Blind Items Revealed #2 - Old Hollywood
May 4, 2018
This permanent A list mostly movie actor who was a multiple Oscar nominee/winner also had his own production company back in the day. That in of itself was kind of unusual during the studio system. The actor made a movie about the gossip industry. A movie that you should watch if you haven't. Anyway, there was a messed up relationship on screen and the actor told the actress involved in that relationship on screen that they needed to consummate their relationship to make it even more real. The actress refused so the married actor raped her and told her the look on her face after is what he wanted for the entire movie. She barely worked again after the movie and was out of acting within a couple years.
Burt Lancaster/Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions/Sweet Smell Of Success
This permanent A list mostly movie actor who was a multiple Oscar nominee/winner also had his own production company back in the day. That in of itself was kind of unusual during the studio system. The actor made a movie about the gossip industry. A movie that you should watch if you haven't. Anyway, there was a messed up relationship on screen and the actor told the actress involved in that relationship on screen that they needed to consummate their relationship to make it even more real. The actress refused so the married actor raped her and told her the look on her face after is what he wanted for the entire movie. She barely worked again after the movie and was out of acting within a couple years.
Burt Lancaster/Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions/Sweet Smell Of Success
“Power attracts the psychotics. Always. That's what we have to avoid within ourselves.”
ReplyDelete-Frank Herbert
Damn, i liked him as well and the movie.
ReplyDeleteWho was the actress or did we cover that already in another post.
ReplyDeleteI don't know why, but I always had the feeling that Burt Lancaster was gay -- not that there is anything wrong with that!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like the actress may be Susan Harrison.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2010/04/movie-marked-danger-200004
ReplyDeleteSusan Harrison (18-19 when filming) played the much younger sister of Burt's character who was possessive and ploted to break up her engagement.
ReplyDeleteSH acted a few more years...
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0365893/?ref_=tt_cl_t3
Damn, I was hoping this wouldn't be it, because I love that movie so much. I've been quoting it for years: my left hand hasn't seen my right hand in over thirty years...
ReplyDeleteBURN IN HELL, BURT
ReplyDeleteDarva Kongers'Mom?
ReplyDeleteHe also said Blacks shouldn't be allowed in the Actors Union, so there's that. Was definitely a POS.
ReplyDeleteDarver Conger's father was almost Burt Lancaster? ok.
ReplyDeleteBurt supposedly had a male lover that he visited frequently when the lover was in a nursing home.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear that about Burt. I used to dream about him, and he'd give me advice.
Lancaster, too? Damn, was any Old Hollywood male star not a rapist? Please tell me that William Powell was a gentleman.
ReplyDeletei was gonna watch the swimmer on dvd
ReplyDeletei wont now
I call bullshit on this. If anyone bucked the typical Hollywood bullshit it was Lancaster.
ReplyDeleteWell at least he got the look he wanted. Some of these actresses acting is just plain Wooden!
ReplyDeletei often wonder did kirk take the blame for Lancaster raping natalie wood
ReplyDeletehollywood had it in for him after he stood up to the HUAC