The Secret Historian and the Silent Film Star: One Was Gay | HuffPost Entertament

Contents:

• IS RUDOLPH GAY?
• HOLLYWOOD'S GOLN AGE GAYS. THE LIST IS LONG.
• THE SECRET HISTORIAN AND THE SILENT FILM STAR: ONE WAS GAY
• LEGENDARY STAR'S GAY LIFE
• WHEN HOLLYWOOD STUDS MARRIED OFF GAY STARS TO KEEP THEIR SEXUALY A SECRET
• RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REER: A GAY CHRISTMAS ALLEGORY
• IS MAYA RUDOLPH GAY?
• RUDOLPH VALENTO AND JEAN ACKER WERE BOTH RUMOREDLY GAY SPE THEIR RERD-BREAKG SHORT MARRIAGE
• THE GAY INS OF CHRISTMAS CLASSICS

IS RUDOLPH GAY?

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HOLLYWOOD'S GOLN AGE GAYS. THE LIST IS LONG.

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THE SECRET HISTORIAN AND THE SILENT FILM STAR: ONE WAS GAY

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LEGENDARY STAR'S GAY LIFE

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

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RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REER: A GAY CHRISTMAS ALLEGORY

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IS MAYA RUDOLPH GAY?

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RUDOLPH VALENTO AND JEAN ACKER WERE BOTH RUMOREDLY GAY SPE THEIR RERD-BREAKG SHORT MARRIAGE

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THE GAY INS OF CHRISTMAS CLASSICS

It's a splendid irony that when straight men are hailed as "Valentos, " the reference is to a gay superstar.