Natalie Wood's biographical cover
Hollywood called the event "the curse of Rebel without a Cause" (1955): Natalie Wood (1938-1981) in this classic 1950s teenage filmed by James Dean James Dean (1931-1955) and Sal Mineo Sal Mineo (1939-1976) He died at a young age – the former in a car accident and the latter in murder. On November 29, 1981, Natalie Wood fell from her yacht and drowned after getting drunk. However, 30 years later, in November 2011, due to new developments in the case, the police announced that the investigation would be reopened.
Stills from the film Miracle on 34th Street (1947), starring natalie Wood, starring child actress Natalie Wood
Fans of black-and-white films will remember the film "Miracle on 34th Street" (1947), which premiered in 1947 and starred young Natalie Wood, in which the child star who conquered countless audiences with tears, words, demeanor and innocent countenance made a total of 67 films in her lifetime. Elia Kazan's Splendor in the Grass (1961), Robert Mulligan's Love with the Proper Stranger (1963), and west side story (1961) The role of Maria became the dream lover of countless teenagers. At a party hosted by her husband, Robert Wagner, on her yacht, the Splendour, Natalie Wood drowned from deck and drowned at the age of 43 after falling from deck.
Natalie Wood and James Dean starred in Rebel Without a Cause (1955), a film that stills from hollywood magazine that year
Entanglement with Warren Beatty
Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner co-starred in the popular TV series The Harts Season 1 (1979), in which they married in 1957 and divorced five years later. The reason for the divorce was natalie Wood's involvement with Hollywood playboy Warren Beatty on the crew of "Where is The End of the World?"
In 1961, Warren Beatty starred with Natalie Wood in the classic film Where There Is No Herb, when Warren Beatty had his fiancée Joan Collins, Natalie Wood had a husband, Robert Wagner, and the two men, unsurprisingly, had a fiery relationship on set. Natalie Wood rented a house on Bel Air Hill, Warren Beatty moved in with Natalie Wood after being chased away by his disheveled fiancée Joan Collins, the media rumors about the two were raging for almost a year, and in 1962 Natalie Wood finally divorced, but Natalie Wood always insisted that the breakdown of the marriage was the key to the breakdown of the marriage due to Robert Wagner's addiction to golf, and then Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner started their own families. And there are children. In 1972, the two held hands again, and the wedding took place on the "Splendor" named after the film that led to their breakup.
Stills from the movie Splendor in the Grass (1961), warren Beatty, right
The pressure of public opinion at the time and Natalie Wood herself forced Warren Beatty into a dilemma of "having to marry Natalie Wood", and marriage was something that could not be imagined for the well-known Hollywood female killer, and after the two lived together, Warren Beatty treated Natalie Wood very badly, often calling women to his room in the middle of the night to have fun, the most excessive was once when they went out to eat, halfway Warren Beatty excused himself to go to the bathroom, Natalie Wood could not wait for him to return, Only to find that he had kidnapped a waitress and eloped with her through the back door of the restaurant, leaving without even closing the bill, Natalie Wood squeezed a big smile at the crowd and forced herself to remain calm. The gossip the next day was so full of gossip that Warren Beatty had abandoned a world superstar for an unknown slut was a huge blow to Natalie Wood's dignity, and she couldn't forgive Warren Beatty for what she had done and wanted him to drown in the water. Warren Beatty's various bad deeds have plunged the already sensitive Natalie Wood into depression and collapse, a capricious and torturous relationship that lasted for two years, and Natalie Wood finally made a decision to get rid of the man when she once dropped Warren Beatty on a plane.
News stories of Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty on the cover of Photoplay magazine in the United States
Before the tragedy, Natalie Wood and Hollywood actor Christopher Walken were filming MGM's Brainstorm (1983), and the two were said to be fighting fiercely. Even in this case, it was puzzling that she had invited Christopher Walken to the yacht for Thanksgiving weekend. Natalie Wood was suspected of deliberately provoking her husband, a "sweet but boring guy" whom she once described, and Robert Wagner later admitted in his autobiography that he believed his wife was emotionally unfaithful to him. Robert Wagner is mild-mannered on the surface, but in fact very bloody. In his autobiography, he confessed that when his wife cheated on Warren Beatty, he had secretly followed Warren Beatty with a pistol and once wanted to kill him.
Brainstorm (1983) on the set of the film Brainstorm (1983), from left to right: Christopher Walken Natalie Wood and director Douglas Trumbull
【Suspicious autopsy report】
After the news of Natalie Wood's death, columnists and entertainment journalists in newspapers around the world volunteered to play Agatha's "armchair detective" and boldly speculate on the story behind death. People have questioned whether the invited guest of the night, the big star Christopher Walken, who had previously had a heated argument with Robert Wagner, was related to the death of the hostess. Did the two big men go in time to find Natalie Wood after she disappeared?
A report by the forensic office at the time determined that Natalie Wood's death was purely accidental. Los Angeles County's chief forensic coroner, Thomas T. Noguchi— who had performed an autopsy for Marilyn Monlyn Monroe (1926-1962), Robert Kennedy, and Roman Polanski, who had died his wife, Sharon Terant Sharon Tate, known as the "Star Coroner," concluded that Natalie Wood had consumed alcohol heavily at the last minutes of her life. She tried to pull on an inflatable boat by the yacht when she accidentally fell into the water.
Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner (right) Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer (center) and Elizabeth Taylor Elizabeth Taylor Elizabeth Taylor (left) dance at a private banquet
Noguchi said the inflatable boat was not tied to the yacht and that she had a scar on her face that could be inferred to have been caused by either hitting the yacht or hitting the inflatable boat when she fell. She couldn't call for help because she choked on water as soon as she fell. However, in March 1982, Noguchi was suspended without pay for complaining about "deliberately rendering and deleting content" in Natalie Wood Wood's autopsy report and the autopsy report of another big star, William Holden, and left his position as a 15-year Los Angeles county chief forensic coroner.
For decades, conspiracy theorists have been skeptical of this outcome, painstakingly trying to restore the truth of that night. 30 years later, in November 2011, the Los Angeles Police Department announced that the case was reopened.
Natalie Wood with Elvis Presley (right) of Elvis Presley ( right) of Elvis Presley
[The testimony that was swayed does not match the facts]
The key figure in why the police will reopen the investigation into Natalie Wood's death is the yacht's captain, Dennis Dennis Davern, who said in an interview with NBC's "Tonight Show" that he believes Robert Wagner is responsible for the death of his dead wife. Dennis Devon confessed that he had lied about what had happened on the ship that night, but now he has come back and presented the police with enough evidence to make them investigate the incident as a murder.
In November 2010, Dennis Devon and author Martie Rulli co-authored "Goodbye Natalie Wood, Goodbye Colorful Life Goodbye Natalie, Goodbye Staple" was published. In the book, he recalls a conversation between Robert Wagner and Christopher Walken, when the former saw his wife and the latter talking, became furious, smashed a bottle of wine, and shouted: "What do you want to do?" On my wife? Is that what you want? After Christopher Walken left, the couple quarreled from the bedroom to the stern, and he did not want to hear them quarrel, so he turned on the radio in the cockpit, during which he vaguely heard Robert Robert Wagner say, "Get off my ship," and then the two fell silent.
Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner were handsome in their youth
After a while, Robert Wagner came to the cockpit to look for him and said Natalie Wood was missing. He couldn't find her on the boat, but found the inflatable boat missing. Dennis Devon pointed out that natalie Wood was already certain that the People were missing, but Robert Wagner initially refused to let him inform the Coast Guard. "Robert Wagner told me sternly, 'Don't do that, let's wait and see if she comes back on her own.'" He said that finding someone to help him at this time would cause unnecessary negative effects on his image. The night after the body was found, Dennis Devine was invited to Robert Wagner's home in Beverly Hills, where Robert Wagner told him that the lawyer would write that part of his confession and that he himself would not have to say anything. Dennis Devon had to do so, and the testimony that was finally handed over to the police in his name was completely untrue.
After 30 years, Dennis Devon has come back to the truth, some believing that what he said is true, but others speculating that he is trying to sell the book published last year.
Natalie Wood and Robert Vaughn at the dinner
[Husband Robert Wagner's words are both frightening and confused]
After the police reopened an investigation into Natalie Wood's death, Robert Wagner, 81, said he was just like ordinary people, but only got relevant information from the media. Robert Wagner wrote in his 2008 autobiography, Fragments of My Heart, in which he felt deep remorse for his wife's death.
He said he had an argument with Christopher Walken that night, and Christopher Walken felt that Natalie Wood should put her career first and should not prioritize her husband and children. "Christopher Walken started talking about his theory of 'giving everything for the cause,' and he felt that career was more important than personal life, and he obviously felt that Natalie Wood should do the same. So I got angry, 'What does her career have to do with you?' I said, 'She doesn't need you to point fingers.' As the argument intensified, Natalie Wood went to sleep. Afterwards he continued to argue with Christopher Walken and almost got his hands dirty, but it was the sea breeze that calmed them down. Then the two stopped arguing and said goodnight to each other. Christopher Walken went first, and Robert Wagner stayed on the deck for a moment before returning to the bedroom to find his wife absent.
Natalie Wood and husband Robert Wagner prepare for their honeymoon at Pennsylvania Station
He said he noticed that the inflatable boat was missing, but if she had driven away, he would have heard the motor as usual. So they called the Coast Guard and asked if they had seen her. "I was both scared and confused, and the Coast Guard began a search and rescue after receiving the report, and also sent helicopters to search for the ocean. Hour after hour passed, and nothing was found. Robert Wagner also writes in the book: "Have I ever blamed myself? If I had been there, I would have done something. But I wasn't there. I didn't see her. ”
TMZ, an entertainment news site that specializes in digging up insider information, came up with the news that the Los Angeles police decided to reopen the investigation because of that book and found an important witness, Marilyn Wayne, according to Marilyn Wayne' instructions. She and her boyfriend were on a yacht, right on the nearby sea, and she said she heard Natalie Wood's cries for help at 11 p.m., when she and her boyfriend were already asleep, but the cabin window was open and the woman's repeated cries for help were heard: "Help, I'm going to drown!" As a result, she became the only witness in the case who had "heard", but the police officer in charge of the investigation did not pay much attention to her testimony.
Location of the film "This Property Is Condemned" (1966), from left to right: Director Sidney Pollack Robert Redford Natalie Wood Charles Bronson (top right)
Marilyn Wayne said they called the Coast Guard, but no one answered the phone, called the local police station, who said they would send helicopters over, but didn't come. She said that when she heard the woman crying for help, a man's voice came from the other direction, saying" "Don't worry, we'll come and save you", but the tone was not panicked. Three days later, Marilyn Wayne also received a threatening letter in her mailbox, "If you're going to die, don't talk too much." It took 30 years, and it wasn't until this reopening that the police contacted her and gave her a written certificate.
Another witness also came forward, that is, Roger Smith, the captain of the lifeboat that rushed to the vicinity of the Splendor after the incident, said in his testimony to the police that year that he asked Robert Wagner as soon as he boarded the ship why he did not call the police in time to find his missing wife. Robert Wagner replied, "We thought she was going to fool around in someone else's boat, because she was that kind of person." Despite this, the police did not consider Robert Wagner a suspect at the time.
Natalie Wood with Paul Newman and Paul Newman
Another party to the case, Christopher Walken, 68, has been tight-lipped about the reopening. The latest findings are that Captain Dennis Devon has passed a lie detector test, which proves that his statements that he was threatened with perjury were true.
【Her colorful life has been receiving psychological treatment all year round】
Natalie Wood was born into a Russian immigrant family in the United States, and her child star experience led to an unfortunate life, she could have developed better like Elizabeth Taylor Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011), who debuted as a child star, but her life was controlled like Judy Garland (1922-1969), who had been subjected to psychotherapy for many years.
Natalie Wood and Grace Kelly received one of the trophies he received in place of James Dean James Dean, who died unexpectedly
Natalie Wood's relationship has never been smooth, and the list of boyfriends includes Elvis Presley, elvis Presley, in addition to Warren Beatty, who has also experienced three marriages. Natalie Wood's first major role as an adult was in Rebellion without Cause with James Dean, after which she often played roles with rich emotional twists and turns, and she also excelled at light-hearted and humorous comedy roles.
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1980), the year before her death, "The Last Married Couple in America" (1980), was a success on the big screen.
While Natalie Wood is undoubtedly Hollywood's shining star and the face of Hollywood's "young girls" and "pretty sweethearts," and only after that did stars like Winona Ryder, Julia Roberts Roberts Kate Hudson, like Marilyn Monroe, often questioned about her acting skills.
Natalie Wood's life photo taken by natalie Wood as a young man
"Harvard University Satirical Pictorial Lampoon" once named the worst screen performance of the year as the "Natalie Wood Award", the first one was awarded to her, she unexpectedly went to collect the award in person, and also made a touching speech that was not inferior to the Oscar acceptance speech.
However, I believe that the big directors who have worked with her, including John Ford, Ilia Kazan, Robert Wise, and others, will certainly not question her acting skills. Ilya Kazan once said, "She looks like she has magic, she is the embodiment of magic herself." For this star whose beauty has not passed with the passage of time, but whose acting skills are becoming more and more pure, such praise is not exaggerated.
Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner, a handsome woman who swept Hollywood, took a group photo when they first got married in 1957