Why was Montgomery Clift Remained as an Outsider in Hollywood?
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Attractive good-looking introverted intelligent people are often object of marginalization by their peers for some reasons.
Envy
monty clift was NOT marginalized by anyone in hollywood..you dont have a clue
Of all the three iconic actors that emerged in the 1950s, Marlon, James, and Monty,
Monty remains the most overlooked. Before the terrible car accident that broke him
physically and mentally, he was responsible for some of the best films of that period.
"Red River", "A Place In The Sun", "The Heiress" and "From Here To Eternity" still remain
classics after six decades. Even after his golden period, "The Misfits" and "Suddenly
Last Summer", Monty proved he could still leave a memorable impression.
Unlike Brando and Dean, nobody has been able to mimic Monty. He still remains in
a field of one. Before or since no male actor has matched his frail beauty.
Beautiful thought and words. ❤
I completely agree. Frail, vulnerable yet really determined and so wonderfully talented.
@@MaryK02 Thanks for your kind words, Monty deserves to be
remembered.
@@robjones2408 Hi Rob, I totally agree with you, it was such a shame this Beautiful Man & brilliant actor was overlooked. So sad he passed so young. Cheers Ruth from Australia 🇦🇺❤❤
@@ruthlawrence8046 Because Monty has been gone for so long, he is in
danger of falling into total obscurity. Nobody has imitated him.
Thankfully your comments may encourage others to look into his
marvellous portfolio of work.
I still remember the first time I saw him in a film, Raintree County. As a 14-year-old, I fell instantly in love. His sensitive and tormented aura fascinated me, I had never seen a man like that.
He was one of the very GREATEST Hollywood star actors EVER!!!
I thought that he was the most handsome actor ever. His life story was very touching.
The Heiress is one of my favorite movie.
He was an icon. You failed to mention that Monty had self-loathing, he would cut or burn himself with cigarettes. I just think he was a compassionate soul & had a lot of questions about the world he lived in & the meaning of the why's about humanity, as a whole.
He was easily one of the finest actors of all time, I have seen his interview with H y Gardner excellent. His homosexuality because of the times hurt him badly., but the car accident really did him in. Really sad
wrong on booth counts..montys gay affairs did absolutely no harm to him regarding his career.....and the car accident did put him in lots of pain..but had no effect on his career..regarding his acting ability or his desirability...for parts
@@jadezee6316 You’re wrong!!! You need better comprehension from the comment of; Vito Gironda.
Outsider? No, I think he live his life as he saw fit, and did not go by hollywood standards, which was unheard of back then.
“Was remained” is not a verb. You can’t make a passive construction as “remain” is not transitive. In this you are attempting to describe a past state. It should say “ Why Montgomery Clift remained an outsider in Hollywood”. This aspect of completion is sufficient to indicate that it was a past state that was finished sometime in the past.
At least you try to assist with the grammer versus be extremely rude like KEPC
I knew that the title didn't seem right, now I know why.
English teacher? 😂
Yes sir! 👍
...points well taken
He was just "Beautiful" and had no ideal that the "Human Experience" would be filled with so many "Twist & Turns"... Insecurities haunt all of Us daily but some of Us have Ppl in our lives that make that "heavy ordeal" or "load" feel less jarring. Monty really was on this Earth, at a time when Everyone had their own "Secrets, Issues, and Concerns". Many of those Folks were able to mask their issues, while Monty wasn't able to do so without it being noticable. One thing about Monty is that He always knew his worth and that clashed with The Powers-That-Be in "The Business Of Show". His name isn't usually mentioned a great deal among the Big Stars or "Heavies" during his prime but his Talent and Good Looks can't be denied.
?..what is this mumbo jumbo??
Montgomery Clift is certainly among my top five favorite actors. His work was brilliant. He brought a genuine pathos to all of his characters. Nothing about him was fake and he wouldn't play the Hollywood game. He also had liaisons with women according to his brother Brooks. There's an excellent documentary on Monty, produced by his nephew. It's called "Making Montgomery Clift" and it dispels the many rumors and myths about his life. I highly recommend watching it here on YT. Thanks for the video, Age of Vintage.
He was an outsider because he was gay. Even now 60 years later there’s no openly gay A list star.
That is true, they don’t get same roles as straight men.
He was such a good actor and so handsome too!
Hi Age of Vintage, how are you? This is a very interesting & complex life of the extremely handsome Montgomery Clift or Monty as he was known by. He played in some very very good movies albiet in his short career. His first film was opposite John Wayne in Red River, he played in other notable films including The Heiress in 1949, A place in the Sun in 1951 with Elizabeth Taylor, I Confess in 1953, From Here To Eternity in 1953, Judgement at Nuremberg in 1961, & The Misfits in 1961 with Clark Gable & Marilyn Monroe. Whilst filming Raintree County again with Elizabeth Taylor, he was involved in a car crash after leaving her home after a dinner party. He had severe facial injuries including a broken jaw, broken nose & severe breakage of his sinuses. He was hospitalised for 8 weeks. He was also using prescription drugs & alcohol after a bout with dysentery earlier, but after his car crash from which he never really recovered he began to rely more on pain killers & alcohol, as he had done earlier. This beautiful man was quite confused about his sexuality, he not only had affairs with women, he had relationships with men as well. It was well known he was probably bisexual or even straight out gay, what ever he chose to do in his private life to me is that : private. On July 22nd 1966 Clift spent most of that day in his room in his New York city townhouse. His private nurse Lorenzo James saw him last at 1.00 am in the morning & asked if he required anything else before he was going to bed. No thanks said Monty I'm just going to read or watch a bit of TV. At 6.30am he went upstairs to check on him & found the bedroom door closed & locked. Unable to break down the door, he went around the back & climbed up to the second floor bedroom. He found Monty dead in his half filled bathtub. James then rang the police & the ambulance. His body was taken to the city morgue & cause of death was deemed a heart attack, brought on by occlusive coronary heart disease. A sad day indeed in Hollywood, Monty was always too hard on himself & his performances had to be perfect. He was only 45 years old. Love Love from Australia 🇦🇺💖💖💛💛📽📽🎬🎬💜💜💚💚❤❤⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘💋💋
Thank you Ruth for your lovely comment! 🙂 ❤️
@@AgeOfVintage Thankyou so much for acknowledging my comment. Love your channel , it's so informative & a delight to watch. Cheers Ruth 😊💚💙💖💛❤💋💋
@@ruthlawrence8046 🙂
Monty got a raw deal.
He was born in 1920, World War I was over in 1918.
Exactly!
I like the quiet jazz tune in the background.
Iread the book "from here to eternity way before ever watching the movie, and Clift's performance regarding "Pruitt" is so spot on and amazing that soon after i sought out and saw every movie he ever was in. What a TALENT and what a good looking guy he was (even straight guys recognize a handsome ladykiller when they see one), I do not care what he did off screen, even though i feel for his suffering and struggles with addiction, and the problems of showbiz and hollywod.What i do care awfully about is his command of his roles in his films that remind me of James Dean's work, both were the best of the best, just didn't live long enough to establish themselves as icons or true heavyweights of hollywood and it's golden years of film and those who made them so good. like Montgomery Clift, truly a special person and monster talent.
Great information, did not know Montgomery Cliff had a twin sister.
very few of you people wh o make comments ever know much about what you are talking about...
Thank you for putting this together. So many people who knew Monty or crossed his path were profoundly moved by him. His addictions only make his acting achievements that much more impressive because he managed to pull himself together enough and perform so beautifully and powerfully within the chains of addiction and physical illness. His family says he wasn't ashamed or disturbed about his sexuality but it's also true that in his era he couldn't ever hope to marry or adopt children. And that is something he often said he wanted. I can't imagine having to live with that sad knowledge. It had to hurt him deeply and deepen his need for relief through drugs and alcohol. A monster talent. A beautiful man and a gentle soul.
He was a great actor. His uniqueness made him interesting.
Little bit of a young Tom Cruise look to him - who has also had his sexuality scrutinised and relentlessly analysed, lol
Thank you so much for uploading this. He's one of my favorite actors, so much so, I love to watch his movies again and again. Otherwise I hardly rewatch movies even if i enjoy it.
Such a wonderful actor and beautiful man he was but so misunderstood somehow, everytime I watch him i can feel the emotions he is portraying strongly, especially in sad scenes I can't stop crying, his eyes portray emotions so well, I always feel that he really gets sad and depressed in those scenes. I always felt even when he smiled or is happy there's some kind of sadness and longing in his eyes, well it's still part of what makes him so beautiful as a performer.
I was always a fan of Mr brando's work and love method acting and although I was aware of monty, I discovered his talent only some time back. Monty Clift is up there as one of the best actors of all time and best of the best of that era together with brando. He's left a lasting impression on me and after knowing and watching his movies I decided to take theater classes.
Thank you so much for your comment! 🙂
Great video about him thank you. I always liked him as a actor.
Thank you Ron! 🙂
Why don't you mention The Young Lions of 1958? A most important anti-war movie with top acting by Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift AND Sean Martin!!!!
His mother was always chasing the Golden Goose try to reclaim her Rich lifestyle instead of enjoying the success of her three children Montgomery Clift was a beautiful man for the tortured soul may he rest in peace.
Why was Monty Clift “an outsider”? Like James Dean, Clift hated the hoopla which plagued famous and handsome actors; also, like Dean, Clift detested the bloodsucking Hollywood paparazzi (literally: “troublesome mosquitoes”) who created all the hoopla and then, of course, created scandal after scandal, no differently than what goes on even to this day. The press “makes ‘em, then breaks ‘em” to keep morons literally “paying” attention.
It’s really too bad Clift, Dean, and others, true artists, did not choose Europe as an escape. I happen to believe the French and the Italians, and, possibly, the Germans, would’ve embraced their arrival and their work unlike the majority of American public who did not seriously consider filmmaking as an art.
I can totally relate to Clift-
When you want to be good at what you do, but aren’t interested in fluff and superficiality, most people don’t understand you- and when people don’t understand you, they tend to shun you because they take it personally-
Most of society has it backwards-
The bubbly, outgoing, chatty, gregarious ones are the ones you need to be wary of.
monty was not shunned by anyone...till later in life when the drugs he took...made it impossible to be around him
He was gay, shy, & didn't mix in .
At his car crash, Liz grabbed broken teeth out of his throat so he could breathe. She also defied paparazzi, yelling that if any of them published photos of smashed Monty she'd never let them photograph her again.
A beautiful and misunderstood man?No?
True! Thank you for your comment! 🙂
The documentary "Making Montgomery Clift" refutes the "tragic" aspect that is always stressed about his life.
SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER, AGAIN WITH ELIZABETH TAYLOR 💕💕💕💕💕
Super movie.
@@dcasper8514 Totally agree with you Super ❤❤❤❤❤❤
@@ruthlawrence8046 4 see
Monty was a close personal friend of Taylor. I dont think it's fair to say that she was partly responsible for his car crash. Though I do believe that he could've gotten a cab home. R.I.P. Monty. 🙏🙏🙏
Yes the heiress one of favorites he was so handsome with beautiful dark green eyes like my dad and me or is I, a bit of humour .👀💕
He sounds like a really cool intellectual guy.
Your title makes my brain an outsider.
haha. 🙂 I hope you liked the video though!
He started out with a beautiful face. The accident changed his face.He drank and lived a dark sexual life.
The accident happened during the filming of Raintree County with Elizabeth Taylor. When you watch the movie you can clearly see the changes to his face in the scenes filmed after the accident.....after the accident, he basically turned from being a heartthrob leading man into a character actor.
Wow! What a pic at 0:56. Be still my heart. Had his beauty and psyche ruined in that car accident.
Loved him in The Heiress and A Place in the Sun. Elizabeth was breath takingly beautiful in the latter and it wasn't just that quality that made her part so endearing. The way she looked at her costar and her voice tone when talking to him. Have watched both several times. Cinema at its finest.
The fact that he was Gay just serves to make him even more interesting. If Elizabeth had been a man, what a relationship they could have had.
Please have someone check your English grammar before posting your video titles....just a suggestion: Why was Montgomery Clift an outsider in Hollywood ?.........He has not "remained" since he is dead.
@@Jerknoir-a-saurus Well English Karen maybe. Before the pandemic, I taught beginning English to immigrants.....
.Tom Cruise sort of reminds me of him a little bit they sort of have some similar style. Awm
I see that now that you mention it
Well done !! Thank you !!
All the hot men are gay 😔 (allegedly)
He was so great 👍 👌 😭 😢 yes he was..and he wasn't Iike at ALLL..PLS..STOP THISSS NOW YES HE WAS..LOVE U
Montgomery Clift is a prime example of the gay repression of those times: hide in plan sight, stress beyond belief, have no future to look forward to.
Fred Philippi
Yes and it goes on to this day
Regardless of all the so called
“Rights”.
@@SBecktacular Yes, as we are about to enter the month dedicated to Gays(June), homophobism is rampant. We Gays at least have the dignity of being able to marry now. Kudos to our Gay brothers who have the courage to be open about their sexuality as if its anyone else's business but their own.
217 E 61st is on realtor dot com. Nice although someone covered architectural features with gallons of white paint. Traditional townhouse but without walls.
There’s a Great New book 📖 “Elizabeth and Monty” Elizabeth was his best friend until the day he died. Elizabeth always accepted Gay friends, but She Never had sex with him. When accepting a Human Rights Fund award, for her work with AIDS, She chided people who discriminate against Gays-and said her 3 best friends were Gay “Monty, Rock and Jimmy (Dean)” 🌈 She rescued Monty at his accident. No one there could open a door, but somehow She did & crawled inside and when she saw he couldn’t talk, she reached down his throat & pulled out his teeth from his throat, enabling him to breathe again. When they pulled Monty out, there were lots of photographers there & Elizabeth yelled at the photographers that she knew them & if any of them took a picture of Monty- She would never let them photograph her again. They would talk on the phone every day and she put up her salary as insurance for him to Star with her in “Reflections in a Golden Eye “ since he was uninsurable, but he died before it could be filmed.He nicknamed her Bessie May. 💔
Thank You AOV👌😁
Suddenly Last Summer....
I think we all know now it’s better to be an outsider in Hollywood
Um...the verb "remain" isn't transitive.
Love u M.C..and E.T...
Please make a video about Joan Crawford😀
Your approach, admirably respectful, could still have revealed more of the dark truths of Monty without losing that tone of respect.
He was beautiful and talented, and tragic.
He has Still he was a great 🎬 🎬 🎬 🎬 🎬 tor..
Whoever composed the title of this video should take an English language class.
"was" remained? bad grammar dude. might want to change the title and remove the "was"
You are using bad grammar in your titles. FYI. I like your channel though
I didn’t know he was gay.
But thats was is acting 🎬 🎬 🎬 🎬 🎬 🎬
Wowsy wow wow wow. I wished I knew him. Don’t get me wrong folks out there in utopia boob land I like both men and women 🙃
Your title should read ~ *Why was Montgomery Clift an outsider in Hollywood?*
101 anos Mont 23 de julho
O.D..she new how to get anyone do for HERRRRR
Who said SOO REALLY
NOTT.
Who didnt do that..she did..and so did everyone...next plSS..
Crikey, but at 9:26 if Dermot Mulroney isn't a ringer for Clift!!
R.I.P MONTGOMERY CLIFT ------ HANDSOME !!! GORGEOUS !!! MAN -- LOVED HIS MOVIES !! WITH ELIZBETH TAYLOR, SHELLEY WINTERS , DONNA REED , OLIVIA DE HAVILLIND MANY OTHERS !! THINK JAMES DEAN & MONTY WERE LOVERS !!!! HE WAS BISEXUAL!!! HIS MOVIES --- " I CONFESS" "FROM HERE TO ETERNITY "THE HEIRESS " " RAINTREE COUNTY" FROM U.K.
Clift was NOT shunned nor was he given any trouble by other actors do to his sexuality....it was Clift who set his own rules....he turned down great scripts..like Sunset Blvd.......for weird reasons after agreeing to do it...would keep to himself and study his role at nights with a woman friend..i can't think of her name..who NO ONE liked and had to be told to leave the set by the directors on more than one occasion.....he DID NOT...date jimmy or his house man...James..
..Olsen was his best friend though Clift never realized it.....and James was just a man who took fine care of Monty.....who was abusing drugs and booze..waaaaaaaay before the end of his life......
Monty was a fine actor, but his movies are small in number....and do not be swayed because it was Monty and only Monty that did him in.....no one was out to get him..etc.
Booze, cigarettes, hidden gay......toxic.
Like my mother
Speaking of relationships, why speak of his gay affairs, but fail to even mention his marriage??!!
",the plaque is no longer axtent"? Wtf?
Is it me or does he look a lot like Tom Cruz?
better looking than tom cruise, imo
Heck! No!
In the 1950's Homosexuals had to keep it under wraps, Monty had a tough time keeping his hands to himself.
Lots of misinformation.
Why did Montgomery Clift remain
an outsider in Hollywood ?
Yes in that day it was shunned to be gay...not my kind of thing but there is nothing wrong with that.
Your title is nonsensical-the worst grammar I’ve ever seen.
true
@@gracemunich1476 Oh give it a rest will you. Please just enjoy the video content, instead of commenting about the grammar.
@@ruthlawrence8046 snowflake.....bye
"Why was Montgomery ....Remained"? Is that proper Brit. English?
Not her O.D..she wasnt that at all.but now I still don't Iike u at ALLL..
Makes today’s actors look like bimbos.
Anyone notice how much he resembles Edward Norton?
hmm, interesting observation! Thanks for sharing
Ed Norton? I don't see it either but okay.
Tom Cruise when he was much younger looked a lot like Monty. Similar deep set eyes, high nose bridge and that boyish 'slightly tilted' gorgeous smile. Their side profile especially looks really similar..
Although i find Monty much more goodlooking
@@AgeOfVintage Well, the late Don Rickles looked just like George Clooney.
Not really.
I think “desperate, drunken, and deceived” about sums him up. 😕
Unkind !!!!
Why bring Kim Novak into this. Monty was lovely, and so was Kim.
But not like that E.T
She was so obsessed with hiMM..
Shameful
More importantly why should we even care?
Was gonna watch this as the topic intrigued me. But the poor use of grammar in the title made me cringe. Should have been titled "Why Montgomery Clift remained an outsider in Hollywood." Was and as are poor grammar...jeez!
I do not see Montgomery Clift handsome at all. Unlike, Gable, Mitchum, Lancaster, R. Taylor. I didn't see Kim Novak as beautiful either.
damnnnn chillll fammmm why not
He is a different type of handsome he was a teen type of handsome the guys you named were a grown man type of handsome Clift was a handsome that teen girls went crazy over kinda like now of days with someone like zack from high school musical
beauty is in the eye of the beholder but clift was one of the best looking men ever those guys you named don't compare to him
good point. Clift looks a lot like Boris Karloff to me. Maybe I'm wrong. Someone suggested I buy a new set of glasses.
truth seeker
Boris Karloff???! 🥴🤷♀️