Life and Career
Liveright was born into a Jewish family in 1884. He initially followed the career of a bond salesman. He married Lucille Elsas, the daughter of the owner of International Paper, in April 1911, and used his father-in-law's financial backing to embark on a publishing career.
The Liverights had two children, Herman and Lucy. Lucille divorced Liveright on grounds of misconduct in 1928, alleging "misconduct with an actress in an inn near Croton-on-Hudson."
He married the actress Elise Bartlett (who had appeared in Show Boat (1929 film), and had divorced actor Joseph Schildkraut in 1930) in December 1931; she filed for divorce four months later.
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