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Beneath the glitz and glamour of classic Hollywood lies a world of heartbreaking secrets and dark realities. From tragic child stars to scandalous cover-ups and ruthless studio control, these untold stories reveal the price many icons paid behind the silver screen. Join us as we uncover some of the most chilling and unforgettable truths hidden behind Old Hollywood’s shining stars.
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00:00The rewards for ambition are bountiful here in the beautiful Southern California sun.
00:06Welcome to Ms. Mojo.
00:07And today, we're counting down our picks for the top 30 tragic and unfortunate truths regarding old celebrities.
00:14A hit movie.
00:17Come on, you've got everything you want.
00:21Number 30, Patty McDaniel was segregated at the Oscars.
00:25If you don't care what folks say about this family, I do. I have told you and told you that
00:30you can always tell a lady about the way that she eats in front of folks like a bird.
00:33And I ain't aiming for you to go to Mr. John Wilkins' and eat like a field hand and gobble
00:37like a hog.
00:38Patty McDaniel made history in 1940 when she became the first African American to win an Academy Award, taking home
00:44Best Supporting Actress for her iconic role in Gone with the Wind.
00:48However, the harsh reality of that historic night was heavily marred by some intense prejudice.
00:52Due to strict segregation laws enforced at the Ambassador Hotel, McDaniel was barred from sitting at the main table with
00:59her co-stars Clark Gable and Vivian Lee.
01:01Instead, she and her escort were relegated to a small, isolated table against a far wall in the back of
01:07the room.
01:08It remains a heartbreaking reminder of the era's deep-rooted racism, casting a dark shadow over her monumental triumph.
01:14And Ms. Scarlett, she called him a murderer for teaching that child to jump. She said, you give me my
01:20baby once you kill me. And then he say, Ms. Scarlett, they never cared nothing about Ms. Brockley. They'd like
01:26to turn my blood cold, the things they say to one another.
01:30Number 29. Rock Hudson's Arranged Marriage.
01:33You're wholesome, you don't perspire, no pimples. You smell like milk.
01:40And you got secrets churning beneath the surface.
01:43During the Golden Age, major studios went to extreme and often manipulative lengths to protect their leading men's heartthrob images.
01:51Rock Hudson was one of Hollywood's biggest box office draws, but he was also secretly gay, a fact that was
01:56considered career-ending at the time.
01:58To put an end to swirling tabloid rumors about his sexuality, his agent orchestrated a sham marriage between Hudson and
02:05his own secretary, Phyllis Gates.
02:07The highly publicized union was largely a calculated public relations shield, designed specifically to protect Hudson's massive box office appeal.
02:15They divorced just three years later, and Hudson died of AIDS in the 1980s, his disclosure of which served as
02:21a de facto coming out.
02:22Explain this. Since then, in 1985, no one came out of the closet. How did Rock Hudson date?
02:29He would come over at lunchtime, I'd come back from work, and we got to lunch.
02:33He never seemed to be uptight about it in public, but we didn't do a lot of physical, you know,
02:38affection or anything.
02:39Number 28. The Exploitation of Bobby Driscoll.
02:42But how did Nana get you, Shadow Peter?
02:45Jumped at me. The other night, at the window.
02:47What were you doing there?
02:49I came to listen to the stories.
02:51My stories?
02:53But they're all about you.
02:55Of course. That's why I like them.
02:57Child stars frequently face rocky transitions into adulthood, but Bobby Driscoll's fate is especially devastating.
03:03Known as a brilliant child actor and the beloved voice of Disney's Peter Pan,
03:07Driscoll was abruptly dropped by the studio when he hit puberty and developed severe acne.
03:12Ostracized by the very industry that once adored him, he quickly turned to hard substances to cope with the rejection.
03:18Tragically, Driscoll never got help and passed away at just 31 in an abandoned New York tenement.
03:23His body remained unidentified for over a year before his mother finally discovered the heartbreaking truth through public fingerprint records.
03:31What you're like Silver's head?
03:35Smart as pint.
03:37One more step, Mr. Hands, and I'll blow your brains out.
03:44In 1931, a tabloid news sheet crossed the line.
03:48Salacious, vicious, and above all fabricated, the story would leave a permanent stain on Beau's reputation.
03:56Clara Beau, widely celebrated as the original It Girl of the silent film era, was beloved for her carefree flapper
04:02image.
04:03Unfortunately, she soon became the target of some deeply misogynistic tabloid gossip.
04:08Vicious rumors, including a fabricated story involving a collegiate football team, were eagerly printed as fact by sensationalist publications.
04:16The intense media scrutiny, combined with the extreme demands of the studio system and her own untreated mental health struggles,
04:22took a massive emotional toll.
04:24Beau suffered a number of nervous breakdowns and retired from acting while still in her 20s,
04:29moving to Nevada with her husband and becoming a rancher.
04:33Together, they pursued their dream of ranch life, and brought land near to what was then the small town of
04:40Las Vegas.
04:40Number 26, Francis Farmer's Institutionalization.
04:45Now listen, you gotta go back there and tell them to let me out.
04:55Because I'm ready, I'm ready to get out now.
04:58So you go back in there and you tell them that you're going to let me out of here!
05:02Francis Farmer was a fiercely independent actress who frequently clashed with studio executives over the course of her career.
05:09Following a series of highly publicized arrests fueled by heavy alcohol use, Farmer was involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital.
05:17For years, she endured horrifying conditions and traumatic treatments inside the hospital, and it completely broke her spirit.
05:23She was so different by the time she got out that people believed she had a lobotomy, but this has
05:28been largely debunked by historians.
05:30Regardless, the treatment that Farmer was forced to endure remains one of the most deeply chilling and tragic chapters in
05:36the history of the classic Hollywood studio system.
05:38In plain language, my ice pick technique severs the nerves that deliver emotional energy to ideas.
05:48Along with the cure comes a loss of affect, a kind of emotional flattening, with diminished creativity and imagination.
05:58Number 25, The Unsolved Murder of William Desmond Taylor.
06:02Through the 20s, she was really in and out of sanitariums.
06:06Her career was gone, so she was forgotten in that way, and she did finally die in a little sanitarium
06:11in Pasadena.
06:12The shocking 1922 murder of director William Desmond Taylor remains one of Hollywood's oldest and most notorious cold cases.
06:19Taylor was found dead in his Los Angeles bungalow, having been shot once in the back.
06:24The ensuing police investigation quickly spiraled into a massive media frenzy, exposing a sordid web of secret romances, hidden identities,
06:32and alleged drug rings.
06:34Major stars of the era, including the beloved Mabel Normand and the wholesome Mary Miles Minter, were heavily implicated in
06:40the scandal,
06:41and their careers were permanently tarnished, despite being innocent.
06:45Over a century later, the true identity of Taylor's killer remains a mystery.
06:49And what about Mary Miles Minter, a 17-year-old starlet who had a crush on Taylor?
06:54Mary Miles Minter, after her film contract ended, she never made another movie.
07:01Number 24, The Cover-Up of Patricia Douglas.
07:05I kind of pride myself of having heard about everything pertaining to MGM, because that's my job.
07:09I'm writing a book about Jean Harlow, I ought to know everything that's going on at MGM.
07:13I've never heard of Patricia Douglas, never heard her name mentioned, never seen her name in any of the reference
07:20sources, any.
07:21In 1937, powerhouse studio MGM held a massive sales convention and hired numerous young women,
07:27including dancer Patricia Douglas, to attend what was supposed to be a standard promotional party.
07:33In horrific reality, it was a raucous stag party.
07:37Douglas was assaulted by a drunken MGM salesman and bravely decided to sue the powerful studio,
07:42but doing something like that was just unheard of at the time.
07:45In retaliation, MGM's fixers launched a ruthless and calculated smear campaign against her,
07:50framing her as an extortionist and burying the true story in the press.
07:54It worked flawlessly.
07:55The case was dismissed by a judge, Douglas' career was utterly ruined,
08:00and her horrifying ordeal remained hidden in the Hollywood vaults for decades before finally coming to light.
08:05Nobody knew who Patricia Douglas was, because everyone did everything he or she possibly could
08:10to make sure we didn't know who Patricia Douglas was.
08:12There's a huge part of me that doesn't see her as a tragic victim, but as a hero.
08:18She had guts.
08:18She was tough.
08:19She was willing to fight.
08:21She was a kid, but she was willing to still take on the establishment.
08:24Number 23, Rita Hayworth's Forced Transformation.
08:29I hate you too, Johnny.
08:33I hate you so much that I think I'm going to die from it.
08:38Before becoming one of the most glamorous pin-up stars of the 1940s,
08:42Rita Hayworth was born Margarita Carmen Cancino.
08:45Proud of her Spanish heritage, the immensely talented dancer found herself pigeonholed
08:50by a prejudiced Hollywood system that only offered her, quote, exotic roles.
08:54To transform her into a mainstream leading lady, Columbia Pictures chief Harry Cone demanded
08:59extreme physical alterations.
09:01Hayworth was forced to undergo agonizing electrolysis to physically raise her natural hairline,
09:06and she permanently dyed her dark hair that vibrant red.
09:09The intense pressure to completely erase her ethnic identity and conform to a manufactured
09:14standard of beauty left profound psychological scars on the legendary actress.
09:19Where do we go from here?
09:23Dancing around the world, Annie.
09:26On my feet.
09:27Number 22, Carmen Miranda's Fatal Caricature.
09:31America is a country that loves novelty.
09:35Carmen Miranda was the greatest novelty of her time.
09:37Carmen Miranda became the highest paid woman in the United States by the mid-1940s,
09:42known for her vibrant energy and iconic fruit basket headpieces.
09:45However, the Brazilian bombshell was trapped by a caricature that Hollywood refused to let
09:50her shed.
09:51Desperate to prove her talent as a serious performer, Miranda was instead forced into
09:55playing a heavily accented comical trope.
09:58This intense typecasting, combined with harsh backlash from the Brazilian press, caused her
10:03severe depression.
10:04To cope with grueling studio demands and the emotional toll of her restricted identity, Miranda
10:09became heavily dependent on a dangerous mix of barbiturates and amphetamines.
10:13This devastating cycle of exploitation, overwork, and substance use culminated in a fatal heart
10:18attack at just 46 years old.
10:20Nobody knew that she had a heart ailment.
10:23She went home, and there were friends there, and they drank, and she sang, and she stayed
10:30up until 2 in the morning, and then she went up to her room and died there.
10:35So she kept being Carmen Miranda until the last minute.
10:39Number 21, Anthony Perkins' Secret Torment
10:43Anthony Perkins skyrocketed to global fame as the intensely creepy Norman Bates.
10:55But behind his massive on-screen success, Perkins carried a deeply painful secret that
11:00caused him lifelong anguish.
11:01Perkins lived in constant and terrifying fear of being outed by the vicious tabloid press,
11:06in an era when being gay was a career-ending prospect.
11:09Desperate to protect his public image and leading man status, he voluntarily subjected
11:14himself to damaging psychiatric treatments, including electroshock and conversion therapy.
11:19The horrific trauma inflicted by these attempts left lasting psychological scars on the actor,
11:24and he died without ever publicly coming out.
11:27I said, what about you?
11:28And he said, oh, I'm a homosexual.
11:31And I tried not to do that, you know, but I was completely surprised.
11:38And from then on, he spoke about it completely openly.
11:41And I remember we were waiting at the airport, and he said that that period of his life was
11:48over with.
11:49And I said, well, how come, Tonya?
11:51How did it happen?
11:51He said, I just didn't want it anymore.
11:54Number 20.
11:56Merle Oberon hid her true ethnicity.
11:58Actress Merle Oberon was incredibly talented and widely known for her beauty.
12:02I'm Bernadotte.
12:03We haven't seen you in some time.
12:05How is your family?
12:07Very well, Your Majesty.
12:08Unfortunately, like her contemporaries, Oberon's image and background were seemingly under intense
12:13scrutiny and control by her home studio.
12:16However, it was eventually revealed that Oberon, who we now know was born in India, was also
12:21massaging the details of her own background.
12:23That included concealing her ethnicity as a mixed-race woman.
12:27She chose to stay quiet about her identity, reportedly to avoid Hollywood's racism.
12:32It wasn't until after she passed away that the truth of her parentage and heritage ultimately
12:36came to light.
12:37I beg that in your graciousness you grant your sister's requests, so that we may get on
12:43with this rehearsal.
12:44Number 19.
12:45Gene Kelly's mistreatment of Debbie Reynolds.
12:48For all the joy and tap dancing, making Singin' in the Rain was no picnic.
12:52It takes a lot of pain to create that much fun on screen.
12:55It was, I had blood in my shoes and it was very difficult to do those numbers as fast
13:03as they wanted them and as long as they want them, over and over and over and over.
13:07In fact, Debbie Reynolds would later liken it to childbirth.
13:10It didn't help that her male lead, dancer-actor-director extraordinaire Gene Kelly, was horrific to her
13:17on set.
13:17He criticized her dancing at every turn and she was left in tears.
13:21It didn't end with the dancing either.
13:23When the actor, who was two decades her senior, unexpectedly tongue-kissed her during a scene,
13:28she was left feeling shaken.
13:29Even Kelly apparently acknowledged his behavior later, reportedly saying it was a wonder Reynolds
13:35still spoke to him.
13:36Good morning.
13:38Good morning.
13:39We've talked the whole night through.
13:41Good morning.
13:42Good morning to you.
13:45Number 18.
13:46The Misfits Curse.
13:48By all accounts, the making of this 1961 Western was a grueling experience for all involved.
13:53Did I make the whistle?
13:55Almost, boy.
13:56You done good, though.
13:56But sadly, what happened to its three leads has enhanced The Misfits' reputation as a
14:01cursed movie.
14:02At the time, Marilyn Monroe's personal life was not in the best place, and both she and
14:07Montgomery Clift were dealing with substance use disorder.
14:10Clark Gable, for his part, passed away days after shooting was completed.
14:14Monroe would pass the next year, and Clift would only make three more movies, one of which
14:19came out posthumously, before his death at the age of 45.
14:22Despite this, many modern critics cite The Misfits as career-best work for the three stars.
14:28We all gotta go sometime, reason or no reason.
14:30Time's as natural as living.
14:32Number 17.
14:33Joan Crawford Removed Her Teeth.
14:35Who are you, please?
14:40I'm a stenographer.
14:41Many of us have our own insecurities about our physical appearance, and celebrities are
14:46no exception, especially the women who have societal expectations on them that men often
14:51don't have to deal with in the same way.
14:53And these expectations and insecurities can sometimes lead to rather extreme measures being
14:57taken to attempt to enhance one's appearance.
15:00And by my count, you're missing six molars?
15:04Extractions.
15:05What kind of medieval dental practice extracts six teeth without putting in implants?
15:09An example of which is Joan Crawford removing her teeth.
15:13No, she didn't take them all out, but in her early 20s, she did remove some of her back molars
15:18in an effort to accentuate her cheekbones.
15:21My agent told me if I wanted to work past 25, I should invest in a set of cheekbones.
15:28Number 16.
15:30The Conqueror Deaths.
15:31The cast of this misbegotten 1956 epic starring John Wayne as the titular conqueror, Genghis
15:36Khan, faced tragedy.
15:38There are moments for wisdom, Jamuga, then I listen to you.
15:41And there are moments for action, then I listen to my blood.
15:45I feel this tired woman is for me.
15:47Indeed, a little under half the artists who worked on The Conqueror developed some form
15:52of cancer.
15:53Wayne, co-stars such as Susan Hayward and Agnes Moorhead, director Dick Powell, and
15:58many others would eventually pass away as a result of the disease.
16:01Many attribute this abnormally large number to the movie being filmed near where extensive
16:06nuclear tests had taken place in Utah.
16:08Whether it was radiation or any number of complicating factors, the story is a heartbreaking
16:13one.
16:14Before that picture was made, I did the same scene in real life.
16:18It was 12 years ago.
16:21It cost me a piece of lung.
16:24Number 15.
16:25Judy Garland's Terminated Pregnancies
16:27Studio stars were beholden to a very strict set of rules and regulations.
16:32If they wanted to work, their lives were basically at the mercy of the studio.
16:36Hey, she's having the same as me.
16:38Orders from upstairs.
16:39Sorry.
16:40Few knew this better than Judy Garland.
16:43Much has been made of her time at MGM, when she, and possibly Mickey Rooney, were allegedly
16:48fed pills that would contribute to their substance use disorders.
16:51But there's more.
16:52Garland's pregnancy in 1941 reportedly angered studio chiefs, but it also troubled her domineering
16:58mother, Ethel.
17:00Together, Ethel and the studio had Garland terminate the pregnancy.
17:03Garland would endure a similar scenario only two years later, after becoming pregnant by actor
17:08Tyrone Power.
17:09We pay you a great deal of money.
17:13You have an image to maintain.
17:16And you owe it to us to maintain it.
17:19Number 14.
17:20The Story of Peg Entwistle
17:22When it was first built in 1923, the Hollywood sign was just a promotional tool for a new
17:27real estate development in the growing industry town.
17:30Its now mythical status may sadly have been helped along by a troubling event.
17:34You're looking kid like you, you think you just gotta show up and poof, you're a movie
17:38star, huh?
17:39Well, that ain't how it works.
17:40Peg Entwistle was a successful stage actress who eventually ended up in Hollywood for a play,
17:45and went on to try her hand at films.
17:47She made 13 Women, which would end up being a posthumous release, as well as her first
17:52and only movie credit.
17:53Edits reportedly left most of her performance on the cutting room floor, and RKO cut ties
17:58with her.
17:59In 1932, she made her way atop the H of the Hollywoodland sign and sadly took her own life.
18:05It was responsible, it was Kay's part, it was Kay's life, but now it's too late.
18:10Kay is dead.
18:11Number 13.
18:12George Reeves' Passing
18:13Although he was in many movies, George Reeves found his biggest success on television.
18:18For six seasons, the actor portrayed the dual role of Clark Kent and Superman in Adventures
18:23of Superman.
18:24I can't remember anything after they jumped me in the cave.
18:27If I'd come two minutes later, you'd been food for the fishes.
18:30Unfortunately, Reeves passed away in 1959 due to a gunshot wound.
18:34Though it was ruled as self-inflicted, the presence of things like mysterious bruises and extra
18:39bullets at the scene sent rumors swirling.
18:41Different theories spread to explain the death that pinned the blame on everyone from
18:45his fiancée to the husband of a lover.
18:47The case, and its puzzling circumstances, have been fodder for true crime enthusiasts ever
18:53since.
18:53It remains one of classic Hollywood's biggest mysteries.
18:56Number 12.
18:57The Murder of Lana Turner's Mobster Lover
19:00Glamorous MGM star Lana Turner was no stranger to publicity, but the 1958 murder of her abusive
19:06lover Johnny Stampanato brought the media scrutiny to new heights.
19:10Johnny.
19:12Bob.
19:14Johnny.
19:16I'm not Johnny.
19:17During a violent argument between the two, Turner's daughter Cheryl Crane killed Stampanato
19:22in what was ruled an act of justifiable homicide.
19:24The ensuing trial and media circus was the stuff of Hollywood melodrama.
19:28It was all made especially poisonous because Turner's emotional testimony didn't do much
19:33to quell suspicions she committed the crime and was letting her daughter take the fall.
19:37Despite vicious gossip, the two never wavered from the official version of events.
19:42I didn't come to bother you, or you won't.
19:44Not ever again.
19:45Number 11.
19:46The Fatty Arbuckle Trials
19:48Stories of backstage debauchery fueled the national scandal involving Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle,
19:53who was accused of the assault and manslaughter of star Virginia Rapay.
19:57Fame and glory, and then the all-too-human tragedies that often wipe them out.
20:06The young silent film actress passed away in 1921 of a ruptured bladder and peritonitis
20:11mere days after becoming sick at a soiree of his.
20:14The illness was alleged to have been a result of an attack by the comedian.
20:19After three trials, Arbuckle was exonerated, but the public's perception of him was irrevocably
20:24changed. The circumstances surrounding Rapay's death became obscured by rumor, many of which
20:29were popularized in Kenneth Anger's highly exaggerated book, Hollywood Babylon.
20:34Oh my gosh, uh, I, I don't think I should talk to your news fellows anymore.
20:39Number 10.
20:40Shirley Temple Was Almost Assassinated
20:42Shirley Temple was one of the great child stars in the history of Hollywood.
20:50She was also the target of an assassination attempt when she was young.
20:54So if the one you idolize is near you, a song of love will help you find the way.
21:01The perpetrator of the attempt was a sad and emotionally distraught woman who'd lost her
21:05daughter, supposedly at the same time that Temple was born. In her sorrow, the woman came
21:10to believe that Temple had stolen her daughter's soul and that targeting her would release it
21:15from her. The woman took out a gun during a live performance, but was stopped before she
21:19could fire it. It's a sad story all around that thankfully ended without any physical
21:24harm to Temple.
21:25On the good ship, lollipop, it's a sweet trip to a candy shop.
21:33Later in life, the star was vocal about her experience with a predatory MGM producer.
21:38We got in the car driving home. I said, Mom, you won't believe what happened to me.
21:43Number 9. Montgomery Clift's Life-Changing Car Accident
21:47A beautiful girl will place a garland of oak leaves on my sun-colored locks.
21:54I'd like to be that girl.
21:56Known for his roles in such films as A Place in the Sun and From Here to Eternity, Montgomery
22:01Clift was a big Hollywood star in the late 40s and 50s, until a car accident changed his life.
22:07Clift was filming Raintree County when, following a dinner party at co-star Elizabeth Taylor's house,
22:12Clift crashed his car into a telephone pole. Thankfully, Taylor arrived to help save his life.
22:18The accident required plastic surgery and two months of recovery before the actor could finish
22:22the film. Besides the changes to his appearance, the accident led to Clift turning to substances
22:27to dull the pain. He continued to make movies, but he was never really the same until he died at
22:3345.
22:34It seems so strange. So deep and far away. It's there you were holding something back.
22:41Number 8. Stan Laurel's Drinking
22:44The comedy duo of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy brought joy and laughter to so many people
22:49throughout the first half of the 20th century.
22:51What are you doing?
22:53I'm talking to you. What do you think I'm doing?
22:55But one person who wasn't laughing was Vera Shuvalova. Shuvalova was Laurel's third wife
23:00and the recipient of some very scary threats from the beloved comic performer. Supposedly,
23:05Laurel had a problem with alcohol. And needless to say, he wasn't a friendly drunk.
23:10Don't! Watch what you're doing.
23:14When the couple divorced, Shuvalova made some very serious accusations. Claiming that her husband
23:19had threatened her with a gun and had even dug a grave in their backyard. Telling her that he
23:24was going to bury her alive. Your money or your life? What? Your money or your life?
23:34Number 7. Allegations against Joan Crawford
23:37Joan Crawford is widely regarded as one of the old Hollywood greats.
23:41Look, you might as well know it now, both of you. Your father and I have decided to separate.
23:45You mean dad's not coming home anymore? Doesn't he like us?
23:50Oh, it has nothing to do with you, honey.
23:52But her daughter, Christina Crawford's memoirs, namely Mommy Dearest,
23:56painted a distressing picture of life behind the scenes. In it, Joan was described as someone with
24:01alcohol use disorder who was violent and overall abusive. As you can imagine,
24:05the book and its claims were a lightning rod for controversy upon publication.
24:10The rest of Joan Crawford's daughters and several of her Hollywood contemporaries,
24:14including foe Betty Davis, denied the allegations. Through all the criticism,
24:19controversy, and anger, however, Christina Crawford has stood by her story.
24:23Why can't you give me the respect that I'm entitled to?
24:30Number 6. John Huston's Vehicular Manslaughter
24:33John Huston's path to becoming one of the greatest directors of all time began in 1941,
24:38with his directorial debut, The Maltese Falcon.
24:41What is it?
24:46The, uh, stuff that dreams are made of.
24:50However, prior to getting his shot at directing,
24:53Huston spent the beginning and the end of the 1930s as a writer in Hollywood.
24:57What about the middle years? Well, Huston spent those wandering around Europe following the death
25:02of actress Tosca Rullien, a death that he caused while driving intoxicated. Although somehow a
25:08coroner's jury did exonerate Huston of any blame. There was a rumor that Clark Gable was the one that
25:13killed Rullien, and Huston was paid to take the fall.
25:16In fact, at the right time and the right place, they're capable of anything.
25:24Claude.
25:24But given that Gable was elsewhere filming a movie at the time, the rumor doesn't appear to have legs.
25:30I can manage well enough horizontally, but vertically I fall apart.
25:35Number 5. Marilyn's stuttering began after childhood trauma.
25:39A number of famous actors dealt with stuttering as children,
25:42including, as fans of the Big Bang Theory know, James Earl Jones.
25:46Is it true, as a child, you were a stutterer and were functionally mute for eight years?
25:52It is true.
25:53But while people may be familiar with many of Marilyn Monroe's life troubles,
25:57did you know that she too stuttered growing up?
25:59I play the ukulele and I sing too.
26:01Sings too?
26:02Well, I don't have much of a voice, but then this isn't much of a band.
26:06Many biographies have covered this fact, and Monroe herself talked about it in interviews.
26:11It got so bad at times that she, like other stutterers,
26:14was so scared and embarrassed that she basically stopped talking for extended periods.
26:19How exactly it started is obviously up for debate,
26:21but many biographers have attributed it to the trauma of living with her mother,
26:26who lived with schizophrenia, and her childhood in and out of foster care and orphanages.
26:30First time was at the orphanage, and then later in my teens, I stuttered.
26:37Number 4. Marlon Brando's Treatment Towards Rita Moreno
26:40Marlon Brando and Rita Moreno were first acquainted in 1954.
26:44Like often happens in Hollywood, they've started dating.
26:47Who wants me to know?
26:49I just wanted to know where you were last night.
26:52There's no denying Brando's brilliance as one of the greatest actors of all time.
26:56However, when it came to women, Moreno called him, quote,
26:59a bad guy.
27:00Besides the lying and cheating and bursts of rage,
27:03Moreno also revealed that Brando made plans for her to terminate a pregnancy while they were together.
27:08Though it was dangerously performed and could have ended in disaster for her,
27:12it was all too much for the young actress,
27:14who has also been open about how the relationship led to her almost taking her life.
27:18That's how I tried to do it, and it really was an attempt to do that.
27:22Number 3. Hitchcock Stalked His Own Actress
27:25Besides a small, uncredited role in 1950,
27:28Tippi Hedren made her big screen debut in Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 film The Birds
27:33and followed it up the next year in Hitchcock's Marnie.
27:36If you don't mind, I'd like to go to bed.
27:38You'd think that after having such success with such a great director
27:41that the two would have worked together again, but they never did.
27:45Although it wasn't because Hitchcock didn't like Hedren,
27:48but rather because he liked her too much.
27:50I started noticing that he kept watching me, staring at me.
27:57The director became obsessed with Hedren,
27:59and her time on both films was filled with emotional and mental mistreatment
28:03and unwanted advances from Hitchcock.
28:05From isolating her from the rest of the cast by forbidding any of them talk to her,
28:09to demanding she be sexually available to him, which she refused.
28:13I became very, very good at getting out.
28:17I would always have somewhere to go, had to be somewhere, had something to do.
28:21Number 2. Chaplin's Younger Spouses
28:33Charlie Chaplin made over 80 movies.
28:35That's a lot.
28:36However, it pales in comparison to the number of people he slept with,
28:40a number that he claimed was over 2,000.
28:43And while we don't know the ages of all of them,
28:46the ones we do know make us, shall we say, uncomfortable.
28:49He married his first wife, Mildred Harris, in 1918.
28:53Chaplin felt forced into marrying his second wife, Lita Gray,
28:56when discovering that she was pregnant.
28:58In 1943, at the age of 54, Chaplin married for the fourth and last time.
29:04He and his wife, Una O'Neill, would have eight kids
29:06and remain together until Chaplin's passing in 1977.
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29:43Number 1. Judy Lewis was the secret child of a huge star.
29:47Soap opera actress Judy Lewis' life sounds like the script from an episode of afternoon television.
29:52I wish you hadn't.
29:54Why not?
29:55Oh, I haven't let myself think of others.
29:58I didn't dare.
29:59But it isn't.
30:00Lewis' mother was actress Loretta Young,
30:02and her biological father was Clark Gable.
30:05However, Gable was married at the time.
30:08So attempting to avoid a scandal,
30:10Young hid her pregnancy and placed her baby into orphanages when she was born.
30:14After 19 months, Young adopted her daughter back.
30:17But her stunning resemblance to Gable meant that most of Hollywood knew the truth.
30:21Well, the first time I knew who my father was, I was 23,
30:24and I was two weeks away from being married.
30:27Young even had a seven-year-old Lewis get her ears pinned back
30:30in order to try and hide the similarities.
30:32Eventually, Young admitted the truth to her daughter
30:34and claimed that she wasn't conceived consensually.
30:37It wasn't until I was 31 that I finally did ask my mother
30:41and did hear the truth from her.
30:43But by that time, my father had died.
30:45Do you think classic Hollywood is glamorous,
30:47or are these truths too revealing?
30:49Let us know in the comments below.
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