Thursday, January 31, 2013
Monty's Broadway play, Dame Nature, survived a healthy 48 performances on Broadway. Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Peripheral
Monty's father, Bill Clift, was considered a peripheral figure in the family. Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, January 28, 2013
Samuel Hazen
In the Broadway play, The Searching Wind, Monty played the crippled and embittered veteran Samuel Hazen. Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Jewish Characters
Monty played Jewish characters (in The Young Lions and Freud), because he admired their fortitude and heorism. This belief stemmed back to The Search. Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, January 26, 2013
"Juvenile of All Times"
Stanley Kramer, who directed Monty in Judgment at Nuremberg, said that in his early Broadway years, Monty was "the juvenile of all times." Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, January 25, 2013
Last Stage Appearance
You Touch Me! was Monty's last stage appearance before Hollywood finally seduced him. Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Ugly Finger
Before Hollywood took him by storm, Monty once said, "Hollywood is waving its ugly finger at me". Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, January 21, 2013
Chalk-and-Cheese
Monty' relationship with Paul Douglas, his co-star in The Big Lift, is described as "chalk-and-cheese". Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Beautiful Loser
Someone just gave me a copy of the Barney Hoskins' Monty bio, Beautiful Loser. Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Patti Page Dies
Patti Page, who sang "Autumn in Rome" and "Indiscretion" for Monty's Indiscretion of an American Wife, died January 1, 2013. She was 85. Sign in to see full entry.