........At the time of Christian's trial, Brando was sharing his bed with the maid at Mulholland Drive. A man with a voracious sexual appetite, his list of alleged former lovers – male and female – reads like a Hollywood Who's Who: Ava Gardner, Shelley Winters, Noël Coward, Tyrone Power, Hedy Lamarr, Burt Lancaster, Marilyn Monroe, John Gielgud, Marlene Dietrich, Leonard Bernstein, Tallulah Bankhead, James Dean, Ingrid Bergman, Montgomery Clift, Anna Magnani, Rock Hudson, Rita Hayworth… The names go on and on. David Niven once came across Brando and Laurence Olivier naked in a swimming pool and kissing passionately. Niven, who knew that Brando had also seduced Olivier's wife Vivien Leigh, chose to make a gentlemanly exit. "I turned my back on them and went back inside to join Vivien. I'm sure she knew what was going on, but she made no mention of it. Nor did I. One must be sophisticated about such matters in life."
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Indeed, one must!
........At the time of Christian's trial, Brando was sharing his bed with the maid at Mulholland Drive. A man with a voracious sexual appetite, his list of alleged former lovers – male and female – reads like a Hollywood Who's Who: Ava Gardner, Shelley Winters, Noël Coward, Tyrone Power, Hedy Lamarr, Burt Lancaster, Marilyn Monroe, John Gielgud, Marlene Dietrich, Leonard Bernstein, Tallulah Bankhead, James Dean, Ingrid Bergman, Montgomery Clift, Anna Magnani, Rock Hudson, Rita Hayworth… The names go on and on. David Niven once came across Brando and Laurence Olivier naked in a swimming pool and kissing passionately. Niven, who knew that Brando had also seduced Olivier's wife Vivien Leigh, chose to make a gentlemanly exit. "I turned my back on them and went back inside to join Vivien. I'm sure she knew what was going on, but she made no mention of it. Nor did I. One must be sophisticated about such matters in life."
