Cary Grant's Dghter: Dad Wasn't Gay or Bi, But If He Had Been, OK

WHEN HOLLYWOOD STUDS MARRIED OFF GAY STARS TO KEEP THEIR SEXUALY A SECRET
CARY GRANT’S HIDN GAY RELATNSHIP WH RANDOLPH STT
A HOLLYWOOD GAY LOVE AFFAIR
'LEAKED' PICTUR OF CARY GRANT AND RANDOLPH STT HT AT A GAY RELATNSHIP THAT NEVER WAS
CARY GRANT'S DGHTER: DAD WASN'T GAY OR BI, BUT IF HE HAD BEEN, OK
'LEAKED' PICTUR OF CARY GRANT AND RANDOLPH STT HT AT A GAY RELATNSHIP THAT NEVER WAS

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

But one of the most persistent mors about Grant was that he was secretly gay, or at least bisexual. Zerbe himself was gay, and his work had a homoerotic tge even when created for a female, heterosexual dience.

CARY GRANT’S HIDN GAY RELATNSHIP WH RANDOLPH STT

Queerns uld be appreciated on stage, but the every day liv of major stars was often hidn sham unns known as "lavenr marriag, " acrdg to Stephen Tropiano, profsor of Screen Studi at Itha College and thor of The Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lbians on marriag were arranged by Hollywood studs between one or more gay, lbian or bisexual people orr to hi their sexual orientatn om the public. They date back to the early 20th century and rried on past the gay liberatn movement of the 1960s.

Bowers’ acunt tails sexual enunters, gay and straight, that he claims he both arranged and took part , begng wrote that he had been sexually volved wh leadg actor Cary Grant and his roommate, Randolph Stt, for more than a . They married 1955 and separated two years later, after mors of his homosexualy and fily began to pile up. Bettmann Archive/Getty ImagRock Hudson and his bri Phyllis Gat at their 1955 gay actors chose to live openly, spe the risk.

He’s now often nsired one of Hollywood’s first openly gay stars.

A HOLLYWOOD GAY LOVE AFFAIR

Lavenr marriag beme ls prevalent the 1960s and ‘70s as the gay rights movement gaed momentum followg the Stonewall Rts of 1969. Although reprentatn film and on televisn was still srce, the actual liv of the stars on screen—straight, gay or bisexual—weren’t dictated by studs as much as they had been the past.

The list of stars he allegedly set up wh prostut reads like a stroll down the Hollywood Walk of Fame: Tennsee Williams, Charl Lghton, Vcent Price, Kathare Hepburn, Gloria Swanson, Noël Coward, Rock Hudson, Cole Porter, and Bowers released his book, sentially outg Grant, Tracy, and Hepburn, among others, as gay or bisexual, crics rangg om sual rears to Barbara Walters blasted him for spreadg salac stori about long-ad subjects who uldn’t fend themselv or qutn their veracy. More, fosters a ln that moral cls don’t still exist, if not lerally ntracts, then herently an dtry that forc known gay actors to perform heterosexualy orr to further their same people who dismiss stori about Hollywood and sex as irrelevant are the on who ept outrage at the suatn that the actors had same-sex sexual relatnships and that the stori are beg told when they’re not alive to speak to them. At a time when there still is not an out gay or lbian movie star starrg as the lead blockbters, and people still bate whether an out gay or lbian actor uld be believable as a romantic lead, the fact that Spencer Tracy and Kathare Hepburn, two inic romantic leads, had same-sex relatnships is illumatg.

'LEAKED' PICTUR OF CARY GRANT AND RANDOLPH STT HT AT A GAY RELATNSHIP THAT NEVER WAS

In this vio, we’ll explore Cary Grant’s origs and the tails of his secret gay relatnships. Movg eely as a uple wh the gay social circl of Old Hollywood, they formed a domtic partnership and found happs for a time. In 1933, a closeted gay journalist named Ben Maddox wrote a feature about the two men and their life together.

He left out any direct suatn of homosexualy, but ed var mon words that would intify the two as a uple to other gay rears. The photographs were judged harshly by some homophobic crics and mors started to churn about the actors’ sexualy. In 1934, Paramount enuraged (or possibly mand) Grant to marry orr to stifle the gay mors.

The Paramount Publicy partment would perdilly plant stori about an endls stream of betiful women g an out of their beach hoe, which the media now referred to as “Bachelor Hall, ” orr to keep gay mors at bay. In 1980, he even sued Chevy Chase for famatn after the edian referred to him as a “homo” on televisn. Their iends om that perd said that the two handsome young actors lived together openly and began travelg Hollywood’s gay social circl.