Gore Vidal Articles

Cliff Robertson, The Best Man The Best Man (1964) Otto Preminger's ADVISE & CONSENT: Sex Scandals and Politics at the Movies Pt. 2 Adapted by Gore Vidal from his own play, The Best Man has more dirty politics, more homoerotic activity in the distant past, and more Henry Fonda. The "Best Man" of the title refers to the guy who shall eventually win the presidency [...]

Joseph L. Mankiewicz Centennial – Part I And if Guys and Dolls (1955) was a bore — just about everyone in this film musical is miscast, from Brando to Mankiewicz himself — the director recovered his touch with the adult (and bizarre) Suddenly, Last Summer (1959), a psychotic psychological drama adapted by Gore Vidal and (officially) Tennessee Williams from Williams's own play. (Williams later said [...]