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THE SEARCH, a drama of Europe's orphans, introduced Monty to the public, brought extravagant praise from fans and critics.
RED RIVER, with Joanne Dru, was the second of Cliffs films to be shown. Howard Hawks, his boss, has since been deluged with requests from' other producers to borrow him.
THE HEIRESS, with Olivia de Havilland (not yet released) is Monty's first romantic role. Insiders report he's sensational.
MONTY?
by Cameron Shipp
Montgomery Clift has appeared in only two films — The Search and Red River — but already the fans are calling him the most exciting screen figure since Gregory Peck. At the same time, there have been reports from Hollywood that he's uncooperative and conceited, that he's ruining his career at the outset by being difficult to get along with. Any truth to this? Well, here's a candid portrait of a candid — and highly interesting — personality. — The Editors.
■ The battered alarm clock chattered its sudden signal as jarringly as a riveting machine. The long, dark young man in the Murphy bed jack-knifed to a sitting position, blinked his green eyes, regarded the clock morosely, rubbed his stubble of dark whiskers, turned the clock off, and with enormous will-power put his feet on the floor. It was 6 a.m., an hour at which some thousands of other young wage-earners arose from their Murphies in their one-room apartments; gulped their coffee; kicked at the starters of their eight-year-old, third-hand automobiles, and set off for work.
The young man we have in mind, a fellow named Montgomery Clift, gulped coffee at a drug store; chugged across Hollywood Boulevard, which looks dreary at 6 a.m.; turned North; bumped over to Melrose; parked his car in a gas station; saluted the cop at the gate, and entered Paramount Studio.
There, not many minutes later, he put his arms around Olivia de Havilland and kissed her soundly and expertly, a well-paid chore which inspired a nod of praise from taciturn William Wyler, director of The Heiress.
At the end of his day's work, which consisted chiefly of kissing Miss de Havilland many more times in close-ups, long-shots {Continued on page 107)
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