5/29/2023 0 Comments Wisecracker by William J. Mann![]() Soon he arrived in Greenwich Village, where he befriended struggling show people, including Jack Benny and Archie Leach-the future Cary Grant and one of several gay actors whose efforts to conceal their sexuality Mann cites in sad contrast to Halnes's forthrightness. Born in 1900 in small-town Virginia, he ran away from home at the age of 14 and opened a dance hall (possibly a gay brothel) in the nearby brawling factory city of Hopewell. Haines's lifelong refusal to hide his homosexuality is the central theme here. 669) nicely probes the American century's shilling mores in this biography of the nearly forgotten silent-film star William Haines. ![]() ![]() Journalist and novelist Mann (The Men from the Boys, p. ![]()
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