A Not-So-Secret Storage Unit

Where I put the posts I want to repost elsewhere, so I can use the like function to keep track of what’s already been posted. Hopefully.

[todaysbird]

If you’re a terf unfollow. This blog is supposed to be safe and educational for all kinds of people. You’re not welcome here, and you’re not welcome to interact with my content or comment on it to share it within your own spaces. Obviously this applies to more common hatefulness like nazis and racists too.

[orteil42]

given the current climate this pride especially i feel i must mention that i love my trans friends, i stand with trans people in the fight against transphobic legislation and those who would enforce it, and this blog is not a good place for you to be if you do not vibe with that

[oh-sewing-circle]

“Through it all, Tallulah Bankhead, left, remained superbly and publicly sexual, taking lovers of both genders, including Marlene Dietrich, Hattie McDaniel, and Alla Nazimova. She described herself as “ambisextrous” and was so open that she once said, publicly, ‘I’ve tried several varieties of sex. The conventional position makes me claustrophobic. And the others give me either stiff neck or lockjaw.’”

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(Shown c. late 1950s with Barbara Nikola, or Nikoli, the Greek war orphan Bankhead unofficially adopted in 1953.)

[oh-sewing-circle]

“‘I used to think I needed a man to define myself. Not any more.’ Whether this statement was an acknowledgment that Capucine was lesbian or bisexual is not known, though she did talk in later interviews late in life about her preference for women.”

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Photographed by Yale Joel in Paris, 1952.

[antonwyzek]

Queer Hollywood and it’s stars that aren’t often talked about (btw I will not assign labels of sexuality to some of these people as they never clarified their identity)

Johnnie Ray, an early 50s singer who had a part in the film There’s No Business Like Show Business.

Patsy Kelly, actress of the 1930s who often was in films with Thelma Todd. Kelly was an out lesbian for the entirety of her career.

Ramon Novarro, considered a rival to silent film star Rudolph Valentino, Novarro had great success in silent films and made the transition to talkies. Novarro was never out in the span of his career due to his denial towards his sexuality.

Ruby Dandridge, an actress and mother of Vivian and Dorothy Dandridge. Ruby divorced Cyril Dandridge in 1922 and became romantically involved with Geneva Williams. Film roles are My Wild Irish Rose (1947) and A Hole in the Head (1959).

Montgomery Clift, one of the first method actors in Hollywood. Clift was either gay or bisexual and starred in films such as From Here To Eternity (1953) and Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)

Dorothy Arzner, a director of films such as The Wild Party (1929) and Dance, Girl, Dance (1940). An out lesbian, Arzner’s partner was Marion Morgan. They were together for forty years until Morgan’s death in 1971.

[darktemptation28]

Marilyn Monroe on a USO tour to entertain troops in South Korea, 1954

[manyother]

Marilyn Monroe visited the American troops in Korea in February 1954. 

In the picture, First Sergeant Guy Morgan presents her with a scarf of the 25th Infantry Division "Wolfhounds".

Monroe is wearing practical military clothing: a B-15C men's flight jacket.

The 25th Infantry Division "Wolfhounds defended Seoul from May 1953 to the July armistice, returning to Hawaii in late 1954.

[manyother]

Marilyn Monroe during her visit to the American troops in Korea in 1954. 

[inpraiseofpmg]

1954 Marilyn visiting American troops in Japan, especially those wounded in Korea

[thecinamonroe]

Marilyn Monroe photographed during her visit to the American troops, South Korea, February 1954.

[ladybegood]

Marilyn Monroe in Korea, 1954

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Ann Sheridan poses with an unidentified patient in the base hospital while visiting the troops in Yangkai, China, 1944.

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Musician Ruth Denas, comedian Ben Blue, dancer Mary Landa, Captain Melvyn Douglas (actor), and actress Ann Sheridan pose for a variety of photos with staff, patients, and military personnel while on a visit to the troops in Yangkai, China, 1944.

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Ann Sheridan poses for a photo in her namesake "Sheridan Express" bomber while on a visit to the troops in Yangkai, China, 1944.

Below, Captain Melvyn Douglas, right, looks on as Ann Sheridan arrives at Yangkai. An unidentified officer holds her handbag as she descends.

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Dancer Mary Landa, actress Ann Sheridan, and accompanist Ruth Denas pose in front of Sheridan's namesake "Sheridan Express" aircraft during a visit with the troops at Yangkai, China, in 1944.

[itchytesticals]

Ann Sheridan with her namesake. “Sheridan Express” a B-25J Mitchell (M)bomber. Location unknown

[cinematicfinatic]

James Cagney christening the B17 Yankee Doodle Dandy at Framlington Airfield England in 1944.