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Trying to disambiguate Producer Did Mr Scott produce only films, or did he also produce stage productions? --rpyle731^talk 01:22, September 12, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wife beater?

Scott has been reported as having beaten both his wives and to have beaten Ava Gardner during their relationship so badly that her retina became detached.

Does anyone have something to substantiate this claim? Was Scott ever arrested for spousal abuse? Did Ava Gardner (or his two wives) ever make these claims in public? I think the sentence should be removed if no citable evidence comes forward. I know he's dead now, but slander is still slander. 207.6.31.119 11:04, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

You might want to take the rumor out of the Ava Gardner page also. pgc512 7 Feb 06

When Scott died, Liz Smith reported in her column that when ex-wife Colleen Dewhurst was once asked what Scott was like, she is said to have replied, "Actor. Boozer. Wife-beater. What else do you want to know?"

You can check the Amazon.com page for "Ava Gardner" by Lee Server. One of the customer reviews refers to Gardner being portrayed in this biography as the victim of "the criminal physical abuse of George C. Scott." In the Guardian Unlimited (UK), a review of Server's book states: "Her affair with George C Scott was characterised by booze and violence. He beat her up badly enough to put her in hospital while they were shooting The Bible." Http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1783735,00.html

I believe that Kitty Kelley's biography of Frank Sinatra reported that Gardner allegedly phoned former husband Sinatra, who is said to have remained in love with Ava for the rest of his life. Sinatra was so enraged that he wanted serious bodily harm inflicted on Scott. But Gardner is said to have begged Sinatra not to do anyting so drastic. So, supposedly, some bruisers were sent to break-and-enter Scott's apartment in London while he was out and slashed the clothes in his closet to shreds. The warning was relayed to Scott that if he ever touched Gardner again, the same thing would happen to him. Knowing that the warning came from "Frank," who could get to him even where he lived, Scott wisely decided to end his relationship with Gardner.

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[edit] Scott's Oscar and the Patton Museum

I added the comment from Scott's TV Guide interview about his Oscar, where he mentions that "As far as I know, it's at the Patton Museum at Fort Knox, because that's where I told the Academy to send it." I can't cite the author of the article, it was in the TV Guide issue in September 1986 the week that The Last Days of Patton aired. When I next visited the Patton Museum in the Summer of 1989 while attending the Armor Officer Advanced Course at Fort Knox, I asked the curator about Scott's Oscar and he informed me that since Scott had never put his instructions in writing, the Academy never delivered it, and the Museum never expected its delivery. Lyle F. Padilla, Major, Armor, US Army Reserve (retired), lpadilla@voicenet.com 207.103.47.66 05:34, 6 February 2007 (UTC)