The Sewing Circle: Hollywood's Greatest Secretâ Female Stars Who Loved Other Women

Madsen, Axel

ISBN 10: 1504008731 / ISBN 13: 9781504008730

Published by Open Road Distribution, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

Title: The Sewing Circle: Hollywood's Greatest ...

Publisher: Open Road Distribution

Publication Date: 2015

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: good

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Synopsis:

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. 

 

Review:

“Quite a revelation . . . Madsen documents his observations convincingly.” —Gay Times