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Wisecracker : The Life and Times of William Haines, Hollywood's First Openly Gay Star by William J. Mann (2016, CD MP3, Unabridged edition)
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In 1930 William Haines was Hollywood's #1 box-office draw--a talented, handsome, and wisecracking romantic lead. Off screen, however, protected by a careful collaboration between studio and press, he was openly gay with reporters and studio chiefs alike. Here is Haines's virtually unknown story--rich with detail, revelations, and scandal--about silent movies and talkies; his lover Jimmie Shields, and their fifty-year relationship (Joan Crawford, their best friend, called them "The happiest married couple in Hollywood") and the enforcement of the Production Code and establishment of the Hollywood closet, which led to the blacklisting that ultimately doomed Haimes's film career. Wisecracker sweeps from gay pool parties to the excitement of early talkies to Haines's infamous encounter with gay-bashing white supremacists in 1936. He survived the scandal to emerge as a top interior decorator to the stars and to such clients as Nancy Reagan and Walter Annenberg, who employed him for the American Embassy in London. With a cast of characters running from Tallulah Bankhead to Betsy Bloomingdale, from Clark Gable to William Randolph Hearst, Wisecracker is an astounding piece of newly discovered gay history, a chronicle of high Hollywood, and--at its heart--a great and enduring love story.Product Identifiers
PublisherBrilliance Publishing, Inc.
ISBN-101522672788
ISBN-139781522672784
eBay Product ID (ePID)221650244
Product Key Features
Publication Year2016
TopicGeneral, Entertainment & Performing Arts
Book TitleWisecracker : the Life and Times of William Haines, Hollywood's First Openly Gay Star
LanguageEnglish
GenreBiography & Autobiography
AuthorWilliam J. Mann
FormatCD Mp3
Dimensions
Item Height0.5in
Item Length6.8in
Item Weight2.7 Oz
Item Width5.2in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition21
Number of Volumes1 Vol.
Dewey Decimal791.43/028/092 B
Edition DescriptionUnabridged Edition
