
Elizabeth and Monty : the untold story of their intimate friendship / Charles Casillo.
Title:
Elizabeth and Monty : the untold story of their intimate friendship / Charles Casillo.
ISBN:
9781496724793
Personal Author:
Edition:
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Kensington Publishing Corp., 2021.
©2021
Physical Description:
viii, 389 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Contents:
Prologue -- Developing Monty -- Forming Elizabeth -- Surrogates -- The most astonishing-looking child -- A troubled, complex guy -- Chemistry -- Who is Bessie Mae? -- The beautiful committed moment -- Marriage number one -- Friends and lovers -- Marriage number two -- Career and life advancements -- James Dean -- Raintree County -- Wrecked -- Mike Todd -- Natchez -- Danville -- Marriage number three -- A new face -- Running from a nightmare -- The Young Lions -- Elizabeth the cat -- Good Monty/bad Monty -- A very un-private affair -- A lonely heart -- Debbie, Eddie, and the widow Todd -- Suddenly, Last Summer -- What's wrong with him? -- Strange arrangements -- The flashback scene -- Two different paths -- Marilyn -- Cleopatra in London -- The Freud feud -- The Cleopatra affair -- It's very hard -- Hamlets in New York -- Reflections -- Deflector -- Elizabeth in later years -- Epilogue.
Summary:
This story of the decades-long relationship between Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift chronicles her devotion to the troubled star through a near fatal car crash and the descent into alcoholism and addiction that effectively ended his Hollywood career.
Genre:
OCLC Number:
on1250648677
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