Deeply closeted Hollywood Lovers
Cary Grant and Randolph Scott
Cary Grant & Randolph Scot share an intimate moment outside their Santa Monica beach house (1930s).
Though he married women five times, movie star Cary Grant (1904-1986) enjoyed many gay relationships during his early career in New York and Hollywood. His most famous same-sex romance was with fellow actor Randolph Scott (1898-1987), the rugged star of numerous westerns.
Grant and Scott met at Paramount Studios in 1932 and were immediately attracted to each other. Soon after, they moved in together, sharing a house at 2177 W. Live Oak Drive near Griffith Park in Hollywood. The arrangement was explained away by studio public relations agents as a way for two young actors to �cut costs and share expenses,� even though both men could easily afford their own homes. Even after Grant�s marriage to Virginia Cherrill, the two men continued co-habiting. Cherrill simply moved into the house with the two lovers for the duration of her 13-month marriage. In her 1935 divorce settlement from Grant, she received $50,000, which was equivalent to 50% of their community property at the time.
Randolph Scott
Randolph Scott (above), beyond handsome.
Between liaisons with other men and women, Grant and Scott�s relationship endured, well known to their colleagues in the industry. In the late 1930s, Grant and Scott occupied a Santa Monica beach house at 1019 Ocean Front (since renumbered � now 1039). In fan magazines, they were photographed together in domestic bliss, wearing aprons and cavorting pool side or on the patio. According to Grant�s biographer, they believed their public openness and flamboyance would raise them above suspicion of homosexuality. The public bought it, and Grant enjoyed a screen career as a suave ladies� man for the next three decades, while Randolph Scott made popular westerns, always playing rugged, masculine characters.
Don�t miss My Favorite Wife (1940 - available from NetFlix), a film featuring Grant and Scott as co-stars in a screwball comedy. In this trailer for the movie, Scott appears with Cary Grant at the 1:45 mark.
Cary Grant and Randolph Scott
Cary Grant & Randolph Scot share an intimate moment outside their Santa Monica beach house (1930s).
Though he married women five times, movie star Cary Grant (1904-1986) enjoyed many gay relationships during his early career in New York and Hollywood. His most famous same-sex romance was with fellow actor Randolph Scott (1898-1987), the rugged star of numerous westerns.
Grant and Scott met at Paramount Studios in 1932 and were immediately attracted to each other. Soon after, they moved in together, sharing a house at 2177 W. Live Oak Drive near Griffith Park in Hollywood. The arrangement was explained away by studio public relations agents as a way for two young actors to �cut costs and share expenses,� even though both men could easily afford their own homes. Even after Grant�s marriage to Virginia Cherrill, the two men continued co-habiting. Cherrill simply moved into the house with the two lovers for the duration of her 13-month marriage. In her 1935 divorce settlement from Grant, she received $50,000, which was equivalent to 50% of their community property at the time.
Randolph Scott
Randolph Scott (above), beyond handsome.
Between liaisons with other men and women, Grant and Scott�s relationship endured, well known to their colleagues in the industry. In the late 1930s, Grant and Scott occupied a Santa Monica beach house at 1019 Ocean Front (since renumbered � now 1039). In fan magazines, they were photographed together in domestic bliss, wearing aprons and cavorting pool side or on the patio. According to Grant�s biographer, they believed their public openness and flamboyance would raise them above suspicion of homosexuality. The public bought it, and Grant enjoyed a screen career as a suave ladies� man for the next three decades, while Randolph Scott made popular westerns, always playing rugged, masculine characters.
Don�t miss My Favorite Wife (1940 - available from NetFlix), a film featuring Grant and Scott as co-stars in a screwball comedy. In this trailer for the movie, Scott appears with Cary Grant at the 1:45 mark.
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