And he was looking for that woman who would fill that empty place in him.". That would be sheer gossip.. (1959), Thunder in the Sun (1959), and Return to Peyton Place (1961). [39] He was replaced in the role by George Nader. Our government still taxes the hell out of people; somebody ought to wake 'em up.[57]. He lost his father when he was 1, and his mother when he was 4. EXCEPT, R26, Esther never married Jeff. Would you wear Dyson's new air-purifying headphones? There is absolutely NO proof that Jeff liked polka dots. "Jeff Chandler Heirs Settle for $233,358". At the time Esther's book was released, Jeff Chandler was still well-known. Russell recalls being in Honolulu in 1960 for a fund-raiser when Williams sought her out and expressed misgivings about her relationship with Chandler. I don't think Esther Williams was sufficiently imaginative to make it up. However, Chandler intended to continue to make films for Universal under a multipicture contract. At the very least they should be aware of Joan Crawford and "Female on the Beach". In 1957, he became involved with actress Esther Williams, causing his wife to divorce him. ", At one point Williams had decided to leave the Chandler bit out of the book. This was to take effect from August 1956 onwards, when Chandler's exclusive contract with Universal expired. )they must surely have read about him in all the info there is on Old Hollywood. Esther and Fernando had first met in 1953 during the filming of Dangerous When Wet. Why has this not been mentioned? [quote]Because this is Datalounge, silly. And, please don't even try to convince anyone that old Jane was sleeping with Jeff. Williams' revelations about Chandler angered many readers. Please click here to update your account with a username and password. . "Big Chief Cochise Set; Sidney to Direct 'Keys;' Trevor 'Package' Looms" Schallert, Edwin. His features were rugged and masculine. Jeff Chandler was born in Brooklyn. "I developed an ulcer. In May, Chandler refused to play the lead in Six Bridges to Cross and Universal put him on suspension. What could he have been expecting or hoping her reaction to be? Become a contributor - post when you want with no ads. In his films, his leading ladies included Maureen O'Hara, Rhonda Fleming, Jane Russell, Joan Crawford, and June Allyson. Bret says Hough had a lust for very young girls and attempted to rape his stepdaughter. On May 17, in a seven-and-a-half-hour emergency operation following the original surgery, he was given 55 pints of blood. Everyone knows, the three films every film buff must see are Citizen Kane, The Godfather, and Female on the Beach! Does Esther make appearances any more, wet or otherwise? This meant Chandler missed the part of Demetrius in The Robe (1953) at Fox, for which he had been considered and which eventually went to Victor Mature. He teased her unmercifully. Esther's POINT was that he was too big (and burly, and testosterone-filled) for polka dots. "Jeff Chandler Wanted as Star for Movie on Huk Warfare", Hopper, Hedda. "I don't know why I got it," Chandler joked at the time, "maybe it's because I'm saving them money. In 1994, Esther Williams walked down the aisle for a final time. . Whereas, I've long been aware of Esther Williams (the swimming movie star!?! Why should she re-can't? He is most remembered for Broken Arrow. I knew the MGM ladies, the musical men, and the biggies like Bogie, Jimmy Stewart, Spencer Tracy, etc. This is the most DL thread ever. The last of those was distributed by Paramount, which released Chandler's next film, another Western, The Jayhawkers! Esther describes at least two of her husbands in that book as being extremely well endowed (Gage, Lamas). Why would she make up a story about Jeff Chandler to sell books? The mind boggles. His real name was as well known as Archie Leach, Norma Jean Baker, Betty Perske and Bernie Schwartz. He was romantically linked with Esther Williams, who claimed in her 1999 autobiography Chandler was a . Im searching my own mind, asking Why did I attract this particular aberration? . I want to eventually branch off into writing and directing. I can't go anywhere unnoticed. At the very least they should be aware of Joan Crawford and "Female on the Beach". Louella Parsons: "Jeff Chandler? "If they're familiar with old movies, then they know who Jeff Chandler was.". "I couldn't marry anyone who, every time I got dressed in something divine, would want to be wearing it instead of me," Williams explains. No one said he was a convincing cross dresser. His role as Kurta in the 1949 film, Sword in the Desert, led to him accepting a long-term contract from Universal Studios. He left to work on a movie after three and a half weeks. He left to work on a movie after three and a half weeks. When Esther came out with the story, Jane insisted that it was untrue. "Film Unit Opposes Foreign Ventures: A.F.L. He was an asshole to her during the filming of Take Me Out to the Ballgame, though. Recalling the evening she allegedly found Chandler in red wig and flowered chiffon dress, Williams writes, Here was my lover--a strong, manly figure by anyones estimate--who had just been standing before me in high heels and a dress. And there's never been another person to verify Esther's lie. [40] He said that "being a movie star isn't worth it": I can't go anywhere as an ordinary individual. Broken Arrow turned out to be a considerable hit, earning Chandler an Oscar nomination and establishing him as a star. "Fernando dragged her down. Tony Curtis and Gerald Mohr were among the pallbearers at Chandler's funeral, attended by more than 1,500 people. Yes indeed, we too use "cookies." He said he was under contract to Universal to make two films a year at $60,000 per film for 1957 and $75,000 per film for 1958. It is really hilarious that someone is so stupid that they can't comprehend that Jeff Chandler was still very well remembered when she wrote the book. relationship with Jeff Chandler ended after he shared . Esther is a no-talent cunt. He then went on to make a war film, Red Ball Express, and a swashbuckler, Yankee Buccaneer. Jeff Chandler: American actor and singer (1918 - 1961), Actor, Film actor, Singer, Songwriter, Television actor, Film producer, Stage actor, From: United States of America . "[57], Chandler formed another production company, August, for which he made The Plunderers, a Western, distributed by Allied Artists. Jeff was in a boxibg film called "Iron Man" (circa 1950) with Rock Hudson. Her single mom Anna was the local tramp until she married a deliveryman named Harry Hough. They look nothing alike. . They separated in 1951, and 1954, and actually divorced in 1954. And there's never been another person to verify Esther's lie. So Esther said "Just tuck a foot under your ass and you will sit up taller." Hopper, Hedda. Chandler played villains. "Jeff Chandler Sought for 'Angry River;' Wanger Plans Mounties Movie", Schallert, Edwin. Jeff Chandler married Marjorie Hoshelle, an actress, in 1946. With Dan's wife right there - she fully supported her husband's fetish. Lamas was controlling and abusive. Actor. Esther clearly had a chip on her shoulder all those years as being typed as a novelty swimming star. She likes to nail people to the wall., Williams fires back: Why in the world would I tell Jane Russell about a personal problem as intimate as that? A popular action star of the '50s ("Broken Arrow"), the 6- foot-5-inch Chandler was deeply in love with Williams -- and hoped that she would accept his passion for designer gowns, wigs and high heels. Chandler moved to Columbia and acted with Kim Novak in Jeanne Eagels. But colleagues who worked with him closely said he had an easy, light-hearted approach on the set that helped ease some of the strain of production. The couple had two daughters, Jamie Tucker (May 16, 1947-2003) and Dana Grossel (1949-2002). The couple had two daughters, Jamie Tucker (born 1947) and Dana Grossel (born 1949). Romantically involved in the late 1950s; in her autobiography, she claimed Chandler was a cross-dresser. They separated in 1951,[60] again in 1954,[61] and filed for divorce in 1954. "Fame Has Its Fee For Jeff Chandler" by Richard L. Coe. Sadly, his only 2 movies of note would probably be Joan Crawford's Female on a Beach and Kim Novak's Jeanne Eagels. "Looking at Hollywood: Movie Studio Plans Remake of 'The Magnificent Obsession'" Hopper, Hedda. New York: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux (1965) ISBN -374-52268-5 Chandler himself had nearly lost an eye and had been visibly scarred in an auto accident years earlier. According to Williams, who began a love affair with Chandler during the shooting of Raw Wind in Eden in 1956, Chandler was happy and secure only in womens clothing. Cross-dressing, she writes, gave the actor a sexual thrill. Know his, Estimated Net Worth, Age, Biography Wikipedia Wiki . Our Miss Brooks transferred to television, but Chandler was not permitted to do TV under his contract; his part was taken by Robert Rockwell. I'd quit work immediately if I had the money, and travel for a while. In 1952, exhibitors voted Chandler the 22nd-most popular star in the US. Because this is Datalounge, silly. [63], In 1957, he had an affair with Esther Williams while they made a movie together, and his wife filed for divorce at the end of the year. Rose Marie wrote that Jeff Chandler was a great guy, but he was no singer. He was one of Universal Pictures' more popular male stars of the 1950s. --Queen who has read nearly every book mentioned in this thread. Ten years younger, he is a large, friendly man who indulges his wife and seems amused by her candor. In case you're wondering, R71, she didn't write the book last week. Family & Personal Life. She is very frank and graphic about her sexual liaisons with Victor Mature, Fernando Lamas and Jeff Chandler and also tells some ribald stories of her encounters with Mickey Rooney, Gene Kelly, Johnny Weissmuller, Joan Crawford and Bette Davis. He was reunited with Fox and Delmer Daves to play a Polynesian chief in Bird of Paradise (1951), which Chandler admitted was a variation of his performance as Cochise. You cannot libel the dead. People here WANT to believe that Chandler loved to dress in drag. There have been many people who have, since his death, come forward and outed him as both a transvestite and a homosexual, including Betty Grable, Andre Previn, and now Scotty Bowers. She told him, "Jeff, you're too big for polka dots.". "She said Esther had come to her with woes of her romance with Jeff in the 1950s but never mentioned the cross-dressing until she had to sell some books decades later", Again, it is really hilarious that some people think she would lie about someone as forgotten as Jeff Chandler in order to "sell books", There are lots of better ways to sell books than to lie about people the public does not care about. Once again, location work required him to regularly commute back and forth to Hollywood throughout the shoot. Every single movie star does. Cross-dressing is the last thing I would expect of Jeff. I wasn't there, so I don't know, but if Esther was bitter about the end of the relationship or felt ill-used in some way, she wouldn't have been the first person or the last to smear the reputation of an ex. : As an Indian, Jeff Chandler caused countless feminine hearts to flutter; now, in straight dramatic roles, he's a box office smash". Sipping from a glass of lemonade, the former MGM star says she was simply telling the truth when she revealed that Jeff Chandler, the actor she nearly married in the late '50s, had been a closet cross-dresser. " So she delivered: "The Million Dollar Mermaid" doesn't pirouette around the truth but lays it down with amazing candor. Esther was raped by a family friend as a teenager. Esther has a naughty side. . In 1957, he became involved with actress Esther Williams, causing his wife to divorce him. Williams has been married four times. Because some stars, like Elvis and the Three Stooges have fame long after they died, and their relatives still cash in on it. When she made the book deal with Simon & Schuster, "they said, 'See if you can write a page-turner.' Jeff Chandler (1958) Biography. The couple had two daughters, Jamie Tucker (1947-2003) and Dana . Rhonda Fleming, Maureen O'Hara, Kim Novak, Jane Russell, Esther Williams, and his Brooklyn friend Susan Hayward. If he had guy pals who shared his fetish, obviously they wouldn't be coming forth to verify Esther's story. What really galls the actors friends is that he cant defend himself against Williams charges. He was romantically linked with Esther Williams, who claimed in her 1999 autobiography Chandler was a cross dresser and she broke off the relationship. And Jeff Chandler WAS macho. None of these embarrassed people were in Esther's bedroom. She eventually was spotted by a MGM talent scout while working in a Los Angeles department store. Esther Williams. In her autobiography Hold the Roses (2002), Rose Marie wrote that "Jeff Chandler was a great guy, but he was no singer. Something like that would cloud one's outlook on life in general. Chandler was the first actor to portray Chad Remington in Frontier Town. Back at Universal, he played a boxer in Iron Man (1951), a remake of an old Lew Ayres movie. Chandler had appeared on air in Rogue's Gallery with Dick Powell, who was impressed by the actor, and put pressure on Columbia to give Chandler his first film role, a small part as a gangster in Johnny O'Clock (1947). The actor also had affairs with actresses Gloria De Haven and Ann Sheridan. I read it, and she seemed to have some axes to grind with some dead people whom she felt did her a wrong turn (one recollection had her spying Joan Crawford alone on a darkened stage, sobbing because her fans had deserted her hmmm). 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