Chapter One "Rolling Out the Red Carpet" New York City, 1971The provocative and stylish ad, a drawing by Ed Parente, depicted an attractive, mustached man in a Speedo, from his thighs up. His nipples were prominent, and a lightning bolt ran across his crotch at an angle to the top of his bathing suit. He wore a banner of shells over one shoulder, leather thongs tied around his wrists, and held a beach ball against his right hip. An art deco border framed the ad, making it quiteeye-catching. The ad appeared on the first page ...
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Chapter One "Rolling Out the Red Carpet" New York City, 1971The provocative and stylish ad, a drawing by Ed Parente, depicted an attractive, mustached man in a Speedo, from his thighs up. His nipples were prominent, and a lightning bolt ran across his crotch at an angle to the top of his bathing suit. He wore a banner of shells over one shoulder, leather thongs tied around his wrists, and held a beach ball against his right hip. An art deco border framed the ad, making it quiteeye-catching. The ad appeared on the first page of the movie ads between, and of equal size to, "X, Y and Zee," starring Elizabeth Taylor, and the John Cassavetes film "Minnie and Moskowitz. Nicholas and Alexandra" took up the top half of the page. My name appeared above the title, out there for all to see. I was proud of the film and never considered not putting my name on it. People who knew me would be intrigued and, I'd hoped, curious to see what I'd done. What good is a movie if no one sees it?
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Near Fine. First edition. Paperback original. 286pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Page toning else near fine. Autobiography of the dancer, choreographer, and gay porn director.
