Hollywood Gays: Conversations With: Cary Grant, Liberace, Tony Perkins, Paul Lynde, Cesar Romero, Randolph Scott
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (824 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1569800839 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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Copyright 1996 Cahners Business Information, Inc.. And though hearing about these stars in their own words often proves entertaining, most of the book's gay readership will find little here they haven't heard before. Two exceptions are the touching interview with producer David Lewis, who talks freely about his longtime companion, James Whale (director of the classic 1931 Frankenstein and of The Invisible Man), who committed suicide in 1957; and the talk with William Haines, whose career was destroyed by Louis B. Mayer after he was caught with another man in his cot at a YMCA. There's nothing very surprising about his choice of subjects--Paul Lynde, Liberace, Randolph Scott, et al.--all of whom, conveniently for legal purposes, are deceased. Patrick Campbell, as quoted by Hadleigh: "It doesn't matter what you
It opens the closet door for a look at, and conversation with, ten gay men of the silver screen.. Helps blow the cover off the gilded cage
A Customer said A fun, romp of a read.. Inside the gates of Hollywood we find out more than we knew or ever wanted to know. Although the book was interesting enough and some of the interviews - whether authentic or not - were quiet interesting, I had trouble with the arrogance of the author showing through in his wr. S. Kay Murphy said Let's be real. I think some reviewers here are having a tough time coming to terms with alternative sexual orientations. I bought this book for my son and he loved it. While he questioned the credibility of the author at times, he still enjoyed reading the background on some of Hollywood's n. Boze Hadleigh talks to himself No there were no conversations with these Hollywood legends. First of all why would any of them admit to something so private to this man? For the sake of argument, let's say Cary Grant was gay, why would he hide the truth from friends, and his family and the world, but admit