07-23-2009, 10:37 AM
My mum loves all the old Ray Harryhausen films like Sinbad, Clash of the Titans, Jason and The Argonauts etc.
The old Sinbad movie was on TV last time I visited her. Just out of curiousity she asked about the main actor (Kerwin Mathews) so I looked him up on Wikipedia... he was also in Jack The Giant Killer and The Three Worlds of Gulliver!
He is dead now but it turned out he was gay and had a partner for 46 years!
Two other old time actors that were secretly gay were Cary Grant and James Dean. Guess it was hard for them in the old days when things were so old fashioned. It was said to be common knowledge amongst Hollywood insiders but kept all hush hush.
Must have seemed so scary back in 1958!
The old Sinbad movie was on TV last time I visited her. Just out of curiousity she asked about the main actor (Kerwin Mathews) so I looked him up on Wikipedia... he was also in Jack The Giant Killer and The Three Worlds of Gulliver!
He is dead now but it turned out he was gay and had a partner for 46 years!
Two other old time actors that were secretly gay were Cary Grant and James Dean. Guess it was hard for them in the old days when things were so old fashioned. It was said to be common knowledge amongst Hollywood insiders but kept all hush hush.
Must have seemed so scary back in 1958!
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