August 1, 1930– Lionel Bart: ''Must I travel far and wide? 'Til I am beside the someone who I can mean something to ... Where? Where is love?'' Lionel Bart hosted some of the most fabulous parties in the Swinging Mod London of the 1960s. His guests included: Princess … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Writer, George Bernard Shaw
1881 via Wikimedia Commons July 27, 1856 - George Bernard Shaw: "If You Want to Tell People the Truth, Make Them Laugh, Otherwise They'll Kill You." Shaw is one of my favorite figures in history. He was a man of Theatre and Film, a vegetarian, a Socialist, and a rabble … [Read more...]
#Breaking: Gay Icons Bette Midler and Joni Mitchell to Receive Kennedy Center Honors!
Kennedy Center, via Wikimedia Commons The 44th Kennedy Center Honors, scheduled for December 5, might be delayed until 2022, because of the rise in Covid cases and what could very possibly be another pandemic winter. Or fans could be getting an unprecedented two-Kennedy Center … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Lyricist, Dorothy Fields
Photo by Walter Albertin from Library of Congress July 15, 1905– Dorothy Fields In his first inauguration speech, President Barack Obama pleaded: "Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Forgotten Actor, Eric Portman
1927, photo: public domain July 13, 1901 – Eric Portman: "Acting is like masturbation, one either does it or one doesn't, but one never talks about it. " In the 1940s, Eric Portman was one of the biggest British film stars. With his clipped delivery, somewhat ominous … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Jean Cocteau
"Cocteau In Bed With A Mask, Paris" (1927) by Berenice Abbott, via YouTube July 5, 1889 - Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau: "Life is a horizontal fall." He was a poet, writer, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker. While still in his teens, Cocteau began to … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor, Gertrude Lawrence
1941, photo: public domain via Wikimedia Commons July 4, 1898 – Gertrude Alice Dagmar Klasen, or as we fans call her, Gertrude Lawrence, had hordes of adoring audiences in both Britain and the USA. She was the first true international superstar, a Cockney who conquered adoring … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor, Farley Granger
Publicity photo, 1951, public domain July 1, 1925– Farley Granger: “I never felt the need to belong to any exclusive, self-defining or special group. I find it difficult to answer questions about gay life in Hollywood when I was living and working there. There were, of … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught to Hate and Fear…” – Oscar Hammerstein II
You've got to be taught To hate and fear, you've got to be taught from year to year It's got to be drummed in your dear little ear You've got to be carefully taught. You've got to be taught To be afraid of people Whose eyes are oddly made And people whose skin is a … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Cross-Dressing Entertainer, Gladys Bentley
Via Wikipedia Commons June 26, 1907- Gladys Bentley: "From the time I can remember anything, I never wanted a man to touch me. Soon I began to feel more comfortable in boys’ clothes than in dresses." In 1934, King's Terrace, a Manhattan nightclub, was padlocked by the … [Read more...]
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