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Here, howHollywoodsticks to the script, and veers completely off it.
(Historical spoilers ahead.)
The basic biographical pieces are still there.
(The couple went as Mr. and Mrs. Oscar, and wedding rumors swirled.)
The couple divorced three years later.
Hudsons sexuality would not become widespread public knowledge until 1985, when his publicist confirmed his AIDS diagnosis.
He died from the disease that same year.
Oh, and that party scene where he doesnt know who Scarlett OHara is?
Considering how much he loved movies, yes, Rock Hudson definitely wouldve recognized Ms. Vivien Leigh.
(Rock Hudson was a combination of the Rock of Gibraltar and the Hudson River.)
But Willson could also use his PR savvy for spite.
The Chinese-American actress was known for playingdragon ladies and other exoticized charactersin both silent- and sound-era films.
Wong wanted the role of O-Lan and wasnt shy about it.
If you let me play O-Lan, I will be very glad, she told MGM executive Irving Thalberg.
Straight, gay, or bi; male or female; young or old, Bowers writes.
Whatever folks wanted, I had it.
In other words, a perfect Ryan Murphy character.
In one scene, shes snorting cocaine and laughing hysterically in the hallway of a friends mansion.
By midnight, most of the ladies have gone home, Ernie says, describing Cukors parties.
But Tallulah usually sticks around.
The real Tallulah Bankhead was well aware of her debaucherous reputation.
He leaves, but not before Tallulah Bankhead saunters in to give Hattie a quick peck on the lips.
It was very sad.
Sometimes I can go for hours without touching a drop.
Coward was an astonishingly prolific playwright and performer on the London stage.
He worked as a producer, screenwriter, and actor on both sides of the pond.
She got great notices for that stage production, and the buzz soon reached legendary producer David O. Selznick.
She died beforeThirteen Womenwas released.
