Prervatnists are workg to rtore Richard Oswald’s 1919 German film, “Different From the Others,” the earlit known full-length feature to showse gay characters.
Contents:
- HOLLYWOOD’S FIRST GAY MARRIAGE
- 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
* silent film actor gay *
Hollywood’s First Gay Marriage. The story of William Ha is remembered, if ’s remembered at all, as the story of the first openly gay Hollywood star.
And through all he was, proudly, one-half of Hollywood’s first openly gay marriage. That Ha was livg openly wh another man, thereby stroyg any possibily that he might not be gay, ially did absolutely nothg to impact Ha’ populary around town or at his home stud. For years, everyone at MGM had known that William Ha was gay and livg wh a man he loved.
WHEN HOLLYWOOD STUDS MARRIED OFF GAY STARS TO KEEP THEIR SEXUALY A SECRET
Members of the Hollywood gay scene of the time believe that Billy had taken the h for Jimmy, who had been arrted a bar or a park, where he was known to cise. We know that many other stars Hollywood had gay relatnships, but most prented themselv as straight when told to.
MICHAEL (1924): CARL THEODOR DREYER’S INIC GAY SILENT FILM, STARRG WALTER SLEZAK
Billy’s old iend Archie Leach, for stance, is acknowledged now by many bgraphers to have lived as a gay man before he me to Hollywood and to have ntued relatnships wh men after he beme Cary Grant.