{"id":13090,"date":"2016-08-05T16:51:51","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T16:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/?p=13090"},"modified":"2016-08-05T16:51:51","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T16:51:51","slug":"behind-the-screen-by-william-j-mann-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/behind-the-screen-by-william-j-mann-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind the Screen by William J. Mann"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Behind the Screen<\/em><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>How Gays and Lesbians Shaped Hollywood, 1910-1969<\/em><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">William J. Mann<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/good-4-stars.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"50\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Whether in or out of the closet, gays and lesbians played an essential role in shaping studio-era Hollywood. Gay actors (J. Warren Kerrigan, Marlene Dietrich, Rock Hudson), gay directors (George Cukor, James Whale, Dorothy Arzner), and gay set and costume designers (Adrian, Travis Banton, George James Hopkins) have been among the most influential individuals in Hollywood history and literally created the Hollywood mystique. This landmark study-based on seven years of exacting research and including unpublished memoirs, personal correspondence, oral histories, and scrapbooks-explores the experience of Hollywood&#8217;s gays in the context of their times. Ranging from Hollywood&#8217;s working conditions to the rowdy character of Los Angeles&#8217;s gay underground, William J. Mann brings long overdue attention to every aspect of this powerful creative force.<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<h2>Check for it on:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/gp\/search?tag=lesbianfun-20&amp;index=books&amp;field-title=William J. Mann, Behind the Screen\">Amazon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/search?q=Behind the Screen, William J. Mann&#038;qid=\">Goodreads<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?tbm=bks&#038;hl=en&#038;q=William J. Mann, Behind the Screen\">Google Books<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<h2>Details<\/h2>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n .TFtable{\n  border-collapse:collapse; <\/p>\n<p> }\n .TFtable td{ \n  spacing:10px; border:#ffffff 5px solid; padding-right:20px<\/p>\n<p> }\n \/*  Define the text for all the 2nd columns  *\/\n .TFtable td:nth-child(2){\n  color: #0099ff;\n }\n<\/style>\n<table class=\"TFtable\">\n<tr>\n<td>ISBN<\/td>\n<td>9780142001141<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Genre<\/td>\n<td>Film and Television<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Publication Date<\/td>\n<td>29-Oct-02<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Publisher<\/td>\n<td>Penguin (Non-Classics)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Format<\/td>\n<td>Trade Paperback<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>No. of Pages<\/td>\n<td>448<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Notes<\/td>\n<td>Lambda Literary Award Finalist<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Language<\/td>\n<td>English<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Rating<\/td>\n<td>Good<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Subject<\/td>\n<td>Gay Motion Picture Actors And Actresses; Gay Motion Picture Producers And Directors; Performing Arts \/ Film &#038; Video \/ History &#038; Criticism; Social Science \/ Gay Studies; Social Science \/ Lesbian Studies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BookID<\/td>\n<td>956<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William J. 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