Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars
by Scotty Bowers
Category: Non-Fiction
Published: 2012
Publisher: Grove Press
Pages: 272
ISBN: 978-0802120168
About This Book
Scotty Bowers' controversial memoir reveals his decades as a male sex worker who arranged sexual encounters for Hollywood's elite during the 1940s-1980s, including many stars in lavender marriages. The book offers an insider's perspective on the hidden network that enabled closeted celebrities to live double lives.
Bowers provides firsthand accounts of the secret lives of closeted actors and actresses, describing in explicit detail how studio-arranged marriages served as covers for their true sexual orientations. He operated from a gas station on Hollywood Boulevard, becoming a central figure in Hollywood's underground gay scene.
The book names numerous Golden Age Hollywood stars—including Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, and Rock Hudson—and describes the extensive network that helped them maintain public heterosexual images while living queer private lives. A 2017 documentary, "Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood," further explored his claims. Note: Some claims in the book have been disputed by families of the deceased stars, and questions about authentication persist.
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