#george baxt

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What happens when faced with the question of whether you earned your position based on your own merits, or solely thanks to your wife being a... *checks notes* a witch?!

Your deadicated hosts dive into NIGHT OF THE EAGLE (1962, Hayers), starring the enigmatic Peter Wyngarde, Janet Blair and Margaret Johnston! This movie, also known as BURN, WITCH, BURN! for it's American release, adapts the famous novel CONJURE WIFE by Fritz Leiber.

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[yourdailyqueer]

George Baxt (deceased)

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Gay

DOB: 11 June 1923

DOD: 28 June 2003

Ethnicity: Russian Jewish

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer, screenwriter

[76historylover]

i've been learning more about queer history/queer folks and i stumbled upon george baxt! he wrote many mystery novels/stories from the 50s to the 90s! he created a character named pharaoh love, an openly gay african-american detective! he also wrote many stories about fictional murders of hollywood actors/actresses. does anyone know where one could read his works?

[newyorkthegoldenage]

“I did not kill her,” insisted Kaufman. “What I’ve told you, Mr. Singer, is the truth.”

Singer rubbed his chin with the palm of a hand. “So you think maybe there’s some connection to this shindig where Valentino took sick. Boy, am I not looking forward to this investigation.” Mrs. Parker sat up like an eager lapdog. “Why not?” “Ahhhh, already there’s talk that there’s a cover-up going on in Valentino’s death. Like maybe he was poisoned, who the hell knows.”

The Dorothy Parker Murder Case, by George Baxt, opens with Mrs. Parker slitting her wrists (unsuccessfully). It’s August 24, 1926, the day after Rudolph Valentino’s death. Mrs. Parker and Alexander Woollcott set about trying to solve the murder of a chorus girl found in George S. Kaufman’s apartment. This is soon followed by the murder of another.

Over the course of the book, a slew of celebrities shows up: George Raft, Polly Adler (who comes off well), Texas Guinan (who does not), Vincent Youmans, Nita Naldi, Horace Liveright, Judge Crater (not yet vanished), Florenz Ziegfeld, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and, of course, Mrs. P’s Algonquin Round Table buddies Kaufman, Neysa McMein, Edna Ferber, Harold Ross, Robert Benchley, Marc Connelly, Heywood Broun, and Robert Sherwood. They are joined by some interesting fictional characters. Prohibition life—for the Manhattan fast set, at least—comes vividly alive. Speakeasies, orgies, drug use, gangsters—it’s all there. Witty dialogue abounds.

This was the first of four mystery novels that Baxt wrote centering on New York celebrities. The others focused on Alfred Hitchcock, Tallulah Bankhead, and Noel Coward. After that, unfortunately, he took off for L.A. and set his books in Hollywood.

[videoreligion]

Tower of Evil (1972)

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If your beloved pet cat witnessed your murder... would it take revenge on your behalf? In THE SHADOW OF THE CAT (1961), the answer is YES! This latest entry from Hammer Productions is directed by John Gilling and stars Andre Morell, Barbara Shelley, William Lucas and Bunkie as Tabitha the cat!

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Your hosts encounter a film often overlooked... it's THE CITY OF THE DEAD (1960) aka HORROR HOTEL directed by John Llewellyn Moxey!

Designed to compete with Hammer Horror, this proto-Amicus Productions film stars Christopher Lee, Patricia Jessel, Venetia Stevenson and Betta St. John.

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Completing Anglo-Amalgamated Production's "Sadian trilogy," it's CIRCUS OF HORRORS (1960) from director Sidney Hayers! Starring Anton Diffring, Jane Hylton, Kenneth Griffith and Erika Remberg, this film makes your hosts wonder... what's up with circuses?

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