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Nikolai Rubtsov (1936–1971) - an outstanding lyrical Russian poet, for his short life managed to publish only four collections of poetry. He was born on January 3, 1936 in the Arkhangelsk region. When the war began, his family moved to Vologda, and his father was soon taken to the front. However, a few months later, Rubtsov Sr.’s wife unexpectedly died, and the children were left alone. So little Nikolai and his brother Boris were sent to an orphanage in the small northern town of Totma. When the war finally ended, the boys hoped that their father would return and take them home. But he never arrived. He chose to get married, start a new family, and forget about the children from his first wife forever. Vulnerable, touchy and too soft, Nikolai Rubtsov could not forgive such a betrayal to his father. He closed himself off even more and began writing down his first poems in a small notebook. Since then, he has not stopped composing, becoming seriously interested in poetry.
In the summer of 1950, when seven years of school were completed, Nikolai entered the forestry technical school, and two years later he went to Arkhangelsk, where more than a year worked on the ship as an assistant fireman. Then the future poet served in the army and moved to Leningrad. By 1962, he published his first collection of poems, got married, and entered the Moscow Literary Institute. It seemed that certainty had appeared in life, a little daughter was growing up in the family, as the poet Rubtsov became famous among Moscow writers and was considered a rather talented young man. However, due to his addiction to alcohol and drunken brawls, he was expelled from the institute and reinstated several times. Nevertheless, he did not stop drinking.
One of the richest people on earth, Greek multimillionaire Aristotle Onassis was born on January 15, 1906. He grew up independent, self-confident and courageous, and with early years Ari, as his relatives called him, had big interest to persons of the opposite sex. So, when he was barely thirteen years old, he first experienced female caresses. His teacher, who became his first lover and was remembered by Onassis for the rest of his life, volunteered to teach the boy the wisdom of love. However, his greatest love was yet to come.
In the meantime, Aristotle was obsessed with a single idea - to achieve success in business and make a huge fortune. After coming of age, in search of better life, he emigrated to Argentina and got a job as a telephone technician, but in his free time he was engaged in business. Thanks to numerous transactions, by the age of thirty-two, Onassis already had several hundred thousand dollars. He made a fortune trading oil, but did not want to stop there.
An outstanding poet, almost a Nobel Prize winner, which was given to Boris Pasternak for the novel “Doctor Zhivago,” he owed much to the woman who entered his life so quickly and suddenly, to remain there until his last days, and after the death of his beloved to experience painful difficulties and deprivations .
Boris Leonidovich Pasternak was born in Moscow on January 29 (February 10), 1890 in the family of an artist and pianist. Famous people gathered in their house: artists, musicians, writers, and from childhood Boris was familiar with the most famous people of art in Russia. He himself played music well and drew. At the age of eighteen, Pasternak entered the Faculty of Law of the Moscow Imperial University, and a year later he was transferred to the Faculty of History and Philology. The young man wished to become a philosopher. A few years later, with money raised by his caring mother, the young man went to Germany to listen to lectures from the famous German philosopher. But there, completely disillusioned with this science, he went to Italy with the remaining money, and the aspiring poet returned to Moscow with a persistent desire to devote himself to literature and poetry. His search for himself has since been completed.
The famous Soviet poetess Veronika Mikhailovna Tushnova (1915–1965) was born in Kazan in the family of a professor of medicine, biologist Mikhail Tushnov. Her mother, Alexandra Tushnova, née Postnikova, was much younger than her husband, which is why everything in the house was subject only to his wishes. The strict professor Tushnov, who came home late, worked a lot, rarely saw the children, which is why his daughter was afraid of him and tried to avoid him, hiding in the nursery.
Little Veronica was always thoughtful and serious, she loved to be alone and copy poems into notebooks, of which there were several dozen by the end of school.
Passionately in love with poetry, the girl was forced to submit to the will of her father and enter the medical institute in Leningrad, where the Tushnov family had recently moved. In 1935, Veronica completed her studies and went to work as a laboratory assistant at the Institute of Experimental Medicine in Moscow, and three years later she married Yuri Rozinsky, a psychiatrist. (The details of life with Rozinsky are unknown, since Tushnova’s relatives prefer to remain silent about this, and the poetess’s family archive still remains unpublished.)
Edith Giovanna Gassion was born right on the street. Her mother, an acrobat in a traveling circus, gave birth on the outskirts of Paris before she could reach the hospital. It happened on a cold December morning in 1915. Soon the girl’s father, Louis Gassion, was taken to the front, and the flighty mother, not wanting to take care of her daughter, sent her to the house of her alcoholic parents. They had their own ideas about raising their granddaughter: they kept the girl in the dirt and taught her to drink wine; they sincerely believed that in this way the child would gain strength and be accustomed to all the difficulties of a future wandering life.
When the father came to visit Edith for a few days, the dirty, skinny, ragged girl made such a terrifying impression on him that he immediately took the child and took him to his mother. The owner of the brothel washed the baby, fed her and dressed her in a clean dress. Surrounded by prostitutes who very warmly and carefully received the four-year-old girl, Edith became happy. However, less than a month had passed when others began to notice that the girl could not see. Time passed, she turned seven years old, and she still could not even distinguish a bright light. The girls from the brothel, deciding that only divine powers could help “little Edith,” went to prayer. With God's help or not, a miracle happened: a week later, on August 25, 1921, the girl regained her sight.
Beautiful, independent, always carrying herself with dignity, actress Tatyana Okunevskaya (1914–2002) won the hearts of Soviet men - from ordinary workers to influential and famous officials. Viewers remembered her as a carefree and cheerful actress. But who knew its heavy, almost tragic life, he understood how difficult it was for her to have cheerfulness and the charming smile that never left her face.
Tatyana Kirillovna Okunevskaya was born on March 3, 1914 in Moscow. In third grade future actress kicked out of school because of his father, who supported the White Guards during the Civil War. The girl was transferred to another school, where she managed to gain respect and remain a constant leader among her classmates for seven years. She defended justice so much that one day, after an argument with the boys, she was thrown out of the second floor of the school, but, fortunately, she escaped with only minor bruises.
Valentina Serova, one of the brightest stars of Soviet cinema, an open and sincere beauty, was the muse and the strongest and most reverent love of the no less famous Konstantin Simonov.
Before they met, Simonov was married twice: to Ada Tipot and Evgenia Laskina, who gave him a son. Serova, having lived only a year with her husband, remained a widow with a child who had not yet been born. Her young husband, pilot Anatoly Serov, died while on duty shortly before Serova met with Konstantin Simonov.
The actress could not forget her first husband. Having survived the war, an affair with Simonov, raising a daughter, she invariably every year, on the morning of May 11, came to the Kremlin wall, where the ashes of the Hero rest. Soviet Union Anatoly Serov. And as fate would have it, that fateful day, many years later, would become the happiest day of her life: Serova gave birth to a daughter...
Albert Einstein's beloved woman, with whom few knew about the affair, was a Soviet citizen. For a long time, their relationship was hidden by both the American side and domestic competent authorities. And only at the end of the 20th century the love story of Margarita Konenkova and the great scientist became known to the general public, not only through some leaked information from former secret agents, but also through personal archive Konenkov, which was made public and put up for auction at Sotheby's in the late 1980s.
Materials about Konenkova’s stay in America have not yet been declassified, and perhaps we will never know much. What she and her husband actually did in the United States remains unclear at this time. Whether Margarita really went there to accompany her husband, a sculptor, or was she carrying out a secret mission from the Soviet side, she was obliged to obtain information on the Americans’ development of an atomic bomb.
Henri Matisse, an artist of “light and happiness” who looked at the world through the prism of joy and beauty, once wrote: “I strive for art full of balance and purity... I want the tired, torn, exhausted person in front of my painting to taste peace and rest." He admitted that he found joy in everything: in the trees, in the sky, in flowers. This was all Matisse - the famous French artist who knew how to find the extraordinary in the ordinary, look for light in the darkness and notice love in an indifferent, callous world. “He has the sun in his blood,” Pablo Picasso once said about the artist.
Henri Matisse was born on December 31, 1869 into a poor family. His mother was a seamstress and worked at home, so colorful ribbons, scraps of fabric, bows and ladies' hats were scattered throughout the rooms. This colorful setting, filled with a variety of colors, was largely reflected in his bright, joyful paintings many years later. Henri grew up as a serious and purposeful boy. However, at the age of twenty, while practicing law and dreaming of becoming a lawyer, he suddenly became interested in painting. Having moved to Paris and entered the School of Fine Arts, Matisse began his studies, completely devoting himself to art.
Fred Astaire (1899–1987) (real name Frederic Austerlitz), one of the most famous dancers of the past century, was born in America, in Nebraska, on May 10, 1899. His father was from Austria, respected the art of dance and sent his children to dance school from an early age. When they grew up, Fred and his sister Adele decided to form a dance couple and have performed together everywhere since then. They were immediately noticed and began to be invited not only to the famous dance floors of America, but also of Europe, and since 1915, brother and sister took part in musical comedies. In total they participated in fifteen dance shows. In 1923, they were to perform on Broadway, where the audience greeted the Astaires with delight. At the same time, they paid more attention to Fred than to the thin, graceful Adele. Temperamental, elegant, with a special sense of rhythm, the young man amazed with his talent.
The success of the Astaire dance couple was enormous. Ahead of them were tours around the world, participation in the most popular shows and colossal fees for those times. Unexpectedly, Adele got married and, having lost her head in love, left the stage. Fred was left alone. After breaking up with his sister, he decided to go for a screen test, which only brought him disappointment. The verdict was terrifying: “He can’t play. She dances a little." The thin, awkward young man seemed ridiculous to the director of the film studio, and his hands with thin, overly long fingers seemed completely unnatural. Fred Astaire left the film studio confused. Ten happy years, which flew by while working with my beloved sister, passed unnoticed. Fred was turning thirty-three years old, and a suitable partner, whom the dancer had been looking for for several months, still had not been found.
Ivan Alekseevich Bunin (1870–1953) was born at dawn on October 10 (22), 1870 in the small Russian city of Yelets. Under the morning crow of roosters and in the rays of the dawn sun. It was an unusual autumn morning, like an omen, which opened the door for the poet to a life full of glory, love, despair and loneliness. Life on the edge: happiness and bitterness, love and hatred, loyalty and betrayal, recognition during life and humiliating poverty at the end of the road. His muses were women who gave him delight, troubles, disappointments, and immeasurable love. And it was from them that the creator left into a world that was misunderstood by many, strange and lonely. Bunin once remarked in his diary after reading Maupassant: “He is the only one who dared to endlessly say that human life is entirely under the rule of a woman’s thirst.”
Four women were in the life of the great Russian writer, they left a huge mark on his soul, they tormented his heart, inspired him, awakened his talent and desire to create.
Incredible facts
Do you believe in true love? What about love at first sight? Do you believe that love can last forever? Perhaps the love stories below will help you strengthen your faith in this feeling or renew your faith in it. These are the most famous love stories, they are immortal.
1. Romeo and Juliet
These are probably the most famous lovers in the whole world. This couple has become synonymous with love itself. "Romeo and Juliet" is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The story of two teenagers from two warring families who fall in love at first sight, then get married, and later risk everything for their love. Willingness to give your life for your husband or wife is a sign of real feeling. Their premature departure brought the feuding families together.
2. Cleopatra and Mark Antony
The true love story of Mark Antony and Cleopatra is one of the most memorable and intriguing. The story of these two historical characters was subsequently recreated on the pages of William Shakespeare's work, and filmed by famous directors more than once. The relationship between Mark Antony and Cleopatra is a true test of love. They fell in love at first sight.
The relationship between these two influential people put Egypt in a very advantageous position. But their romance extremely outraged the Romans, who feared that as a result of it the influence of the Egyptians would significantly increase. Despite all the threats, Mark Antony and Cleopatra got married. It is said that while in battle against the Romans, Mark received false news of Cleopatra's death. Feeling empty, he committed suicide. When Cleopatra learned of Antony's death, she was shocked and then also committed suicide. Great love requires great sacrifices.
3. Lancelot and Guinevere
The tragic love story of Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere is probably one of the most famous of the Arthurian legends. Lancelot falls in love with Queen Guinevere, wife of King Arthur. Their love grew very slowly, since Guinevere did not let Lancelot close to her. In the end, however, passion and love overcame her, and they became lovers. One night, Sir Agravain and Sir Modred, King Arthur's nephew, who led a group of 12 knights, burst into the queen's room, where they found the lovers. Taken by surprise, they tried to escape, however, only Lancelot succeeded. The Queen was captured and sentenced to death for adultery. However, a few days later Lancelot returned to save his beloved. All this sad story divided the knights Round table into two groups, thereby weakening Arthur's kingdom significantly. As a result, poor Lancelot ended his days as a humble hermit, and Guinevere became a nun, and remained so for the rest of her life.
4. Tristan and Isolde
The tragic love story of Tristan and Isolde has been retold and rewritten numerous times. The action took place in the Middle Ages during the reign of King Arthur. Isolde was the daughter of the King of Ireland, and had just become engaged to King Mark of Cornwall. King Mark sent his nephew Tristan to Ireland to escort his bride Isolde to Cornwall. During the journey, Tristan and Isolde fall in love with each other. Isolde still marries Mark, but the love affair continues after her marriage. When Mark finally learned of the betrayal, he forgave Isolde, but exiled Tristan from Cornwall forever.
Tristan went to Brittany. There he met Isolde of Brittany. He was drawn to her because she looked like his true love. He married her, but the marriage did not turn out to be genuine because of his true love for another woman. After he fell ill, he sent for his beloved in the hope that she would come and be able to cure him. There was an agreement with the captain of the ship he sent that if she agreed to come, then the sails of the ship upon return would be white, if not, then black. Tristan's wife, seeing the white sails, told him that the sails were black. He died of grief before his love could reach him, and soon after Isolde also died of a broken heart.
5. Paris and Helen
Told in Homer's Iliad, the story of Helen of Troy and Trojan War is a Greek heroic legend that is half fiction. Helen of Troy is considered one of the most beautiful women in all of literature. She married Menelaus, king of Sparta. Paris, the son of King Priam of Troy, fell in love with Helen and kidnapped her, taking her to Troy. The Greeks gathered a huge army led by Menelaus' brother, Agamemnon, to bring Helen back. Troy was destroyed, Helen returned safely to Sparta, where she lived happily throughout her life with Menelaus.
6. Orpheus and Eurydice
The story of Orpheus and Eurydice is an ancient Greek myth about desperate love. Orpheus fell very much in love and married Eurydice, a beautiful nymph. They loved each other very much and were happy. Aristaeus, the Greek god of earth and agriculture, became infatuated with Eurydice and actively pursued her. Fleeing from Aristeas, Eurydice fell into a nest of snakes, one of which fatally bit her on the leg. The distraught Orpheus played such sad music and sang so sadly that all the nymphs and gods cried. On their advice, he went to the underworld, and his music softened the hearts of Hades and Persephone (he was the only person, who dared to take such a step), who agreed to the return of Eurydice to the earth, but on one condition: upon reaching the earth, Orpheus should not look back and look at her. Being extremely alarmed, the lover did not fulfill the conditions, turned around to look at Eurydice, and she disappeared a second time, now forever.
7. Napoleon and Josephine
Having married her for convenience at the age of 26, Napoleon clearly knew who he was taking as his wife. Josephine was older than him, a rich and prominent woman. However, over time, he fell deeply in love with her, and she with him, however, this did not stop both of them from cheating. But mutual respect kept them together, the passion that burned everything in its path did not fade and was genuine. However, in the end they separated because Josephine could not give him what he wanted so much - an heir. Unfortunately, their paths diverged, however, throughout their lives they kept love and passion for each other in their hearts.
8. Odysseus and Penelope
Few couples understand the essence of sacrifice in a relationship, however, this Greek couple understood it best. After they were separated, 20 long years passed before their reunion. Shortly after marrying Penelope, war required that Odysseus leave his new wife. Although she had little hope of his return, Penelope still resisted the 108 suitors who sought to replace her husband. Odysseus also loved his wife very much and refused the sorceress who offered him eternal love and eternal youth. Thus, he was able to return home to his wife and son. So believe Homer when he said that true love is worth the wait.
9. Paolo and Francesca
Paolo and Francesca are the heroes of Dante's famous masterpiece" The Divine Comedy". This real story: Francesca was married to a terrible man, Gianciotto Malatesta. However, his brother, Paolo, was the complete opposite, Francesca fell in love with him and they became lovers. The love between them became even stronger when (according to Dante) they read the story of Lancelot and Guinevere together. When their affair was discovered, Francesca's husband killed them both.
10. Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler
"Gone with the Wind" is one of the immortal literary works. Margaret Mitchell's famous creation is permeated with love and hate in the relationship between Scarlett and Rhett Butler. Proving that timing is everything, Scarlett and Rhett never seemed to stop "fighting" each other. Throughout this epic story, this violent, fickle passion and their tumultuous marriage unfolded against the backdrop of events civil war. Flirty, fickle and constantly pursued by fans, Scarlett cannot decide among the numerous contenders for her attention. When she finally decides to settle on Rhett, her fickle nature pushes him away from her. Hope finally dies when their romance is never rekindled, and Scarlett says at the end: “Tomorrow is a new day.”
11. Jane Eyre and Rochester
In Charlotte Brontë's famous novel, loneliness is cured by being alone and having each other's company. Jane is an orphan who takes a job as a governess in the house of the very rich Edward Rochester. The couple quickly became close, as Rochester had a rough appearance turned out to be a tender heart. However, he does not reveal his penchant for polygamy, and on their wedding day Jane discovers that he is already married. Heartbroken Jane escapes, but then returns after a fire destroys Rochester's house, killing his wife and leaving him blind. Love triumphs, lovers are reunited and live out their days in each other's company.
12. Leili and Majnun
Renowned classic of Persian poetry and one of the most famous poets of the medieval East, who complemented Persian epic poetry colloquial speech and realistic style, Nizami of Ganja became famous after he wrote his romantic poem “Leyli and Majnun”. Inspired by an Arabian legend, Layla and Majnun is a tragic tale of unattainable love. For many centuries it was told and retold, and the main characters were depicted on ceramics and written about in manuscripts. Leili and Kays fell in love while studying at school. Having noticed their love, they were forbidden to communicate and see each other. Qais then decides to go into the desert to live among animals. He often goes undernourished and becomes very emaciated. Due to his eccentric behavior, he becomes known as Majnun (madman). In the desert, he meets an elderly Bedouin who promises him to win back his Leili.
The plan fails, and Leili's father continues to refuse to let the lovers be together because of Majnun's insane behavior. Soon he marries her to someone else. After the death of Leili's husband, the old Bedouin facilitates her meeting with Majnun, however, they were never able to completely get on the same page and understand each other. After death they were buried next to each other. The story is often interpreted as an allegory of the soul's desire to connect with the divine.
13. Heloise and Abelard
This is the story of a monk and a nun whose love letters become world famous. Around 1100, Pierre Abelard went to Paris to study at the Notre Dame school. There he gained a reputation as an outstanding philosopher. Fulbert, a high-ranking official, hired Abelard as a tutor to his niece Heloise. Abelard and Heloise fell in love, conceived a child, and married secretly. However, Fulbert was furious, so Abelard hid Heloise in a safe place in the monastery. Believing that Abelard had decided to abandon Heloise, Fulbert had him castrated while he slept. Heartbroken, Eloise became a nun. Despite all the troubles and adversities, the couple continued to love each other. Their emotional love letters were published.
14. Pyramus and Thisbe
Very touching love story, which will not leave anyone indifferent who reads it. Their love was selfless, and they were sure that even in death they would be together. Pyramus was very handsome man and from childhood he was friends with Thisbe, a beautiful maiden from Babylonia. They lived in neighboring houses and fell in love with each other as they grew older. However, their parents were strongly against their marriage. One night, just before dawn, while everyone was sleeping, they decided to sneak out of the house and meet in a nearby field near a mulberry tree. Thisbe came first. While she was waiting under the tree, she saw a lion approaching the spring located near the tree to quench his thirst, his jaw covered in blood.
Seeing this terrifying sight, Thisbe rushed to run to hide in the depths of the forest from the lion, but on the way she dropped her scarf. The lion followed her and came across a handkerchief, which he decided to taste. At this time, Pyramus approached the place, and seeing a lion with bloody jaws and with the scarf of his beloved, he lost the meaning of life. At that moment he stabs himself with his own sword. Unaware of what had just happened, Thisbe continued to hide. After some time, she came out of hiding and discovered what Pyramus had done to himself. Realizing that she has nothing to live for, she takes her lover’s sword and also kills herself.
15. Elizabeth Bennet and Darcy
In fact, Jane Austen embodied two attributes human nature pride and prejudice in its heroes Darcy and Elizabeth. Darcy belongs to high society, he is a typical educated representative of the aristocracy. On the other hand, Elizabeth is the second daughter of a gentleman of very limited means. Mr. Bennett is the father of five daughters who were given the right to grow up as they wanted, who did not receive a school education and were not brought up by a governess.
Elizabeth's very indulgent mother and irresponsible father never thought about the future of their daughters, believing that it was self-evident that they would be fine. “Everything is fine” in the understanding of the girls’ mother meant marrying a rich and prosperous man. For a man of Mr. Darcy's social status, the shortcomings of Elizabeth's family were very serious, and absolutely unacceptable to his polished and refined mind. He falls in love with Elizabeth, but she turns him down, but later she realizes that she cannot love anyone but Darcy. The story of their unification and the birth of love is very interesting.
16. Salim and Anarkali
Every lover knows the story of Salim and Anarkali. The son of the great Mughal Emperor Akbar, Salim, fell in love with an ordinary but very beautiful courtesan Anarkali. He was captivated by her beauty, so it was love at first sight. However, the emperor could not come to terms with the fact that his son fell in love with a courtesan. He began to put pressure on Anarkali, using all sorts of tactics to make her fall in the eyes of the loving prince. When Salim found out about this, he declared war on his father. But he failed to defeat his father's gigantic army; Salim was defeated, captured and sentenced to death. At this moment, Anarkali intervenes and gives up her love in order to save her beloved from the clutches of death. She was buried alive in a brick wall in front of Salim.
17. Pocahontas and John Smith
This love story is a famous legend in American history. Pocahontas, Indian princess, was the daughter of Powhatan, who was the leader of the Powhatan Indian tribe, who lived in the territory of the modern state of Virginia. The princess first saw Europeans in May 1607. Among everyone, she paid attention to John Smith, she liked him. However, Smith was captured by members of her tribe and tortured. It was Pocahontas who saved him from being torn to pieces by the Indians; later the tribe accepted him as one of their own. This incident helped Smith and Pocahontas become friends. After this incident, the princess often visited Jamestown, conveying messages from her father.
John Smith, seriously injured after an accidental gunpowder explosion, returned to England. After another visit, she was told that Smith was dead. Some time later, Pocahontas was captured by Sir Samuel Argall, who hoped to use her as a link between him and her father so that the latter would free the English prisoners. During her captivity, she decides to become a Christian and, taking the name Rebecca, is baptized. A year later she married John Rolfe. Having gone to London after a certain time, she and her husband met his old friend John Smith, after 8 long years. This was their last meeting.
18. Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal
In 1612, teenage girl Arjumand Banu married 15-year-old Shah Jahan, ruler of the Mughal Empire. Then she changed her name to Mumtaz Mahal, bore Shah Jahan 14 children and became his beloved wife. After Mumtaz died in 1629, the grieving emperor decided to create a worthy monument in her honor. It took 20,000 workers, 1,000 elephants and almost 20 years of work to complete the construction of this monument - the Taj Mahal. Shah Jahan never completed the construction of a black marble mausoleum for himself. Overthrown by his own son, he was imprisoned in the Red Fort in Agra, where he spent lonely hours looking across the Yamuna River at the monument of his beloved. He was subsequently buried next to her at the Taj Mahal.
19. Marie and Pierre Curie
This is a story about partnership in love and science. Unable to continue her studies in Poland because universities did not accept women, Marie Skłodowska-Curie came to Paris in 1891 to attend the Sorbonne. Marie, as the French began to call her, spent every free moment in the library or laboratory. The hardworking student one day caught the eye of Pierre Curie, the director of one of the laboratories in which Maria worked. Pierre actively courted Maria and proposed to her several times to marry him. Finally, in 1895, they got married and began working together. In 1898, the couple discovered polonium and radium.
Curie and scientist Henri Becquerel received the Nobel Prize in 1903 for their discovery of radioactivity. When Pierre died in 1904, Marie promised herself to continue their work. She took his place at the Sorbonne, becoming the school's first female teacher. In 1911, she became the first person to win a second Nobel Prize, this time in chemistry. She continued to experiment and teach until her death from leukemia in 1934, driven by the memory of the man she loved.
20. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
This is the love story of an English queen who mourned her dead husband for 40 years. Victoria was a lively, cheerful girl who was interested in drawing and painting. She climbed up English throne in 1837 after the death of his uncle King William IV. In 1840 she married her cousin Prince Albert. Although Prince Albert was initially disliked in some circles for being German, he later came to be admired for his honesty, hard work and devotion to his family. The couple had 9 children, Victoria loved her husband very deeply. She often used his advice in state affairs, especially regarding diplomatic negotiations.
When Albert died in 1861, Victoria was devastated. She did not appear in public for three years. Her prolonged seclusion drew public criticism. There were several attempts on the queen's life. However, under the influence of Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, Victoria returned to public life, opening Parliament in 1866. However, she never stopped mourning her beloved husband, wearing black robes until her death in 1901. During her reign, which was the longest in English history, Britain became a world power on which “the sun never sets.”
Love can work miracles: create peace, start a war, change the course of history. On the eve of Valentine's Day, we decided to remember a few famous couples, whose love left a deep imprint on world history.
Mark Antony and Cleopatra
Novel Mark Antony And Cleopatra lasted 10 years. Initially, the Roman military leader wanted to accuse the queen of Egypt of complicity in the murder of Julius Caesar and demanded that she come to him for an answer. Cleopatra, in turn, appeared to Mark Antony in the guise of Aphrodite: the stern of her ship was gilded, the rowers had sparkling silver oars in their hands, and a trail of incense trailed behind the ship. The Roman was struck by the queen's beauty. Some historians are trying to find a political motive in this union. Mark Antony needed the help of the Egyptian army in his campaigns, and Cleopatra pursued her own interests. But be that as it may, the lovers had 3 children. And when the conspirators informed Mark Antony about the alleged death of the Egyptian queen, he committed suicide out of despair. Cleopatra, after some time, followed him. Although this love story had a tragic ending, it inspired many artists to create beautiful works and films dedicated to Mark Antony and Cleopatra.
John Adams and Abigail Smith
Second President of the United States of America John Adams and his wife Abigail Smith were second cousins. Naturally, they knew each other, but John Adams paid attention to the girl only when she turned 17 years old. The future president was struck not only by Abigail’s sweet appearance, but also by her extraordinary erudition. On the way to political Olympus, Abigail very often helped her husband, who, in turn, wrote her endless declarations of love in letters. More than 1000 messages have survived to today. The president's wife influenced the formation of that society no less than her husband. They lived in happy marriage about half a century.
Maria Sklodowska and Pierre Curie
“Union of love and science” - this is how one can characterize the relationship Maria Sklodowska And Pierre Curie. The future spouses met at the Sorbonne (it was there that Maria studied, since women were not allowed into other universities). The couple was raising their daughter together, as well as scientific discoveries. In 1903 they shared the Nobel Prize in Physics. After the tragic murder of her husband, Marie Skłodowska-Curie took his place at the Sorbonne and became the first female professor at the university. In 1911 she received a second Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter
Love story Richard Loving and dark-skinned Mildred Jeter full of sadness and indignation. They fell in love as teenagers. They had the misfortune of growing up in Virginia, which banned interracial marriage. In 1958, the star-crossed lovers married out of state in Washington, but when they returned home they were immediately taken into custody and sentenced to 1 year in prison and a 25-year ban from the state. At the trial, Richard Loving only said in his defense that he simply loved his wife, no matter what. This lawsuit went on to greatly promote equality between people of different skin colors in America.
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On the eve of Valentine's Day, we decided to remember the stories of the great novels of the 20th century - those that shocked the world and, to one degree or another, influenced modern society. The most touching and passionate, happy and unhappy novels of famous people, stories of mutual love and ostentatious prosperity, marriages of people equal in their greatness and the most famous misalliances.
Wallis Simpson - Edward VIII of England
The history of the most famous misalliance in modern history received incredible resonance because English monarch Edward VIII(1894-1972) became the first and only king in English history to voluntarily abdicate the throne. The reason was a passionate love for a twice-divorced American woman.It was not even a scandal - it seemed that the end of the world had come and the collapse of moral and ethical standards and foundations of secular society.
The heir to the world's main monarchy was 36 years old when he met Mrs. Wallis Simpson(1896-1986), née Warfield. The woman was married for the second time and lived in London with her husband, a wealthy entrepreneur. Ernest Simpson.
Fateful meeting happened in early November 1930, when the Simpsons were invited to a dinner party where the Prince of Wales was to be present. Legend has it that the English prince was enchanted at first sight, even though Wallis was not even a beauty. According to the stories of her contemporaries, she was an unremarkable person at first glance, but in her interactions she had an amazing charm.
Amazingly, the lovers did not hide their feelings, even despite Edward’s status and Family status Wallis. They appeared together on the streets, social events and in restaurants. The royal family did not even think that this shameful hobby would last long. But when it became clear that the affair was dragging on, attempts were made to hide the details of the prince's relationship from the public.
In January 1936, King George V of England died and Edward assumed the throne. At the same time, Wallis filed for divorce. About the legal union of Edward with an American woman The Royal Family, neither parliament wanted to hear. Edward was given a choice: either the throne or Wallis. His choice was clear: the price for love was the abdication of the English throne.
On December 10, 1936, Edward VIII made his famous speech to the people: “You all know the circumstances that forced me to abdicate the throne. But I want you to understand that in making this decision I have not forgotten my country and empire... But you must also believe that it is impossible for me to fulfill my duty as a king as I would like to, without help and support of the woman I love..."
The couple lived happily ever after, traveled, and wrote memoirs. Their family idyll lasted until 1972, when Edward died of cancer.
Vivien Leigh - Laurence Olivier
The most famous couple of British stage and film actors Vivien Leigh And Laurence Olivier challenged the Puritan England of the 30s when she stopped hiding her whirlwind romance. The difficulty of the situation was that both were married. The spouses did not give them a divorce, and the need to live in sin, deception and an atmosphere of universal condemnation forced Vivien Leigh give frank interview magazine "Times", where she honestly outlined the details of her personal drama. The public unexpectedly went to meet the public's favorites who were leaving for America - it was there that Vivien won her right to play Scarlett O'Hara in the film adaptation « Gone with the wind» .Vivien Leigh And Laurence Olivier were not just movie stars, but intellectual actors who received the status of great performers. Both shone in theater and cinema, and their love story unfolded on stage and in life - unlike most acting couples, they worked well together on camera and on stage. Thus, they played together in the film Fire Over England (1937) and the classic film version of Lady Hamilton (1941), where Lawrence played the role of Nelson and Vivien played Emma Hamilton. . In addition, they were united by a huge number of joint theatrical works. Their tandem was recognized in their homeland as the most outstanding theatrical duet. Lawrence was called “the king among actors,” and Vivien became national treasure after winning two Oscars for her roles as Scarlett in Gone with the Wind and Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire . Her international fame was gaining momentum. The image of the first world beauty and the main British actress, as well as a marriage that was called the happiest among acting unions - all this seemed like a dream come true for millions of viewers.
But there was no happy ending in this love story. The bright life of two wonderful actors was not so cloudless. As you know, Vivien was a woman of incredible inner strength, achieving what she wanted at any cost. All biographers vied with each other to tell how she twice made fateful promises to herself. For the first time - being an unknown actress who saw the famous Laurence Olivier. After the first meeting, Vivienne decisively told everyone she knew that she would marry him. At the time it seemed pure madness. The second time she made a loud promise was on the eve of the filming of Gone with the Wind, when the most ambitious film casting in US history was gaining momentum. The first Hollywood beauties dreamed of playing Scarlett; no one believed in the success of the visiting Englishwoman. “Larry won’t play Rhett Butler, but I’ll play Scarlett!” - Vivien announced then.
They said that Vivienne was more practical in all matters than Larry, but, like a true woman, she created the impression that all decisions were made by her husband. A strong character, however, was also her problem - like many great actresses, she had an extremely flexible psyche. Each absence of her husband for filming could end in depression for her, and work on the role could result in attacks of obsession. Her genius, turning into whims and capricious attacks, began to irritate her husband.
After 17 years spent together, Lawrence left her, unable to withstand another attack of hysteria. The actress was already seriously ill. Many fans of the actress consider Olivier, first of all, not a brilliant actor, but a cowardly traitor - depression aggravated the course of the disease, and Vivien Leigh died of pulmonary tuberculosis in the summer of 1967 at her home in Iten Square in London.
Eva Duarte - Juan Peron
Evita- a household name in Argentina and the most famous first lady of the twentieth century. Second wife of the 29th and 41st president Juan Peron, Eva Duarte was an example of an ideal communicator, diplomat and ideological inspirer of the first person of the state.
She was born into a poor family and devoted her whole life to the struggle for better living conditions. Legend has it that the young actress and the colonel became lovers on the very first day they met. Peron, who initiated the military coup, might not have had so many ambitions if not for Eva, who made him believe that he would definitely become the head of government. Peron appeared openly with his young girlfriend, shocking the officers with his relationship with the actress.
After Peron's arrest, October 17, 1945 happened - this date went down in the history of Argentina as the day of “the liberation of Peron by the people.” 5 thousand workers and their families gathered in Buenos Aires's May Square in front of the presidential palace, demanding "the return of the colonel." After such support, Peron began to prepare for the presidential elections, having previously married Eva, who immediately left her job in cinema and joined the headquarters of his closest aides. Peron relied on feminist slogans, and therefore wanted a wife next to him, a presidential candidate, who personified the increased role of women in the modern world.
Eva turned out to be so energetic that she began to play one of the main roles in the government under Peron, although she did not officially hold any position. She founded charitable foundation named after herself to help the poor and since 1949 has become one of the most influential people in Argentina. Moreover, she was right hand and advisor to Juan Peron, although gradually in their tandem she came to the fore. The charismatic Evita very quickly turned into a cult personality, her popularity was supported by propaganda - Eva, despite her closeness to power, was an idol of left-wing youth, like Che Guevara. Assessments of her life and personality are contradictory, but it is Eva Peron who is considered responsible for attracting women to public and political life Latin America.
Eva Peron died at 33 from uterine cancer. After her death, Juan Peron was destined to once again become president of Argentina. Notably, his next wife, Maria Estela Martinez de Peron, a former nightclub dancer, became the first female president in history after his death.
Grace Kelly - Prince Rainier
There was no great love in this union. However, the history of the relationship between the most mysterious actress in Hollywood and the Prince of Monaco is inscribed in the history of the greatest novels of the 20th century.
Favorite actress of the “king of horror” Alfred Hitchcock, Grace Kelly was different from most Hollywood stars. She behaved and looked like a true princess thanks to her Nordic appearance and reserved manners, although, as often happens, behind the beautiful façade hid an amorous and passionate nature, prone to both adventurous short relationships and calculated profitable relationships. Beautiful, cold, and seemingly inaccessible, Grace Kelly misled men - it seemed that a more inaccessible star simply could not exist. However, there were legends about the actress’s promiscuous relationships behind the scenes - she could give herself to an ordinary cameraman on the first day of meeting film set, while accepting the advances of the Iranian Shah. Many biographers seriously talk about the actress’s nymphomania and a slight mental deviation associated with playing the inaccessible Snow Queen. So, during filming, she always entered into love affairs with her partners on the set, and on the set of the film “High Noon”, not only her partner Gary Cooper, but also the director of the film, Fred Zinneman, became her lovers.
The aura of purity and purity that Grace Kelly cultivated in her image worked for her - in Hollywood they gave her the nickname “Miss High Society” and believed that she should only marry a real prince. Angelic appearance and the right image did their job - it was she who was wooed to marry the Prince of Monaco Rainier III.
An epochal acquaintance that changed the fate of an entire state happened in 1955. Rainier III had long been looking for a worthy wife, since the fading economy of the bankrupt state of Monaco required drastic measures. Marrying a famous Hollywood beauty with a good reputation could attract investment and arouse tourist interest in the region. All that remained was to choose a bride. Grace Kelly showed up ideal option- impeccable manners, classic elegance, gentle look. After a short romantic correspondence, the young people agreed on a wedding.
Monaco is not a state where marriage with a star would be considered a wild misalliance. Prince Rainier was a good politician, and therefore his plan to attract an Oscar-winning Hollywood beauty to the royal wedding became one of the most successful PR moves in history. The fairytale wedding that took place in 1956 not only revived interest in Monaco, but turned the region into one of the most prestigious on the planet.
The country idolized its new princess - Grace gave Monaco heirs and new economic opportunities. A flood of tourists and investment has transformed the troubled region into a thriving financial center. Grace's life resembled a fairy tale: couture outfits, filming in palaces for glossy publications, international visiting trips.
But in reality, everything was not so rosy. Grace, who managed to curb her temper and passionately embraced her new image, suffered from Rainier’s difficult character, and social duties made her forget about personal things. After forty-five, the princess began to have health problems - she began to gain weight. Beloved children - two daughters and a son - grew up and turned into scandalous heroes gossip columns. Grace was horrified to recognize in her untamed daughters, who ran away from home, neglected social duties and had affairs with bodyguards, her younger self, suppressing her instincts in the name of a new role that would write her name in history.
In 1982, Grace Kelly lost control of her car and was involved in a car accident. Her daughter, who was also in the car, escaped with minor fright. The princess's injuries turned out to be incompatible with life - the next day, by decision of Prince Rainier, the life support machine was turned off.
Reporters still consider Kelly's death not as clear-cut as it seemed from the outside.
Maria Callas - Aristotle Onassis
A story of passionate love and humiliation - this is how one can characterize the romance between the great opera diva and the richest man in the world in the mid-twentieth century.
Greek ship owner Aristotle Onassis- a cult personality, a billionaire who prefers to communicate with representatives of the elite different countries- he was a dear guest at receptions and social events of any level. He surrounded himself with the most beautiful women from influential circles, whom, however, he often used for his own purposes - to achieve personal or business goals. He experienced a real feeling only once - in 1959, when he met a young opera singer Maria Callas, whose talent was applauded by the whole world.
Callas (real name Cecilia Sophia Anna Maria Kalogeropoulos) was born into a family of Greek immigrants in the United States. She married very successfully and was happy in her marriage - her husband was a wealthy Italian industrialist Giovanni Battisto Meneghini, a great opera connoisseur who fell in love with the singer at first sight. He became for Maria not only a faithful husband, but also a devoted manager and generous producer, who sold his business for her sake and lived only in her interests.
Onassis noticed Maria Callas at a ball in Venice, later went to her concert, and then invited her and her husband to his legendary yacht “Christina” - the main symbol of unprecedented luxury of the time. The Greek tycoon, who was also married, was stunned by the singer's magnificence; for the first time in his life, passion was stronger than the voice of reason. Maria Callas, who made a career out of being a huge, obese woman, had by that time lost more than 30 kg and was in excellent physical shape.
The events that unfolded on the luxury yacht "Christina", cruising along Mediterranean Sea, amazed the public. Forgetting about decency, Onassis and Callas not only began an affair in front of their spouses and guests, but also demonstratively reveled in their love - they danced to the music on the deck and disappeared all night long until the morning.
Discouraged, Meneghini could not find a place for himself and felt like a real fool. Even then, he hoped for the prudence of his wife and was ready to forgive the holiday romance, but the lovers did not think of leaving. Onassis and Callas began to live together. Having achieved his goal, Onassis turned from an ardent lover into a rude and oppressive roommate who was in no hurry to register the relationship. Maria's pliability and sacrificial love gave rise to Onassis's unpunished cruelty towards her - he began to insult her in front of friends, openly cheat on her and even raise his hand against her. Callas endured it without complaint, which provoked even greater attacks of aggression from her lover.
The opera diva, blinded by love, stopped giving concerts and tried to cultivate sacrifice in herself - she decided to devote herself to love, even if it cost her to give up her self-esteem. She lost her voice and withdrew into herself, even the memories of her magnificent triumph at La Scala gave her no peace - she lived in the hope of once again experiencing the feelings that she experienced on the yacht Christina. .
In October 1968, Greek billionaire Aristotle Onassis married the widow of the US President Jacqueline Kennedy. His partner, Maria Callas, found out about this from the newspapers. The blow was so strong that she withdrew into herself and did not leave her apartment. A little more than a month passed when Onassis, realizing his mistake, rushed to Paris, begging his former lover for forgiveness. Aristotle tried to assure Mary that marriage to Mrs. Kennedy was an image deal for him, a PR stunt that had nothing to do with normal human relationships.
Former US first lady Jackie Kennedy turned out to be a cold, energetic and calculating woman - she devoted herself entirely to consumption. There were legends about Jacqueline’s extravagance: she bought hundreds of creations by famous couturiers and left them unpacked in closets, constantly traveled around the world and spent such sums on entertainment, furs and diamonds that even the fantastically rich Onassis clutched his heart. Jackie literally bought designer items in stores. Being a recognized style icon, she allowed herself to experiment - she appeared in public in short skirts and transparent dresses, and Savor occupied her much more than the illness and suffering of her elderly husband. When he died in a plane crash The only son billionaire Alexander, Onassis almost went crazy - everything in his life lost its meaning. He lived out his last years, finding peace only in communication with his beloved and all-forgiving Maria.
He died in a Paris hospital on March 15, 1975. Next to him was Maria Callass, and Jackie was in New York at that time - having learned about Onassis's death, she calmly ordered a collection of mourning dresses from Valentino.
Elizabeth Taylor - Richard Burton
Relationship Hollywood star Elizabeth Taylor and a British character actor Richard Burton, which has made a brilliant career in Hollywood, is called nothing less than the “novel of the century.” Firstly, both of them were stars of the first magnitude, and the era of the paparazzi was just emerging - and it was their love story that became the main news feed of the era. Secondly, the romance of the two stars was not just stormy, but itself worthy of film adaptation: love to the point of frenzy, quarrels, fights, separations and reunions - the lovers married twice and divorced twice, starred together in Oscar-winning films, proudly posed on the red carpet and they destroyed rooms in expensive hotels in a fit of drunken quarrels. This lifestyle and the close attention of the world community allowed them to become the first classic celebrities - with exorbitant raiders and millions in fees, as well as the most expensive collection of jewelry that the generous Richard gave to Elizabeth after every quarrel.
Elizabeth Taylor is one of the true Hollywood legends and the most famous actresses of all time. Before meeting Richard, she did not yet have a reputation as a dramatic actress - a fatal beauty, she was already married for the fourth time at that time (there were eight marriages in her life, two of which were with Barton) and was considered an eccentric star. Barton, with his incredible dramatic role, had a reputation as a character actor on stage and in life - temperamental and aggressive, he loved to drink and did not try to seem at all politically correct.
A whirlwind romance, which was watched by the whole world, happened on the set of the film “Cleopatra” in Rome in January 1962. Compared to the scale of that action, the story of modern Jolie and Pitt looks like a timid parody of the majestic epic - Hollywood shot the most expensive film in history (40 million of those old dollars), where the main roles are Cleopatra and Mark Antony - played by the stars who laid the foundation for the gossip column genre, million-dollar fees, diamonds as gifts, yachts and the front pages of newspapers dedicated to the ups and downs of the relationship between the main film couple of the century.
By 1961, thirty-seven-year-old Welshman Barton was being called "British Brando." He was happily married to actress Sybil Wallace, and the couple had two children. Twenty-nine-year-old Taylor was married to singer Eddie Fisher. The passion that flared up on the set consumed the actors so much that they did not even make an effort to hide their love and did not listen to anyone - they continued to kiss when the love scene had already been played and the director said: “Stop!”, They made love wherever it was possible perhaps they indulged in drunkenness and debauchery and drowned in the abyss of sinful passion.
The uproar created by the newspapers led to the Vatican officially condemning Liz and Richard's relationship. They tried to separate, but they were irresistibly drawn to each other.
In his letters, which have now become a bestseller, Barton, blinded by love, wrote: “In my poor and painful youth, I dreamed of only such a woman. And now, when from time to time the dream returns to me, I reach out my hand and realize that it is here, next to me. If you haven't met or known her, you've missed out on a lot in your life."
Ultimately, they both divorced their legal spouses and married in 1964. Barton showered his wife with diamonds and instilled in her confidence that she had the potential to be a profound dramatic actress. They demanded millions in fees from film bosses and in every possible way created the legend of great stars of the first magnitude.
In the second half of the sixties, their famous films were shot - “The Taming of the Shrew”, “The Comedians”, “Boom”, “Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”. Behind last film Elizabeth received her second Oscar. In their personal lives, two brilliant dramatic actors experienced painful love on the verge of frenzy, attacks of jealousy and addiction to alcohol. “Maybe we loved each other too much... I never thought this was possible,” Liz Taylor wrote in her diaries. And in July 1973, she suddenly announced: “Richard and I are separating for a while. Maybe we love each other too much... Pray for us!” The divorce took place in June 1974.
Life apart turned out to be unbearable - 16 months spent as if in delirium ended with a re-wedding. The second marriage lasted from October 1975 to July 1976.
Richard Burton died of a heart attack on August 5, 1984. His death became for Elizabeth terrible tragedy, despite the fact that at that time she already had another lover. Elizabeth Taylor herself, despite her illnesses and ailments, died at the age of 79 in March 2011. The published letters of Richard Burton, who turned out to be an incredible writer, formed the basis of the book "Fierce Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and the Marriage of the Century"(Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century). Today, the main Hollywood directors are fighting for the right to film this story, and the best Hollywood actors are fighting for the right to play the lovers of the brightest drama of the twentieth century.
Frank Sinatra - Ava Gardner
For America Frank Sinatra not only "the most popular singer century,” but also a real legend and symbol of the era of show business and the golden era of Hollywood with all its attributes - classic glamor, gangsters, millionaires and the aura of greatness and inaccessibility of idols. A Sicilian, a friend of the mafia, he was named the most desirable man of the 20th century. His biography, in which incredible creative victories were combined with friendship with presidents and politicians, crime bosses and the first beauties, is one of the brightest pages of world culture.
Concerning great history his love, then there was only one. While all the women in his life were passable, including such Hollywood beauties as Marilyn Monroe And Lana Turner, his passion for one woman shocked him so much that the great Sinatra lost his voice, went on a drinking binge and tried to commit suicide.
Her name was Ava Gardner. An actress, one of Hollywood's brightest stars of the 1940s and 1950s, an incomparable beauty and a woman of incredible temperament, she was famous for her magnetic effect on men. There were legends about the power of attraction of this fatal beauty. The great Hemingway himself called her his muse and favorite actress. At the time of meeting Sinatra, she had been married twice and was experiencing a dizzying affair with a multimillionaire Howard Hughes who first encountered such a wayward woman. The fan indulged all the beauty’s needs: airplanes, diamonds, outfits.
Frank was married and had three children. He did not consider family an obstacle to a stormy relationship, but a passion of such strength turned out to be more important than the desire for home comfort.
They met in 1950 at the premiere of the film "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" The state in which Sinatra was after this meeting is described by his friends and biographers as insanity. “She slipped something into my glass!” - he justified himself. The feeling that captured the main star of the era destroyed him: Sinatra suffered, suffered, went crazy with love and jealousy. It was difficult for him to compete with Hughes in giving expensive gifts, and his signature methods of wooing Ava did not work. Frank's friends didn't recognize him - he either beamed with delight when Ava agreed to have dinner with him, or he walked like a beaten dog when she stopped taking him seriously. “I have got you under my skin” - Frank Sinatra wrote down these words of the famous song in one breath late at night, dying of love for Ava Gardner.
Their best songs he wrote while in a state of love fever, which did not let him go for a minute - a ballad "Stupid, I wanted you" was the product of his sensual attack.
Sinatra knew how to love to the point of frenzy and madness, and the proud but passionate Ava was impressed by this way of expressing feelings. When she gave in under his pressure, their bright romance was called by contemporaries nothing more than a “bullfight of love” between two bright personalities and idols of the era. The clash of two southern temperaments resulted in such a passion that consumed both. Generous, bright, big-hearted Frank evoked feelings in Ava that she did not receive from Hollywood bosses and wealthy admirers. They were both witty, energetic, impetuous and emotional, they coincided in everything - in their love of strong drinks, delicious food, nightly boxing matches and love on the verge of frenzy. It was the energy of true love and passion that was impossible to resist.
At the same time, Frank and Ava met secretly - for the press and society, he was Nancy's husband, and she was dating Hughes. A chance photo of a reporter who caught them together created a lot of noise. Avoiding a scandal, Ava flew to Spain, and Frank, who decided that he had been abandoned, lost his voice from grief. He flew to her on the other side of the world, but there she was waiting for him new blow- his beloved woman began an affair with a bullfighter. He almost took his own life, but Ava stopped him, promising to return. And she deceived again - her affair with Richard Green ended for Sinatra with an overdose of sleeping pills. And Ava gave in. Long-awaited wedding took place in Philadelphia. Several years of absolute happiness became Sinatra's reward for suffering.
However, even in family life Frank and Ava continued to torment each other with jealousy, quarrels and stormy showdowns. Frank worshiped Ava like a goddess, kept photographs of her in his office, followed her and lost his health in his paranoid desire to possess her completely.
Such obsession cannot keep you in suspense forever - love of such intensity does not stand the test of time. But even after their divorce in 1957, Frank and Ava continued to meet secretly from time to time - the paparazzi kept catching them in godforsaken hotels under the cover of darkness.
After Ava, Frank had many women, beautiful and famous, but he never again experienced anything even remotely reminiscent of the all-consuming love that happened in his life. Ava passed away in 1990 at the age of 68. Sinatra lived to be 82 and passed away in 1998.
Alain Delon - Romy Schneider
This love story seemed real and sincere, but the ideal romance of European stars did not stand the test of fame, promiscuity and ambition.
Beginning of life Romy Schneider, the best actress in the world according to French and Austrian viewers, was cloudless and promised only happiness and prosperity. It was impossible to imagine what a nightmare her life would turn out to be.
Romy Schneider And Alain Delon met on the set of a film "Christina" in 1958. By that time, the Austrian actress, European film star and heiress famous dynasty aristocratic actors were already in a position where they could afford to choose their partners. Her choice fell on an unknown French actor.
They did not have love at first sight - well-mannered and intelligent Romy considered her colleague too young, handsome and dressed up. Alain found his partner completely unattractive. The romance broke out unexpectedly for everyone, since the young people had nothing in common. He is a cynical and cruel street child who came out of poverty, she is an intelligent girl from a good family, a symbol of the bourgeoisie that he so despised. He rejected any moral principles and understood freedom as complete indifference to the problems of other people, while she tried to follow bourgeois principles and could not afford much due to the concepts of decency and duty.
Passion consumed Romy so much that she went to Paris for her beloved. Her principles and way of life, dreams of family and children evoked only contemptuous laughter from Delon. He openly called her a bourgeois and emphasized in every possible way that he was free from conventions and obligations. They were irresistibly drawn to each other, but there was never harmony, understanding and respect in this relationship. While most considered this romance a misalliance, Delon himself was pointedly rude to Romy, making it clear who needed this relationship more.
The media adored the little angel Romy and condemned the adventures of her companion, but in their desire to make his every step public, they literally killed the actress. The tabloid press tracked every step of Delon and Schneider, wrote about all his adventures and ridiculed the naivety of Romy, who forgave the groom for his infidelities and spree. Romy Schneider's humiliating fate was to endure and be ridiculed. She could not leave due to lack of experience, because of great love and a truly naive belief that everything would work out - Delon knew how to convince her that tomorrow everything would certainly be different. Meanwhile, he not only destroyed her self-esteem with betrayals and deceit, but gradually moved on to rough treatment and assault.
This dragged on for more than five years. The passionate, painful relationship, full of ambiguity and humiliation, was broken off by Delon himself. His career took off, their joint film roles turned out to be unusually successful - the relationship they experienced at the breaking point of feelings helped the couple play forbidden love brother and sister in theatrical production Luchino Visconti. Delon was accepted into the theatrical environment, he began to receive serious fees, crowds of fans appeared in his life and that “Dolce Vita” that accompanies the life of every beautiful and successful young actor. The radiant little Romy, who helped him become a star, instilled a love of literature and helped him form his own acting method, had no place in this new life. It was at this time that Romy Schneider became not just a living actress, but a deep, characterful one, with a strong dramatic temperament.
Delon said goodbye to her through a note with the wording “We only met at airports.” It was his style - cold, cynical, distant. Nothing personal. Soon he married an actress Natalie Barthelemy.
Romy Schneider was dying without him. She struggled with her feelings for the man and with the feeling of deepest rejection. Over the years spent with Alain Delon, one of the best dramatic actresses in Europe completely forgot how to love herself. In the spring of 1966, she married again. For Romy's sake, her chosen playwright Harry Mayen left the woman with whom he lived for 12 years. Romy wrote in her diary: “The years spent with Alain were wild, crazy. With Harry, I finally calmed down." In this union, she was looking for respect rather than love.
Perhaps the story of her life would have been different if not for Delon’s fateful call in 1968. He convinced Romy and the producers that he only saw her as his partner in the film “Swimming Pool.” Delon, mired in scandals and unsuccessful projects and experiencing the collapse of his family life, needed a loud successful project to improve your affairs. He needed Romy Schneider not only as a beauty and a great actress - the story of their long-standing relationship was the best PR move. The current status of a faithful wife and mother added spice to the situation.
The film became an explosion and was bought by many European countries. Newspapers circulated photographs of Romy and Alain passionately kissing, who were experiencing a relationship renaissance in the luxurious resort of Saint-Tropez, playing six years after the breakup. Mature beauty Yesterday's cutie Romy was stunning - it seemed that she had never been more beautiful and convincing. Alain Delon achieved his goal and disappeared from her life again.
Harry Mayen was never able to forgive his wife for this; their relationship began to crack. He quit his job and started drinking. Romi fell into severe depression and also became addicted to alcohol. A terrible period began in her life. Divorce, new marriage, suicide of an ex-spouse. She withdraws into herself and refuses a number of offers, including “A Man and a Woman”, “Last Tango in Paris”, but flies to the other side of the world, to Mexico, to film a third-rate film with Delon and shocks everyone with candid shootings in Playboy magazine . The biggest tragedy in the actress's life happens after her divorce from her second husband - as a result of a tragic accident, her 14-year-old son David dies after running into a metal fence. Distraught, Romy closed herself off and communicated only with Delon. She drank a lot and simply faded away in front of everyone.
She died on the night of May 29-30, 1982. Everyone knew about the tragedy of life great actress, and no one could believe that her, 44-year-old, heart failed. The newspapers came out with the headlines “Romy Schneider committed suicide.” Later it was officially announced that Romy’s heart simply could not stand it. All of Europe mourned its beloved actress. But Alain Delon remained true to himself and sent a dubious appeal to the magazine “Paris Match” entitled “Farewell, my doll.”
“The day I stop trusting you will be the last day of my life,” this line from the film "Christina" Romi repeated this in real life. She trusted Delon until the end of her days.
Michael Douglas - Catherine Zeta-Jones
The scale of passions of modern Hollywood is difficult to compare with the golden age, but in its recent history there are novels worthy of special mention. Love story Michael Douglas And Catherine Zeta-Jones has long been perceived by skeptics as a demonstration of the saying about “a demon in the ribs” - the age difference of 25 years and the blooming appearance of a rising Hollywood star did not give reason for optimistic forecasts.
Michael Douglas, who belonged to the famous Hollywood acting dynasty, was never number one in the unofficial ratings, but was always among the main stars. In his professional life, everything was as it should have been - from the role of a hero-lover and an action-adventure hero in the style of Indiana Jones, he turned to psychological thrillers, the peculiarity of which was a strong erotic element. He received two Oscars and recognition, and later the status of a sex symbol - after his role in the cult "Basic Instinct" With Sharon Stone. In a word, his professional life was a success. In his personal life, he maintained the appearance of prosperity in a 23-year marriage and was sometimes seen in affairs that did not bring him satisfaction.
British beauty Catherine Zeta-Jones starred mainly in second-rate films. She no longer wanted to become a star - until the age of 27, the actress continued to be the heroine of B-category films. The accidental success of the mini-series “Titanic” with her participation helped the producers of the film notice the beauty "Mask of Zorro" With Anthony Hopkins And Antonio Banderas. And, as often happens, the next morning after the premiere the girl woke up famous. On the very day of the film's premiere, she met the star Douglas, who became so excited at the sight of the sultry beauty that he began to talk outright nonsense. The seasoned 56-year-old actor fell in love so much that he did not even think of offering the young actress the humiliating role of a mistress - all his strength was aimed at conquering the woman who drove him crazy. It was also symbolic that Katherine and Michael were born on the same day - September 25 - with a difference of 25 years.
Despite the fact that Hollywood laughed at the habits of macho Douglas and called him an “erotic playboy” behind his back, there was not a drop of vulgarity or well-established schemes in this relationship. Michael understood that after the success of the film “The Mask of Zorro” there would be a whole series waiting for such a beauty good offers, which means fame and all the attributes that accompany it: fans, millions in fees, photo shoots, social events. He chose to act quickly in order to be the first to get a girl who was just getting used to Hollywood.
He courted beautifully, in an old-fashioned, selfless way, convincing not only Katherine, but the whole world that this love meant too much to him. Douglas became noticeably younger - his love obsession gave the actor a second youth. After five months of siege, Katherine surrendered. Paparazzi photographs of a couple in love on the actor's yacht in Mallorca spread all over the world. Everyone was expecting a scandal, but the couple announced that they were going to get married. The scandal, however, happened: Michael Dinara's wife refused to give an official divorce until her unfaithful husband paid her $60 million from his 225 million fortune. For the sake of his desire to marry Katherine, the actor paid a huge compensation. In addition, blinded by love, Douglas gave the bride a unique ring with a 10-carat diamond surrounded by another 28 diamonds, and agreed to marriage contract, according to which he was obliged to pay his ex-lover$3.2 million for each year of their marriage.
One of the most luxurious weddings in the history of Hollywood took place on November 18, 2000 at the New York Plaza Hotel. OK magazine paid $1.6 million for the right to photograph this celebration. Among the guests were Jack Nicholson,Sharon Stone,Brad Pitt,Sean Connery,Anthony Hopkins,Steven Spielberg and even the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. The bride wore a designer dress from Christiane Lacroix, decorated with diamonds.
A marriage that was predicted to fail continues to surprise skeptics. He is stable and prosperous - the couple has two children together; Katherine, while pregnant, won an Oscar for her role in the musical "Chicago"; Michael, thanks to the support of his wife, coped with cancer, although he suffered greatly. Rarely does a misalliance become such a strong union. And he is the only one in history modern Hollywood, which can be called a stronghold of family values.
“What Russian heart does not tremble, does not perk up, listening to Tchaikovsky’s romance “Among the Noisy Ball”?”
Vladimir Stasov.
In the midst of a noisy ball, by chance, In the anxiety of worldly vanity, I saw You, but Your mystery covered my features.
Many people remember these poems by Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817-1875) and the melody of Tchaikovsky’s romance that merges with them. But not everyone knows that behind the poem there are living events: the beginning of extraordinary romantic love.
They first met at a masquerade ball in the winter of 1850-51 in St. Petersburg Bolshoi Theater. He accompanied the heir to the throne, the future Tsar Alexander II, there. From childhood, he was chosen as a playmate for the Tsarevich and, secretly burdened by this, regularly bore the burden of being chosen. She appeared at the masquerade because, after breaking up with her husband, Horse Guardsman Miller, she was looking for an opportunity to forget and disperse. For some reason, in the secular crowd, he immediately noticed her. The mask hid her face. But grey eyes looked intently and sadly. Beautiful ashen hair crowned her head. She was slender and graceful, with a very thin waist. Her voice was mesmerizing - a thick contralto.
They did not speak for long: the bustle of the colorful masquerade ball separated them. But she managed to amaze him with the accuracy and wit of her fleeting judgments. She, of course, recognized him. In vain he asked her to open her face, take off her mask... But she took his business card, making a sly promise not to forget him. But what would have happened to him, and to both of them, if she had not come to that ball then? Perhaps it was on that January night in 1851, when he was returning home, that the first lines of this poem formed in his head: In the midst of a noisy ball, by chance, In the anxiety of worldly bustle, I saw You, but Your mystery covered my features...
This poem will become one of the best in Russian love lyrics. Nothing was invented in it, everything is as it was. It is full of real signs, documentary, like a report. Only this is a “report” that poured out from the poet’s heart and therefore became a lyrical masterpiece. And added another immortal portrait to the gallery of “muses of Russian romances.” The future was hidden from him. He didn’t even know if he would see her again... Soon after that meeting at the masquerade ball, he received an invitation from her. “You won’t escape me this time!” - said Alexey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, entering the living room of Sofia Andreevna Miller.
Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, who combined kindness, tenderness, delicacy and vulnerability of the soul with truly masculine beauty, heroic height and physique and enormous physical strength, was a pure, chaste, straightforward nature. This is how he was in love - a monogamous man who did not bow to his mother’s imperious reluctance to acknowledge this love, who waited twelve years until Sofya Andreevna received a divorce in order to finally unite his life with her forever. In 1878, three years after the death of Alexei Tolstoy, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote music for the poems “Among the Noisy Hall”, music as pure, gentle and chaste as the poems.
Sung by G. Ots, M. Magomaev, Yu. Gulyaev Material used from the page of St. Petersburg singer Sergei Rusanov.
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