Old hollywood gay stars
Can we do a thread about male lover actors from Classic Hollywood? - Part 3
Continue talking about all the queers from Old Hollywood!
| by Anonymous | reply 247 | December 12, 2019 1:57 AM |
Thanks, OP -- I have nothing to contribute, but I do love reading about Old Hollywood.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | May 6, 2019 4:35 AM |
What is the fact about Gene Kelly? Fred Astaire?
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | May 6, 2019 5:42 AM |
r2, the Strickling Files guy said the Gene Kelly did indeed have an affair with Minnelli on the set of The Pirate. As for Astaire, who knows? He always seemed asexual to me.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | May 6, 2019 3:45 PM |
Hermes Pan, Astaire' s frequent choreographer, was gay though. Wouldn't shock me if they had a relationship
Vincente Minnelli was openly gay/bi when he was living in NYC from the belated '20s-1939 and allegedly slept with Cary Grant (then still known under his real name Archie Leach), Tallulah Bankhead, Cesar Romero and Jack Carter (light skinned black player famous for starring in Orson Welles' Voodoo Macbeth he also was rumored to have a relationship with Welles). He also met his frequent Freed Unit collaborators Roger Edens and K
The Real LGBT Stars of Antique Hollywood
The gay subculture of prior Hollywood has gained more attention recently thanks to the Netflix series Hollywood. While the reveal does feature portrayals of some real celebrity characters, its main focus is on the make-believe minority characters and the made-up success story of their diverse film. Many stars in Hollywood from the 1930s suppressed their sexuality. They didn’t get the freedom that LGBT performers hold now, but that doesn’t represent their lives needed a inaccurate happy ending in order to be recognized and appreciated.
Knowing the complete history of LGBT stars in the first decade of Hollywood is difficult since, in order to appeal to the public, publicists believed that aspect of their lives needed to be hidden. Knowing as much as we do about some LGBT stars is a feat considering how much rewriting and covering up the Hollywood studio heads did to everyone they managed, whether gay or linear. Biographies were changed to sound more interesting or relatable to fans, and relationships were deliberately orchestrated to publicize a feature or introduce a new celebrity to the public. The only indication of some stars’ disguised
Old Hollywood Stars You Didn't Know Were Gay
Let's state the obvious: Being a gay famous person during the days of Old Hollywood was no stroll in the park. Behind Tinseltown's glitzy facade loomed the specter of Hollywood's "sexual gestapo," a term coined by Matt Tyrnauer, director of the documentary Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (via NPR). "It was very difficult," he said, "for people to have authentic lives." And Tyrnauer should know: His movie profiled L.A. ego Scotty Bowers, who reportedly acted as a "confidante, companion, and pimp for Hollywood's closeted film stars."
The threat of exposure was authentic and ever-present for these entertainers. Per Tyrnauer, studio contracts contained so-called "moral clauses" that could instantly vaporize a lucrative career. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Police Department's vice squad were all too willing to bust celebrities, often working in cahoots with the flatten in their quest to hobble reputations.
Definitively name-checking these stars is impossible, as they were all in the closet throughout their careers. SFGate cannily suggested that "gossip is where the real truth lies" in this are
Hollywood's Golden Age Gays. The list is LONG.
R17
Thank you , will have to check out your recommendation.
Reading Hollywood Babylon am struck at all the suicides, murders (unsolved) and other criminal activity (including drugs). Knew hard core drugs were around since slow 1800's or so, but had no idea so much of Hollywood were dope fiends.
The unsolved murders are also striking. More so since people called the studios, other actors, and everyone else first before LE. By period LE did arrive the crime scene was often not only contaminated but things missing.
Some quick truth checking already proves Kenneth Anger played fast and lose with the reality. His gory account of Marie Prevost's death is largely fiction.
Cool thing, to me anyway is many of the places where various Hollywood stars devoted suicide are still around. Wonder if any are haunted?
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | February 23, 2020 1:16 PM |