Danny-Darko

HRH Prince Albert of Belgium, later King Albert I, in the early 1900s.

Lucien Daudet, Marcel Proust’s alleged boyfriend.

William Terriss Victorian stage actor 1880

Born as Arthur Andrew Kelm on July 11, 1931, this young man would be better known under the name Tab Hunter, a superstar of film (and briefly pop music) in the 1950s. A gay icon for decades, Hunter cemented that status as a camp idol when he appeared in John Waters' 1981 film, Polyester. Hunter's romance with actor Anthony Perkins nearly ended both men's careers. Hunter came out later in life and remained vital up until his untimely death on July 8, 2018, three days before his 87th birthday.

Pier Paolo Pasolini with Enrique Irazoqui on the set of The Gospel According to Saint Matthew. It took a gay Marxist atheist to make maybe the greatest Christ film.

Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975), Rome, 1958 Pier Paolo Pasolini & Toti Scialoja on the asphalt of the Tiber. Photo: Toti Scialoja, circa 1950-55

Pillow Talk (1959) The romantic comedy starred Rock Hudson and Doris Day. I remember the first time I saw this movie, particularly the split screen bathtub scene in which Rock and Doris were both in their tubs talking to each other on the phone. Rock must have been wearing swimming trunks in that tub, but man did my adolescent mind run wild, picturing him naked in there. What a hunk, what a man, what a beauty he was! 🥰

Ricky & David Nelson