Monday, November 30, 2009
"He (Monty) had an aura I had seldom experienced in other actors. His presence on the screen was electrifying and he got much more out of part than was written down." -Fred Zinneman, director of The Search and From Here to Eternity. Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Quote from Susannah York
"He (Monty) would never let me get away with anything but my best." -Susannah York, Freud co-star. Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Quote from Dmytryk
"He (Monty) was the most creative actor I ever worked with." -Edward Dmytryk, director of Raintree County and The Young Lions Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, November 27, 2009
Maximilian Schell
Maximilian Schell was Monty's co-star in Judgment at Nuremberg and won the Best Actor Oscar for the role. An interesting bit of trivia is that Schell was fifth billed in the credits, behind Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, and Marlene Dietrich. That makes him the lowest billed actor... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Richard Widmark
Richard Widmark (see poster in yesterday's entry) was Monty's co-star in Judgment at Nuremberg. Ironically, Widmark's role of Col. Tad Lawson was offered to Monty. Monty turned it down, accepting the smaller role of Rudolph Petersen instead. Mr. Widmark was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Spencer Tracy
Spencer Tracy was Monty's co-star in Judgment at Nuremberg. Spencer was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar for the role, and Monty was nominated for Best Supporting Actor. Tracy had a career total of nine Best Actor Oscar nominations, winning twice for Captains Courageous (1937) and Boys Town... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Marlene Dietrich
Monty was an admirer of Marlene Dietrich's career. Early in his own career, he noted Dietrich's comeback in her Las Vegas act in the 1950's. Ultimately, they would star together in Judgment at Nuremberg (1961). Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Photography
Monty also had photography as a hobby. He started in childhood and continued throughout his life. After his Broadway play Dame Nature closed, he spent most of his time photographing dancers in rehearsals at Gluck Sander's studio. Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Studying People
Monty liked to study people. It helped in preparation for his acting work. Gregory's (no longer in existence), was a bar on Lexington Avenue and Fifty-fourth Street in NYC. Monty would go there and watch people drift in and out: from pimps and serious alcoholics to middle-aged divorcees and college... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
First Apartment
Monty's first apartment after becoming a star was a spacious duplex at 207 East Sixty-first Street in Manhattan. Sign in to see full entry.