Gay rights activist and author Larry Kramer recently sat down for an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. One of the topics covered was the gay scene in old Hollywood. The publication quotes Kramer as follows:
"Well, it certainly was very, very discreet, but everyone knew what was what. The truth is, Hollywood has always been a gay town. Even in the '30s and '40s, there were plenty of famous gay actors and directors who partied and socialized together. Cary Grant. Randolph Scott. Barbara Stanwyck. Cole Porter was famous for his parties -- glamorous dinner parties where all the guests had to be nude. And the great director George Cukor was more or less openly gay; he was replaced on Gone With the Wind because Clark Gable didn't want a gay guy directing him. George Cukor, or course, was very friendly with Katharine Hepburn. Hepburn and Spencer Tracy were both gay. They were publicly paired together by the studio. Everyone in Hollywood knows this is true, but of course I haven't seen it printed anywhere."
Read the full interview at The Hollywood Reporter.
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