The Sewing Circle by Axel Madsen
Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, and Barbara Stanwyck--to name a few--maintained their images as glamorous big-screen sex symbols complete with dashing escorts, handsome husbands, and scores of male admirers, thanks to studio publicity departments. But off the set, all three box office divas were involved in "lavender" marriages (marriages of convenience, often to gay men) or remained stoically single. They, and several other Hollywood starlets of the era, were members of a discreet women's "club" called the Sewing Circle, Hollywood's underground lesbian society. Madsen takes a candid look at the very complicated dual lives these great stars led and the impact their preference for same-sex relationships had on their movie careers.
“Quite a revelation. . Madsen documents his observations convincingly.” —Gay Times
Axel Madsen was a journalist and biographer. He began writing for The New York Herald Tribune's Paris edition after being born in Denmark and reared in Paris. In the 1960s, he went to Los Angeles and began writing biographies of celebrities such as Coco Chanel, Billy Wilder, John Jacob Astor, and Jacques Cousteau. In 2007, he passed away.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781504008730 |
| ISBN 10 | 1504008731 |
| Title | The Sewing Circle |
| Author | Axel Madsen |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Open Road Media |
| Year published | 2015-05-26 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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