The stars first worked together in the 1951 drama 'A Place in the Sun,' leading to a close bond that lasted until the actor's death in 1966 at age 45. It tells the story of a working-class young man who is entangled with two women: one who works in his wealthy uncle's factory, and the other a beautiful socialite. [37] Clift had veered off one of the twisting hairpin turns and smashed into a telephone pole and the surrounding cliffside. Guided by the key biographies of Clift, they reliably parrot a narrative which paints the actor as a startlingly attractive and prodigiously gifted man who, according to one notably overheated tabloid TV show became a drug-addicted alcoholic living in a self-imposed hell because he had a secret he couldnt live with. For us, it seemed there was this big difference between what people thought about Monty in the public sphere and what people that knew him would say, said Clift. Clift detested Waynes antiquated male constraints. Clift had a brother named William Brooks Clift Jr., Here, a primer on a little-understood ingredient, plus 15 products that address everything from wrinkles to dark spots. SAG Awards 2023: The Red Carpet Goes Pink. A seeming exception was one in his final years with a man named Lorenzo who had been hired to help him. After midnight, shortly before 1:00a.m., James went to his own bedroom to sleep, without saying another word to Clift. He played the adopted son of Wayne's character, and the two brought two different images of maleness to the big screen, as The Guardian newspaper pointed out. Actor. Over the next decade, the burgeoning actor dug his heels in and made a name for himself on the stage. Clift (portrayed by Gavin Adams) was a major supporting character in the 2020 feature film As Long As Im Famous, which explored his intimate relationship with a young Sidney Lumet during the summer of 1948. The crash caused severe damage to his face, and McCarthy noted in a 2018 interview that he thought Clift was dead when he saw the scene. One of the few men on this list is actor Montgomery Clift. [9] Clift had English and Scottish ancestry on his father's side, wealthy relatives who hailed from Chattanooga, Tennessee. These were extremely unorthodox, risky procedures, and had the effect of involving the audience with him, an exceedingly selfish aim if one thinks only in terms of the play, but a daring and stupendously courageous maneuver when one thinks of the ground he was breaking. Clift is said to have valued privacy and ambiguity in his personal life, though he was known to be friendly and affectionate, blurring the emotions of platonic love and sexual attraction, particularly with close friend Elizabeth Taylor, as soon as Paramount Pictures arranged her to attend the Los Angeles premiere of The Heiress as Clift's date to generate publicity.[58]. The following summer in 1949, Clift shot The Big Lift in Berlin: intended to be more of a semi-documentary, pro-America wartime film and less of an acting vehicle,[35] but still a welcome opportunity to portray a U.S. soldier. In a new documentary, myths and assumptions about the Oscar-nominated heartthrob who struggled with his sexuality are replaced with the little-known truth. "Red River," which has become a classic western, featured Clift starring opposite John Wayne. How? According to the actor's lawyer, Jack Clareman, Clift was found by his secretary Lorenzo James, who claimed the actor went to bed "in good spirits.". And Jack Larson suggests that Clift preferred his work after the accident. But, in general, his relationships with men had more to do with sex than with a deep emotional connection. Were not trying to give a definitive version of who Monty was, added Clift. "[142] "Monty Got a Raw Deal" by rock band R.E.M. BAFTA Awards 2023: The 19 Best-Dressed Stars. Clift shared the stage with some of the leading performers of the day, including Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne in "There Shall be No Night" (via Playbill) and Tallulah Bankhead in "The Skin of Our Teeth" (also via Playbill), both in 1942. Contemporaries like James Dean and Marlon Brando also did. [27], At age 25, Clift's first Hollywood film role was opposite John Wayne in the Western film Red River whose director Howard Hawks was impressed by his recent stage performance and was willing to sign him with no strings attached, which greatly appealed to Clift's sense of independence. Clift's early foray into acting led him to a Broadway debut in 1935. National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, Inc. 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His father, William Brooks "Bill" Clift (18861964), was the vice-president of Omaha National Trust Company. Clift was recovering from a car accident during the movies shoot (the actor was dying on his feet, according to one biography), but Hepburn treated him with great kindness. [38] She pulled a hanging tooth that was cutting into his tongue, before accompanying him into the ambulance.[39]. Create great digital art on your favorite topics from celebrities to anime, emo, goth, fantasy, vintage, and more! In 1957 however, he suffered from a terrible car accident and was pulled from the wreck by his friend Eizabeth Taylor. In the early 1950s, Barney Balaban (president of Paramount Pictures) invited Clift on one of the Balaban family vacations to Nassau, Bahamas. Life once described them as soul mates, and added: That Clift was gay made little difference in the intensity and duration of the two stars adoration of one another. The pair first starred together in the 1951 film A Place in the Sun; Clifts early nickname for the actress was Bessie Mae. They also appeared together in Raintree County (1957) and Suddenly, Last Summer (1959). While he never excelled at school, his extraordinary abilities as an actor showed early. [81] She attended the New York premiere of A Place in the Sun in August 1951 as his date. Directed by George Stevens. The famed movie star and her leading man first starred together in the 1951 drama, A Place in the Sun, resulting in a life-changing connection that lasted until Clift's death in 1966 at age 45. (1) Mann, William J. Inside, he found Clift dead: he was undressed, lying in his bed still wearing his eyeglasses and with both fists clenched by his side. Also in 1951, Clift was for the first time cast as Tom in the radio world premiere of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie, with Helen Hayes (Amanda) and Karl Malden (the Gentleman Caller), for The Theatre Guild on the Air.[25]. His father, William Brooks "Bill" Clift (1886-1964), was the vice-president of Omaha National Trust Company. In Making Montgomery Clift, the film-makers note that the actor made as many movies after the accident as before. He also didnt want to sign a contract with a studio, then the only viable way into the business. American actor Montgomery Clift (1920 - 1966), circa 1950. The crew of Raintree Country even had code words about his state of intoxication. According to some reports, she reportedly held Clift and removed two teeth that had fallen out in the crash from his throat, as they were causing him to choke. [citation needed]. It all took a toll on him physically and mentally, and movie studios became wary of hiring him. In one tape made by his father in the 1960s, we hear the stars mother tell him, with untroubled candor, that Monty was a homosexual early. He suffered a concussion, broken jaw, broken nose, fractured sinuses, fractured cheekbones, and several facial lacerations which required plastic surgery. Jack Larson, famous for playing Jimmy Olsen in the hit 1950s TV series Adventures of Superman, recalled how Clift gave him a full mouth kiss the first time they casually met. [47] Director Stanley Kramer, later wrote in his memoirs that Clift "wasn't always close to the script, but whatever he said fitted in perfectly" and that he suggested Clift turn to Spencer Tracy to "ad lib something" when he struggled to remember his lines for his one scene. [73][74][75] In 1948, when Clift left Robbins to pursue a movie career in Hollywood, the announcement devastated Robbins. A Place in the Sun was critically acclaimed; Charlie Chaplin called it "the greatest movie made about America". Clift never fully physically or emotionally recovered from his car accident. He said that he was with Monty at a party on Fire Island [and Clift said] 'I've got an idea for a musical. Montgomery Clift would've celebrated his 98th birthday on October 17, 2018. Thats not what people would expect from a mother in that period.. The film received added media attention due to the rumors that Clift and co-star Elizabeth Taylor were dating in real life. In 1966, Clift finished filming his last project, "The Defector," and returned to his New York City apartment. Once dubbed the Queen of the Movies, the golden-haired Myrna Loy was one of the few stars who successfully transitioned out of the silent-film era into talkies. She went on to become one of the film industrys most adored and highest-paid leading ladies. Clift asserts that the actor's use of alcohol and prescription drugs stemmed, primarily, from a near-fatal car accident in 1956. Little did he know, he was always destined for something more. "[17] Clift spent a short time at the Dalton School in Manhattan but struggled with traditional schooling. A bout five years ago, filmmaking duo Robert Clift and Hillary Demmon Clift decided to make a documentary about Robert's long-dead uncle. [16] Close to a year later, around the time the family moved again, settling in New York City, Clift debuted on Broadway at 14 years old as Harmer Masters in the comedy Fly Away Home which ran from January to July 1935 at the 48th Street Theatre. He needed a lot of plastic surgery to repair his face, according to the Los Angeles Times. [93][94] In his memoir, Arthur Laurents suggests that Clift had a fling with Farley Granger. At the time, Clift was encouraged to hide his sexuality because it would destroy his career as a leading man in Hollywood. The condition (among other things) lowers blood pressure; it could have caused Clift to appear drunk or drugged when he was sober. It also stresses Clifts crucial role in changing the power balance between actors and studio chiefs in Hollywood, as well as the advancements he brought to film acting. Although the results of Clift's plastic surgeries were remarkable for the time, there were noticeable differences in his facial appearance, particularly the left side of his face, which was nearly immobile. In "The Heiress" (1949), Clift took the role of romantic lead, playing up his charismatic good looks. [45][46] His anguished performance (which earned him his fourth Academy Award nomination) was often thought to be due to his own nervous breakdown. The information in this article is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. He apparently fell asleep at the wheel of his car while driving and smashed his car into a telephone pole. does not support or promote any kind of violence, self-harm, or abusive behavior. [88], While filming for Vittorio De Sica in Italy, Clift had a romance with Truman Capote. Clift's career might have continued to go strong if it wasn't for a 1956 car accident. Lorenzo was one of the reasons.. For his character's scenes in jail, Clift spent a night in a real state prison. BIPS // Getty Images Monty was also impressed with Elizabeth, at least physically. Clift required intensive physical therapy as well. Working with her was like going up and down on an escalator.. In a 1957 issue of McCalls magazine, Clift quipped, "My childhood was hobgoblin, my parents traveled a lotThats all I can remember."[15]. Clift did not serve during World War II, having been given 4-F status after suffering dysentery in 1942. July 24, 1966 12 AM PT Actor Montgomery Clift, 45, three times nominated for Academy Awards, died early Saturday of a heart attack in his plush East Side townhouse. George Eastman (Montgomery Clift), the nephew of a wealthy industrialist, arrives in California in the hopes of making his way up in his uncle's company. The 2018 documentary Making Montgomery Clift, directed by Robert Clift (his nephew) and Hillary Demmon, offers a nuanced portrait of an actor at ease with his sexuality. Before its signature I am an actor opening bit, the SAG Awards 2023 red carpet is the place to be. Clift had traveled extensively with his family while growing up, and it was while he and the family were in Florida that he landed his first part, per Britannica. He pleaded with her to make changes to her book to correct the mischaracterizations. The song "The Right Profile" by the English punk rock band The Clash, from their album London Calling, is about the later life of Clift. After leaving a party organized by co-star Elizabeth Taylor in May 1956, Clift raced along a steep road before crashing. Elizabeth Taylor put her salary on the line as insurance in order to have Clift cast as her co-star in Reflections in a Golden Eye, to be directed by John Huston. After leaving a party at Taylor's house high in the Hollywood Hills and drowsy from two "downers" he'd taken before he left to help him sleep when he got home, Clift crashed into a telephone. Often, suicides are never fully understood. Edward Montgomery Clift (October 17, 1920 - July 23, 1966) was an American film and stage actor. He earned his first Academy Award nomination for best actor for "The Search," and yet "Red River" seems to be better remembered these days. Liz, caught up in filming and Richard Burton in Paris, sent flowers to the funeral. In the Spotlight He spent months in the hospital and had major plastic surgeries. Kevin McCarthy: "Montgomery Clift was brilliant in every way". (1936), Clift with a sultry Marilyn Monroe in a souvenir photograph taken at San Franciscos Fairmont Hotel, which once boasted a variety of alluringly named nightspots, including the Venetian Room, the Squire Room, and the Tonga Room. is for general information purposes only. Girelli, Elisabetta (2013) "Montgomery Clift Queer Star", Wayne University Press. [62] In a taped telephone conversation with his brother, Clift's mother stated she had known Clift was homosexual early on. [95], Clift was also friends with Marlon Brando, who dropped by his home offering to accompany him to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. Clift received and declined offers for roles in the following films: In 1960, Clift was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6104 Hollywood Boulevard. [78], Robbins is said to have conceived the basic plot of West Side Story after Clift shared the idea with him, according to actor Russ Tamblyn. He had terrific roles in "The Misfits," "Confess," and he was last seen on screen in "Freud," which earned him his highest fee ever. [4] A documentary titled Making Montgomery Clift was made by his nephew in 2018, to clarify many myths that were created about the actor.[5]. He was involved with the Adventures of Superman actor Jack Larson and theater actor William LeMassena,[69][70] with whom he had a three-year relationship. 1960. . George (Montgomery Clift) is an upwardly scrambling young man, embarrassed by his origins, dipping a toe in wealth's pool. Before shooting began on A Place in the Sun, Paramount Pictures arranged for Elizabeth to be Clift's date at the premiere of his film, The Heiress. "[79] Robbins called Clift a "theatrical genius" early on in their affair.[80]. [10][11] She spent the rest of her life trying to gain the recognition of her alleged relations. His main acting rival (and fellow Omaha native), Marlon Brando, was so moved by Clift's performance that he voted for Clift to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, sure that he would win. Before the terrible incident, the star made a significant impact in the entertainment industry. In January 1963 Montgomery Clift made an uncharacteristic appearance on television to be interviewed on New York Herald Tribune columnist Hy Gardner's show. AmoMama creates engaging, meaningful content for women. Barred from feature films, Clift turned to voice work. [33], Clift's first film for Paramount was The Heiress (1949). With a man of such conflicted legacy, one can at least fall back on the basics. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, just after his twin sister Roberta,. With the revelatory documentary Making Montgomery Clift, filmmakers Robert Clift (born eight years after his famous uncle's hyper-mythologized 1966 death) and Hillary Demmon compellingly. If you have a story that tracks along that line, that will feel true to people. (The director himself never met his famous uncle, having been born eight years after his death). Paramount Pictures ended up offering him the best of any incoming studio offer (which he accepted): a three-film deal (down from the typical seven-year contract) that came with the freedom to turn down any script and any director, as well as the ability for either himself or the studio to terminate the agreement at any time. This class of ingredients comes with science-backed performance, though not all peptides are alike. for The Theatre Guild on the Air. Marlena Brause Self Employed. The true story of Montgomery Clift, as told by his youngest nephew Making Montgomery Clift explodes the myths surrounding the Hollywood star and queer icon. In this film, Clift plays an ambitious fortune hunter who lands a job in his uncle's factory, dates (and impregnates) a fellow worker (played by a youthful Shelley Winters), but soon falls for Taylor's character - a rich, beautiful young woman well above his social station in life and ostensibly out of his reach. Clifts papers include several undated, intimate, tender images of a young Elizabeth Taylor with one of her sons. In 1939, as a member of the cast of the 1939 Broadway production of Nol Coward's Hay Fever, Clift participated in one of the first television broadcasts in the United States: the Hay Fever performance was broadcast by NBC's New York television station W2XBS (the forerunner of WNBC) and was aired during the 1939 New York World's Fair. After the car accident, Clift only took on a few more movie roles. Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor star in A Place in the Sun. Isabella Rossellini, Zendaya, and more on Lancmes La Vie Est Belle, plus five new fragrances worthy of big-screen adaptations. Who Is Julian Sands' Wife? Clift was able to appear in more Hollywood movies after he recuperated from the accident, but he was deeply affected by the decline in his career. The accident changed his appearance, and many biographers assumed Clift felt ruined by it and, so, drank more. [26] By this time, Clift had developed what would come to be regarded as his signature acting style and biggest impact on the future of modern film acting, as told by biographer Robert LaGuardia: He managed to convince the audience that he was unmitigated male sexuality without making a vulgar display of himself, as most other actors of his age and type would have. Ex-lover Larson said in the film that Clift actually preferred his work after the accident to his performances before. Paramount executive Luigi Luraschi remembered that Taylor, just like many American teenagers, seemed "unmistakably in love" with Clift around the time of filming A Place in the Sun,[59] which commenced soon after their premiere outing. that benefits the victims. The character has a tattoo of Mr. Clift and Elizabeth Taylor on his shaved head. The view then about queer people was that they would be inherently conflicted or tormented about their sexuality, said Demmon. Clift's life was derailed, however, by a terrible car accident in 1956. Now were at a historical point in mainstream queer discourse where that story seems less viable., Though the film aims to update, and to fairly contextualize, the actors story, the directors stress that they dont want to simply swap one image of Montgomery Clift for another. Clift made his Broadway debut in "Fly Away Home" in 1935, according to the Irish Times. [48] In nephew Robert Anderson Clift's 2018 documentary, superimposed pages of Clift's own heavily annotated original script show that the actor was actually deliberately and consciously performing with his own rewritten dialogue as opposed to confused improvisation. Clift, along with actor Kevin McCarthy, had been attending a party at Elizabeth Taylor's house in Beverly Hills. Montgomery Clift is known for his remarkable diversity onset and great looks. He used inner silence, unusual pauses in his speeches, awkward body movements. The re-opening of the German market since WW2 put potential profits ahead of everything else and the picture suffered for it. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. Part of Clift's mother's effort was her determination that her children should be brought up in the style of true aristocrats. 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