Dorian Wayne is a drag artist from the 1950s-1960s. In 2008, Rick Colantino created Dorian: A Picture about his years performing as Dorian Wayne; it's available here.
Sunday, September 26, 2021
Bob Clark's She Man with Dorian Wayne
She Man: A Story of Fixation is a 1967 American film directed by Bob Clark. It's the tale of a soldier (Leslie Marlowe) forced to take estrogen and wear lingerie when he's blackmailed by a violent transvestite (Dorian Wayne). It's very much in the vein of early John Waters; in that I mean it's perfectly lovely.
Dorian Wayne is a drag artist from the 1950s-1960s. In 2008, Rick Colantino created Dorian: A Picture about his years performing as Dorian Wayne; it's available here.
Dorian Wayne is a drag artist from the 1950s-1960s. In 2008, Rick Colantino created Dorian: A Picture about his years performing as Dorian Wayne; it's available here.
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
The Great Victor Herbert starring Mary Martin & Allan Jones
The Great Victor Herbert was directed in 1939 by Andrew L. Stone and is one of the few Hollywood films starring Mary Martin. It's not a Herbert biography (as is made clear by the disclaimer displayed at the END of the film) but an account of the romance of his (fictional) star singers, Martin and Allan Jones. In the film, Walter Connolly (as Herbert) witnesses their life experiences as their friend and creator of their greatest theatrical triumphs.
The movie is a curio. By 1939, operettas had lost their luster to the more accessible musical comedies so audiences weren't clammering for Herbert music. (The composer died in 1924.) And, it seems, Paramount Pictures was trying to make Mary Martin into the next Jeanette McDonald. Martin is fine and the movie watchable but it's kind of a Show Boat knock-off without the latter's complex storyline and diverse musical styles. (Jones is aged to look exactly like Gaylord Ravenal in the later scenes.) Despite all this, I noticed The Great Victor Herbert was not online so now it is. I do not own the copyright to this and have 'placed it here in memory of something that has died'. Enjoy!
Sunday, September 5, 2021
The French Line starring Jane Russell
The year after Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Jane Russell starred in a musical that received the CONDEMNED rating from the Catholic National Legion of Decency. The reason? Her almost-there outfits (especially THAT one in Looking for Trouble) were designed by the film's producer Howard Hughes (and the craftsmen at RKO) to display Russell's physique in the best manner. The film was first released in 3D which offered eye-poping views of Jane's assets and added to its reputation as scandalous.
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