Chapter One"Rolling Out the Red Carpet"
New York City, 1971The provocative and stylish ad, a drawing by Ed Parente, depicted an attractive, mustached man in a Speedo, from his thighs up. His nipples were prominent, and a lightning bolt ran across his crotch at an angle to the top of his bathing suit. He wore a banner of shells over one shoulder, leather thongs tied around h
Chapter One"Rolling Out the Red Carpet"
New York City, 1971The provocative and stylish ad, a drawing by Ed Parente, depicted an attractive, mustached man in a Speedo, from his thighs up. His nipples were prominent, and a lightning bolt ran across his crotch at an angle to the top of his bathing suit. He wore a banner of shells over one shoulder, leather thongs tied around his wrists, and held a beach ball against his right hip. An art deco border framed the ad, making it quiteeye-catching.
The ad appeared on the first page of the movie ads between, and of equal size to, "X, Y and Zee," starring Elizabeth Taylor, and the John Cassavetes film "Minnie and Moskowitz. Nicholas and Alexandra" took up the top half of the page. My name appeared above the title, out there for all to see. I was proud of the film and never considered not putting my name on it. People who knew me would be intrigued and, I'd hoped, curious to see what I'd done. What good is a movie if no one sees it?
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Wild read ! I read this as research on famous but little known folks from Jacksonville. WOW. What a ride. This man takes us through the 60-70's on a wild drug filled romp from the best of Broadway to the start of the AIDS epidemic. As a dancer then choreographer he worked with the best and brightest and a whim he makes a gay porno for his friends and it changes his world forever. The gift of a 16mm camera leads him on a new venture making films and then into the world of gay porn not realizing i
Wild read ! I read this as research on famous but little known folks from Jacksonville. WOW. What a ride. This man takes us through the 60-70's on a wild drug filled romp from the best of Broadway to the start of the AIDS epidemic. As a dancer then choreographer he worked with the best and brightest and a whim he makes a gay porno for his friends and it changes his world forever. The gift of a 16mm camera leads him on a new venture making films and then into the world of gay porn not realizing it would forever label him and change his life. The direct unapologetic style makes this at times a tough emotional read but worth the effort in the end. This book is hard to find but interlibrary loan to the rescue!
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