CT LGBT Film Festival: SCOTTY AND THE SECRET HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD

Director: Matt Tyrnauer

2017, USA, 98, NR

 

A fascinating, dishy documentary about the life and times of Scotty Bowers, who, after serving in the Marines in World War II, stumbled into a career as a procurer to Hollywood stars, satisfying the sexual desires of some of the most famous people in Hollywood, both male and female. For just $20, Scotty could discreetly hook up just about anyone with anybody to do just about anything. Featuring Connecticut LGBT Film Festival co-founder and Hollywood historian William Mann.

Preceded by the short film:

 

Bayard and Me   (Connecticut Premiere)

Dir. Matt Wolf, 2017, USA, 16 min. In the 1980s, civil rights leader Bayard Rustin adopted his younger boyfriend Walter Naegle to obtain the legal protections of marriage. In this intimate love story, Walter remembers Bayard and a time when gay marriage was inconceivable.


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