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RE: There is little to NO proof that Cary Grant was closeted...

Posted by beach cruiser (A) on November 7, 2019 at 03:15:17

In Reply to: There is little to NO proof that Tracy was closeted... posted by TWB on October 31, 2019 at 20:53:45:

No need to hit the capital key old man, it wasn't meant as an insult, and was clearly just Un manly gossip, nothing more. I never met the guy, so can't say, and wouldn't say if the statement was injurious.

For conversations sake, I'll add a bit. Nothing about the rock being gay, that's for sure.

I recently heard a film talk where the lesbians acting in Hollywood at that time were briefly mentioned.

Slightly puzzled that I was bummed when Loretta young was mentioned, she had a
tv show I never liked when I was a kid, but my sister did. And I never liked joan crawford anyway.

He spoke of a fan magazine story that named kate hepburn , along with a lot of others the actress had heard about, as liking women, and was so glad when she got to hollywood to learn the stories were true.

The speaker was an author, with several books on old films and hollywood, but none designed as scandal, just small books for movie buffs only, for sale n a card table in the lobby. He just got off the subject of the film we just saw during a question and answer talk.

Said the statement was printed in a small introduction interview story in a fan magazine, introducing the new german actress, deitrich. I kind of had already guessed why she wanted to be alone.

This statement was well known by gay film historians, where he said he first learned of this written proof, if a fan rag is proof. I guess she quickly learned she wasn't in Europe anymore, he said no such statements were ever repeated.

By the way, I agree , there is no proof that any star of that era was in the closet, it is all just stories. While it is true that a lot of creative types in the arts are gay, and back then one could be jailed, beaten or killed for homosexuality, one can't lump people into such generalities, it never fits.

I will repeat a story told to me by a gay man, said it was from the fifties. When I met the guy he was older , looked like a kindly old grandpa guy, slight of stature, dressed super conservatively, if a little too tidy,

Said he was working downtown as window dresser in May Co., ( a large Macys type department store) . When he got off work one day, two cops jumped him and beat him so badly that he had to recover in the hospital. Not easy being gay back then.

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