Hollywood Lesbians

by Boze Hadleigh

Book Overview

Interviews Sandy Dennis, Barbara Stanwyck, Marjorie Main, Nancy Kulp, Patsy Kelly, Agnes Moorehead, Edith Head, Judith Anderson, and others about life as a lesbian in the film industry during the so-called Golden Age of Hollywood.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1569800146
• ISBN13: 9781569800140
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: Barricade Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

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Fascinating Revelations

What fascinating revelations! I read this book from cover to cover and repeatedly said to myself, "Well, I'll be..." I grew up watching most of the people portrayed and never dreamed at the time what was going on behind the scenes. I would have loved the movies and shows even more had I known the whole story. I rank the contents in reverse order of interest as follows: 3: interviews; 2: author's narrative; 1: index. Reading it all in context was fun. After that, I spent a couple of hours looking at the names in the index and flipping to the page references to zero in on what those people had to say. This book entertained me for hours and I consider it well worth the cost.

hollywood privates ,legendary ladies speak out ,

i found the book highly entertaining, specially the interview with DAME JUDITH ANDERSON ,a hell of an actress ,and a indomitable personality to boot/ ,so what if many of them refused to come out ,i still believe in the freedom of choice , they are a product of their times ,and you can't really blame them ,could you? more power to them /and to anybody strong enough in their convictions ,to decided what is more beneficial, to them, even in the last decades of their lives,,,good book, WRONG APROACH and OVERALL ACTITUD on the writter questions.

Hollywood Lesbians reveals much about subjects and author.

Hollywood Lesbians is one of author Boze Hadleigh's "exposes" of homosexuality in show business. While the interviews are entertaining and informative, I find that Mr. Hadleigh tends to be self-righteous, and exploitative in the name of "helping" gays and lesbians. His interview with Barbara Stanwyck is downright cruel, and he displays much insensitivity in dealing with Agnes Moorehead and Dame Judith Anderson. Mr. Hadleigh seems to believe that he is qualified to tell everyone else how to run his or her life. Instead of trying to show some understanding towards these women who were forced to stay in the closet, he chooses to blame them for the attitudes of society. (Tellingly, Mr. Hadleigh is much kinder towards the men he interviewed in "Hollywood Gays", implying misogynistic impulses on his part.) In any event, this book is eye-opening and ultimately earns sympathy for the subjects, and makes one look forward to the day when everyone can live his or her life openly.