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==Roddy McDowall== | ==Roddy McDowall== | ||
Born in England, Roddy McDowall had already been in several British films when his family moved to the United States to escape the war. (see [http://books.google.com/books?id=OIQumuY6auEC&pg=PA219&dq=Roddy+mcDowall&lr=&sig=ACfU3U0TK1BdpDrU-HW7DSwKSn66PLU8rg here]). His big break came when he was cast in ''My Friend Flicka''. He is also well-known from his childhood for his role opposite, the then unknown [[Elizabeth Taylor]] in ''Lassie Come Home''. | Born in England, Roddy McDowall had already been in several British films when his family moved to the United States to escape the war. (see [http://books.google.com/books?id=OIQumuY6auEC&pg=PA219&dq=Roddy+mcDowall&lr=&sig=ACfU3U0TK1BdpDrU-HW7DSwKSn66PLU8rg here]). His big break came when he was cast in ''My Friend Flicka''. He is also well-known from his childhood for his role opposite, the then unknown [[Elizabeth Taylor]] in ''Lassie Come Home''. | ||
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| + | Christopher Isherwood writes that Tom Maddox told him, that he was having an affair with the then teen-aged Roddy. Christopher in a footnote says that Roddy must have been 18 at this time. (see [http://books.google.com/books?id=0usH43B1CdMC&pg=PA17&dq=Roddy+mcDowall&lr=&sig=ACfU3U31yU0ukt3XjN_EU6PNWoZNs628cg]). | ||
Farley Granger mentions Roddy in his autobiography ''Inside Me Out: My Life'' (see [http://books.google.com/books?id=FKmpeKeSsNAC&pg=PA26&dq=Roddy+mcDowall&lr=&sig=ACfU3U1NfVxJTlHnXUakbjf0TV1XFD3QYQ#PPA29,M1 here]). He knew Roddy prior to Farley's enlistment in the Navy at age 18, and then much later he remarks, "It was 1953. I found an apartment on the Upper East Side in Manhattan....My old pal Roddy McDowall and also Monty Clift lived '''on the same block'''" (emphasis mine) (see [http://books.google.com/books?id=FKmpeKeSsNAC&pg=PA26&dq=Roddy+mcDowall&lr=&sig=ACfU3U1NfVxJTlHnXUakbjf0TV1XFD3QYQ#PPA142,M1 page 142]) | Farley Granger mentions Roddy in his autobiography ''Inside Me Out: My Life'' (see [http://books.google.com/books?id=FKmpeKeSsNAC&pg=PA26&dq=Roddy+mcDowall&lr=&sig=ACfU3U1NfVxJTlHnXUakbjf0TV1XFD3QYQ#PPA29,M1 here]). He knew Roddy prior to Farley's enlistment in the Navy at age 18, and then much later he remarks, "It was 1953. I found an apartment on the Upper East Side in Manhattan....My old pal Roddy McDowall and also Monty Clift lived '''on the same block'''" (emphasis mine) (see [http://books.google.com/books?id=FKmpeKeSsNAC&pg=PA26&dq=Roddy+mcDowall&lr=&sig=ACfU3U1NfVxJTlHnXUakbjf0TV1XFD3QYQ#PPA142,M1 page 142]) | ||
