Paul Newman, The Man Behind the Baby Blues by Darwin Porter

Author:Darwin Porter [Porter, Darwin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2009-08-25T13:20:00+00:00

"In one scene I even made Paul strip down to his jockey shorts," Ritt said. "Gay guys in the audience will jerk off under their overcoats."

Paul and Joanne, absorbed in their own love affair and threatened with the possibility of a messy divorce, did not endear themselves to other cast members. Lansbury noted that Hollywood's most famous unmarried couple spent most of their off-camera time alone.

On weekends, Paul would take Joanne to New Orleans, where, in an antique store, they came upon a large brass bed that had been salvaged from a local bordello once frequented by Louisiana's dictator, Huey Long. Years later, when Tennessee Williams saw the bed, he tried to purchase it from the Newmans for his Key West house.

Paul warned Ritt that "If my dressing trailer is rock `n rolling, take the advice of that Marilyn Monroe film, Don't Bother to Knock."

Night after night, Paul agonized over having to divorce Jackie. Joanne had already experienced the pains of divorce as a child when her parents separated, and she didn't want to be portrayed in the press as the "home-breaking other woman." Nevertheless, she told Ritt, "I can't live without him."

Privately, Lee Remick was rather disdainful of both Paul and Joanne, although she showed great respect for them during public interviews. Privately, she spoke more bluntly with Ritt. "Just who are these two stuck-up snobs?" she asked. "They think they're such hot shit. Fuck them. I'm going to be First Lady one day."

Ritt looked astonished at her revelation, which she did not explain. She was obviously referring to her ongoing affair with a young Robert Kennedy. For years she entertained the illusion that he would divorce Ethel, leave his big family, and marry her.

The weather continued to be unbearably hot, and then a hurricane hit, shutting down production.

"Joanne and Paul were the only people on the set who took advantage of that hurricane," Ritt said. "They holed up for five days and nights. How can one man, even Paul Newman, fuck so much? At one point you'd think he'd come up for a breath of fresh air. No, not that one."

After the hurricane passed over, another hurricane descended in the form of Shelley Winters, Paul's friend and confidante from the Actors Studio. She'd heard that her new husband, Tony, was "balling some of the southern belles," and she wanted to investigate personally.

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