1921
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Hace 3 días · True story of openly gay Hollywood Actor blacklisted “My father died before my conception!” Pola Negri"Damn Broads complaining about menstruation!" Louis B Mayer In what must be London’s most intimate theatre space, the Stage Door Theatre above the pub the Prince of Wales on the corner of Drury Lane and Long Acre, hosts The Tailor-Made Man. Claudio
Hace 3 días · We end Act 1 on a scene with a brand new character Pola Negri played by Olivia Ruggiero. While she plays the part well, the part itself seems pointless. We get another monologue in which we learn about Pola Negri’s life and losses, she agrees to a scheme to a proposal from the studio to marry Billy, and then she never appears again.
Hace 4 días · He refused to bow to the demands of Louis B. Mayer and give Shields up to marry the silent screen vamp Pola Negri, and he paid for it with his career. Although that is the focus of the story, Macor places it within the wider context of Hollywood in the late twenties and early thirties, throwing light too on some of the more colourful characters that populated that world.
Hace 2 días · There is a really good strong cast of six, some playing multiple roles. Pilcher is the epitome of a young Hollywood hopeful with fresh face, floppy hair and cheeky grin. He plays Haines with some sympathy, but a sense of entitlement and disregard for others is still apparent. Peter Rae is particularly good as PR man Howard Strickling and then ...
Hace 4 días · Refusing to toe the studio line, Haines rejects the idea of a lavender marriage to Pola Negri and ends up being fired by MGM. Haines turns his career around by rebranding himself as an interior ...
Hace 4 días · To that end, the studio wants to arrange a sham lavender marriage to faded starlet Pola Negri (Olivia Ruggerio). Unfortunately, with Billy’s rather voracious sexual appetites, that’s not as easy...
Hace 4 días · Reviewer: John Cutler. Writer: Claudio Macor. Director: Robert McWhir. Claudio Macor’s tale of pre-war Hollywood homophobia The Tailor-Made Man had its first stage outing close to 30 years ago ...
