Montgomery Clift

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Thursday, December 10, 2009

George Seaton

George Seaton was Monty's director for The Big Lift. He won two Academy Awards for Best Screenplay for Miracle on 34th Street (1947) and The Country Girl (1954). He also won the Academy's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1962. Seaton died in 1979 at age 68. Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Height

Monty was 5'10" tall. Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Buzz Cut

In between movies, Monty would often get a cropped off, G.I. type of haircut. Roddy McDowall took dozens of photographs of him with this haircut. Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 7, 2009

Sam Spiegel

Sam Spiegel was the producer of Suddenly, Last Summer, starring Monty. Spiegel was a three-time Oscar winner for producing Best Picture winners: On the Waterfront (1954), The Bridge Over River Kwai (1957), and Lawrence of Arabia (1962). He died in 1985 at age 84. Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 6, 2009

Standards

After From Here to Eternity, Monty continued to set even higher standards for himself in his acting. He felt he was up against Laurence Olivier's technical prowess and Marlon Brando's brooding sexual intuitive style. Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 5, 2009

William Wyler

William Wyler directed Monty in The Heiress. Wyler won the Oscar for Best Director for Mrs. Miniver (1942), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), and Ben - Hur ( 1959). He also won the Academy's prestigious Irving Thalberg Award (for producing) in 1966. He died in 1981 at age 79. Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 4, 2009

Quote from Karl Malden

"Monty was marvelous in I Confess. His ability to project mood and a held-back strength is quite extraordinary-it's a high point of the film." -Karl Malden, I Confess co-star Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 3, 2009

Judy Garland

Legendary actress/singer/entertainer Judy Garland was Monty's co-star in Judgment at Nuremberg. Both she and Monty had small dramatic roles. Judy was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar, and Monty was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Nuremberg. This was Judy's first film role... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Quote from Donna Reed

"I had never worked with an actor like him (Monty); to watch him was incredible and memorable. He had a talent and a side to our profession I had never seen before, just superb." -Donna Reed, From Here to Eternity co-star Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Quote from Sinatra

"I learned more from acting from him (Monty) than I ever knew before. He's an exhausting man, a total perfectionist." -Frank Sinatra, From Here to Eternity co-star Sign in to see full entry.

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