Talk:Vincente Minnelli
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some of the language in this article seemed at points high falutin and would not be easily understandable by the average person so I have tried to make it slightly more down to earth and to the point. Arnie587 21:19, 19 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
The url for the article seems to be spelled wrong- Minelli instead of MinnelliIful (talk) 08:43, 13 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
There were {{fact}} tags on two category tags for the article:
{{fact}} tags don't work for categories—they don't show up in the list of categories.
I've removed the category tags as well—they shouldn't be there unless they're well-sourced.66.73.170.248 05:56, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
(Back again—didn't mean to be anonymous; didn't see that I wasn't logged in.)—Chidom talk 05:57, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Although he was married several times, wasn't he gay? Jtyroler (talk) 09:29, 4 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The url for the article seems to be spelled wrong- Minelli instead of Minnelli —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iful (talk • contribs) 08:42, 13 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, at least bisexual, but this is Wikipedia! Several editors would like to rewrite history (not to mention the future) with no gays allowed! DCX (talk) 09:31, 3 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
A recent biographer specifically sought to find and confirm any gay relationships, including by interviewing those in Hollywood's known gay circles. Nobody could provide any names, relationships, anything other than the vaguest rumors (most of which where based on gay stereotypes - his sensitivity, gentleness, design acumen, etc.). When the biographer sought to get contact information from a Judy Garland biographer for a source he cited, the Garland biographer couldn't provide it and then failed to respond to further contact attempts. There was no information found to definitively establish whether or not Minnelli had any gay encounters at all.Biomebaby (talk) 04:36, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Emmanuel Levy's biography, Vincente Minnelli: Hollywood's Dark Dreamer (2009) provides evidence that Minnelli did live as an openly gay man in New York prior to relocating to Hollywood. In discussing Minnelli's marriage to Judy Garland, Levy reports that: “Judy caught him in compromising positions at least twice, once with a bit player and once with their gardener.” Jburlinson (talk) 22:41, 7 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Levy's book is very poorly documented and purports many things without properly sourcing or supporting the assertions. His book is not credible. Biomebaby (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 20:43, 8 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
There is a passage in the article that refutes Levy's claims but that doesn't provide any reference to a reliable source that would support dismissing Levy's assertions. While some of the reviews I read of Levy's book criticized his writing style, none that I recall challenged his truthfulness or accuracy. The passage in question, especially the following statement, appears to be someone's opinion, but whose? "Presently, there is nothing but unsupported hearsay and stereotype-based rumor regarding any gay relationships in Minnelli's life." Unless there is a citation to an RS proving otherwise, Levy's biography would appear to be more than "unsupported hearsay and stereotype-based rumor." Jburlinson (talk) 00:53, 31 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Can someone put up a section on how he invented the camera dolly/crab dolly? 98.220.156.143 (talk) 23:35, 19 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The problem is: there's no real way to tell who invented the crab dolly. Many filmmakers improvised during the course of their work to achieve similar results. Research shows many claims to the crab dolly going all the way back to the 1920s. A better approach might be to develop a section about his skilled use of camera movement, whatever equipment was used to achieve that movement. Biomebaby (talk) 01:17, 21 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, TCM is currently (November 2019) running a new documentary on early cinematography, and when they start to talk about the fact that these artists had to invent all the tools of their new craft, it shows an old photo of James Wong Howe with his crab dolly.
The last paragraph of the section is awkwardly written and confusing. Seems it is trying to say he left $100k to his widow and the rest of his $1.1M estate to his daughter Liza. (I'll not change it myself as I have not researched it for accuracy.) ChgoLarry (talk) 18:44, 23 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]