| Remembering Montgomery Clift ... and his nearly forgotten career on Broadway | |
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| Posted by: WaymanWong 12:42 pm EDT 10/18/17 | |
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| Yesterday, Oct. 17, would've been Montgomery Clift's 97th birthday, so I came across a couple of appreciation pieces about his Hollywood career. Clift, a great and charismatic actor and one of the most gorgeous-looking movie stars, was a four-time Oscar nominee: ''The Search'' (1948), ''A Place in the Sun'' (1951), ''From Here to Eternity'' (1953) and ''Judgment at Nuremberg'' (1961). And he starred in ''The Heiress'' (1949), too. But until I read his Wikipedia entry, I had no idea that Clift did about a dozen Broadway shows. At only 15, he was in Cole Porter's musical ''Jubilee.'' He worked with Fredric March, the Lunts and Tallulujah Bankhead, and did plays by Moss Hart, Robert Sherwood and Lillian Hellman. Clift created the role of Henry in Thornton Wilder's ''The Skin of Our Teeth'' (1942) and once played George in ''Our Town'' (1944). He even appeared in one of the earliest TV telecasts in the U.S.: in Noel Coward's ''Hay Fever,'' which was aired during the New York World's Fair as an introducution to television. Combine that with his film career, and his disfiguring car crash, his battles with his addictions and sexuality, Clift would seem to be the perfect subject for a full-length feature or TV movie. (In the 1950s, he, Marlon Brando and James Dean were the top three leading male movie stars, and their acting styles would influence generations to come.) Happily, I've read that Matt Bomer (terrific casting!) is gonna play Clift in an upcoming HBO biopic, so maybe that'll revive this legend's illustrious legacy, because his work deserves to be remembered ''From Here to Eternity.'' |
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| Link | Turner Classic Movies: Elizabeth Taylor remembers her 'Place in the Sun' with Montgomery Clift and more |
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