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Is Scotty Bowers Telling the Truth About Hepburn and Tracy?
Is Scotty Bowers, the famous Hollywood pimp telling the authenticity about Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn? Here's a confirming story
In Scotty Bowers came out with a book called Full Service which described his experiences as one of the greatest pimps in Hollywood history. Scotty worked out of a Richfield gas station on Melrose in Los Angeles. You can still see where it was, but the station was pulled down years ago. Here's a picture of it below:
The publication is Scotty's life story written with a co-author. He has not hesitated to name names in frank and shocking stories about his sexual adventures with both male and female stars and celebrities. He also related how he procured women for people like Desi Arnaz (Lucille hated him for it). In the novel he recounts how he set up men and women for bisexual orgies with the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Many famous movie stars were outed as his clients and sexual partners; Tyrone Power, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott and even Bob Hope.
Larry Kramer claims Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn were gay
TORONTO Veteran screenwriter and author Larry Kramer says some of the biggest movie stars of Hollywoods Golden Age including Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy were gay.
In the 30s and 40s, there were plenty of famous gay actors and directors who partied and socialized together, said Kramer.
It certainly was very, very discreet, but everyone knew what was what.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Kramer listed stars like Cary Grant, Randolph Scott and Barbara Stanwyck.
He said Hepburn and Tracy were publicly paired together by the movie studio. Everyone in Hollywood knows this is true, said Kramer.
Hepburn, who died in at 96, was briefly married in her 20s but never remarried or had children. Tracy, who died in at 67, married Louise Treadwell in and though they split a decade later never divorced. The couple had two children.
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Several previous books, including s Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn by William J. Mann
One of the excellent love stories from classic Hollywood centers on the not-so-secret affair that Katharine Hepburn was reported to have had with Spencer Tracy, her frequent co-star in such beloved films as Woman of the Year, Adams Rib, Desk Set and Guess Whos Coming to Dinner.
Hepburn eventually talked about the affair in conversations with her biographer, A. Scott Berg. According to Bergs manual, Kate Remembered, which he published just after Hepburns death in , she said she stayed loyal to Tracy even though the famously tormented and alcoholic actor wouldnt marry her because his Catholic faith barred him from divorcing his wife.
When Berg asked Hepburn if she ever thought about disappearing Tracy, even after he reportedly became nasty, abusive or indulged in other sexual conquests, she reportedly replied, What would be the point? I imply, I loved him. And I wanted to be with him. If I had left we would both possess been miserable.
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Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (April 5, – June 10, ) was an American actor, established for his natural performing way and versatility. One of the major stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, Tracy was the first actor to win two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Performer from nine nominations.
He was rumored to be in a relationship with actor John Derek. Scotty Bowers calls his affair with Katharine Hepburn as spurious and an attempt to obscure his sexuality. In his memoir Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars (), Bowers claimed that Tracy was an alcoholic who drank heavily before having sex and was a bisexual. “The great Spencer Tracy was another bisexual gentleman, a fact concealed by the studio publicity department. That is if they ever knew about it at all,” wrote Bowers. When a journalist asked Bowers how gay was Spencer Tracy, he replied that: “He got drunk and thanked the gentleman beside him in the morning for taking care of him. He didn’