Helping Around the Home
Here is a photo of Monty from Life helping a couple around their home. The couple was not identified, but it's either Fred and Jeanne Green or Kevin McCarthy and Agusta Dabney with son, Flip. Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Columnist
Monty played a lovelorn columnist in Lonelyhearts. Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Wolfgang Reinhardt
Wolfgang Reinhardt was the producer/writer for Monty's Freud, for which he was Oscar - nominated for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. Reinhardt died in 1979 at age 70. Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, August 2, 2010
Theodore Dreiser
Monty's Oscar - winning film, A Place in the Sun, is based on the novel, "An American Tragedy" by Theodore Dreiser. The book was first published in 1925. Dreiser died in 1945 at age 74. Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, August 1, 2010
William Perlberg
William Perlberg was the producer for Monty's The Big Lift. Perlberg was Oscar - nominated for producing Best Picture nominee, The Country Girl. He died in 1968 at age 68. Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Huston's Oscars
John Huston, Monty's director for The Misfits and Freud, is a 15-time Oscar nominee for writing, directing, producing, and acting. He won for writing and directing The Treasure of the Sierra Madre ( 1948). Can you guess the name of his Oscar - winning daughter? The answer is in my 9/3/09 entry. Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Freud Choice
Monty was director John Huston's first and only choice to play the title role in Freud. Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Brando Watching
During the filming of The Young Lions, co-star Marlon Brando would often hide behind the camera and watch Monty filming a scene. Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Lions Location
The exteriors of Monty's film, The Young Lions, were shot in Paris and Alsace-Lorraine. Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Fetish
I just returned from the LA Shorts Film Festival, where I saw several films, including Fetish, starring Facebook friend, Charles Casillo and Joan Collins. OK, you are probably wondering what this has to do with Monty...well... A few years ago, Monty's brownstone changed owners...and Charles managed... Sign in to see full entry.