Blind Item #8 - Reader Blind - Old Hollywood
The son of this deceased actor who was A/A+ at his peak wrote a book a few years ago that exposed his father , who had a relatively clean cut image during his time, as an alcoholic and serial womanizer who slept with hundreds of women many of them famous co-stars. He kept detailed diaries on all of his conquests.
But even more interesting was the revelation that this actor installed a home taping system in his house due to paranoia about his first wife. He taped all of his phone calls. Of course, a lot of the people involved in these phone calls are famous. The son does not go into detail what kinds of conversation are on the tapes but has talked privately about one person in particular.
This deceased person was B/B- as an actor but later had a different career in which he was A++. On the tapes, he says a number of things which would be damaging to his posthumous reputation if they ever came out. For one thing, he jokes and brags about sex with teenage girls. For another, he uses bigoted slurs to describe African-American and Jewish people.
But even more interesting was the revelation that this actor installed a home taping system in his house due to paranoia about his first wife. He taped all of his phone calls. Of course, a lot of the people involved in these phone calls are famous. The son does not go into detail what kinds of conversation are on the tapes but has talked privately about one person in particular.
This deceased person was B/B- as an actor but later had a different career in which he was A++. On the tapes, he says a number of things which would be damaging to his posthumous reputation if they ever came out. For one thing, he jokes and brags about sex with teenage girls. For another, he uses bigoted slurs to describe African-American and Jewish people.
