Why are all the other characters in this movie smitten with George (Montgomery Clift)? He’s handsome, but he’s a lunkhead. George’s uncle gives him a job where one rule is explicitly given as unbreakable: Don’t date employees. If George had just followed that one rule, everyone ends up happy. Grow up, George.
George is played by Montgomery Clift, who I knew stories about but mostly knew through the Clash song about him. He played a lot of aloof, sensitive men. I won’t get into it here, but he had a rough, short life.
There are only two motion picture Walk of Fame stars at 6104 Hollywood Boulevard. Next up: 6116!
The dumb thinking for today’s poster: This movie is called “A Place in the Sun,” and the sun shines, so…
