Montgomery Clift

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Sunday, December 27, 2009

Theatre Visitors

Monty opened his Broadway play, Dame Nature at the Booth Theatre on September 25, 1938. Although the show only lasted forty-eight performances, notable people in the business went backstage to see Monty, including: Orson Welles, Ruth Gordon, Katharine Cornell, Guthrie McClintock, George Abbott, and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 19, 2009

Stanley Kramer

Stanley Kramer directed Monty in Judgment at Nuremberg, for which he was nominated for both Best Director and Best Picture Academy Awards. Kramer received seven other Oscar nominations for directing and producing and the Irving Thalberg Award in 1962 for producing. He died in 2001 at age 87. **I'm... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 18, 2009

Abby Mann

Abby Mann was the writer of Judgment at Nuremberg, starring Monty. Mann won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Nuremberg. He died in 2008 at age 80. Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 17, 2009

Raoul Levy

French director Raoul Levy was Monty's director for his final film, The Defector. Mr. Levy died in 1966 at age 44. Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Joseph L. Mankiewicz was Monty's director for Suddenly, Last Summer. He was a four - time Oscar recipient for A Letter to Three Wives (1949 Best Director and Best Screenplay ) and All About Eve (1950 Best Director and Best Screenplay ). Mankiewicz died in 1993 at age 83. Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Macha Meril

Beautiful Macha Meril was Monty's co-star in The Defector. She was a model in the 1960's and has appeared in over 120 films, primarily in France. Macha, 69, also writes a column for a weekly women's magazine, "Cote Femme." Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 14, 2009

Howard Hawks

Howard Hawks was Monty's director for Red River. Hawks was nominated for the Oscar for Best Director for Sergeant York (1941) and received an Honorary Award from the Academy in 1975. He died in 1977 at age 81. Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 13, 2009

Paul Douglas

Paul Douglas was Monty's co-star in The Big Lift. Paul appeared frequently in TV and film in the 1950's and died of a heart attack in 1959 at age 52. In photo, Monty with the Lift cast (left to right): O.E. Hasse, Bruni Lobel, and Douglas. Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 12, 2009

Bill Gunn Quote

"He (Monty) was a terribly bright, concerned human being, but like all of us he needed something to focus on, something to believe in." -Bill Gunn Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 11, 2009

Elizabeth Taylor Quote

"I loved him (Monty) deeply. He was my brother, my dearest friend." Sign in to see full entry.

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