By Ronald Constantino
MORE ON – Yes, gay H’wood as compiled by Boze Hadleigh in “Hollywood Babble On.”
In the ‘60s, we all had crushes on (Rudolf) Nureyev, but I went further. I proposed cohabitation. He said no; I was to old for him. – CECIL BEATON
Everyone in New York City knows that Tony Perkins’ marriage was just a front. He still has male lovers. Tony couldn’t settle down with another guy because he’s insecure and craves kinky affairs, not a genuine or lasting relationship.
Tony isn’t exactly Norman Bates (of “Psycho”), but he’s awfully kinky. – HALSTON
I’d always heard around town that Robert Taylor was bisexual, that his marriage to Barbara Stanwyck was arranged, and that she was also gay. So when I met Taylor, I figured we’d have something in common, right? Wrong! I was open, he was not only closeted, he was right-wing and a witch-hunter, not at all friendly or honest or even smiling. – SAL MINEO
My favorite American lesbian! – CLIFTON WEBB on Barbara Stanwyck
I always heard that Noel Coward wrote that song (“Mad About the Boy”) because of his friend Cary Grant. – DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS JR.
(Filming “The Man Who Would Be King”): We were in this little town on the edge of the Sahara, and there was nothing to do at night except go to this disco. But it was all men dancing with men because women weren’t allowed out at night. So we’re standing at the bar, watching all these guys dancing, when Sean (Connery) leans over me and says to me, “Do you mind if I dance with your driver? Mine’s too ugly.” – MICHAEL CAINE
Brando. Always Brando – for everything, one wants him, – director LUCHINO VISCONTI
Monsieur Chevalier and I did a mature love duet in “Gigi.” Quite mature a song on senelity, really. He was not without talent, I can tell you, for he enacted an old boy who’d once been in love with me and a few hundred other females. And off the screen, Maurice was not really enamored of any performer with a bosom. – HERMIONE GINGOLD
