Boze Hadleigh Explained

Boze Hadleigh (born May 15, 1954) is an author. Until the 1990s, he published some of his works under the pseudonym George Hadley-Garcia.[1] Several of his books cover popular culture, show business, and LGBT culture. His 22 books have been translated into 14 languages.

Writings

Several of his books deal with pop culture and/or entertainment history and how the media and status quo shape and manipulate audiences' perceptions and opinions. Some of his books are exclusively about the LGBT presence in and contributions to entertainment.

Some of Hadleigh's books are quotes collections, some are histories and overviews, and some are interviews with movie personalities. Several of these interviews, as with Rock Hudson, were published in periodicals before the subjects died.

Life

Boze Hadleigh was born on May 15, 1954, in Syria. He holds a master's degree in journalism.[2] Hadleigh is gay.

Bibliography

Conversations with My Elders (republished as Celluloid Gaze) includes interviews with actors Sal Mineo and Rock Hudson; directors George Cukor, Luchino Visconti, and Rainer Werner Fassbinder; and designer, photographer, and author Cecil Beaton. Their conversations with the author reveal much about the lives and careers of these celebrities and how their homosexuality affected both.

Hollywood Lesbians is a collection of interviews with 10 lesbians in the entertainment industry. Publishers Weekly wrote: "Fans of Hollywood's golden age will find this collection of interviews conducted over many years revealing, though hampered. The subjects - director Dorothy Arzner, designer Edith Head, actresses Judith Anderson, Marjorie Main, Barbara Stanwyck, Nancy Kulp, Capucine, Patsy Kelly, Agnes Moorehead and Sandy Dennis — were raised in a generation terrified of voicing support for fellow homosexuals, let alone daring to come out of the closet to acknowledge their own sexuality... Still, with carefully couched questions from Hadleigh (Conversations with My Elders), though some of the respondents dance around the subjects of sex and sexuality. Still, an enlightening picture emerges of Tinseltown, different from that presented in the fanzines."[7]

Hollywood Gays is a collection of interviews with prominent film personalities, such as Liberace, Anthony Perkins, Randolph Scott, and several others, most of them widely known as homosexual. Publishers Weekly said about the book: "Hadleigh (is) evidently taking up where the great gossip columnists of yesteryear left off." The book includes an interview with producer David Lewis, who talks freely about his longtime companion James Whale, as well as a conversation with William Haines, whose career was destroyed by Louis B. Mayer after Haines refused to marry a woman, and was later caught with another man in his cot at a YMCA.[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hadleigh, Boze 1954– (George Hadley-Garcia). live. 2021-11-02. Contemporary Authors. https://web.archive.org/web/20201021103018/https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/hadleigh-boze-1954-george-hadley-garcia . 2020-10-21 .
  2. Web site: Robinson. Charlotte. 2017-04-25. Boze Hadleigh Talks Hollywood Lesbians From Garbo To Foster & More (AUDIO). 2018-01-31. Huffington Post. en-US.
  3. News: July 2, 1988. Homosexual celebrities reveal their own stories—after dying. 29. Austin American-Statesman. Knight Ridder. Newspapers.com.
  4. Salvadori. T.R.. The Vinyl Closet. GLBT Reviews. Winter 1991. 3. 4.
  5. News: Thompson. Bob. August 18, 1991. Gay in Music Land. San Francisco Examiner. Newspapers.com.
  6. News: Osborne. Robert. August 20, 1994. Stars' wars: Slightly suspect 'Babble On' is a gold mine of gossip. 24. Detroit Free Press. Newspapers.com.
  7. http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-56980-014-0 Nonfiction Book Review - Hollywood Lesbians
  8. http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-56980-083-6 Nonfiction Book Review - Hollywood Gays
  9. News: Marymont. Mark. January 3, 1999. Hollywood quips entertaining. Springfield News-Leader. Newspapers.com.
  10. News: Riley. Michael. January 9, 2000. Inside stargazing at some juicy feuds. 42. Asbury Park Press. Newspapers.com.
  11. News: Harmon. Rick. May 21, 2006. Read all about it in 'Diss & Tell'. 74. Montgomery Advertiser. Newspapers.com.
  12. News: Schlichenmeyer. Terri. July 26, 2015. If you're curious about language, this book won't get your goat. 29. Kenosha News. Newspapers.com.

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