Old Hollywood gossip & stories

[JoanieDee]

Inspired by this article I read recently:

The Biggest Scandals Of Old Hollywood

Elizabeth Taylor Had An Affair With Debbie Reynolds’ Husband The media labeled Elizabeth Taylor a “homewrecker” when she started dating her close friend Debbie Reynolds’ husband, Eddie Fisher, shortly after her own third husband, Mike Todd, died in a plane crash. “I was the last to find out...

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Old Hollywood was so messed up and there are so many bizarre and scary rumours and stories.
All the stars being fuelled on pep pills to keep up with the gruelling schedules, affairs, abuse, potential murders, the list goes on.

Please discuss...

 

[Anasnake]

AGC used to have lots of blinds about old Hollywood, don’t know how true they were.

 

[Allflightscancelled]

Joan Crawford was an said to be an appalling abusive mother to her adopted children.

And Grace Kelly (later Princess Grace of Monaco) was reputedly quite free with her favours

 

[Gym&Tonic]

Kirk Douglas allegedly raped Natalie Wood so violently that she required hospital treatment.

 

[Allflightscancelled]

Kirk Douglas allegedly raped Natalie Wood so violently that she required hospital treatment.

Blimey. I knew he had a rep. As a sexual predator but I didn’t know it was that bad

 

[Phoenix Lazarus]

Kirk Douglas allegedly raped Natalie Wood so violently that she required hospital treatment.

Aren't there rumours he was involved in the murder of a girl in the late-1940s?

 

[Sea]

Blimey. I knew he had a rep. As a sexual predator but I didn’t know it was that bad

I'm sure I read the sister Lana wood claimed she would reveal all once the rapist died. But poor Natalie wood had suffered at the hands of pushy mother and had affairs with older men including slimy Sinatra

Aren't there rumours he was involved in the murder of a girl in the late-1940s?

Jean Spangler

Just came across this site:

The Life & Times of Hollywood

STORIES FROM CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD

thelifeandtimesofhollywood.com

Blimey. I knew he had a rep. As a sexual predator but I didn’t know it was that bad

He's a nasty piece, and he looked it too

 

[Topaz]

Old Hollywood scandals are my jam, I love them. So many stories you think are too weird and incredible to true, yet they actually are true!
One of my favourites coming to mind is the story of Clark Gable and Loretta Young's baby. They had an onset affair (I think he was married at the time, if memory serves), she got pregnant but as a staunch Catholic she didn't want to have an abortion and didn't want to give the child up for adoption either. She left Hollywood for a few months and came back with this tall tale about adopting two infants, but one of the adoptions fell through, so she was just left with little baby Judy. I don't think any Hollywood insiders really believed her, and Judy was teased at school about Gable being her father. She met him twice growing up, but it wasn't until he'd died and she was getting married that Loretta told her the whole truth

 

[Anasnake]

Judy was the image of Gable too

 

[Belulah]

Old Hollywood scandals are my jam, I love them. So many stories you think are too weird and incredible to true, yet they actually are true!
One of my favourites coming to mind is the story of Clark Gable and Loretta Young's baby. They had an onset affair (I think he was married at the time, if memory serves), she got pregnant but as a staunch Catholic she didn't want to have an abortion and didn't want to give the child up for adoption either. She left Hollywood for a few months and came back with this tall tale about adopting two infants, but one of the adoptions fell through, so she was just left with little baby Judy. I don't think any Hollywood insiders really believed her, and Judy was teased at school about Gable being her father. She met him twice growing up, but it wasn't until he'd died and she was getting married that Loretta told her the whole truth

Do you listen to “You Must Remember This” there’s an episode of CG focusing on him and Carole Lombard and one on Loretta Young.

 

[Dollylovesshoes]

I have a book with really lots of gossip,fabulous stories,I was given the book by a friend of my aunt in the States.

original book Kenneth Anger.Love it.

 

[Belulah]

I have a book with really lots of gossip,fabulous stories,I was given the book by a friend of my aunt in the States.

original book Kenneth Anger.Love it.

I had a copy my ex gave me. Threw it out in anger (no pun intended) wish I hadn’t!

 

[Topaz]

Do you listen to “You Must Remember This” there’s an episode of CG focusing on him and Carole Lombard and one on Loretta Young.

Ooh I LOVE You Must Remember This The Carole Lombard one was so tragic, she was apparently rushing to get back home to Gable because she was worried about him cheating with Lana Turner. I love Lana Turner movies but she herself seemed to constantly attract trouble and create drama. Katie Price could never

 

[BravoBrava]

I'm sure I read the sister Lana wood claimed she would reveal all once the rapist died. But poor Natalie wood had suffered at the hands of pushy mother and had affairs with older men including slimy Sinatra


Jean Spangler

Just came across this site:

The Life & Times of Hollywood

STORIES FROM CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD

thelifeandtimesofhollywood.com

He's a nasty piece, and he looked it too

The latest I read was Lana Wood is leaving a letter to reveal the rapist. And I do believe Robert Blake thinking something was not right/off about Mama Wood and Natalie. I would not put it past Mama Wood to allow people access to her.

And as for Jean Spangler my gut says Kirk Douglas certainly knew her much better than he claimed. Am torn if he was a big enough star to cover up a possible murder involvement like Hollywood Babylon I & II alleged for certain huge male icons.

I have a book with really lots of gossip,fabulous stories,I was given the book by a friend of my aunt in the States.

original book Kenneth Anger.Love it.

Hollywood Babylon! There’s the original and a sequel Hollywood Babylon II. Some people have claimed the books are full of lies but good golly they are a good juicy read!

Do you listen to “You Must Remember This” there’s an episode of CG focusing on him and Carole Lombard and one on Loretta Young.

If you can get past the host’s voice (sadly I find her cadence incredibly painful) it’s a great podcast. And if you love a murder mystery? Wondery’s Murder in Hollywoodland is based on William J Mann’s Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood about the murder of William Desmond Taylor.

 

[FrostyChops]

Ooooh great thread.

Probably well known but one of Agatha Christie's books - The Mirror Crack'd - is based on Gene Tierney. She had contact with a fan who had measles whilst she was pregnant. The child had disabilities and was put into care. Gene had a break down as a result. She was incredibly beautiful.

 

[catscradle]

Ooooh great thread.

Probably well known but one of Agatha Christie's books - The Mirror Crack'd - is based on Gene Tierney. She had contact with a fan who had measles whilst she was pregnant. The child had disabilities and was put into care. Gene had a break down as a result. She was incredibly beautiful.

I love Gene Tierney. I actually have a copy of her autobiography that I managed to get second-hand. I really admire how candid she was about her mental health struggles at a time when the stigma was so fierce...

And yeah I think Gene is one of the most beautiful woman ever, hands down. Her face is literally perfect!

 

[LaraQ]

Gene Tierney and Ava Gardner were hands down the most beautiful women in Hollywood.

 

[BravoBrava]

I love Gene Tierney. I actually have a copy of her autobiography that I managed to get second-hand. I really admire how candid she was about her mental health struggles at a time when the stigma was so fierce...

And yeah I think Gene is one of the most beautiful woman ever, hands down. Her face is literally perfect!

Gene was such a beautiful lady. Always had a soft spot for her since she spent her early years in my part of the New England and attended a very famous ladies prep school I used to drive by everyday.

 

[Hemse1]

Great thread

 

[HockyRorror]

Charlie Chaplin was a right bleep.

Charlie Chaplin Was a Sadistic Tyrant Who Fucked Teenage Girls

Although the British actor and director was beloved for his slapstick comedy, Charlie Chaplin was a selfish, raging megalomaniac who treated his children and teenage wives with relentless cruelty.

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