Behind gay hollywood lesbian screen shaped

Description:Mann in "Wisecracker," a biography that explored the very public "private life" of gay silent-era-leading-man-turned-interior-decorator-to the-ruling-class, William Haines. How the Jews Invented Hollywood," Mann's new book about gay Hollywood, "Behind the Screen," endeavors to explain how gays and lesbians shaped the industry. Even those readers less than familiar with the studio era's rise and fall--or gay politics and social history, for that matter--are relatively well aware of the fact that the same-sex-oriented played a major role in it. The sticking point is precisely how that role was played, given the paradox of the culture's stated disapproval of gays and lesbians, and the haven that places like Hollywood provided for sexual nonconformists. Although the film industry's gays and lesbians had freedom, they did not--until the s--have any real degree of make or break power.

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