The story of William Ha, the silent film star and gay in.

Contents:

• WHEN HOLLYWOOD STUDS MARRIED OFF GAY STARS TO KEEP THEIR SEXUALY A SECRET
• MICHAEL (1924): CARL THEODOR DREYER’S INIC GAY SILENT FILM, STARRG WALTER SLEZAK
• HOLLYWOOD’S FIRST GAY MARRIAGE

WHEN HOLLYWOOD STUDS MARRIED OFF GAY STARS TO KEEP THEIR SEXUALY A SECRET

The gay subculture of early Hollywood has gaed more attentn recently thanks to the Netflix seri Hollywood. Knowg as much as we do about some LGBT stars is a feat nsirg how much rewrg and verg up the Hollywood stud heads did to everyone they managed, whether gay or straight.

In his own words, he felt “pafully isolated, strand between the sual homophobia of most ‘normal’ people and the flagrantly gay Hollywood subculture – where [he] was even ls fortable and ls accepted.

MICHAEL (1924): CARL THEODOR DREYER’S INIC GAY SILENT FILM, STARRG WALTER SLEZAK

Five years before Hunter beme a star, he was arrted along wh several other men for “lewdns, ” a mon charge for men showg any signs of homosexualy public. No one wanted to believe that Ameri’s goln boy uld be a gay man.

Cor’s mansn, rated by gay former actor William Ha, beme the center of LGBT society Hollywood.

HOLLYWOOD’S FIRST GAY MARRIAGE

It was a well-known fact that Cor was gay, even though he never publicly spoke about . Cor may have never been able to explicly talk about his sexualy, but he helped solidify the gay muny Hollywood.

He also stggled to accept his homosexualy thanks to his strict Roman Catholic upbrgg. Kelly is one of the very few women to explicly talk about her homosexualy durg her reer om the 1930s to the 1940s. Incintally, the film is noted for s untentnal homoerotic unrton.

Clift never publicly talked about , but close iend Elizabeth Taylor admted he was gay at the 2000 GLAAD Media Awards. The two acted three movi together, cludg Sudnly, Last Summer, which had Clift play a gay man. In 1939 he married Osr-wng actrs Ja Gaynor, to whom he remaed wed until his ath 1959.