The art of the opening hook
Dec. 14th, 2007 04:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
"Depending on who you believe, Edmund Goulding either died from a heart attack or by suicide in 1959 following a depraved life of bisexual adventurism."
-- Lawrence Russell on Nightmare Alley
Alas, the rest of the piece doesn't live up to the first line.
-- Lawrence Russell on Nightmare Alley
Alas, the rest of the piece doesn't live up to the first line.
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Date: 2007-12-16 05:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-16 06:13 pm (UTC)Hm, Mr Kennedy has written an entry for Goulding at glbtq ("an encyclopedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer culture") with some interesting comments: "There is a paradox to Goulding. His sensitivity to women's emotions brought him enduring success, as witnessed by his swooning melodramas, but his private life reflects a lack of sensitivity. Goulding was bisexual, with a decided taste for promiscuity and voyeurism. His sex parties and casting couch were notorious."
He and Gresham make quite a pair!