Songs My Mother Taught Me (Marlon Brando book) Songs My Mother Taught Me (Marlon Brando book) Songs My Mother Taught Me an autobiography by Marlon Brando with Robert Lindsey as co-author, published in 1994. The book deals with Brando's childhood, his memories of being a struggling actor and of his various relationships with his family and with other actors, producers, and directors. He also talks candidly about his sex life. The book has been translated into several languages, including a Persian version translated by Niki Karimi in 1999. Notably, little to no mention is made of his wives or children. It was said that he made this a
Call Me by My Rightful Name play. It starred Don Murray (who also worked on the screenplay with Shurtleff), Otis Young, Cathy Lee Crosby, Kent Smith, Edith Atwater, and Gary Clarke. Murray supposedly wanted Sidney Poitier to play opposite him in the film originally. The film is extremely rare, but has been shown at a few events in the 2010s by Murray himself. Call Me by My Rightful Name Call Me By My Rightful Name is an American play by Michael Shurtleff which is based on the novel "The Whipping Boy" by S.F. Pfoutz. Set in the early 1960s, "Call Me By My Rightful Name" is