Wagner's book
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kak122760 — 17 years ago(March 30, 2009 03:09 PM)
I'm not quite finished with the book, but he does seem to make quite the effort to point out who was gay/bisexual, and how much of a ladies man he was. I don't think he outed anyone, as far as I know they've all been mentioned by others before, but it just seemed a bit much.
Loved the part when he stated that Stanley Donen insinuated he was gay and the I in that sentence was in italics. As if it would be so hard to believe. I guess he doesn't realize their have been rumors about him also.
Not quite sure how I feel about the book. On the one hand some of his stories are interesting, on the other he IMO tries to make to much out of his lady man status. -
cameo-kirby — 17 years ago(April 07, 2009 03:33 PM)
He loved Bette Davis. As for Stanwyck, she did l2000ike her men "pretty" if Robert Taylor is any indication. At about the same time, Ginger Rogers took up with (and later married) a French pretty boy actor (Jacques Bergerac) who was about 12 years younger than her and she got all kinds of grief from columnists and comedians and the like. No wonder Stanwyck & Wagner kept it quiet.
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Diosprometheus — 10 years ago(April 08, 2015 11:41 AM)
Right William Bast has been saying that, at least, since 1975 when he produced and scripted his James Dean: Portrait of a Friend for an NBC TV movie. And more recently Bast wrote a second biography on Jimmy which had new materials not in his first biography on him.
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luganoswiss — 16 years ago(April 23, 2009 01:26 PM)
No, ROBERT WAGNER'S BOOK IS BRILLIANT, ENTERTAINING, CANDID, AND INSPIRATIONAL. I spent alot of time in L.A. trying to "make it" and his emphasis on pursuing other interests outside of the movie industry was right on. I also think he values friendships, and the fact that he keeps friendships must mean he is one heck of a good person. I saw him and Jill do "Love Letters" in Chicago, and he spent time with the audience afterwards and talked with us - such a warm man.
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Lysandra_Yaxley — 16 years ago(April 23, 2009 03:30 PM)
I don't know about the rest of your post but the story about Tracy was included in the book by Frank Westmore called The Westmores of Hollywood. Westmore was the make up artist who treated and covered up with make up the cuts that Wagner got from the incident. The event happened.
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Lysandra_Yaxley — 16 years ago(April 23, 2009 06:02 PM)
You said that the Tracy story was "previously published and recanted". To recant means 'to withdraw or repudiate'. And, of course, that story has never been claimed to be untrue. I think what you are trying to say is that the only stories that Wagner told in his book, also appeared elsewhere. That doesn't make them less true. Wagner said he rarely saw Tracy drinking and I expect that is true. Tracy was a binge drinker who didn't drink most of the time. The glass throwing story was one instance during the filming of The Mountain in which Tracy got upset (because of the cable car incident) and briefly went off the wagon. I'm sure it did make an impression on Wagner.
As for Stephanie Powers, I gather there i16d0s a fan contingent who seem to think there was something going on between Wagner and Powers which, from all appearances, didn't happen. -
wowcharlie3 — 16 years ago(April 24, 2009 02:59 PM)
If I loved someone that much and there was a "paperwork" mix-up, and I wasn't going to be buried next to him, i would have raised a hell of a lot of Cain. They would never have heard the end of it until they did SOMETHING to rectify it. He just doesn't care.
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Noir-It-All — 16 years ago(March 02, 2010 07:52 PM)
I am reading the book, too. As far as his being clingy, you have to remember what his parents were like. His father was very tough and you could understand why RJ sought father figures. I can't say he was very close to his mother, either. RJ does say he was closer to the old stars than those of his generation like Marlon, Monty Clift and others.
As far as RJ pointing out gay men, I imagine someone as attractive as he was drew both men and women.
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