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Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2018)

NR 07/27/2018 Documentary 1h 38m
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Overview

A deliciously scandalous portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Scotty Bowers, whose bestselling memoir chronicled his decades spent as sexual procurer to the stars.

Matt Tyrnauer

Director

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Scotty Bowers

Scotty Bowers

Self

William Mann

William Mann

Self

David Kuhn

David Kuhn

Self

Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry

Self

Peter Bart

Peter Bart

Self

Lois Bowers

Lois Bowers

Self

Matthew Hoffman

Matthew Hoffman

Self

Paul Teetor

Paul Teetor

Self

Jack Kimberling

Jack Kimberling

Self

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Reviews

A review by cityguide

Written on August 3, 2018

“Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood” wears a lot of hats, none of which quite fits. A salacious tell-all about the hidden sex lives of postwar movie stars; a peek at the underbelly of the repressive moral dictates of the studio system; a breezy biography of a self-described Hollywood prostitute and procurer; and a psychosexual study of a possibly damaged victim of extreme childhood abuse.

Only the last offers a clue to interpreting the movie’s more astonishing revelations and unprobed corners. Until then, Matt Tyrnauer’s gossipy portrait of Scotty Bowers, an impish nonagenarian and former Marine, listens without judgment as he describes decades of servicing the closeted hungers of stars like Rock Hudson and Katharine Hepburn, helped by an eager network of World War II bu...

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