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...Morgan remains scrupulously objective throughout Maugham. He frequently cites letters and documents, hundreds of which he examined, whenever he discusses any of Maugham's personal affairs over which there was controversy. His explanation of Maugham's attempt to adopt Alan Searle, his secretary and lover, and to disinherit Liza, his daughter, which caused a widely publicized lawsuit and scandal, casts Liza in a more favorable light than most previous accounts...
MARRIED. Vincente Minnelli, 76, Academy Award-winning director (Gigi, 1958) and father, by a previous marriage to the late Judy Garland, of Entertainer Liza Minnelli; and his longtime companion, Lee Anderson, fiftyish, British-born publicist and Hollywood socialite; he for the fourth time, she for the third; in Beverly Hills, Calif...
Maggi-Meg Reed can belt out a song like "Maybe This Time" with all the expression and ease of the seasoned professional she protrays. She makes a "perfectly marvelous" Sally Bowles, played by Liza Minelli in the movie version, the blithe singer who moves in with American writer Clifford Bradshaw (Travis Epes) the day he arrives in Berlin. The two commence a life of charming self-deception: he fools himself and his family into thinking he is writing a novel that never materializes; she believes in the vacuous glamour of her role as a nightclub entertainer...
...when people have loved me I have been embarrassed." His marriage in 1917 to Syrie Wellcome, one of the first society women to become an interior decorator, was largely a union of convenience. It gave Maugham the appearance of heterosexuality that he publicly fostered. He also fathered a daughter, Liza...
...Maugham it was a closet as big as the Ritz, where he could work and pursue his pleasures. Near the end of his life the house became the scene of jealousies, conflict and intrigue. In 1962 the 88-year-old novelist adopted Searle, 58, as his son. Daughter Liza challenged the relationship in court and won. Father and daughter had other legal problems. The previous year, Maugham had auctioned his art collection for nearly $1.5 million. Many of the paintings had been bought in Liza's name and she sued for her share...