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Rita Hayworth dancing by candlelight in a little Mexican village; Elizabeth Taylor devouring homemade pasta and tenderly wrapping him in her pashmina headscarf; streaking for Sir Laurence Olivier in a drafty British castle; terrifying a dozing Jackie Onassis; hauling an unconscious Montgomery Clift to basic safety on a dark New York City street. Captured permanently in a unique memoir, Frank Langella's myriad encounters with a few of the past century's most famous human beings are profoundly affecting, funny, wicked, sometimes surprising, and utterly amazing. With sharp wit and a perceptive eyesight, Mr. Langella can take us with him into the private worlds and privileged lives of celebrities, presidents, royalty, literary lions, the cultural elite, and the greats of the Broadway stage. What, for illustration, was Jack Kennedy doing on that caffeine table? Why does the Queen Mom need Mr. Langella's help? When was Paul Mellon going to pay him money owed? How does Brooke Astor lose her virginity? Why was Robert Mitchum singing Gilbert & Sullivan patter melodies at top volume level, and what does Marilyn Monroe say to him that helped change the span of his life? Through these distributed encounters, we learn something, too, of Mr. Langella's personal trip from age 15 to the present. Dropped Names is, like its themes, riveting and memorable.
