Thursday, April 11, 2013
Appeal
Elia Kazan, who directed Monty in Wild River, said Monty's appeal was what an orphan has: a call for help.
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Monday, April 8, 2013
Damaged Self
Director Walter Huston claimed Monty was just playing his own "damaged self" in The Misfits.
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Friday, April 5, 2013
First Signed
Monty was the first actor signed up for From Here to Eternity.
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Saturday, March 30, 2013
Remotest
"Hollywood is the remotest place from reality on earth". -Monty quote
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Friday, March 29, 2013
Guilt
Monty told actress Jeanne Crain that "priests assumed the guilt of the world".
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Saturday, March 23, 2013
Two Years Ago
Monty's dear friend, Elizabeth Taylor, died two years ago, March 23, 2011.
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Saturday, March 9, 2013
Chameleon
"On screen Montgomery Clift was a chameleon-furtive," wrote Andrew Sarris. "In every movie, he seemd to be looking for himself."
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Friday, March 8, 2013
Stifling
Monty found working with director William Wyler on The Heiress "stifling," because he was used to a more improvisational style.
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Saturday, March 2, 2013
Playing Himself
It became clear that director Walter Huston and writer Arthur Miller wanted Monty to play himself in The Misfits.
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Monday, February 18, 2013
Resembled Fourth of July?
Monty's angry war veteran in Broadway's Foxhole in the Parlor anticipated Tom Cruise's performance in Born on the Fourth of July.
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