Friday, March 29, 2013
Monty told actress Jeanne Crain that "priests assumed the guilt of the world". Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Two Years Ago
Monty's dear friend, Elizabeth Taylor, died two years ago, March 23, 2011. Sign in to see full entry.
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." Sign in to see full entry.
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. Sign in to see full entry.
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. Sign in to see full entry.
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. Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, February 16, 2013
East 55th Street
For most of the spring and summer of 1949, Monty was still living in his apartment on East 55th Street in New York. Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Inability to Fulfil Himself
"I know what ate at Monty was the inability to fulfil himself as actor, " -quote from Jack Larson Happy Valentine's Day! Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Deep-Freeze Star
Monty was often castigated for being a "deep-freeze movie star". Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, February 11, 2013
Positively Violent
Donna Reed, Monty's From Here to Eternity co-star, remembered his concentration on the film as being "positively violent". Sign in to see full entry.