Gore Vidal's spat wh Charlton Hton over gay 'Ben-Hur' subtext - Los Angel Tim

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• RAQUEL WELCH: BEN-HUR STAR STEPHEN BOYD WAS GAY
• HOW CHARLTON HTON PLAYED A GAY MAN WHOUT KNOWG ‘BEN-HUR’
• THE HIDN HOMOSEXUAL HISTORY OF "BEN-HUR"DO THE NEW REMAKE KEEP THE GAY SUBTEXT?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHAUGT 17, 2016/5:34 PMBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHAUGT 17, 2016 / 5:34 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE HIDN HOMOSEXUAL HISTORY OF \"BEN-HUR\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-08-17T21:34:32.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-08-17T21:34:32.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S HOLLYWOOD LEGEND THAT THE 1959 VERSN OF BEN-HUR—THAT WENT ONTO W A RERD 11 OSRS—HAD A GAY ROMANCE THAT MANY DIENCE MEMBERS NEVER PICKED UP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE HIDN GAY RELATNSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO MA CHARACTERS WAS BROUGHT TO LIGHT THE 1995 DOCUMENTARY THE CELLULOID CLOSET WHEN GORE VIDAL REVEALED THAT HE WAS BROUGHT ON THE FILM AS A SCRIPT DOCTOR AND REWROTE SCEN TO "HT HEAVILY AT A PRR SEXUAL RELATNSHIP BETWEEN CHARLTON HTON’S TLE CHARACTER AND HIS CHILDHOOD IEND (AND LATER BETRAYER) MSALA (STEPHEN BOYD)," REPORTS THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER VIDAL'S MENTS THE FILM'S STAR CHARLTON HTON WROTE TO THE LOS ANGEL TIM BLASTG HIM FOR TARNISHG A HOLLYWOOD CLASSIC WH HOMOSEXUALY—BUT HTON DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE RELATNSHIP BETWEEN BEN-HUR AND MSALA BEE NO ONE TOLD HIM BEFORE THE SHOOT. VIDAL DID NFIRM THAT "HE HAD DISCSED THE MATTER WH BOYD, WHO DULY FOLLOWED THE SCREENWRER’S LEAD FOR THE KEY SCENE WHICH THE BOYHOOD CHUMS MEET AGA AFTER MANY YEARS APART."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN DIRECTOR WILLIAM WYLER ME AROUND TO VIDAL'S REASONG FOR THE NEED OF A PAST ROMANCE BETWEEN THE TWO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VIDAL EXPLAED THIS HIS LETTER TO THE L.A. TIM:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"OVER THE YEARS, I HAVE TOLD THE STORY OF HOW, FACED WH A HOPELS SCRIPT FOR BEN-HUR, I PERSUAD THE PRODUCER, SAM ZIMBALIST (THIS WAS AN MGM FILM AND THE WRER WORKED NOT WH THE DIRECTOR BUT THE PRODUCER; LATER THE DIRECTOR, THIS SE WILLIAM WYLER, WEIGHED ) THAT THE ONLY WAY ONE ULD JTIFY SEVERAL HOURS OF HATRED BETWEEN TWO LADS – AND ALL THOSE HORS – WAS TO TABLISH, WHOUT SAYG SO WORDS, AN AFFAIR BETWEEN THEM AS BOYS; THEN, WHEN RNED AT PICTURE’S START, THE ROMAN, PLAYED BY STEPHEN BOYD, WANTS TO PICK UP WHERE THEY LEFT OFF AND THE JEW, HTON, SPURNS HIM." {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THIS IS THE SCENE THAT WAS SHOT AND THIS IS THE SCENE THAT VIEWERS OF THE CELLULOID CLOSET WATCHED, WH MY MENTARY. LOS ANGEL TIM FILM CRIC KENH TURAN WROTE THAT “SEEG AN APPROPRIATE CLIP MAK A STRONG SE FOR THE TTH OF VIDAL’S ASSERTN THAT BOYD WAS ON THE SCHEME WHILE HTON WAS NOT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO DO THE NEW BEN-HUR REMAKE KEEP THE GAY SUBTEXT TACT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT WASN’T SOMETHG WE AVOID BUT WASN’T SOMETHG WE HAD,” SAID TOBY KEBBELL—WHO PLAYS MSALA THE LATT VERSN—AT THIS WEEK'S L.A. PREMIERE. “IN 1959, THE GAY NTEXT WAS VERY IMPORTANT. THEY NEED A VOICE. YOU SHOULDN’T HAVE TO HI THE DARK ABOUT SOMETHG YOU FEEL AND YOU’RE GROWN WH. THAT WAS THEIR OWN THG THEY WANTED TO PORTRAY AND WE DIDN’T NEED TO. IT’S A DIFFERENT TIME, THANKFULLY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I DON’T EVEN KNOW IF THAT WAS TE THAT FILM,” PRODUCER ROMA DOWNEY (Y, OM TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL) TOLD THE IRISH EXAMER. “HERE WE HAVE TWO BROTHERS. THEY LOVE EACH OTHER. THEY’RE RAISED THE SAME HOEHOLD AND ’S SO TRAGIC TO SEE THEIR FAY JT RIPPED APART.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOMEHOW WE THK VIDAL WOULD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEN-HUR IS THEATERS AUGT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}H/T: THE IRISH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• DID RAQUEL WELCH STRIKE OUT WH ACTOR STEPHEN BOYD BEE HE WAS GAY? APPARENTLY SO!
• GORE VIDAL’S SPAT WH CHARLTON HTON OVER GAY ‘BEN-HUR’ SUBTEXT

RAQUEL WELCH: BEN-HUR STAR STEPHEN BOYD WAS GAY

Ben-Hur actor Stephen Boyd was gay, acrdg to his one-time -star Raquel Welch.

HOW CHARLTON HTON PLAYED A GAY MAN WHOUT KNOWG ‘BEN-HUR’

Boyd, who died of a heart attack 1977 aged 45, never me out as gay and was married to his secretary at the time of his ath. Charlton Hton, who played Judah Ben-Hur, reacted furly when he was spoken to about the homoerotic nnotatns. He fed the revelatn as “ridiculo” Time magaze, and he lled the documentary’s producer to ny that Ben-Hur was a homosexual.

THE HIDN HOMOSEXUAL HISTORY OF "BEN-HUR"DO THE NEW REMAKE KEEP THE GAY SUBTEXT?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHAUGT 17, 2016/5:34 PMBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHAUGT 17, 2016 / 5:34 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE HIDN HOMOSEXUAL HISTORY OF \"BEN-HUR\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-08-17T21:34:32.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-08-17T21:34:32.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S HOLLYWOOD LEGEND THAT THE 1959 VERSN OF BEN-HUR—THAT WENT ONTO W A RERD 11 OSRS—HAD A GAY ROMANCE THAT MANY DIENCE MEMBERS NEVER PICKED UP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE HIDN GAY RELATNSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO MA CHARACTERS WAS BROUGHT TO LIGHT THE 1995 DOCUMENTARY THE CELLULOID CLOSET WHEN GORE VIDAL REVEALED THAT HE WAS BROUGHT ON THE FILM AS A SCRIPT DOCTOR AND REWROTE SCEN TO "HT HEAVILY AT A PRR SEXUAL RELATNSHIP BETWEEN CHARLTON HTON’S TLE CHARACTER AND HIS CHILDHOOD IEND (AND LATER BETRAYER) MSALA (STEPHEN BOYD)," REPORTS THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER VIDAL'S MENTS THE FILM'S STAR CHARLTON HTON WROTE TO THE LOS ANGEL TIM BLASTG HIM FOR TARNISHG A HOLLYWOOD CLASSIC WH HOMOSEXUALY—BUT HTON DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE RELATNSHIP BETWEEN BEN-HUR AND MSALA BEE NO ONE TOLD HIM BEFORE THE SHOOT. VIDAL DID NFIRM THAT "HE HAD DISCSED THE MATTER WH BOYD, WHO DULY FOLLOWED THE SCREENWRER’S LEAD FOR THE KEY SCENE WHICH THE BOYHOOD CHUMS MEET AGA AFTER MANY YEARS APART."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN DIRECTOR WILLIAM WYLER ME AROUND TO VIDAL'S REASONG FOR THE NEED OF A PAST ROMANCE BETWEEN THE TWO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VIDAL EXPLAED THIS HIS LETTER TO THE L.A. TIM:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"OVER THE YEARS, I HAVE TOLD THE STORY OF HOW, FACED WH A HOPELS SCRIPT FOR BEN-HUR, I PERSUAD THE PRODUCER, SAM ZIMBALIST (THIS WAS AN MGM FILM AND THE WRER WORKED NOT WH THE DIRECTOR BUT THE PRODUCER; LATER THE DIRECTOR, THIS SE WILLIAM WYLER, WEIGHED ) THAT THE ONLY WAY ONE ULD JTIFY SEVERAL HOURS OF HATRED BETWEEN TWO LADS – AND ALL THOSE HORS – WAS TO TABLISH, WHOUT SAYG SO WORDS, AN AFFAIR BETWEEN THEM AS BOYS; THEN, WHEN RNED AT PICTURE’S START, THE ROMAN, PLAYED BY STEPHEN BOYD, WANTS TO PICK UP WHERE THEY LEFT OFF AND THE JEW, HTON, SPURNS HIM." {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THIS IS THE SCENE THAT WAS SHOT AND THIS IS THE SCENE THAT VIEWERS OF THE CELLULOID CLOSET WATCHED, WH MY MENTARY. LOS ANGEL TIM FILM CRIC KENH TURAN WROTE THAT “SEEG AN APPROPRIATE CLIP MAK A STRONG SE FOR THE TTH OF VIDAL’S ASSERTN THAT BOYD WAS ON THE SCHEME WHILE HTON WAS NOT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO DO THE NEW BEN-HUR REMAKE KEEP THE GAY SUBTEXT TACT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT WASN’T SOMETHG WE AVOID BUT WASN’T SOMETHG WE HAD,” SAID TOBY KEBBELL—WHO PLAYS MSALA THE LATT VERSN—AT THIS WEEK'S L.A. PREMIERE. “IN 1959, THE GAY NTEXT WAS VERY IMPORTANT. THEY NEED A VOICE. YOU SHOULDN’T HAVE TO HI THE DARK ABOUT SOMETHG YOU FEEL AND YOU’RE GROWN WH. THAT WAS THEIR OWN THG THEY WANTED TO PORTRAY AND WE DIDN’T NEED TO. 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Tim: “Vidal’s claim that he slipped a scene implyg a homosexual relatnship between the two men sults Willy Wyler and, I have to say, irrat the hell out of me.

DID RAQUEL WELCH STRIKE OUT WH ACTOR STEPHEN BOYD BEE HE WAS GAY? APPARENTLY SO!

In most peplums, the homoerotic subtext is visual, which is more obv but also more easily disrd, ” Corneli explas to ICON. ”But gay dienc’ tert Roman movi go beyond nuendo or sexualized athetics.

They create muni that gays feel they uld belong to.

GORE VIDAL’S SPAT WH CHARLTON HTON OVER GAY ‘BEN-HUR’ SUBTEXT

It's Hollywood legend that the 1959 versn of Ben-Hur—that went onto w a rerd 11 Osrs—had a gay romance that many dience members never picked up hidn gay relatnship between the two ma characters was brought to light the 1995 documentary The Celluloid Closet when Gore Vidal revealed that he was brought on the film as a script doctor and rewrote scen to "ht heavily at a prr sexual relatnship between Charlton Hton’s tle character and his childhood iend (and later betrayer) Msala (Stephen Boyd), " reports The Vidal's ments the film's star Charlton Hton wrote to the Los Angel Tim blastg him for tarnishg a Hollywood classic wh homosexualy—but Hton didn't know about the relatnship between Ben-Hur and Msala bee no one told him before the shoot.