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Book Goes Into The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Exploits of 1940′s Stars

A former Marine is naming names about his time in Hollywood. Scotty Bowers claims to have run a gay and bisexual prostitution ring that brought in some of the biggest names in 1940′s Hollywood, and now his tell-all is about to hit the stores. The 88-year-old claims to have had among those who visited his services are Cary Grant, Rock Hudson, George Cukor, Katherine Hepburn and Vivien Leigh.

Yahoo News reports that:

“Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars” is to be published on February 14 by Grove Press. Bowers, who lives in the Hollywood Hills, was interviewed by the New York Times ahead of the release of the book, which was written by Lionel Friedberg.

Bowers claims to have been plying his trade for nearly three decades, and has, in the past, turned down offers to tell his story. He now says that “I finally said yes because I’m not getting any younger and all of my famous tricks are dead by now. The truth can’t hurt them anymore.”

Bowers states that, for instance, he set up Hepburn with “over 150 different women”, and in the books he also recounts the sexual exploits of Spencer Tracy, Cole Porter, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor (that would be Edward VIII and Wallis Spencer), and publisher Alfred A. Knopf.

Bowers began his career while working at a gas station near Paramount Pictures when he was propositioned by Walter Pidgeon. He accepted and word spread from there. The business went on for decades until the AIDS epidemic began to curtail much of the sexual exploits.

Many of the names that are named are not exactly surprising at this point since many of them have been rumored to have been gay, lesbian or bisexual. At the time, much of this information was kept under wraps, which may be difficult for many younger readers to believe in the tabloid soaked world of today.