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Aug 7, 2018 · George Albert "Scotty" Bowers was friends and essentially, a pimp to the biggest homosexual and sexually-adventurous stars of Hollywood's Golden Era. A new documentary, Scotty and The Secret ...
Apr 23, 2015 · Brandon (John Dall) and Phillip (Farley Granger) Rope, 1948. Alfred Hitchcock was fascinated by gay and lesbian characters, and there are sly and not so sly references in many of his films. Rope...
- North by Northwest
- Strangers on A Train
- Rope
- Psycho
- Rebecca
- The Lady Vanishes
The implied homosexuality in North by Northwesthas only a few subtle but undeniable references. Leonard (Martin Landau) is the faithful henchman to Phillip Vandamm (James Mason), the communist spy being chased by the CIA. Leonard is a man interested in fashion, in the 1950s a cue for homosexuality. He is usually in the background; however, he comes...
The ambiguous nature of gay coding is well illustrated in Strangers on a Train. Many critics today read the character Bruno (Robert Walker) as gay. Hitchcock even cut different versions of the movie for Britain and the U.S., toning down the implied homosexuality in the American version — proof positive that he was fully aware of the gay implication...
Rope is completely infused with homosexual subtexts, including one of the most amazing “sex scenes” in Hollywood history. After he had come out as gay later in life, Rope’s screenplay writer, Arthur Laurents, said in a DVD commentary of the film, “What was curious to me was that Ropewas obviously about homosexuals. The word was never mentioned. Not...
Most people now realize that gay men are not all effeminate, are not all mama’s boys, do not all hate women and do not all cross-dress. And they certainly are not all serial killers. But in 1960, many audiences would have conflated some or all of these traits in their general characterizations of homosexuals. Hitchcock chose Anthony Perkins to play...
Rebecca, like most Gothicthrillers, has to have a creepy villain. Hitchcock’s villain is a lesbian. And she is creepy. She’s also a housekeeper in a big, ominous mansion called Manderlay. It even has a closed-off, forbidden room. And lots of secrets. The house is essentially another character in the movie. In mainstream Hollywood movies of the era,...
Almost all of Hitchcock’s references to gay people reflect the intense homophobia of the time. The characters Charters and Caldicott in The Lady Vanishes, however, provide one of moviedom’s earliest depictions of a positive gay couple. Hitchcock excelled at getting fine performances from his supporting cast members. They usually are finely honed ch...
May 30, 2021 · The late Farley Granger lives again, courtesy of a never-seen 40-minute interview conducted by TCM in 1995 that has just been uploaded to the channel's popular YouTube account. Granger, Hitch, Stewart & John Dall (Image via Warner Bros.)
Boyfriend / Spouse. John Dall dated –. Farley Granger (1948) – In January 1948, he started going out with actor, singer, and acting coach Farley Granger. The couple also worked together in the 1948 physiological crime thriller film Rope.
Aug 4, 2017 · The gay duo in Alfred Hitchcock's 1948 Rope are told, "Mind your p 's and q 's." It's cheeky advice for Brandon (John Dall) and Philip (Farley Granger), who have just committed a murder and had...
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John Dall (born John Dall Thompson; May 26, 1920 – January 15, 1971) was an American actor. Primarily a stage actor, he is best remembered today for two film roles: the cool-minded intellectual killer in Alfred Hitchcock's Rope (1948), and the companion of trigger-happy femme fatale Peggy Cummins in the 1950 film noir Gun Crazy.
