Summary of Charles Casillo's Elizabeth and Monty

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 Montgomery Clift’s childhood was unhappy, and he struggled to overcome it. He was separated from a normal childhood and put too much emphasis on what he should be, rather than what and who he was.
#2 Sunny Fogg, Montgomery Clift’s mother, was born in 1888 in Philadelphia. She was raised by a couple who had adopted her at the age of one, but she believed she had been an unwanted child. When she was 18, the doctor who had delivered her told her the true story, and she was shocked to learn that she had been adopted.
#3 Sunny’s children were raised with the belief that they were aristocrats. She wanted them to view themselves as such, and she made sure they had the best education and socializing possible.
#4 The way the three Clift children were raised did not make them feel privileged in adulthood. They felt unusual, isolated, and traumatized. They could not remember much about their childhoods, and when they did remember something, it caused them to weep.

Sujets

• Rich & Famous

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 27 avril 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669392637
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Charles Casillo's Elizabeth and Monty
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Montgomery Clift’s childhood was unhappy, and he struggled to overcome it. He was separated from a normal childhood and put too much emphasis on what he should be, rather than what and who he was.

#2

Sunny Fogg, Montgomery Clift’s mother, was born in 1888 in Philadelphia. She was raised by a couple who had adopted her at the age of one, but she believed she had been an unwanted child. When she was 18, the doctor who had delivered her told her the true story, and she was shocked to learn that she had been adopted.

#3

Sunny’s children were raised with the belief that they were aristocrats. She wanted them to view themselves as such, and she made sure they had the best education and socializing possible.

#4

The way the three Clift children were raised did not make them feel privileged in adulthood. They felt unusual, isolated, and traumatized. They could not remember much about their childhoods, and when they did remember something, it caused them to weep.

#5

The Clift family moved to New York in 1934, and Monty was introduced to the theater. He thought he might like to be an actor, and when he was thirteen, he joined a local theater group and appeared in an amateur production called As Husbands Go. The play was a success, and when it moved to Broadway, fourteen-year-old Monty found himself a part of the legitimate New York theater scene.

#6

Sunny became Monty’s stage mother, protecting him from getting too close to anyone else. She formed a protective bubble around Monty, attempting to keep him from getting too close to anyone else.

#7

Monty was a successful actor, and he enjoyed it. He loved the life he had created for himself on the stage, and he didn’t want to give it up. He began to observe life around him, and when he saw someone interesting, he would follow them until he felt like he became that person.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The connection between Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift was formed years before they met. Both Elizabeth and Montgomery’s mothers were controlling, and their fathers were romantic dalliances.

#2

When Elizabeth was born in 1932, she was a very unusual-looking infant. Her head and body were covered with black hair, like a soft coat of fur. Her eyelids were tightly shut, as if glued together. But Sara made her daughter beautiful, and her eyes became famous.

#3

Elizabeth’s early years in London were happy and idyllic. She and her brother kept rabbits, lambs, and goats, and they had a golden retriever named Monty. When the time came for the family to leave England, they returned to the United States.

#4

When the Taylors first arrived in Los Angeles, Sara made sure to socialize with people in the movie industry. She pressed on, full steam ahead, making friends with casting directors and lunching with the wives of directors. She always had her daughter, Elizabeth, in mind when talking about her career.

#5

Sara was very aggressive and pushy, but her family realized that she was just unfulfilled and wanted her daughter to have the things she had never had. She wanted a piece for herself.
Insights from Chapter 3

#1

Monty’s Broadway career continued to blossom, and he became dependent on his mother. He resented it, but he always would depend on her.

#2

Monty started to experiment with independence, and he began a sexual relationship with another actor in the play, William LeMassena. He was warned that he could not be a pansy in the theater and survive, but he didn’t listen.

#3

In 1938, Monty did spend a lot of time with a young, dark-haired, fresh-faced actress named Phyllis Thaxter. She seemed to be more serious than the others, and Monty seemed to be interested in her more than the others. But after some time, Monty realized he could never marry her.

#4

Monty started taking painkillers to cope with his illness. He began a relationship with a young actor, one about his age, who was known as Josh. They would be inseparable during the run of Mexican Mural, a play written by Ramon Naya.

#5

Monty became close friends with four actors in the play, and they became surrogate family members for him. He always seemed to be looking for a mother figure, and he eventually found one in Mira Rostova.

#6

Libby’s first taste of fame came from her singing career, which was aided by her smoky voice and raunchy humor. She had a particular fetish for sensitive young homosexual men with a self-destructive bent.