Sybil's "HOLLYWOOD FACT OR FICTION??"......

....SYBIL'S "Hollywood Fact or Fiction!"........ yes, Facebook friends, the true story may finally be coming to light! Shortly after his sensational debut in THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951), handsome leading man Gort Bronkelmann was accused of being a closet Communist among the Beverly Hills “lefties”. Savaged in the tabloids by the likes of Louella Parsons, Hedda Hopperst and Walter Winchell, he went from being the "Silver Fox of the Saucer Set" to "Blinky the Pinko", a target for ridicule in comic strips, bathroom stalls, and Bosco commercials..... Ashamed and broke, Gort fled the scene for nearly twenty years, reportedly living hand-to-mouth by flipping enchiladas in Tico-Tico, Mexico and bagging groceries in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. He secretly studied "method-acting" through the Lee Strasberg "You-Can-Act-In-Your-Pajamas" correspondence course that was listed on the back cover of a Wonder Woman comic book he saw at a barber shop. He disguised himself and returned to Hollywood as a "newcomer", befriending the former star and now down-and-out Joan Crawford as her shopping pal and eventually her personal assistant. She later cast him as TROG (1970) where his disguise completely fooled his former enemies. He became a much beloved spokesman for the Pepsi-Cola company. Having a life-long need for salty snacks, Gort was instrumental in the corporate purchase of the Frito-Lay empire boosting sales of both product lines. Shortly before Crawford's death, Gort/Trog revealed his true identity by tearing off his floor-length fake-fur/bathmat jumpsuit at a shopping mall grand opening! The same old polished steel profile sparkled again in the sun before the cheering crowd and the flashing cameras! Crawford, dazzled and conspicuously aroused, begged him to marry her, which he did in a private ceremony in Sepulveda for just a few friends and the urn containing the ashes of LB Mayer. Gort gave her a few more years of joy, and finally, peace.....something they had both longed for in their very different lives.....she the classic film icon who bridged the wide span from silent films to Rod Serling surrealism, and he, Gort Bronkelmann, the heir to the failed Bronkelmann's Ladies Notions empire who bridged the wide span from enchiladas to death rays and made it out alive! G-O-R-T........ T-R-O-G.... just a coincidence? You decide.... (Postscript: Yes, Gort was Jewish…..Sadly, even at his birth, his bris had been BRUTAL!!! It took four hours and an acetylene torch! ...and the nice Mohel accidentally set fire to a beautifully embroidered chuppa for the Finkelbeiner wedding later that afternoon.)

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