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Bowers makes many claims about the sex lives of many people, most of whom were associated with the hollywood movie industry during that period. It isnt every book that becomes an instant literary sensation. A portrait of unsung hollywood legend scotty bowers, whose bestselling memoir chronicled his decades spent as sexual procurer to the stars. Bowers, 88, recalls his highly unorthodox life in a ribald memoir scheduled to be published by grove press on feb. Names and their orientations are not revealed here. My adventures in hollywood and the secret sex lives of the stars, written by scotty bowers with lionel friedberg. Matt tyrnauer s documentary scotty and the secret history of hollywood has a more succinct and appropriate title than the 2012 nonfiction bestseller from which it derives, full service. New doc reveals the secret history of gay hollywood. While the book seems to promiseand in fact, deliversbig dollops of sexual revelations about scores of classicera movie stars, the film does a good job of placing all this. Thomson had originally planned to write a book about the history of gayness in film. In bowers life story, tyrnauer found a way to extoll a less straightwashed, sub rosa version of the golden era of hollywood. Ten reasons why we love donna tartts the secret history. While the book seems to promiseand in fact, deliversbig dollops of sexual revelations. Scotty and the secret history of hollywood is a 2017 american documentary film about the life of scotty bowers, who acted as an unpaid pimp in hollywood from the 1940s to 80s.
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