Posted on 01/22/2006 5:17:03 PM PST by Panerai
A thick new biography of Marlon Brando promises to be the definitive gossip guide to the great actor's life.
"Brando Unzipped," by Darwin Porter, claims he covered as much ground on the Kinsey Scale as the bathroom scales.
The book says: "From Rock Hudson to Vivien Leigh, from Bette Davis to Cary Grant, Brando slept around, even managing to seduce two of America's First Ladies." The plausibility of that is debatable, but there's a (literally) jaw-dropping scene on page 320, involving Peter Lawford, another actor and "a motor trip to Palm Springs" which you can bet they didn't run by Nancy Reagan's lawyers before publication.
Collectors of Brando ephemera might appreciate the inclusion of a certain infamous photograph. (Confidential to Hazel Gutberlet of Palisades Park, N.J. - who finds me a tad vulgar, according to the mail - this is your cue to turn away.) The image depicts a Monica Lewinsky moment between Brando and another man.
"We ran it at a tasteful 2 inches by 1-3/4 inches on page 404," says Blood Moon publisher Danforth Prince.
In journalism, we call that "burying the lead."
The horror...
Best Marlon ever was, was a wannabee!
"The image depicts a Monica Lewinsky moment between Brando and another man....In journalism, we call that "burying the lead."
In posterdom, we call that "hiding the mouse".
Just from the blurb on the latest posts page, I've learned more than I ever, ever wanted to know about Weirdo Brando. The details of his debauchery and with whom, I'm better off not knowing. I won't be reading this book. I haven't got a cast iron stomach.
A better use of one's time is to read the new biography "Mao - the Unknown Story" (authors Chang and Halliday.) Mao killed 70 million and never even believed Communism would work. Like Brando, he had a sex life.
Brando, so much potential, such an utter fool.
He was quite the looker when he was young. Too bad he turned into such a disgusting-looking, obese weirdo.
hmmm, might explain why he spoke like he had a mouthful in the godfathers.
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