Stardust, 1992

Blueboy, April 1980.

"𝐈𝐟 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟎𝐬, 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫. 𝐈𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 '𝐁𝐨𝐲 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐃𝐨𝐨𝐫' 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐌𝐫. 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐫𝐬. 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞. 𝐈 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭-𝐚𝐬𝐤, 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭-𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞." -𝐓𝐚𝐛 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 Vintage articles from Photoplay and Modern Screen magazines published during the 1950s featuring stories about Rock Hudson, Montgomery Clift, Anthony Perkins, James Dean, Tab Hunter, Sal Mineo, and George Nader (with a quick nod to Marlon Brando) illustrating how closeted lgbtq+ actors were written about in fan magazines. Though the truth about their private lives was never specifically stated and the articles were largely puff-pieces designed to deceive the public and keep the actors bankable, it's of interest to note that many of the headlines alluded to the gossip and whispers that were pervasive at the time, dangling hints about what was really going on behind the scenes.

Greta Garbo in THE MYSTERIOUS LADY 1928 | Fred Niblo

Psycho (1960) dir. Alfred Hitchcock

Homens (1999)

7:30 AM, May 8, 1953 - Atomic blast and mushroom cloud 75 miles away, seen from Hotel Last Frontier, Las Vegas Strip.

The atomic blast was real; the photo was planned promotional effort by the Las Vegas News Bureau.

Las Vegas News Bureau, the resort industry’s own PR team whose mission it was to get the name “Las Vegas” into the national media by any means possible, found the series of atomic tests in the 1950s to be a proven success. An earlier photo by Bureau photographer Don English showing an atomic cloud rising in the distance over downtown Las Vegas skyline had been his biggest success to date with his photo published in LIFE and newspapers around the world.

English planned these photos for the May 8th test blast hoping for a similar success. He was perched on a balcony at Hotel Last Frontier facing northwest, overlooking the courtyard and pool. It was early-morning on a day that wasn’t particularly hot, with the swimmers possibly also positioned for the photo.

The covered wagons in the distance are the hotel's Last Frontier Village theme park. The screen of Motor-Vu Drive-In theater is beyond the hotel. A Union Pacific train passed in the distance of the second photo.

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JOE DALLESANDRO Blood for Dracula (1974) dir. Paul Morrissey

Key Largo (1948)

HALLOWEEN john carpenter, 1978