Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

By Matt Tyrnauer

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2018-07-27
  • Advisory Rating: Unrated
  • Runtime: 1h 37min
  • Director: Matt Tyrnauer
  • Production Company: Water's End Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • iTunes Price: USD 9.99
  • iTunes Rent Price: USD 3.99
6/10
6
From 36 Ratings

Description

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood is the deliciously scandalous story of Scotty Bowers, a handsome ex-Marine who landed in Hollywood after World War II and became confidante, aide-de-camp and lover to many of Hollywood’s greatest male—and female—stars. In the 1940s and ‘50s, Scotty ran a gas station in the shadow of the studio lots where he would connect his friends with actors and actresses who had to hide their true sexual identities for fear of police raids at gay bars, societal shunning and career suicide. An unsung Hollywood legend, Bowers would cater to the sexual appetites of celebrities—straight and gay–for decades. In 2012, he finally spilled his secrets in the New York Times best-selling memoir Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars, which revealed a dramatic, pre-Stonewall alternate history of Hollywood. While the studio PR machines were promoting their stars as wholesome and monogamous, Bowers was fulfilling the true desires of many of them. This cinéma-vérité documentary by director Matt Tyrnauer (Valentino: The Last Emperor) tells his story, as well as presents eye-opening takes on icons from the Hollywood Golden Age including Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner, Ava Gardner and many more.

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Reviews

  • Untold stories, told

    4
    By TRBird71
    Well-done documentary and insight into a man, and a portal into another era. One becomes aware that the people featured are our but a few of the touchstones we have left to another time and history. Wonderful balance of biography/personal documentary and one of Old Hollywood and what it meant to be gay in other decades. Grateful this was made, and so well
  • Good documentary

    5
    By jalicea510
    I think this documentary humanizes these actors and Hollywood celebrities of that era. Shows them in a different light with all of their flaws and desires and as people that we can all relate to. I also liked the in depth details of Scotty’s life which explain his chosen path in many ways. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
  • Wonderful and enduring documentary!!

    5
    By allibat
    This was fabulous and fascinating!! iTunes doesn’t make it easy to find unless you search the entire title, so hoping a review will help with exposure.

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