In Stanley Kramer’s JUDGEMENT AT NUREMBERG (1961) Montgomery Clift plays a Jew who was sterilized by the Nazis during WWII for being “mentally incompetent.”
By the time of filming, Monty was 43 years old and had only three more years to live: his body and mind were already wrecked from drug and alcohol abuse following his debilitating car accident. Perhaps that’s what makes the fragile sanity of Monty’s work here all the more difficult to watch. It was most visibly coming from some place horrifically honest: at only about 7 minutes in length, it would lead to Monty’s fourth—and final—Oscar nomination.
Monty refused salary for the role. He would lose to George Chakiris in WEST SIDE STORY.
Bette Davis said in an interview with Barbara Walters that her “I’d like to kiss you but I just washed my hair” line in The Cabin in the Cotton (1932) was her all-time favorite movie line.
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If I’d been a teenager in the ’60s, I’d have wanted Don Porter in Gidget to be my dad.
The 5 Most Badass Presidents of All Time
History peeps, read this for some raucous levity. Jackson, Kennedy, Quincy Adams, Washington and Teddy Roosevelt are granted Action Hero status in this 2008 article from Cracked.com. (OMG: Nudist Quincy Adams and his crocodile.)
I’m guessing they decided it wasn’t fair to include our rail-splitting, ass kicking wrestler champion commander-in-chief from Illinois because he would’ve thrown some of those men out of the ballpark.
Also: Protector of the Union. (I’d wager Linc’s could face-pound the hell out of Kennedy and Adams no contest … But a match between Jackson, Washington and Roosevelt would be a match I’d pay premium HBO rates for. … Do I smell a new meme? The White House WWF?!?
Dean Martin enjoying the pool at home with his children, 1958.
Dino being a Daddy.
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The 5 Most Badass Presidents of All Time
History peeps, read this for some raucous levity. Jackson, Kennedy, Quincy Adams, Washington and Teddy Roosevelt are granted Action Hero status in this 2008 article from Cracked.com. (OMG: Nudist Quincy Adams and his crocodile.)
It’s a frog and he’s *looking both ways*! Adorable.
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