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Hollywood Gays: Conversations With: Cary Grant, Liberace, Tony Perkins, Paul Lynde, Cesar Romero, Brad Davis, Randolph Scott, James Coco, William Haines, David lewis
Published in Hardcover by Barricade Books (01 August, 1996)
Author: Boze Hadleigh
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It was a good read.
I liked it, yes, but, I liked "Hollywood Lesbians" a bit better. It is a wonderful premise, talking to stars about their homosexuality, but, I believe that it should not have been written unless it was a bit more revealing in it's topic. Kudos to Mr. Hadleigh who is a knowledgable writer. I would have liked to know more though (a lot was hidden even still. the reader is told this. that right there gave me a sign that all is not right with this book).

hadleigh's book fun, trashy
Books like The Celluloid Closet and Hollywood Babylon abound with rumors about the sexual appetites of Hollywood stars. Boze Hadleigh's Gays in Hollywood, however, seeks to provide first-hand reports. An entertainment journalist since the 1960's, Hadleigh conducted volumes of off-the-record interviews with celebrities reputed to be gay or bisexual such as Cary Grant, Paul Lynde and Anthony Perkins, as well as less well-remembered actors like Randolph Scott and William Haines. In these interviews, often given only with the understanding that they would not be published during the star's life, Hadleigh attempts to get normally secretive actors to speak about their guarded sexual lives. The results vary widely, but even the "unsuccessful" interviews can be fascinating. Some stars like Paul Lynde, James Coco and Cesar Romero, speak freely and provide valuable accounts of what it was like to be gay in an industry filled with double lives and convenience marriages. Others like Cary Grant and Anthony Perkins are more elusive, but not without revelations about co-workers and peers. And one in particular is not so kind: at the end of his interview, an exceptionally ruffled Liberace expels Hadleigh from his mansion with imperial fury. Like his earlier volumes Conversations With My Elders and Lesbians in Hollywood, Hadleigh's work is somewhat journalistically suspect. He claims that for most of these interviews, he was not allowed to tape record or take notes, and frequently the questions seems stiltedly reconstructed and retroactively self-righteous. Still, the interviews are highly entertaining and provide an important alternative view of the film industry's social history. Recommended for both general readers and scholars of gay history / film studies.

au contraire
Many reviewers seem quite upset by Grant's "out-ing," but if he wasn't at least bisexual, then PLEASE let me know why he lived with Randolph Scott--rather than his wives--throughout all five of his marriages (Only one of which lasted more than 5 years). He shared a house with his (male) lover fom 1933, a year before his first marriage, until his death in 1986--most straight pairings don't last that long--his didn't! And, while you're at it, explain photos of the two topless men hanging all over each other by their swimming pool. Being gay was as much of a career-booster as being communist in his Hollywood. There's a reason the man has two Oscars....


Candles in the Dark, Flames for the Future: Preaching and Poetry in Times of Crisis
Published in Paperback by New Way Media (02 June, 2003)
Author: David James Randolph
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God's party: a guide to new forms of worship
Published in Unknown Binding by Abingdon Press ()
Author: David James Randolph
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God's Party: Dynamic Worship for the 21st Century
Published in Paperback by Hanging Gardens Press (1997)
Author: David James Randolph
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On the Way After 9/11: New Worship and Art
Published in Paperback by New Way Media (2002)
Author: David James Randolph
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The Power That Heals: Love, Healing & the Trinity
Published in Paperback by Abingdon Press (1994)
Author: David James Randolph
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Ventures in Worship Book 1
Published in Paperback by Abingdon Press (1969)
Author: David James Randolph
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Will Rogers: The Cherokee Kid
Published in Paperback by HAWK Publishing Group (28 March, 2000)
Authors: David Randolph Milsten, Tom Mix, and James Blake Rogers
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