A Cesspool

Add friend
Sign in to Goodreads to learn more about A Cesspool.

https://www.goodreads.com/office_icarus

Dick Smith: The G...
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
The Flight of the...
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
See all 19 books that A Cesspool is reading…
Loading...
Susan L. Mizruchi
“Brando had twelve children—only half of them his biological offspring—whom he supported and whose educations he financed. In some cases, he was deceived into believing that children were his by mothers seeking financial support, but he ended up caring for the children despite this. In others, he assumed financial responsibility for children he became fond of, whether those of assistants or even of ex-wives.”
Susan L. Mizruchi, Brando's Smile: His Life, Thought, and Work

“Brando friend and cinematographer, Conrad Hall, suggested another means of eradicating our rodent infestation: “You take a 50-gallon drum, remove the top, and bury it with some open coconuts in the bottom. Some rats will fall in, attracted by the food, and won’t be able to get out. To avoid starving, they will eat each other. More rats will fall in until all the rats on the island will have eaten each other except the last one, which will be bigger and stronger than all the others. Then, you just club the fucker to death.”
Marlon came back with a better idea: “You take that last fat rat and send him to Hollywood where he becomes the head of a studio. Then you club him to death.”
Bernard Judge, Waltzing With Brando: Planning a Paradise in Tahiti

“Brando’s longtime Brown, Kraft & Co. accountant, George Pakkala, had told me, in his kind way, Brando had spent over three-quarters of a million dollars on Tetiaroa, since taking over the resort project from my predecessor, Bernard Judge, with almost nothing to show for it.”
Roger C. Vergin, Brando: With His Guard Down

“When a plane departed the atoll after delivering construction supplies, its passengers were given lists of things we needed from town. On one occasion, my wife, Dora DeLarios, went to Papeete for the day. Marlon had given her a shopping list for food for the evening meal and the list included a bottle of rum. When Dora’s plane got back that evening, Marlon discovered that Dora had forgotten his rum and yelled at her. She got so fed up, she took a swing at him and knocked his hat off. I’d never seen Marlon with quite such an expression — surprise, anger, confusion, and amusement all at once. Dora was not to be reckoned with, and Marlon, who could have decked her, controlled himself.”
Bernard Judge, Waltzing With Brando: Planning a Paradise in Tahiti

David Talbot
“Former CIA agent and Watergate convict, Howard Hunt suggested several prominent CIA officials involved in the plot to assassinate JFK, including Richard Helms—the top agency’s top man.
The other CIA suspects Hunt named in his book were William Harvey and David Morales, a “cold-blooded assassin,” Hunt observed, who like his boss Harvey, was “possibly completely amoral.” While vigorously proclaiming his own innocence, Hunt speculated that Harvey—“a strange character hiding a mass of hidden aggression”—might have played the lead role in organizing the assassination, hiring Mafia sharpshooters “to administer the magic bullet” in Dallas. Hunt even went so far as to raise the possibility that Harvey was acting on orders from Vice President, Lyndon Johnson.”
David Talbot, Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years

220 Goodreads Librarians Group — 317187 members — last activity 0 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more
year in books
Beamish13
11,301 books | 152 friends

Jeff Ryan
427 books | 426 friends

Geraldi...
760 books | 5,000 friends


John Carpenter, The Prince of Darkness by Gilles Boulenger
John Carpenter Criticism
22 books — 5 voters
The Fatty Arbuckle Case by Leo Guild
Books ABOUT Movies
845 books — 277 voters

More…

Favorite Genres



Polls voted on by A Cesspool

Lists liked by A Cesspool