Top 20 Dark Truths About Classic Hollywood Actors

the rewards for ambition are Bountiful here in the beautiful Southern California Sun welcome to miss Mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the top 20 dark truths about Classic Hollywood actors come on you've got everything you want for this list we'll be looking at the Golden Age of Hollywood's most tragic and scandalous open Secrets which of these dark truths shocked you the most let us know in the comments number 20 Merle Oberon hid her true ethnicity actress Mel Oberon was incredibly talented and widely known for her beauty we haven't seen you in some time how is your family very well your majesty unfortunately like her contemporaries oberon's image and background were seemingly under intense scrutiny and control by her home studio however it was eventually revealed that Oberon who we now know was born in India was also massaging the details of her own background that's included concealing her ethnicity as a mixed race woman she chose to stay quiet about her identity reportedly to avoid Hollywood's racism it wasn't until she passed away that the truth of her parentage and Heritage ultimately came to light I beg that in your graciousness your Grant your sister's requests let me get on with this rehearsal number 19 Gene Kelly's mistreatment of Debbie Reynolds for the joy and tap dancing making Singing in the Rain was no picnic it takes a lot of pain to create that much fun on screen it was I had blood in my shoes and it was very difficult to do those numbers as fast as they wanted them and as long as they wanted over and over and over and over in fact Debbie Reynolds would later liken it to childbirth didn't help that her male lead dancer actor director extraordinaire Gene Kelly was horrific to her on set he criticized her dancing at every turn and she was left in tears it didn't end with the dancing either when the actor who was two decades her senior unexpectedly tongue kissed her during a scene she was left feeling shaken even Kelly apparently acknowledged his behavior later reportedly saying it was a Wonder Reynolds still spoke to him good morning good morning morning we've talked the whole night through good morning good morning to you number 18 The Misfits curse by all accounts the making of this 1961 Western was a grueling experience for all involved did I make the whistle almost like you've done good though but sadly what happened to its three leads has enhanced The Misfits reputation as a cursed movie at the time Marilyn Monroe's personal life was not in the best place and both she and Montgomery Clift were dealing with substance use disorder Clark Gable for his part passed away days after shooting was completed Monroe would pass the next year and Cliff would make three more movies one of which came out to posthumously before his death at the age of 45. despite this many modern critics cite the Misfits as career best work for the three stars honey we all gotta go sometime reasoning no reason diamonds As Natural as living number 17 Joan Crawford removed her teeth who are you please I'm a photographer many of us have our own insecurities about our physical appearance and celebrities are no exception especially the women who have societal expectations on them that men often don't have to deal with in the same way and these expectations and insecurities can sometimes lead to rather Extreme Measures being taken to attempt to enhance one's appearance and by my account you're missing six molars extractions what kind of medieval dental practice extracts six teeth without putting in implants an example of which is Joan Crawford removing her teeth no she didn't take them all out but in her early twenties she did remove some of her back molars in an effort to accentuate her cheekbones my agent told me if I wanted to work past 25 I should invest in a set of cheekbones number 16 the Conqueror deaths the cast of this Miss begotten 1956 epic starring John Wayne as the titular conqueror Genghis Khan faced tragedy there are moments for wisdom jamulga then I listen to you and there are moments for Action then I listen to my blood I feel this tire woman is for me indeed a little under half the artists who worked on the Conqueror developed some form cancer Wayne co-stars such as Susan Haywood and Agnes Moorhead director Dick Powell and many others would eventually pass away as a result of the disease many attribute this abnormally large number of the movie being filmed near where extensive nuclear tests had taken place in Utah whether it was radiation or any number of complicating factors the story is a heartbreaking one or that picture was made I did the same scene in real life 12 years ago cost me a piece of lung number 15 Judy Garland's a terminated pregnancies Studio stars were beholden to a very strict set of rules and regulations if they wanted to work their lives were basically at the mercy of the studio hey she's having the same as me orders from upstairs sorry if you knew this better than Judy Garland much has been made of her time at MGM when she and possibly Mickey Rooney were allegedly fed pills that would contribute to their substance use disorders but there's more Garland's pregnancy in 1941 reportedly angered Studio Chiefs but it also troubled her domineering mother Ethel together Ethel and the studio had Garland terminate the pregnancy garland would enjoy a similar scenario only two years later after becoming pregnant by actor Tyrone Power we pay you a great deal of money you have an image to maintain and you owe it to us to maintain it number 14 the story of Peg and twistle when it was first built in 1923 the Hollywood Sign was just a promotional tool for a new real estate development in the growing industry town it's now mythical status May sadly have been helped Along by a troubling event good looking kid like you you think you just gotta show up and hope you're a movie star huh well that ain't how it works Peg and twistle was a successful stage actress who eventually ended up in Hollywood for a play and went on to try her hand at films she made 13 women which would end up being a posthumous release as well as her first and only movie credit edits reportedly left most of her performance on The Cutting Room floor and RKO cut ties with her in 1932 she made her way Atop The h of the hollywoodland sign and sadly took her own life responsible it was case part it was Kay's life but now it's too late okay it's a bit number 13 George Reeves passing although he was in many movies George Reeves found his biggest success on television for six seasons the actor portrayed the Dual role of Clark Kent and Superman in Adventures of Superman I can't remember only anything after they jumped me in the cave if I'd come two minutes later you've been food for the Fishers unfortunately Reeves passed away in 1959 due to a gunshot wound though it was ruled as a self-inflicted the presence of things like mysterious bruises and extra bullets at the scene sent rumors swirling different theories spread to explain the death that pinned the blame on everyone from his fiancee to the husband of a lover the case and its puzzling circumstances have been fodder for True Crime enthusiasts ever since it remains one of classic Hollywood's biggest mysteries number 12. the murder of Lana Turner's mobster lover glamorous MGM star Lana Turner was no stranger to publicity but the 1958 murder of her of lover Johnny stompanato brought the media scrutiny to new heights [Music] Bob Johnny I'm not Johnny during a violent argument between the two Turner's daughter Cheryl crane killed stompanato in what was ruled as an act of justifiable homicide the unsuing trial and media circus was the stuff of Hollywood melodrama it was all made especially poisonous because Turner's emotional testimony didn't do much to quell suspicions she committed the crime and was letting her daughter take the fall despite vicious gossip the two never wavered from the official version of events I didn't come to Bath you or you won't not ever again number 11 The Fatty Arbuckle trials stories of Backstage debauchery fueled the national Scandal involving Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle who was accused of the assault and manslaughter of star Virginia rappay Fame and glory and then the All Too Human tragedies that often wipe them out the young silent film actress passed away in 1921 of a ruptured bladder and peritonitis mere days after becoming sick at a soiree of his the illness was alleged to have been a result of an attack by the comedian after three trials Arbuckle was exonerated but the Public's perception of him was irrevocably changed the circumstances surrounding repay's death became obscured by rumor many of which were popularized in Kenneth anger's highly exaggerated book Hollywood Babylon oh my gosh I I don't think I should talk to you news fellows anymore number 10. Shirley Temple was almost assassinated watermelon and I have four years Shirley Temple was one of the great child stars in the history of Hollywood she was also the target of an assassination attempt when she was young alive is near you a song of love will help you find the way the perpetrator of the attempt was a sad and emotionally distraught woman who'd lost her daughter supposedly at the same time the temple was born in her sorrow the woman came to believe that Temple had stolen her daughter's soul and that targeting her would release it from her the woman took out a gun during a live performance but was stopped before she could fire it it's a sad story all around that thankfully ended without any physical harm to Temple lollipop it's a sweet trip to a candy shop later in life the star was vocal about her experience with a predatory MGM producer we got in the car driving home I said Mom you won't believe what happened to me number nine Montgomery Cliff's life-changing car accident beautiful girl will place a Garland of oak leaves on my sun-colored locks I'd like to be that girl none of his roles in such films As A Place in the Sun and From Here to Eternity Montgomery Clift was a big Hollywood star in the late 40s and 50s until a car accident changed his life Clift was filming Raintree County when following a dinner party at co-star Elizabeth Taylor's house Clift crashed his car into a telephone pole thankfully Taylor arrived to help save his life the accident required plastic surgery and two months of recovery before the actor could finish the film besides the changes to his appearance the accident led to Clift turning to substances to dull the pain he continued to make movies but he was never really the same until he died at 45. you seem so strange so deep and far away so you were holding something back number eight Stan Laurel's drinking the comedy duo of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy brought joy and laughter to so many people throughout the first half of the 20th century what are you doing I'm talking to you what do you think I'm doing but one person who wasn't laughing was Vera shivaliva shivaliva was Laurel's third wife and the recipient of some very scary threats from the Beloved comic performer supposedly Laurel had a problem with alcohol and needless to say he wasn't a friendly drunk going when the couple divorced shivaliva made some very serious accusations claiming that her husband had threatened her with a gun and even had dug a grave in their backyard telling her that he was going to bury her alive nothing funny about that [Music] number seven allegations against Joan Crawford Joan Crawford is widely regarded as one of the old Hollywood greats look you might as well know it now both of you your father and I have decided to separate you mean dad's not coming home anymore doesn't he like us it has nothing to do with you honey but her daughter Christina Crawford's Memoirs namely mummy dearest painted a distressing picture of life behind the scenes in it Joan was described as someone with alcohol use disorder who was violent and overall abusive as you can imagine the book and its claims were a lightning rod for controversy upon publication the rest of Joan Crawford's daughters and several of her Hollywood contemporaries including foe Betty Davis denied the allegations through all the criticism controversy and anger however Christina Crawford has stood by her story why can't you give me the respect that I'm entitled to number six John Houston's vehicular manslaughter John Houston's path to becoming one of the greatest directors of all time began in 1941 with his directorial debut The Maltese Falcon what is it [Music] they stuff that dreams are made of however prior to getting his shot at directing Houston spent the beginning and the end of the 1930s as a writer in Hollywood what about the middle years well Houston spent those wandering around Europe following the death of actress Tosca rulian a death that he caused while driving intoxicated although somehow a Coroner's jury did exonerate Houston of any blame there was a rumor that Clark Gable was the one that killed rulian and Houston was paid to take the fall see Mr Gibbs most people never had to face the fact the right time the right place they're capable of anything but given that Gable was elsewhere filming a movie at the time the rumor doesn't appear to have any legs I can manage well enough horizontally but vertically I fall apart number five Marilyn stuttering began after childhood trauma a number of famous actors dealt with stuttering as children including as fans of The Big Bang Theory no James Earl Jones Is it true as a child you were a stutterer and were functionally mute for eight years it is true but while people may be familiar with many of Marilyn Monroe's life struggles did you know that she too started growing up I play the ukulele and I think too sings Too Well I don't have much of a voice but then this isn't much of a band many biographies have covered this fact and Monroe herself talked about it in interviews it got so bad at times that she like other stutterers were so scared and embarrassed that she basically stopped talking for extended periods how exactly it started is obviously Up For Debate but many biographers have attributed it to trauma of living with her mother who lived with schizophrenia and her childhood in and out of foster care and orphanages time was at the orphanage and then later in my teens I stuttered number four Marlon Brando's treatment towards Rita Moreno Marlon Brando and Rita Moreno were first acquainted in 1954 like often happens in Hollywood they started dating I just wanted to know where you were last night there's no denying Brando's Brilliance as one of the greatest actors of all time however when it came to women Moreno called him a bad guy besides the lying and cheating and bursts of Rage Mourinho also revealed that Brando made plans for her to terminate a pregnancy while they were together though it was dangerously performed and could have ended in disaster for her it was all too much for the young actress who has also been open about how the relationship led to her almost taking her life that's how I tried to do it and it really was an attempt to do that number three Hitchcock stalked his own actress besides a small uncredited role in 1950 Tippy hedron made her big screen debut in in Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 film the birds and followed up next year in Hitchcock's Marnie if you don't mind I'd like to go to bed you'd think that after having such success with such a great director that the two would have worked together again but they never did although it wasn't because a Hitchcock didn't like hedron but rather because he liked her too much I started noticing that um uh he kept watching me staring at me the great director became obsessed with hedrin and her time on both films was filled with emotional and mental mistreatment and unwanted advances from Hitchcock from isolating her from the rest of the cast by forbidding any of them to talk to her to demanding she be sexually available to him which she refused I became very very good at getting out I always I would always have somewhere to go had to be somewhere had something to do number two Chaplin's younger spouses foreign [Music] Chaplin made over 80 movies that's a lot however it pales in comparison to the number of people he slept with a number that he claimed was over 2 000 and while we don't know the ages of all of them the ones we do know make us shall we say uncomfortable he married his first wife Mildred Harris in 1918. Chaplin was 29 and Harris was only 16. chaplain felt forced into marrying his second wife Lita gray when the 35 year old icon discovered that the 16 year old gray was pregnant in 1943 at the age of 54 Chaplin married for the fourth and last time his wife Oona O'Neill was 18. but the couple have eight kids and remained together until Chaplin's passing in 1977. before we continue be sure to subscribe to our Channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos you have the option to be notified for occasional videos or all of them if you're on your phone make sure you go into your settings and switch on notifications number one Judy Lewis was the secret child of a huge star soap opera actress Judy Lewis's life sounds like the script from an episode of afternoon television I wish you hadn't why not oh I haven't let myself think about us I didn't dare but it isn't Lewis's mother was actress Loretta Young and her biological father was Clark Gable however Gable was married at the time so attempting to avoid a scandal young hid her pregnancy and placed her baby into orphanages when she was born after 19 months young adopted her daughter back but her stunning resemblance to Gable meant that most of Hollywood knew the truth well the first time I knew who my father was I was 23 and I was two weeks away from being married young even had a seven-year-old Lewis get her ears pinned back in order to try and hide the similarities eventually young admitted the truth to her daughter and claimed that she wasn't conceived consensually wasn't until I was 31 that I finally did ask my mother and did hear the truth from her but by that time my father had died foreign

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Published: Sun Aug 06 2023