Based on author Herbie J Pilato s exclusive
interviews with Elizabeth Montgomery prior to her death
in 1995, Twitch Upon A Star includes
never-before-published material and commentary from
several individuals associated with her remarkable life
and career before, during, and after Bewitched,
including her classic feature films The Court Martial of
Billy Mitchell (1955), Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed?
(1963), and Johnny Cool (1963). Two of Montgomery s many
popular TV movies, A Case of Rape (which remains one of
the highest-rated TV-movies of all time) and The Legend
of Lizzie Borden (which will soon be remade as a feature
film), were groundbreaking and remain classics. But
Twitch Upon a Star also goes behind the scenes to
explore Montgomery s political activism, including her
early advocacy for AIDS sufferers and the peace
movement; her support for all minorities, including the
gay community and the disabled; and her controversial
participation as narrator of the1988 feature film
documentary Cover-Up, and its 1991 Oscar-winning sequel,
The Panama Deception (both of which chronicled the
Iran/Contra scandal of the l980s). The book also
explores Montgomery's tumultuous relationships with her
father, screen legend Robert Montgomery (she was a
liberal; he was a staunch conservative), and her four
husbands (including actor Gig Young, who later died in a
double murder/suicide). Through it all and to family and
friends such as fellow performers Sally Kemp, Florence
Henderson, Ronny Cox, and the Oscar-winning actor Cliff
Robertson she was just Lizzie: down-to-earth and
unaffected, just like Samantha, the
''witch-with-a-twitch'' Stephens, her most famous
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