Henry Fonda was a bad father

The pride of American cinema, Hollywood’s iconic figure, is Henry Fonda. He was a brilliant actor, but at the same time a wailing man, while he was successful on the canvas, he failed in his private life. The legendary actor was born 120 years ago.

Henry Fonda from the Dutch settlement family had special features. « He united Clark Gable’s ironic charm, Gary Cooper’s freedom, Spencer Tracy’s steadfast, and James Stewart’s immediacy. In the eyes of many, he embodied the American idea, » Newsweek wrote in 1982. At the same time, the rumors had a scandal figure. His five marriages, the suicide of his second wife, his many women, and his conflict with his children-Jane and Peter, provided a constant theme for Zugfirk. Then who was he really? Is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a Hollywood, who had a bake in the light of the dream city during the day, but did a life -giving lifestyle at night and fried life with a big spoon? Fonda’s tragedy is that while he has achieved everything as an actor, what an actor could achieve in the dream city-an Oscar and even oeuvre Oscar-he lived with serious problems as a private person and a father.

He was not made for an actor, only at the age of twenty to persuade Marlon Brando’s mother at one of the amateur actors. Three years later, he worked with a group founded by young talents, including several actors who later took a lot in Hollywood like James Stewart and Margaret Sullivan, who later became his first wife. By the early thirties, Fonda had already conquered Broadway, which was directly noticed by filmmakers.

Henry Fonda appeared as a comet in Hollywood. His openness, sympathetic sincerity, and natural play made it ideal for the American idea. The characters he forms are infinitely humane, the inexorable warriors of truth and freedom, poverty and tyranny. His great character depicting ability has already baked his first films, establishing his career and reputation with cinemas like we live only once, the young man and the fruit ripens. The latter began with Fonda’s collaboration with one of the biggest directors, John Ford, which is marked by cinemas like Apacs Fortress and Clementina dear.

The western has always been close to Fonda’s heart, welcoming it to the saddle. He played Jesse James, the idol of the people, the strange case, who questioned the legitimacy of self -righteousness, and played in the film, as a summary of the genre, The Wild West Heroes. For us, however, the most memorable one was once a wild west in which Sergio Leone made an unscrupulous band from a good man. But there is almost no genre in which he has not made lasting. He was the Pierre Bezuhov of the War and Peace, the 8th jury of the twelve angry people, the 50 hours of death. His memory is preserved by the film.

The private person

Following his Pumpkin marriage, Henry Fonda had a family life when he married Frances Seymou in 1935. They had two children, Jane and Peter, who later entered the acting career. The marriage came to an end in 1950 when Frances, who was under psychiatric treatment, committed suicide. His death was only oil on the fire, further worsening his anyway with his children. No wonder they left home as soon as they could. As a father, Henry Fonda went bankrupt, and the excellent actor was unable to find a common voice with his children. In addition, he devoured the women, until in 1965 he had a fifth marriage with Shirley Adams Stewardes and photo model, with whom he eventually stayed with him until his death.

He had already taken the lead role of Jane’s daughter, Jane’s daughter, was seriously ill. In this, he plays a bitter, hard old man, who, at the twilight of his life, realizes the lack of childish love and is reconciled with his daughter. Perhaps Fonda solved the most difficult task of his career, because he actually had to play himself. But he had the result, finally reconciled with his children after nearly forty years of debate, anger, and alienation. Crown was the Oscar, the best male protagonist.