Talk:Truman Capote

message: Is Capote2.jpg not loading for anyone else? --Kate 08:19, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: "Capote was... openly homosexual in a time when it was common among artists, but rarely talked about."  This sentence could be misinterpreted as a generalization that artists tend to be homosexual, or that it was considered "trendy" at the time to declare onesself a homosexual, despite what ones true sexual orientation was. 24.167.199.91 (talk) 09:48, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Openly Homosexual 

message: --jeff 01:54, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Interred, or ashed scattered, or both?

message: Truman Capote told me he was Dill in To Kill a Mockingbird when I was having lunch with him in the Cafe des Artiste in New York, (1978 or 1979).
:That still counts as "personal research" per Wikipedia standards. Capote told people a lot of things, not all of them true. A reliable source would be Harper Lee saying so, in a published interview, as Dill was her character. 2600:2B00:9214:4800:248D:F65:7219:B6A5 (talk) 11:50, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  My edit - removal of the word "allegedly" 

message: The film Capote (2005) states that his death was a result of complications with alcoholism. Can someone do some research and figure out the truth?? Robert Taylor 18:50, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death 

message: I removed the line about the film biography winning the 2006 Academy Award. It was misleading (Crash won in 2006). Philip Seymour Hoffman won for Best Actor, which is discussed in the next section and contains a link to the film. Thank you.
69.173.211.221 02:16, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The film biography did NOT win in 2006 

message: It isn't really fair to tell us the photo from Other Voices, Other Rooms was much discussed without telling us what the discussion was about. Angr/talk 08:58, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm shooting from the hip, but I believe the photo was felt to be very provocative and suggestive.  I agree that the photo should be discussed, or the comment deleted.  JJ 17:39, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

text: I wrote that caption, and I agree with all these comments. I'll try to do some research and provide an explanatory paragraph and a new caption. Have patience. The point is not something easily communicated in a caption, but in 1950-59, no one had ever seen anything like this on the back of a book. For many years, this was the single image people had in mind when thought about Capote. In that regard, this was, during the 1950s, THE most famous photo of Capote. College students owned the paperback with that photo on the back and they did debate Capote's personality and sexuality as they attempted to interpret the meaning behind the photo. Anyway, I'll give it a shot. Maybe I can find a quote somewhere instead of just relying on my memory. Pepso 18:57, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Consider the era of publication.  It is a wildly informal portrait, especially in a professional context, especially for the time.  He is not wearing a necktie. He is reclining in a pose reminiscent of a silver-screen vamp. His gaze at the camera is simultaneously defiant and intimate. He is self-consciously branding himself as a bohemian, in an era of much stricter public morals. To 21st Century eyes, accustomed to candid shots and celebrity exposés, there is nothing remotely outré about it. 1948 was a very different time. 2600:2B00:9214:4800:248D:F65:7219:B6A5 (talk) 12:07, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Much-discussed" photo 

message: "The promotion and controversy surrounding this novel catapulted Capote to fame."
""The famous photograph: Harold Halma's picture on the dustjacket of Other Voices, Other Rooms (1948) caused as much comment and controversy as the prose inside."
A perspective from one who knew nothing about Capote prior to reading this article....
Yet more serious than the ambiguity concerning the photograph (the controversial nature of which I think I can just about glean, only bexause I can see the photograph) is the total lack of comment as to the nature of the work itself. It was controversial, and it catapulted him to fame.... could the article not at least tell me what the book (and the controversy) was about, please? I'm intrigued. TheMadBaron 15:00, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, will do. Pepso 21:39, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other Voices, Other Rooms 

message: Capote was of age to serve in WWII.  Did he serve, or if not how did he avoid it? --GaeusOctavius 18:00, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Obviously he was rejected for being a homosexual, although I've never seen anything written about his gaining a 4F. K5okc (talk) 11:08, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: This depends on whether he was open about this at the time he was called to draft.  The future Rock Hudson was not prevented from entering the US Navy, granted he came out later in adult life.Cloptonson (talk) 22:40, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: No, Hudson did not. His sexuality became something of an open secret, but he never publicly made any acknowledgement of his orientation. This is why Armistead Maupin declines to name the famous movie star with whom his fictional gay protagonist Michael Tolliver has a brief fling in one of his Tales of the City novels, instead presenting him as _____ _____. 2600:2B00:9214:4800:248D:F65:7219:B6A5 (talk) 12:19, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

text: Why don't you actually read the content? It says read by. Meaning that Capote read his works aloud, and those recordings are available. Humph. Mak (talk) 04:06, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  War Service? 

message: Gotta remember to add some kind of reference to Sunny von B%C3%BClow (also see ) -HiFiGuy 16:51, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reversal of Fortune 

message: "Truman Capote was born Truman Streckfus Persons in New Orleans, Louisiana, to salesman Archulus "Arch" Persons and 17-year-old Lillie Mae Faulk. When he was four, his parents divorced" - This at least implies that his parents were unmarried when he was born in 1924. They divorced when he was four. When did they actually get married? -- 201.51.228.229 22:13, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Marriage of parents

message: Does the reference to "the manipulative John O'Shea" as  "the latest of the working-class boyfriends" sound a bit dismissive? It suggests that those previous boyfriends were insignificants because they were working class, and that somehow O'Shea's manipulative ways stemmed from his class. 
It would be better to identify him more closely, say why he was manipulative, and then maybe comment on his social identity. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Benjaminn (talk • contribs) 
:I agree. Go for it! Wikipedia:Be bold! Mak (talk) 22:35, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I appreciate your insights and experiences and found it very interesting. I just wanted to be sure you know that the discussion you responded to was two years ago and the article has been changed in the interim to better define the relationship between Capote and O'Shea as one of "jealousy and manipulation" between the two of them, and the way in which they related to one another. Thanks again for your note. Wildhartlivie (talk) 22:25, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

text: What is an ‘AS degree in Criminal Justice’ and how did that qualify you for ‘working in a bank’ ? As a security guard? Puzzling. And then you ‘bought a motorcycle and headed for California’? Are you sure you’re not a character in a Capote short story? Your spelling errors are certainly authentic, blue-collar solecisms. 2001:8003:303D:BC00:B017:3BC0:9071:4825 (talk) 02:42, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  the latest of the working-class boyfriends 

message: Please see: --Gkklein 20:07, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  TNR article on new films, witnesses to the executions 

message: Should we split all the info related to In Cold Blood to a new article?--Gkklein 20:10, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No, it's already been split: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Cold_Blood Pepso 20:49, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Own article for In Cold Blood? 

message: I have removed the units conversion (1,000 acres [4 km²]) from the New York Times article quoted in the In Cold Blood section and reinserted it as a footnote below the quote.  While a metric conversion is appropriate, doing so inline within the body of a verbatim quote from a primary source is improper conversion style and mis-use of the source material.  Georgewilliamherbert 19:19, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Units conversion removed from "In Cold Blood" article quote 

message: I have read the book Other Voices Other Rooms and nowhere is it mentioned that Randolph is in a Mardi Gras costume nor is it mentioned that the lady in the window is actually Randolph (that's implied). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.202.83.167 (talk) 22:48, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Change to "implication" was made. Thanks. Pepso 02:34, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Randolph in a Mardi Gras Costume  

message: This sentence in the Early Life bio section doesn't make sense; "In 1933, he moved to Texarkana,TX to live with his boyfriend Drew Tank and his second husband, Dop Jones, a Cuban-born textile broker, who adopted his stepson and renamed him Truman García Capote."
Unless an eleven year old Capote actually moved to Texas to live with his boyfriend and his second husband, something here is incorrect. Obviously the intended text involves moving somewhere with his mother, but I can't figure out what is supposed to go here. Needs fixing. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by [[User:Sipfan 18:08, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, this sentence seems to have gotten worse as it now claims he was born in Arkansas.  Could someone with knowledge of the event dive in? Sipfan 18:02, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Early Life Bio Issue  

message: This table is missing the 1950 book of travel essays titled Local Color, which is the author's first published non-fiction writing.
--chacal la chaise 18:39, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Published and other works  

message: I fixed the formatting on the most recent addition to this section, but the text itself (the part beginning with "Although Breakfast at Tiffany's...") is very strange and oddly disjointed.  I don't know enough about either TC or the movie to edit it, if someone else could take a look, that'd be good. Delius1967 22:46, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, it is strange... just nonsensical rambling, so I deleted it. Pepso 00:42, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Breakfast at Tiffany's 

message: I wonder why neither this article or the Jack Dunphy article come right out and say what the nature of their "relationship" was? I mean obviously it was "personal" but both articles use that "safe" and nebulous language "a relationship". Platonic? Sexual? Where they lovers? The article doesn't say... WiccaWeb 22:06, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The relationship changed over time.  They were at one time lovers. They continued to be lifelong companions if occasionally estranged. The relationship was far too complex to be easily summarized in a paragraph. It was however a significant partnership by any standard. When Truman introduced Katherine Graham to Jack, she understood it as a significant gesture of trust, as mentioned in her memoir. Their relationship could easily be the subject of a book-length study, itself. 2600:2B00:9214:4800:248D:F65:7219:B6A5 (talk) 12:40, 12 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jack Dunphy 

message: "Dill is creative, bold and had an unsatisfactory family history." -- What the hell is an "unsatisfactory family history"? WP:SPADE, please. -- 201.37.229.117 (talk) 06:19, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: "unsatisfactory family history"?

message: The second paragraph of this section reads like tabloid rubbish; either it needs references or it ought to be deleted altogether. Which guests were bored and which guests danced with each other are hardly encyclopedia material. Seijihyouronka (talk) 07:23, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Black and White Ball

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thread_title: Image copyright problem with Image:Mmchameleons.jpg

message: In the novel's afterword Alan U. Schwartz, Capote's attorney, gives a totally different account of how Summer Crossing resurfaced, as does the main article for the novel (same as in the afterword, but not sourced). Unless someone can provide sources for the alleged theft by the house sitter I'm going to change the article to reflect the story as told by Alan U. Schwartz. cswpride (talk) 16:54, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Summer Crossing 

message: How can Capote have written the "original screenplay" for the film if it is based—albeit loosely—on a novel by Claud Cockburn? Should that part in his bibliography be changed? <KF> 23:33, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  ''[[Beat the Devil (1953 film)|Beat the Devil]]'' 

message: To Kill a Mockingbird is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee published in 1960.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.184.54.156 (talk) 21:17, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  To Kill a Mockingbird? 

message: Is this section supposed to be for Capote's appearances in movies, filmed adaptations of his works or both? It's currently rather confusing. Otto4711 (talk) 22:27, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it's supposed to be both, the way it reads. It is separate from depictions of him, at least! Wildhartlivie (talk)
6 December 2009: 
In the paragraph covering Capote's appearance in the Neil Simon film MURDER BY DEATH, this statement appears: "In truth, Capote's pinkie fingers were unusually large." The statement is NONSENSE. Just look at the photograph at the top of the Capote article! Look at any photograph of Capote that includes his hands. There was nothing unusual about his pinky fingers. And, by the way, the correct spelling is "pinky" rather than "pinkie." The plural of "pinky" is "pinkies," however. Somebody who has an account, PLEASE delete this sentence and the related one that appears immediately before it! That paragraph will work fine without these two sentences. THANKS! (All my memorable user names have been rejected, so I'm presently unable to join and edit. --mhreese)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.90.166.233 (talk) 01:45, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Capote on film 

message: I see that this article reproduces the famous New York Times article on the Clutter slayings in full.  I think this is very interesting, but I wonder whether this is consistent with copyright law.  Seems to me that quoting the article in full isn't a fair use right, but I'm certainly no lawyer.  Any opinions? Phiwum (talk) 15:07, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright violation regarding NY Times article? 

message: IP editor 72.43.141.253 has added a reference to Capote having won The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards in 1932, without a direct citation.  This story has been mentioned elsewhere, including from Scholastic itself,, with varying dates and details.  However, its veracity may be in dispute; according to Andreas Brown, as quoted in George Plimpton's book Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintences and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career (Anchor Books, 1998) (), p.35, Capote "was never published in Scholastic Magazine and won no national awards so far as we could determine after a thorough search." (Note: This book is not currently searchable at Google Books but can be searched through the Amazon.com reader at the book's Amazon listing). --Arxiloxos (talk) 17:36, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't see that the IP claimed that Capote was published in Scholastic Magazine. Both the Scholastic website as well as the awards website does say he won an award from them. The awards website says it was in 1936 . It also mentions Frances Farmer and I do believe that is accurate. At that time, it was something where schools entered works from various students and there were generally multiple winners each year. The criteria is that the mention be sourced, and that is possible. Wildhartlivie (talk) 20:13, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Scholastic Art & Writing Award? 

message: Does this article really need to devote over 3200 bytes of space to a list of over 100 names of persons who attended the Black and White Ball? I would think a statement to effect that over 100 of the most reknowned names in whatever occupation and a link to the source listing the attendees would certainly suffice. I don't even want to read through such an extensive list. Why? Wildhartlivie (talk) 05:41, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Since two months have gone by and no one has commented that this should be retained, it's coming out. Wildhartlivie (talk) 07:27, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Black and White Ball attendees 

message: Why does it list that he wrote the Screenplay for The Great Gatsby?  Neither is it listed on The Great Gatsby wiki page or Capote's IMDB credits.207.241.137.116 (talk) 07:31, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Because (as the article states) the screenplay was rejected. Many references for this, here's a couple of quick ones.--Arxiloxos (talk) 15:11, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Screenplay 

message: There is a documentary floating around where Gore Vidal remarks that he felt Capote to be the "greatest zircon in the diadem of American literature". Is this worthy of inclusion?137.111.13.200 (talk) 08:07, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gore Vidal rivalry- quote 

message: The article, although it has numerous references, lacks citations for key information and claims.  Rather than start inserting many "citation needed" tags, I have included the "refimprove" template at the top of the article. Hopefully this can be resolved.  Wikipeterproject (talk) 01:10, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Additional references 

message: Is it me, or did Capote "grow up" fast? He lived to be no more than 60. In the 1947 and 1948 photos in this article, he looks very young (and gay, just an observation). Kind of ahead of his time too. Yet he looks so old on this 1971 show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFAWdvloFlE  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.225.11.126 (talk) 21:10, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Aging 

message: I know he spent most of his life in Alabama. But don't most New Orleanians have an NYC-like accent? Could anyone provide quality interview footage for me to determine what he had? And add to the article accordingly?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.225.11.126 (talk) 23:43, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Accent 

message: It's odd that there's no mention of Capote's religion in this comprehensive bio.
What religion was he born into?
Did he express any religious convictions as an adult?
This is indeed odd!  Wouldn't one think that there would be some curiosity regarding this man's religion?
Is there no interest in religion these days?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.27.10.121 (talk) 03:49, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Capote's religion 

message: Many articles about literary authors have a section devoted to current critical reception of the author and how that has changed over time. This can include critical interpretations and evaluations of individual works. This type of content is somewhat limited in this article. The only critical interpretations present are scattered throughout the article, and a seperate section for them might be useful.
The article could also use some more critical views about Capote's work. Currently, the article leans very heavily toward the interpretation that his writing was of fantastic quality and prime importance, yet this is certainly debatable. This is just a suggestion to perhaps improve the fairness of the article. On the whole though, great work on In Cold Blood and the biographical sections.
Mikestipe (talk) 04:26, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Critical Reception of Works 

message: In the section "Early Life," after comments on a childhood nickname, the article says: "It was widely known that Capote was homosexual, and often wore women's clothes."
The sentence is also unsourced, and while he may have been homosexual there is no evidence about cross dressing. The author simply assumes that all homosexuals are also cross dressers.  Furthermore, using a phrase like "It was widely known" is laughable when talking about a ten year old boy in the rural south in the 1930's.
     Princetoniac (talk) 22:28, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Misplaced and unsourced claim 

message: "*[1964, summer] A short story appeared in Seventeen Magazine" Revision as of 00:05, 18 November 2005
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Truman_Capote&diff=next&oldid=28630269
I wonder if seven years or so might possibly be too soon to ask for the name of the story to be added to this article about a prominent writer, assuming there was such a story, or if a few more years should go by before anything is changed?  Just askin'.  Шизомби (Sz) (talk) 01:54, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  1964 short story in [[Seventeen (magazine)]]? 

message: I replaced this link with this link. The replacement is Capote's 1976 reading of "A Christmas Memory"; his original 1959 reading is listenable here if that one is preferred. Softlavender (talk) 21:12, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  I replaced a non-working External Link 

message: In the televised version of the play "Tru," the Capote character played by Robert Morse states that he is an expert marksman or sharpshooter. Is there an account of this anywhere else? BubbleDine (talk) 19:22, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sharpshooter? 

message: There is significant overlap between all of these categories, and it seems to me extremely redundant and unorganized to keep all three of them as h1 sections. At the very least, I think "Capote on film" and "Documentaries" can be easily merged without much alteration done to them.
I have tagged the Documentaries section accordingly. I have never tagged a section for merging before, so if I misused the tag I would appreciate if someone pointed that out.
I also agree that the "Capote on film" header is somewhat confusing and unclear, as discussed earlier in this talk page.
Holy-Snail (talk) 11:45, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Right, I just "merged" them by creating an h2 section for the documentaries. You could have just boldly done that. The Merge tag was originally intended for pointing out the existence of a different, duplicate article on the same topic, for the benefit of readers. Discussion among editors should be on the talk page. Unfortunately over the years, the merge tags have undergone some "mission creep" and become less manageable as a result, and we have a huge merge backlog. Wbm1058 (talk) 23:12, 22 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Capote on film, Documentaries, and Portrayals of Capote? 

message: Has Truman Capote not acted in many films, or is there a reason for a Capote on film section, and not a Filmography section to list all his acting roles? I am only proposing the change rather than implementing them myself, because I'm only familiar with his character in the 1976 film, "Murder by Death."<BR>
Christopher, Salem, OR (talk) 23:47, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed Changes: Filmography Section 

message: Would it make sense to edit in the fact that one of his mother's relatives who played a role in helping raise young Truman Capote ended up a sort of celebrity herself later in her life?  Most people know of Marie Rudisill as the straight-talking "Fruitcake Lady" on the version of The Tonight Show hosted by Jay Leno, but she was one of Capote's aunts and helped raise him before he went up to New York to live with his mother and his mother's second husband.  107.214.128.116 (talk) 11:48, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-famous relation. 

message: The article repeatedly mentions drug abuse, but, unless I missed it, never says just what kind of drugs he used.  Does anyone know?  Dlabtot (talk) 20:21, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  why is this article so vague about his drug use? 

message: The article claims that Truman submitted an article on Tennessee Williams to Playgirl magazine. But the oral biography by George Plimpton is quite clear that this did not happen. He was meant to submit this article, but was asked instead to write something on Katharine Hepburn, which he did.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tom edinburgh (talk • contribs) 10:12, 22 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tennessee Williams article 

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message: I just finished reading "Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, The Millionaire's Wife and The Murder of the Century", by Roseanne Montillo. In it the author states that Truman's mother, Nina died by suicide because her husband's embezzlement resulted in her loss of upper middle-class lifestyle and reputation. She died in 1954 and was married in 1932, so the embezzlement didn't take place "shortly after" she married Capote. Truman wouldn't have been sent to private schools, etc. if his stepfather was caught embezzling shortly after the marriage. 173.72.148.58 (talk) 02:12, 4 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Correct. I am reading Gerald Clarke's biography. The embezzlement was discovered in 1952, and as a result his step-father (Joe Capote) couldn't afford the home on Park Avenue. He was indicted in December 1954, pleaded guilty in January 1955. Truman was 28-30 during these years, well established in his own career and living with Jack Dunphy. [Chapter 30 of "Capote: A Biography" by Gerald Clarke] Dudeman124 (talk) 01:33, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of Stepfather's embezzlement. 

message: From the article: "He often claimed to know intimately people whom he had in fact never met, such as Greta Garbo."
He met Garbo on at least one occasion, according to Gerald Clarke's biography, who cites a letter Jack Dunphry (Capote's boyfriend) wrote to his sister in 1953:
In Portofino [Jack Dunphry] pouted like a child, for instance, when Truman invited Greta Garbo to their apartment. Her name was almost a synonym for misanthropy, but compared with [Dunphry], she was as affable as a Rotarian. “The other night Greta Garbo was eating at a restaurant with some friends,” Jack told his sister. “I did not recognize her and was displeased with Truman when he pointed her out to me. She looked too much like her awful newspaper pictures. Truman later invited her to the apartment, but I did not feel like going up then. He tells me she played with the dogs and complained of a pain in the neck.”
Capote exaggerated for the benefit of a story, but I think the people he was exaggerating to knew that about him. He did in fact have a staggering social life, by independent account, that stretched from New York to Hollywood to Europe and even dining with the Queen Mother. Dudeman124 (talk) 05:17, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  "never met Garbo"