90th Anniversary of
Montgomery Clift's birth


90º Aniversario del nacimiento de Montgomery Clift (1920-2010)

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7.9.10

Admiradora secreta


Anoche vi una película de Montgomery Clift. No tiene nada de extraño, lo sé, pero sí la particularidad de que no vi The Misfits en mi casa, sino en el cine. En el cine de verano de la Diputación, donde tuvieron el buen gusto de incluirla en su programación veraniega. Fue fantástico verla en pantalla grande, aunque no fuera en VO.

Lo curioso de la noche es que no fui la única que aplaudió flojito cuando salió el nombre de Montgomery Clift en los créditos. Justo delante de mí había una chica que lo hizo e incluso se me adelantó en su primera escena. Ya se sabe cuando el personaje de Eli Wallace lo nombra y enseguida se ve una figura que se yergue del suelo.

Aunque en esta película el rostro de Monty es cuanto menos, peculiar, recibe unos cuantos primeros planos. Y su interpretación es de las más histriónicas, encaja perfectamente con el papel de Perce Howland (habría que tener en cuenta, que por mucho que lo negara, Arthur Miller se inspiró en el propio Monty para el personaje).

Pues bien, en cuanto terminó la película, me acerqué a la chica para comentarle que había visto cómo aplaudía a Monty. Sí, ya sé que no es normal hacer esas cosas, pero aparte de que yo pueda ser así de extrovertida, no se encuentra todos los días una fan de Monty, ¡en tu ciudad!. Además quería hacerle llegar que tenía un blog dedicado al actor y toda la recopilación de información que tengo. Los que me conocen saben que son más mis ganas de compartir que, digamos, de presumir de ello.

Así que espero que esa chica entre por aquí y sobre todo disfrute con las fotos y la información que hay sobre el bueno de Monty. Una acalaración, le dije que tengo más de 8.000 fotografías. pero en el blog sólo aparecen la mitad. El tiempo siempre anda jugando a mi contra.

Un saludo a esa admiradora de Monty y ojalá él sea cada vez más conocido por sus magníficas interpretaciones.

25.12.09

Monty Christmas

Esta foto me ha parecido muy navideña por ese fondo rojo (que no está retocado) y ese look casual y hogareño. Es una foto desconocida de un joven Monty con la que os felicito por la Navidad y por el Año Nuevo.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

11.12.09

Clift Family Papers.- biblioteca y archivo estatal de Tennesse

Los Clift, la familia paterna de Montgomery Clift, eran una familia sureña proveniente de Tennessee. He contactado con la Biblioteca de Nashville, capital de ese estado y me han proporcionado la siguiente documentación. Es una información acerca de William Clift y su hijo Moses Clift, bisabuelo y abuelo respectivo de Montgomery Clift quienes lucharon en bandos diferentes (de la Unión y Confederado) en la Guerra de Secesión. La documentación que se conserva de esta familia es desde 1820 aproximadamente hasta 1968 (tan sólo 2 años despuñes de la muerte del actor).

(English text)


State of Tennessee
Department of State
Tennessee State Library and Archives
403 Seventh Avenue North
Nashville, Tennessee 37243-0312

CLIFT FAMILY PAPERS
ca. 1820-1968


Processed by:
Jean B. Waggener
Archival Technical Services

Accession Number: 1968.383
Date Completed: December 3, 1968
Location: VI-F-4

INTRODUCTION

The Clift Papers, ca. 1820-1968, are photocopies of originals owned by William Clift, Rowland, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. The materials in this finding aid measure .42 linear feet. There are no restrictions on the materials. Single photocopies of unpublished writings in the Clift Family Papers may be made for purposes of scholarly research.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

The Clift Family Papers containing approximately 150 items (269 photocopies), span the years from ca. 1820 to 1968 and are composed of Civil War letters, Bible records, a deed, wills, genealogical data and correspondence, historical and biographical sketches, D.A.R. and Daughters of 1812 applications, and other papers.

Of special interest to the historian are the letters (August 20, 1863 to October 27, 1864) of Colonel William Clift, 7th Tennessee Regiment, U.S.A., his second wife, Elizabeth, and other members of the family in Kentucky. Clift’s letters, written largely from Knoxville, Knox County, Chattanooga (Hamilton County), and Soddy (Hamilton County), Tennessee, reflect his movement and conditions in Kentucky, his imprisonment in Atlanta, and his activities in east Tennessee, where he carried messages for the Federals through Confederate lines. There are two letters reassuring Mrs. Clift of her husband’s safety, one (March 20, 1864) written by Major General George H. Thomas, and another (September 24, 1864) written by a member of his staff. One letter (undated) from Clift’s brother-in-law tells of the excitement in Kentucky regarding the Negro question, mentioning that Colonel Frank L. Wolford has denounced the President as a traitor and that Kentucky Governor Thomas E. Bramlett did not reply to the charge. During March and April 1864, Colonel Clift wrote to his wife from Soddy, Tennessee, about the possibility of her joining him, but cautioned her that there were robbers everywhere. Clift’s views toward slavery are revealed in his statements that he favored the proposal to emancipate the slaves and to leave them in the states where they “respectively belong and let them do the labor in freedom that they have done in slavery.”

The Clift family papers, including a sketch concerning how the Civil War in east Tennessee affected the Clift family, center around Hamilton County, Tennessee, while the McDonald and some of the other families followed the familiar migration pattern from southwest Virginia through east Tennessee, and on to Texas. Other family lines settled in Maryland, North Carolina, and Kentucky. Since the families in this collection are so closely related, the researcher should consult folders for any families into which their lines married.
Included is genealogical information for the Brooks, Brothers, Clift, Doughty, Fowler, Hutcheson, Kearley, McDonald, Rawlings, and Rowland families.


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH


Colonel William Clift

- 1794? December 5, born in Greene County, Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio (now Tennessee) In childhood Went to Knox County, Tennessee, with his father.
- 1823 April 25, married Nancy Brooks (1795-1847), daughter of General Moses Brooks of Knox County; children by this marriage: James Warren, Mary Ann, Joseph, Robert Brooks, America W., Elizabeth Agnes and Moses H.
- 1824-1825 Settled in Hamilton County, Tennessee, and became the first millionaire and one of the largest land owners who ever lived there
- 1828 Helped organize and became a charter member of the Soddy Presbyterian Church, which was first called Mount Bethel Church; was a ruling elder and clerk of the session for 40 years
- 1848-1855 Served as Commissioner of Improvement for the U.S. Government prior to 1861 Commanded the Hamilton County militia for many years; was a magistrate.
- 1861 Although he was far past the age for military service, he declared himself for the Union and organized the Seventh Tennessee Federal Regiment, of which he was elected Colonel. This regiment had no Federal authority atfirst and was considered by some to be a guerrilla regiment. On November14, 1861, Governor Isham G. Harris issued an order to capture Clift and his men, dead or alive. Two of Clift’s sons served with him in the 7th Regiment, while two sons and the husbands of his three daughters were in the Confederate Army.
1861, Nov. Clift’s regiment disbanded, with Clift and three of his men voting to stay in the area, 100 of the men seeking to join Federal forces in Kentucky and 200 of the men voting to disperse
- 1862, June Clift recruited men in Morgan, Scott and Anderson counties, Tennessee, for a regiment to be called the 7th Tennessee Volunteer Regiment.
- 1863 Married Elizabeth
1863 October 24, was captured by Confederate troops commanded by his son, Moses H. Clift, while he was attempting to carry dispatches from the Federal commanders in Chattanooga – then in a state of siege – to General Burnside in Knoxville
- 1864 early February, escaped from from prison in Atlanta, Georgia
- 1866 February 27, died in Hamilton County, Tennessee; buried in the Soddy Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

References:
1. Armstrong, Zella. The History of Hamilton County and Chattanooga, Tennessee, Vol. I. Chattanooga, Tennessee, The Lookout Publishing Company, 1931.
2. Tennesseans in the Civil War, Part I. Nashville, Tennessee, Civil War Centennial Commission, 1964.
3. Data in the manuscript papers.

CONTAINER LIST
Box 1
1. Aids to the researcher – Notes re the collection, its compiler, and genealogical
research
2. Civil War letters – Clift, William, Col., 7th Tenn. Regt., U.S.A., 1863-1864, containing letters from family and from Major General George H. Thomas
3. Genealogical Data – Brooks family
4. Genealogical Data – Brothers family
5. Genealogical Data – Clift family
6. Genealogical Data – Doughty family
7. Genealogical Data – Fowler family
8. Genealogical Data – Hutcheson family
9. Genealogical Data – Kearley family
10. Genealogical Data – McDonald family
11. Genealogical Data – Rawlings family
12. Genealogical Data – Rowland family
13. Genealogical Data – Rowland family
14. Sketches—Biographical – Rowland, Martha Cheatham (Fowler), 1852-1935
15. Sketches – General – The Civil War in Eastern Tennessee and How It Affected the Clift Family of Hamilton County.

17.10.09

Monty's party (Blog's SECOND Aniversary!!)


- - - el blog cumple 1 año, es aún poco tiempo, pero aquí están los datos - - -


* 206 post

* 5 personas han dejado sus comentarios (una con información muy útil)

* 700 fotos de Monty (de un total de 1935 que formarán parte del blog)

* 9872 visitas

* 23 votos en la última encuesta, con 3 encuestas en total.
* exahustivo relato de su infancia y adolescencia.

* investigación sobre sus antepasados ilustres.

* recopilación de revistas en las qu fue portada y/o concedió entrevistas.


Aún me queda mucho por recopilar. La parte de las obras de teatro y de las películas está un poco estancada pero poco a poco este blog, se convertirá en el ambicioso objetivo con el que nació: ser un referente en castellano de la vida y obra del gran actor Montgomery Clift.


¡¡Gracias a todos los que seguís este blog!!

(así lo celebraría el bueno de Monty)

27.5.09

visita nº 22.000


* visita nº 100: 8 nov 2007
* visita nº 500: 19 nov 2007
* visita nº1.000: 27 nov 2007
* visita nº 2.500: 12 ene 2008
* visita nº 4.000: 7 abr 2008
* visita nº 8.000: 5 sep 2008
* visita nº 8.500: 18 sep 2008
* visita nº 9.000: 29 sep 2008
* visita nº 9.500: 10 oct 2008
* visita nº 20.000: 3 mayo 2009
* visita nº 22.000: 27 myo 2009

En 18 meses desde su creación (17 de octubre), el blog ha alcanzado su visita nº 22.000.

4.5.09

Encuestas

* 1ª encuesta: Your favorite film. Vote! / Vota tu pelícla preferida:

Red River ...... 2 votos
The Heiress.... 2
A place in the sun.... 3
From here to eternity... 2 (my favourite)
The Misfits.. 2

Total : 11 votos.

La encuesta sigue
Su carrera comprende 17 títulos entre 1948 y 1966. Trabajó con los grandes directores (Hawks, Hitchcock, Stevens, Zinnemann, Kazan, Huston, Wyler) y las grandes estrellas (Lancaster, Marilyn Monroe, Katherine Hepburn, Brando, Wayne, Elizabeth Taylor especialmente) de entonces.
Su carrera comprende 17 títulos entre 1948 y 1966. Trabajó con los grandes directores (Hawks, Hitchcock, Stevens, Zinnemann, Kazan, Huston, Wyler) y las grandes estrellas (Lancaster, Marilyn Monroe, Katherine Hepburn, Brando, Wayne, Elizabeth Taylor especialmente) de entonces.
Su carrera comprende 17 títulos entre 1948 y 1966. Trabajó con los grandes directores (Hawks, Hitchcock, Stevens, Zinnemann, Kazan, Huston, Wyler) y las grandes estrellas (Lancaster, Marilyn Monroe, Katherine Hepburn, Brando, Wayne, Elizabeth Taylor especialmente) de entonces.
The Right Profile
Lyric
Say, where did I see this guy?
In red river?
Or a place in the sun?
Maybe the misfits?
Or from here to eternity?

Everybody say, is he all right?
And everybody say, whats he like?
Everybody say, he sure looks funny.
Thats...Montgomery Clift, honey!

New York, New York, New York, 42nd street
Hustlers rustle and pimps pimp the beat
Monty Clift is recognized at dawn
He aint got no shoes and his clothes are torn

I see a car smashed at night
Cut the applause and dim the light
Monty's face is broken on a wheel
Is he alive? can he still feel?

Everybody say, is he all right?
And everybody say, whats he like?
Everybody say, he sure looks funny.
Thats...Montgomery Clift, honey!

Nembutol numbs it all
But I prefer alcohol

He said go out and get me my old movie stills
Go out and get me another roll of pills
There I go again shaking, but I aint got the chills