Paul Newman, The Man Behind the Baby Blues
His Secret Life Exposed
Darwin Porter
An American Icon like you've never seen him before.The most honest, compelling and least apologetic biography of the superstar ever published.
Known to Hollywood insiders, but never before revealed to the general movie-going public, this carefully researched biography focuses on the adventures of a highly desirable young man on Broadway and in Hollywood. At the peak of Newman's popularity and male beauty, a survey revealed that 46% of American women would have preferred him as a bed partner to any other male. A former sailor from Shaker Heights, Ohio, he parlayed his ambi-sexual charm and extraordinary good looks into one of the most successful careers in Hollywood.
Newman once won the tongue-in-cheek “Unzippered Award” for having never been sexually associated with anyone other than his wives. Porter punches holes in that bag of myths to reveal that when Newman was known as the sex symbol of Hollywood, he dated abundantly from the A-list, enjoying off-the-record sexual and emotional trysts with Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, Audrey Hepburn, and Grace Kelly, plus a coterie of “cougars” that embraced Joan Crawford, Vivien Leigh, Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner, Rita Hayworth, and Lana Turner. As has been rumored in underground Hollywood for years, Newman also led a closeted life as a bisexual. This biography exposes the megastar’s bisexual history and his liaisons with, among others, Marlon Brando, James Dean, Anthony Perkins, and Sal Mineo.
Porter’s biography also deals with such touchy subjects as underground speculation about Newman and his relationships with co-stars Tom Cruise and Robert Redford. Falling like a bomb are revelations about the death of his only son, Scott Newman. According to Porter, “This is a highly personalized biography which I pulled together over many decades, based on insider reports from Newman’s friends and enemies. It focuses mainly on Newman’s interaction, personal and sexual, with other entertainment industry players during the 1950s and 1960s. It also contains some very revealing upfront material on Newman’s early life, particularly his experiences in the U.S. Navy during the 1940s.”
Paul Newman, The Man Behind the Baby Blues is the newest in a series of celebrity biographies written by Porter, who began gathering insider information about Paul Newman back in 1959, following an introduction by Tennessee Williams. Information came from sources as diverse as playwright William Inge, author of the play, Picnic, which launched Newman as a Broadway sensation, and actress Geraldine Page, who co-starred with Newman in Sweet Bird of Youth. Porter then continued collecting stories about Hud, Cool Hand Luke, and Butch Cassidy until the day Newman died. As revealed within the pages of this book, the private Newman was remarkably different from the public face he revealed. He was filled with contradictions: Model husband. Errant husband. Ideal dad. Bad father. Macho heterosexual. Closeted bisexual. Loyal companion. Heartbreaking, two-timing lover. The star summed up his life like this: "Whenever I do something good, right away, I've got to do something bad, so I know that I'm not going to pieces." Presented are revelations about Newman's heretofore suppressed clandestine relationships with Gore Vidal, Jacqueline Kennedy, Tennessee Williams, Steve McQueen, Montgomery Clift, and Susan Strasberg. This is a pioneering and posthumous biography of a Hollywood Dream. It’s all here---the giddy heights and agonizing lows of a great American star.
"As revealed in this unique story of a complex life, the private Paul Newman was remarkably unlike the public face he revealed to the world. If you love a good yarn about 50s-60s Hollywood and those oh-so-moody stars like Brando, Dean, and Clift, this is the book you've been waiting for, even if you might not automatically have thought that Newman was having sex with all three! Well, so says its author, Darwin Porter.
It doesn't stop there, however, because blue-eyed Newman, it seems, loved sex and had it off with everyone from Marilyn Monroe to...well, you'll just have to read this intriguing book for the gossip, the facts, and the 'truth' about this incredible Superstar." BENT MAGAZINE
The 2009 New England Book Festival has named Darwin Porter’s Paul Newman, The Man Behind the Baby Blues, His Secret Life Revealed as recipient of an “Honorable Mention” in its annual competition honoring the best books of the holiday season. Such a designation places it among the year’s top ten winners. Porter’s biography of Paul Newman is the most candid, honest, truthful, and unapologetic biography of the superstar ever published. The object of national attention in both tabloids and the literary press, it focuses on pre- viously unpublished accounts of Mr. Newman’s undercover life as a “barely closeted” bisexual, with hundreds of insights into “The Man Behind the Baby Blues” based on firsthand interviews with the actor’s lovers, friends, acquaintances, and enemies, compiled over a period of forty years of meticulously detailed research. THE NEW ENGLAND BOOK FESTIVAL
Porter says he interviewed Brando before his death in 2004, and the man said: "He never fooled me. Paul Newman had just as many on-location affairs as the rest of us, and he was just as bisexual as I was. But, where I was always getting caught with my pants down, he managed to do it in the dark." Monika Bartyzel
A so-called "source" close to the Newman family says Paul's widow, JOANNE WOODWARD, is distraught over having to deal with this stuff ...quote, "Paul knew there were rumors out there about his sexuality and to have to face them when he's not here to dispute them is Joanne's worst nightmare." ESTHER GOLDBERG
"Hell, guy, you just can't seem to realize what's happening. You're the new kid on the block. Every gay and every horny broad in Hollywood wants to go to bed with Paul Newman. You're doing pretty well for a married man. I've always had this belief that if a married man played it right, he can have more fun than single blokes." Rod Steiger
"Paul Newman has the potential of becoming a magnificent actor if he ever gets through this complex he has about playing boy-macho."
Joan Crawford
"Whenever Joanne Woodward came up, Newman became all macho. He was sad in many ways. Having to pretend to be what he wasn't. But most of us Hollywood hunks in the 1950s had to do that." Matinee heartthrob, Jeffrey Hunter
Newman once won the tongue-in-cheek “Unzippered Award” for having never been sexually associated with anyone other than his wives. Porter punches holes in that bag of myths to reveal that when Newman was known as the sex symbol of Hollywood, he dated abundantly from the A-list, enjoying off-the-record sexual and emotional trysts with Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, Audrey Hepburn, and Grace Kelly, plus a coterie of “cougars” that embraced Joan Crawford, Vivien Leigh, Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner, Rita Hayworth, and Lana Turner. As has been rumored in underground Hollywood for years, Newman also led a closeted life as a bisexual. This biography exposes the megastar’s bisexual history and his liaisons with, among others, Marlon Brando, James Dean, Anthony Perkins, and Sal Mineo.
Porter’s biography also deals with such touchy subjects as underground speculation about Newman and his relationships with co-stars Tom Cruise and Robert Redford. Falling like a bomb are revelations about the death of his only son, Scott Newman. According to Porter, “This is a highly personalized biography which I pulled together over many decades, based on insider reports from Newman’s friends and enemies. It focuses mainly on Newman’s interaction, personal and sexual, with other entertainment industry players during the 1950s and 1960s. It also contains some very revealing upfront material on Newman’s early life, particularly his experiences in the U.S. Navy during the 1940s.”
Paul Newman, The Man Behind the Baby Blues is the newest in a series of celebrity biographies written by Porter, who began gathering insider information about Paul Newman back in 1959, following an introduction by Tennessee Williams. Information came from sources as diverse as playwright William Inge, author of the play, Picnic, which launched Newman as a Broadway sensation, and actress Geraldine Page, who co-starred with Newman in Sweet Bird of Youth. Porter then continued collecting stories about Hud, Cool Hand Luke, and Butch Cassidy until the day Newman died. As revealed within the pages of this book, the private Newman was remarkably different from the public face he revealed. He was filled with contradictions: Model husband. Errant husband. Ideal dad. Bad father. Macho heterosexual. Closeted bisexual. Loyal companion. Heartbreaking, two-timing lover. The star summed up his life like this: "Whenever I do something good, right away, I've got to do something bad, so I know that I'm not going to pieces." Presented are revelations about Newman's heretofore suppressed clandestine relationships with Gore Vidal, Jacqueline Kennedy, Tennessee Williams, Steve McQueen, Montgomery Clift, and Susan Strasberg. This is a pioneering and posthumous biography of a Hollywood Dream. It’s all here---the giddy heights and agonizing lows of a great American star.
"As revealed in this unique story of a complex life, the private Paul Newman was remarkably unlike the public face he revealed to the world. If you love a good yarn about 50s-60s Hollywood and those oh-so-moody stars like Brando, Dean, and Clift, this is the book you've been waiting for, even if you might not automatically have thought that Newman was having sex with all three! Well, so says its author, Darwin Porter.
It doesn't stop there, however, because blue-eyed Newman, it seems, loved sex and had it off with everyone from Marilyn Monroe to...well, you'll just have to read this intriguing book for the gossip, the facts, and the 'truth' about this incredible Superstar." BENT MAGAZINE
The 2009 New England Book Festival has named Darwin Porter’s Paul Newman, The Man Behind the Baby Blues, His Secret Life Revealed as recipient of an “Honorable Mention” in its annual competition honoring the best books of the holiday season. Such a designation places it among the year’s top ten winners. Porter’s biography of Paul Newman is the most candid, honest, truthful, and unapologetic biography of the superstar ever published. The object of national attention in both tabloids and the literary press, it focuses on pre- viously unpublished accounts of Mr. Newman’s undercover life as a “barely closeted” bisexual, with hundreds of insights into “The Man Behind the Baby Blues” based on firsthand interviews with the actor’s lovers, friends, acquaintances, and enemies, compiled over a period of forty years of meticulously detailed research. THE NEW ENGLAND BOOK FESTIVAL
Porter says he interviewed Brando before his death in 2004, and the man said: "He never fooled me. Paul Newman had just as many on-location affairs as the rest of us, and he was just as bisexual as I was. But, where I was always getting caught with my pants down, he managed to do it in the dark." Monika Bartyzel
A so-called "source" close to the Newman family says Paul's widow, JOANNE WOODWARD, is distraught over having to deal with this stuff ...quote, "Paul knew there were rumors out there about his sexuality and to have to face them when he's not here to dispute them is Joanne's worst nightmare." ESTHER GOLDBERG
"Hell, guy, you just can't seem to realize what's happening. You're the new kid on the block. Every gay and every horny broad in Hollywood wants to go to bed with Paul Newman. You're doing pretty well for a married man. I've always had this belief that if a married man played it right, he can have more fun than single blokes." Rod Steiger
"Paul Newman has the potential of becoming a magnificent actor if he ever gets through this complex he has about playing boy-macho."
Joan Crawford
"Whenever Joanne Woodward came up, Newman became all macho. He was sad in many ways. Having to pretend to be what he wasn't. But most of us Hollywood hunks in the 1950s had to do that." Matinee heartthrob, Jeffrey Hunter
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Harcover 9780978646516 $26.95 E-Book 9781936003082 $23.95 -
Category Biography Publication Date 2009-07-01 -
Publication Status In Print Trim Size 6x9 Page Count 520
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