Bogart, Tracy, and Laughton Used Hustlers

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Our friends at lemonwade.com have discovered that a book will come out next Valentine's Day by an ex-marine named Scotty who ran a Richfield gas station in the glory (hole) days, when huge movie stars "got more than their mufflers serviced."

These luminous icons would come to get pumped by the hustlers Scotty would provide (though he'd sometimes do the job himself, apparently).

This sounds like a way more glamorous rest stop than the kind Jim McGreevey used to patronize!

Anyhow, the lemonwade write-up points out that past biographies have alluded to some real biggies having been among Scotty's clients -- namely Humphrey Bogart, Spencer Tracy, and Vivien Leigh (if not Francis the Talking Mule, who was even better hung than, well, Vivien Leigh).

We can only hope Scotty dishes on all those liaisons -- not to mention the incident with Charles Laughton, which the write-up says will redefine "mayonnaise sandwich" for all time.

Well, mayo has always gone really well with ham.


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ann onymous
ann onymous

I call BS on this story. Bogie and Tracy weren't gay and Vivien wasn't a hooker.

for good and ACCURATE books:-"Katharine Hepburn" by Barbara Leaming-"Bogie" by Joe Hyams-"Vivien: A Biography" by Alexander Walker"Charles Laughton: A Difficult Actor" by Simon Callow (which details his lavender marriage to lesbian Elsa Lanchester)

anything for $$$. Beware of hack writers David Bret and Darwin Porter. Their works are of the Kenneth Anger breed

Lloyd
Lloyd

I assume this is the same guy William J. Mann used as a source for his book "Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn", which covers the ground about Tracey being gay.

MarkyMark
MarkyMark

The tiny tip of a gigantic Hollywood iceberg...

Pietro
Pietro

Vivian Leigh was into rough trade.

Southern Dave
Southern Dave

Is this Scotty the one who was director George Cukor's hustler discovery who pimped for his friends?

Melinda9
Melinda9

Don't ever want to know more about the mayonnaise sandwich.

Keating3232
Keating3232

the original item Michael links to says that Leigh wasn't serviced at the station.

Jonster
Jonster

Vivien Leigh? I've heard about this gas station for years, long gone, on Sunset, just before the bridge that crosses the Hollywood Freeway. I think it was popular from the 30s to the 50s. But Vivien Leigh? Are you sure it wasn't Larry O. out in her frocks again, looking for a lube job.

Melinda9
Melinda9

Larry probably turned Vivian on to the gas station for her service needs.

Wiz
Wiz

Vivien Leigh used hustlers? Huh? This must have been during her breakdown when she actually became Mrs. Stone.

Brando
Brando

Mayo?? I stick with butter.

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