Montgomery Clift
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A certain amount of reservation must be used when stating that Maria Latham Anderson and Woodbury Blair were ancestors to the actor Montgomery Clift. | A certain amount of reservation must be used when stating that Maria Latham Anderson and Woodbury Blair were ancestors to the actor Montgomery Clift. | ||
| − | Other than the biography of Montgomery Clift by Patricia Bosworth, which must ultimately rest on the word and memory of Sunny Clift, we have *nothing* whatosever to tie Sunny either to the Blairs or the Andersons. | + | Other than the biography of Montgomery Clift by Patricia Bosworth, which must ultimately rest on the word and memory of Sunny Clift, we have *nothing* whatosever to tie Sunny either to the Blairs or the Andersons. Patricia herself did nothing new to verify this connection, merely copying out what she was told by Sunny or Brooks. |
That is a tenuous position. If Sunny fabricated, we have no way to tell yes or no. The sole remaining way might be to prove that Maria's surviving sister Sophie really did give Sunny $25,000 in her will. If that evidence surfaces, that might be an acceptable way to say that yes, there was some link there. | That is a tenuous position. If Sunny fabricated, we have no way to tell yes or no. The sole remaining way might be to prove that Maria's surviving sister Sophie really did give Sunny $25,000 in her will. If that evidence surfaces, that might be an acceptable way to say that yes, there was some link there. | ||
