Hollywood on the Couch: A Candid Look at the Overheated Love Affair Between Psychiatrists and Moviemakers

360 Pages·1993·50.557 MB·English

by  Stephen Farber, Marc Green

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Psychoanalysis radically transformed
twentieth-century culture, but no-
where has the Freudian science been
embraced with such giddy fervoras in
the movie mecca. In this wry penetrat-
ing book, veteran reporters Stephen
Farber and Marc Green take a hard
look at the mutual infatuation between
moviemakers and psychiatrists.
Here is the story of the intimate
relationship between Marilyn Monroe
and Dr. Ralph Greenson, the flamboy-
ant analyst who tried to "adopt" her
into his own family. And Martin Grot-
jahn, the psychiatrist who examined
Vivien Leigh, has spoken candidly to
the authors about Leigh and her hus-
band, LaurenceOlivier—aswell as his
other Star analvsands Warren Beattv
and Damn Ka\e. Dr. Judd Marmor.
who treated mogul embezzler David
Begelman, defends his own contro-
versial involvement in studio polities
during the brouhaha.
Lai her and (liven untie the man\
bizarre entanglements between emi-
nent psychoanalysts and their celeb-
rity patients, starting with Ma\
Romm. the colorful "Queen ofCouch
Canyon," who parlayed her role as
David O. Selznick's personal analyst
into a plum assignment as his ad\ iser
on Spellbound. The) chronicle, r *V»
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Library ot Congress Cataloging-in-PublicationData
Farber, Stephen.
Hollywood on the couch a candid look at the overheated love
:
affair between psychiatrists and moviemakers / Stephen Farberand
Marc Green.
p. cm.
ISBN0-87795-998-6
l Psychoanalysisand motion pictures. 2. Motionpictureactors
andactresses California LosAngeles Mental Health.
J Psychotherapists California—LosAngeles- Professionalethics
I (.iron. Marc, icmi . ii. Title.
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In memory ofmy mother, Zelda Hantman Farber
—S.F.
For Ellen, Alec, and Matthew
—M.G.