On 2009-11-03 Wayne M. Malin, Malden MA wrote: Gay author William Mann writes about how gays helped shape Hollywood from 1910 to 1969. It doesn´t just cover actors and actresses--it covers EVERYBODY! Composers, directors, producers, agents, set designers, prop men etc etc etc. Mann explains in MUCH detail how their views and being gay changed Hollywood for better...and worse. It also reveals quite a few talented actors whose lives were destroyed by homophobia and having to remain in the closet. At times I wish Mann hadn´t been so thorough. This is a big book and a little goes a very long way...but I´d rather have it done completely than not at all. And when the book works (about 95% of the time) it´s absolutely fascinating. Well worth reading.. And summed up by saying Exhaustive but fascinating. Currently Behind the Screen: How Gays and Lesbians Shaped Hollywood, 1910-1969 has an overall rating of 8 over 10.
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Penguin (Non-Classics) claimed Whether in or out of the closet, gays and lesbians played an essential role in shaping studio-era Hollywood. Gay actors (J. Warren Kerrigan, Marlene Dietrich, Rock Hudson), gay directors (George Cukor, James Whale, Dorothy Arzner), and gay set and costume designers (Adrian, Travis Banton, George James Hopkins) have been among the most influential individuals in Hollywood history and literally created the Hollywood mystique. This landmark study-based on seven years of exacting research and including unpublished memoirs, personal correspondence, oral histories, and scrapbooks-explores the experience of Hollywood´s gays in the context of their times. Ranging from Hollywood´s working conditions to the rowdy character of Los Angeles´s gay underground, William J. Mann brings long overdue attention to every aspect of this powerful creative force.
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