Montgomery Clift: The Original Loner Hero

“He is a part of the triumvirate of loner heros. James Dean, Brando, Clift. Clift was the very first.“ In the 1950s, Montgomery Clift was one of the most sought-after leading men in Hollywood. Off the screen, he was linked to starlet Elizabeth Taylor. Privately, he was tormented by the secret of his homosexuality. Here, author Patricia Bosworth talks about her first meeting with Clift, why she was so drawn to him as a subject, and how her biography of him affected the career trajectory of