Filmmaker Matt Tyrner on his documentari about gay culture: the Wt Coast story of the unrground gay scene of '40s and '50s movie stars "Stty and the Secret History of Hollywood" and the East Coast history of the legendary dis "Stud 54."
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FILMMAKER MATT TYRNER ON THE HISTORY OF GAY CULTURE OLD HOLLYWOOD AND AT STUD 54
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