Behind The Door the Real Story of Loretta Young eBook Edward Funk
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This project began in 1990, but my life went into a different direction and was never published. Then, in 2012, Linda Lewis, Loretta Young’s daughter-in-law, called, urging me to finally bring this book to full life. I’ll be forever grateful to Loretta Young, a guarded woman by nature, who finally decided to tell a very personal story. In doing so, she enlisted the help of her three sisters and life-long friends. These people have all passed on, but their voices remain vividly in the present.
Excerpts pertaining to Loretta’s relationship with Clark Gable
Gable arrived at Loretta’s train compartment uninvited. She recalled,” I allowed him in as I would have any member of the crew, thinking he was there for a visit. He had other intentions. Very persistent intentions. He wasn’t rough, but I kept saying no, and he wouldn’t take no for an answer.”
Loretta received a phone call from Ria Gable a few weeks later. Loretta recalled, "I was in Mama's room and I picked up the phone. Mrs. Gable said, 'This is very presumptuous of me, but you may or may not know that there are rumors flying around town about you and my husband.'”
In 1998, when Loretta was eighty-five, she was watching television with Edward Funk. There was the mention of date-rape on the news, and she asked him what exactly did that mean. He explained to the best of his ability. The following day, Loretta called her daughter-in-law, Linda and said. “I know now that there was a word for what happened to me with Clark.”
Clark Gable arrived on the set of THE CRUSADES. Loretta recalled, “He waited until I was through and then offered to take me home. We went for a drive up in the Hollywood Hills. He didn’t say much, but it was apparent that he was agitated. With the long silences, I felt very uncomfortable and finally felt the pressure to say something. I blurted out, ‘Would it make any difference if I told you that I wasn’t pregnant?’ He turned and looked at me and then asked, ‘Well, are you or aren’t you?’ I felt like such a fool. I didn’t know why I had said that except that I had tried to think of something to say he wanted to hear, my inherent need to please taken to an illogical length. I had to tell him that I was pregnant. His look toward me was one of total exasperation, and very little was said as he drove me home.” There would be some phone calls in the interim, but it would be more than a year before Loretta would see Clark Gable again.
Loretta’s sister, Sally, "I remember taking an odd route to get there (the house in Westwood where Loretta and the baby were in hiding). My mother didn't approve that I was going at all because of all the secrecy, but I was dying to see the baby. She was very big by the time I did. I just loved her looks and kept saying, ‘Oh Loretta, I hope I have a baby that looks just like this.' In response to my enthusiasm about Judy, Loretta referred to Gable’s visit earlier in the week, the first time he had seen his daughter, and said, 'Yes, and do you know after all that has gone on, all that we've gone through, instead of having any interest in his daughter, he tried to knock me down on the bed! Can you imagine, Sally? That bastard! Who the hell does he think he is?' And I thought, 'With all that's happened, she thinks he's a bastard. He didn't understand that Loretta was a human being that had suffered very much.”
Loretta acted like she couldn’t have been more flattered that MGM’s two biggest male stars (Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy) would come to see her (on the set of UNGUARDED HOUR). Under her smile she thought differently. She reflected, “I thought how different these two men were. Clark who was still married to Ria was in a hot romance with Carole Lombard. He was like a child, totally unaware of all the difficulty I’d been through. As for Spencer, I was afraid to look him in the eyes. Would they show love? Would they show hurt? I didn’t have to look to know that they’d show both."
Behind The Door the Real Story of Loretta Young eBook Edward Funk
This is a very interesting book told almost entirely in the words of Loretta Young or one of the members of her family. Sisters Polly Ann, Sally and Georgiana are quoted extensively as well as quotes from brother-in-law Ricardo Montalban and son Peter. The book is well organized with ideas presented clearly. It is, of course, almost strictly from Loretta's point of view so the opinions, ideas, and reactions to others reflects that. I am not by any means a scholar about the life of Loretta Young, but the basic information does seem to match what I have read in the past. There are a few places the book where I found the transitions from one topic to another a bit abrupt, but aside from 3 or 4 typographical errors, that would be my only criticism. The movies are discussed as is the TV show but this book focuses on her personal life. The author has written 3 books on this subject. Another, "Eavesdropping" which I am currently reading, is specifically conversations with Loretta about her movies. "Eavesdropping did clear up one point I had wondered about. Since Mr. Funk directly quotes people so very frequently, I had wondered exactly how he was able to do that and recall those statements quite a few years later (he was close to her for the last 10 years of her life). She allowed him to tape record their conversations is the explanation. There is a 3rd, called "Loretta and Me" which is about the author's relationship with Loretta Young. I have not readthat one yet but will probably do so. I have the Kindle edition which does include some photographs but I can't comment about any other features the print book might have. Again, highly recommended if you are interested in Ms. Young and that period of Hollywood movie/television history.
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Behind The Door the Real Story of Loretta Young eBook Edward Funk Reviews
Funk Does an Excellent Job in Capturing Loretta Young's Personality, Charm and Beauty, Inside and Out. Loretta admits that Bette Davis and Joan Crawford got the better roles, but she explains that many American women identified with her because they saw in her their own vulnerabilities. I agree. Loretta would not have been good as Mildred Pierce or Margo Channing. She chose the roles she thought fitted the type of person she was. Some might say an actress should be able to transcend her personality. True to a certain extent. I will say this, I think Loretta shouldn't have turned down Summertime which went to K. Hepburn, and she should've accepted Magnificent Obsession which went to J. Wyman.
She would've been great in both, as well as Mrs. Roosevelt in Sunrise at Campobello (sp?) which she also refused (went to Greer Garson). She had begun her TV career, and it demanded all her time and attention.
This is a very special bio of probably the most beautiful movie star of her day. The author became a close friend of his subject as well as her family members, so the information is authentic. I recommend this book highly.
I am not criticizing the author, however I really don't know anything more about Loretta Young than I did before. It is probably that her friends and and family were more anxious to protect her image than to provide real information.
I had a totally different image of Loretta. She was rather opinionated but also aware that she was not one of the better actresses of the day. She was more interested in living up to a standard that she set for her self. She was highly religious which limited her to a degree in her acting. The fact that she bore Clark Gables child and never told the daughter of her birth right was astounding. Due to her religion and the shame of having a child out of wedlock it would have ruined her career. So she and her family went to great lengths to hide the fact from the public only to adopt her child later on. Insightful if nothing else.
Ms. Young's early movies often appear on classic movie channels which made me curious about her career. I had seen her tv show as a teen and was enchanted at her grace and charm. Her private life was a mystery although rumors persisted concering her adopted daughter. You will find your questions answered about this celebrity in this well written book.
It wouldn't matter what she became after the first few chapters of this book I was a member of the family rooting for these remarkable women. Their faith, their hard work, their determination to do what is right, all playing out on the stage of Hollywood's inception and on through the TV years. There isn't a big star you wont feel at home with after this read, including Spencer Tracy and Clark Gable. The beauty secrets, designer gowns, Oscar parties and at home detail bring this world-gone-by to life. It's not all roses and sunshine,either. My only warning say good-bye to everyone and everything before you start, because you're not going to be able to put it down. Nice big print too!
The content of this book does not disappoint. Ms. Young, her sisters, her brother, and her sons, among others, contributed to it. I enjoyed the book, and I recommend it. However, the punctuation is so bad, it is beyond merely distracting. I often had to read a paragraph twice to deduce what the author was trying to convey. The most frequent error was when a paragraph began in the first person, in Loretta's voice. "I [this or that]." Then, suddenly, the paragraph would become a narrative "Loretta then decided..."
Without quotation marks, a reader often doesn't know who is saying what. There are several little errors, too, that cheapen the quality of the book. The name of Jean Louis is spelled properly throughout most of the book, until it becomes John Louis.
Punctuation aside, both "behind the Door", and "Loretta and Me" are dishy without being unkind. The books open up the personality of Ms. Young, and explain her sometimes surprising motivations for her actions and decisions.
I enjoyed the book.
This is a very interesting book told almost entirely in the words of Loretta Young or one of the members of her family. Sisters Polly Ann, Sally and Georgiana are quoted extensively as well as quotes from brother-in-law Ricardo Montalban and son Peter. The book is well organized with ideas presented clearly. It is, of course, almost strictly from Loretta's point of view so the opinions, ideas, and reactions to others reflects that. I am not by any means a scholar about the life of Loretta Young, but the basic information does seem to match what I have read in the past. There are a few places the book where I found the transitions from one topic to another a bit abrupt, but aside from 3 or 4 typographical errors, that would be my only criticism. The movies are discussed as is the TV show but this book focuses on her personal life. The author has written 3 books on this subject. Another, "Eavesdropping" which I am currently reading, is specifically conversations with Loretta about her movies. "Eavesdropping did clear up one point I had wondered about. Since Mr. Funk directly quotes people so very frequently, I had wondered exactly how he was able to do that and recall those statements quite a few years later (he was close to her for the last 10 years of her life). She allowed him to tape record their conversations is the explanation. There is a 3rd, called "Loretta and Me" which is about the author's relationship with Loretta Young. I have not read
that one yet but will probably do so. I have the edition which does include some photographs but I can't comment about any other features the print book might have. Again, highly recommended if you are interested in Ms. Young and that period of Hollywood movie/television history.
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