In response to Patrick Bjork's question about studios covering up the true private lives of their stars, as the author of a book on Montgomery Clift, I don't think the studios really needed to do much "covering up." The Hollywood press corps (Louella, Hedda, Sheilah, etc.) had nothing to gain by disillusioning the public about the stars. Montgomery Clift was never under contract to a studio (the closest he came was a three picture deal with Paramount). Clift had no studio to protect him yet nobody ever "outed" him (at least not in the mainstream press, scandal sheets like "Confidential" are another matter). Furthermore, why do we need to talk about the past? The mainstream press still doesn't mention a performer's sexual preference unless the person in question says it's OK. And isn't Sir Ian McKellen the only mainstream performer so far to say it's OK? Although drink, drugs, and promiscuity (hetero) can now be talked about openly, homosexuality still remains taboo. That's rather amazing in these days of sleazy "investigative" journalism and exhibitionist celebrities like Roseanne Arnold, Madonna, Joan Rivers, etc. Mary Kalfatovic