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Item specifics
- Condition
- Type
- Textbook
- ISBN
- 9780802120076
- Book Title
- Full Service : My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publisher
- GROVE/Atlantic, Incorporated
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.2 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Social Science
- Topic
- Personal Memoirs, General, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Prostitution & Sex Trade
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Item Weight
- 20.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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Product Information
Now the subject of the hit documentary Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood , praised by Vanity Fair as "full of revelations" and Entertainment Weekly as "deliciously salacious," Full Service is the remarkable true story of Scotty Bowers, the "gentleman hustler," during the heyday of classic Hollywood. Newly discharged from the Marines after World War II, Bowers arrived in Hollywood in 1946. Young, charismatic, and strikingly handsome, he quickly caught the eye of many of the town's stars and starlets. He began sleeping with some himself, and connecting others with his coterie of young, attractive, and sexually free-spirited friends. His own lovers included Edith Piaf, Spencer Tracy, Vivien Leigh, Cary Grant, and the abdicated King of England Edward VIII, and he arranged tricks or otherwise crossed paths with Tennessee Williams, Charles Laughton, Vincent Price, Katharine Hepburn, Rita Hayworth, Errol Flynn, Gloria Swanson, Noël Coward, Mae West, James Dean, Rock Hudson and J. Edgar Hoover, to name but a few. Full Service is not only a fascinating chronicle of Hollywood's sexual underground, but also exposes the hypocrisy of the major studios, who used actors to propagate a myth of a conformist, sexually innocent America knowing full well that their stars' personal lives differed dramatically from this family-friendly mold. As revelation-filled as Hollywood Babylon , Full Service provides a lost chapter in the history of the sexual revolution and is a testament to a man who provided sex, support, and affection to countless people.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
GROVE/Atlantic, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0802120075
ISBN-13
9780802120076
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109069360
Product Key Features
Book Title
Full Service : My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Personal Memoirs, General, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Prostitution & Sex Trade
Publication Year
2012
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Social Science
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
20.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
As Told to
Friedberg, Lionel
Lc Classification Number
Hq146.L7b69 2012
Reviews
"I have known Scotty Bowers for the better part of a century. I'm so pleased that he has finally decided to tell his story to the world. His startling memoir includes great figures like Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn. Scotty doesn't lie-—the stars sometimes do—-and he knows everybody ."-—Gore Vidal "Scotty Bowers's memoir is a jaw-dropping firsthand account of closeted life in Hollywood during the '40s and '50s. The wholesome image of the post-war American family was acted, written, directed and designed by people for whom such a life was never possible and Bowers writes about their pain and brilliance with the childlike wonder of Chauncey Garndner. Turner Classic Movies will never quite look the same."-—Griffin Dunne, Actor/Director "They said he'd never talk — but at long last, the legendary Scotty Bowers has told his story, with all the honesty, compassion and insight that made him a confidant of movie stars, directors, billionaires, and politicians. Bowers knew Hollywood like no one else, invited behind closed doors to observe firsthand the true stories of America's dream factory. This is juicy, juicy stuff — but just as importantly, it's a seminal chapter of American popular culture that gives us a richer understanding of the people, times, and culture of Hollywood's Golden Age."-—William J. Mann, author of Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn and How To Be a Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood, "I have known Scotty Bowers for the better part of a century. I'm so pleased that he has finally decided to tell his story to the world. His startling memoir includes great figures like Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn. Scotty doesn't lie-the stars sometimes do—and he knows everybody ."—Gore Vidal A picaresque romp that unabashedly uncover long-hidden sexual scandals during Hollywood's golden years."—John Rechy, author of City of Night "Scotty Bowers's memoir is a jaw-dropping firsthand account of closeted life in Hollywood during the '40s and '50s. The wholesome image of the post-war American family was acted, written, directed and designed by people for whom such a life was never possible and Bowers writes about their pain and brilliance with the childlike wonder of Chauncey Gardiner. Turner Classic Movies will never quite look the same."-Griffin Dunne, Actor/Director "They said he'd never talk—but at long last, the legendary Scotty Bowers has told his story, with all the honesty, compassion and insight that made him a confidant of movie stars, directors, billionaires, and politicians. Bowers knew Hollywood like no one else, invited behind closed doors to observe firsthand the true stories of America's dream factory. This is juicy, juicy stuff—but just as importantly, it's a seminal chapter of American popular culture that gives us a richer understanding of the people, times, and culture of Hollywood's Golden Age."-William J. Mann, author of Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn and How To Be a Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood
Copyright Date
2012
Lccn
2011-279983
Dewey Decimal
979.4/94053 B
Dewey Edition
23
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