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Scotty Bowers, the "gentleman hustler," is the subject of the hit documentary "Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood," which has been praised by Vanity Fair as "full of revelations" and by Entertainment Weekly as "deliciously salacious." Full Service is the remarkable true story of Bowers' life during the heyday of classic Hollywood.
After being newly discharged from the Marines following 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. Bowers' own lovers included Edith Piaf, Spencer Tracy, Vivien Leigh, Cary Grant, and the abdicated King of England Edward VIII. He also arranged tricks or otherwise crossed paths with a host of other notable figures, such as 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.
Full Service is not only a fascinating chronicle of Hollywood's sexual underground, but it also exposes the hypocrisy of the major studios. These studios used actors to propagate a myth of a conformist, sexually innocent America, while 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 serves as a testament to a man who provided sex, support, and affection to countless people.
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publisher | Grove Press; 1.12.2013 edition (February 12, 2013) | ||||
language | English | ||||
paperback | 304 pages | ||||
isbn_10 | 0802120555 | ||||
isbn_13 | 978-0802120557 | ||||
item_weight | 12.8 ounces | ||||
dimensions | 5.5 x 1 x 8.25 inches | ||||
best_sellers_rank | #38,733 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #11 in Movie Director Biographies #154 in Rich & Famous Biographies #1,194 in Memoirs (Books) | ||||
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