Posted on 05/14/2009 2:31:38 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A new book by movie producer Jon Peters alleges Hollywood movie mogul Ray Stark sexually molested singer and actress Barbra Streisand at the start of her acting career.
The explosive allegations against Stark, who prior to his death in 2004 was one of the most influential producers in motion picture history, are contained in Peters memoir, tentatively entitled Studio Head, which was purchased by Harper-Collins Publishers in April for a reported $US875,000.
Peters, who turns 64 this year, claims his former wife, actress Lesley Ann Warren, was also molested during infamous Hollywood casting couch sessions and when he became aware of it he, wanted to kill Stark.
According to Peters, who produced films such as Superman Returns and Batman, Stark [was] an ogre of male chauvinistic casting-couch sexual entitlement [and] had molested both Lesley Ann and Barbra when they were auditioning for him, and neither had ever really gotten over it.
According to Peters, Stark first molested Streisand as she prepared for her breakthrough performance in the 1968 movie Funny Girl and again in 1973 when she was cast in The Way We Were.
Four-times divorced, Peters, former hairdresser-turned-studio-boss, has five children, and in the past year was slapped with a sexual harassment suit himself, as well as faced ongoing litigation surrounding a 2006 drunk-driving conviction.
As I remember , Kris had a VERY hard time with her ego on the filming of A STAR IS BORN, (or as the Village Voice called it “ A BORE IS STARRED”. But he was always the gentleman, and just kept it at saying “She’s a perfectionist!”)_
She, however, would respond to his actor’s concerns with things like how he was playing a scene opposite her,and whether she was getting what she needed from him, with “Can you believe he actually thinks that anything he could do would have any effect on me????”
Actress?
As I remember , Kris had a VERY hard time with her ego on the filming of A STAR IS BORN, (or as the Village Voice called it “ A BORE IS STARRED”. But he was always the gentleman, and just kept it at saying “She’s a perfectionist!”)_
She, however, would respond to his actor’s concerns with things like how he was playing a scene opposite her,and whether she was getting what she needed from him, with “Can you believe he actually thinks that anything he could do would have any effect on me????”
Four-times divorced, Peters, former hairdresser-turned-studio-boss, has five children, and in the past year was slapped with a sexual harassment suit himself, as well as faced ongoing litigation surrounding a 2006 drunk-driving conviction.I'm sure he's reliable though. ;') I wouldn't take the word of someone who at any time in his life wanted to sleep with Babs.
I get it.
But Lesley Ann Warren, what a babe she was. Stark should have been tied to an ant hill for that one............
I almost didn’t read this thread because it made me want to barf that anyone would WANT to sexually abuse Babs.
Yuck
Remember seeing a picture of her on one of her first albums ... don't remember which one, it was back around (early) 1965. Know that at that point in my life I was a young Marine deployed to the Med ... she looked pretty hot to me if you could get over the nose thing.
Lesley Ann Warren was breathtaking in the late ‘60’s. Matter of fact she was a knockout in the ‘80’s. Shameful behavior on the fact of this Stark person, but not unusual. Certainly not back then, still is I’m sure.
Streisand was already a mega-superstar by 1973. I doubt she had to sleep with Stark to get a role in “The Way We Were.”
Looks like Peters was muscled into putting the pen down and stepping away from the desk. He just cancelled his book...
http://m.nypost.com/ms/p/nyp/nyp/view.m?id=23202&storyid=170567
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