tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post7556124400466128908..comments2024-01-24T01:27:11.111-05:00Comments on Café Muscato: In Old ManhattanMuscatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04657061324487851341noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-9009170540795995122010-02-18T14:29:46.729-05:002010-02-18T14:29:46.729-05:00Sorry to come late to this party but I'm just ...Sorry to come late to this party but I'm just now making my own journey through Lerman's The Grand Surprise, and I think it's the greatest gay document I've ever found.<br /><br />The late James O'Rear (played Dunaway's attorney in CHINATOWN) told me that back in the '40s, he and Ruth Ford were visiting Harry Lewis (proprietor of Hamburger Hamlet) in his L.A. home, expecting a visitor -- a businessman friend of a friend who had been encouraged to look up Lewis while in Hollywood. Feeling mischievous, the three decided to show the man what real life in Hollywood was, and when he came to the door, all three were stark naked. The businessman came in, visited with them, acted as if nothing was amiss, and left without batting an eye.<br /><br />I'm not sure anyone who knew Ruth as a consummate "salonniere" would have imagined this.Val Holleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-39987079406007331682009-08-24T19:31:24.745-04:002009-08-24T19:31:24.745-04:00Actually, this photograph is probably not a fittin...Actually, this photograph is probably not a fitting, but a staging of one by Carl Van Vechten in his studio. Looks that way to my eye, anyhow. Van Vechten knew both Balmain and Ford. This shot could be 1947-48. Balmain was in New York in 1948, because Leo Lerman threw a birthday party for him on May Day of that year (Van Vechten had introduced them).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15421862860761870729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-20761907604095532792009-08-18T14:45:28.826-04:002009-08-18T14:45:28.826-04:00YAY! I hope you enjoy it, though - such pressure. ...YAY! I hope you enjoy it, though - such pressure. I can't imagine not, though...and I hope you'll forgive me one or two more quotes...Muscatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657061324487851341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-10102645432927315652009-08-18T10:43:55.699-04:002009-08-18T10:43:55.699-04:00okay, OKAY...lerman's book is on the way!!okay, OKAY...lerman's book is on the way!!normadesmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17325110017442011627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-32246707776526343542009-08-17T11:45:28.091-04:002009-08-17T11:45:28.091-04:00I loved that obit when I saw it the other day. I ...I loved that obit when I saw it the other day. I love hearing about these old broads and am so sad to see their kind disappearing.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851297819829806798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-79046239662408407882009-08-16T12:41:04.455-04:002009-08-16T12:41:04.455-04:00"as loud and as raucous as a ballyhoo truck o..."as loud and as raucous as a ballyhoo truck on a dim night and even harder," might be a compliment, you know.mrpeeneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05206554819014030083noreply@blogger.com