Boze Hadleigh (born May 15, 1954) is an author. Until the 1990s, he published some of his works under the pseudonym George Hadley-Garcia.[1] Several of his books cover
popular culture,
show business, and
LGBT culture. His 22 books have been translated into 14 languages.
Writings
Several of his books deal with pop culture and/or entertainment history and how the media and status quo shape and manipulate audiences' perceptions and opinions. Some of his books are exclusively about the
LGBT presence in and contributions to entertainment.
Some of Hadleigh's books are quotes collections, some are histories and overviews, and some are interviews with movie personalities. Several of these interviews, as with
Rock Hudson, were published in periodicals before the subjects died.[citation needed]
Life
Boze Hadleigh was born on May 15, 1954, in
Syria.[1] He holds a master's degree in journalism.[2] Hadleigh is gay.[3]
Hadleigh, Boze (1994). Hollywood Lesbians. Barricade Books.
ISBN156-980-0146.
Hollywood Lesbians is a collection of interviews with 10
lesbians in the entertainment industry.
Publishers Weekly wrote: "Fans of Hollywood's golden age will find this collection of interviews conducted over many years revealing, though hampered. The subjects - director
Dorothy Arzner, designer
Edith Head, actresses
Judith Anderson,
Marjorie Main,
Barbara Stanwyck,
Nancy Kulp,
Capucine,
Patsy Kelly,
Agnes Moorehead and
Sandy Dennis — were raised in a generation terrified of voicing support for fellow homosexuals, let alone daring to come out of the closet to acknowledge their own sexuality... Still, with carefully couched questions from Hadleigh (Conversations with My Elders), though some of the respondents dance around the subjects of sex and sexuality. Still, an enlightening picture emerges of Tinseltown, different from that presented in the fanzines."[8]
Hadleigh, Boze (1996). Hollywood Gays. Barricade Books.
ISBN156-980-0839.
Hollywood Gays is a collection of interviews with prominent film personalities, such as
Liberace,
Anthony Perkins,
Randolph Scott, and several others, most of them widely known as homosexual. Publishers Weekly said about the book: "Hadleigh (is) evidently taking up where the great gossip columnists of yesteryear left off." The book includes an interview with producer
David Lewis, who talks freely about his longtime companion
James Whale, as well as a conversation with
William Haines, whose career was destroyed by
Louis B. Mayer after Haines refused to marry a woman, and was later caught with another man in his cot at a YMCA.[9]
Hadleigh, Boze (2015). 492 Great Things About Being Italian. Skyhorse Publishing.
ISBN978-1634505345.
In or Out: Gay & Straight Celebs Talk About Themselves & Each Other is a compilation of celebrity quotes from stars who comment on themselves, their sexuality, on others, on the closet, and on society's homophobia, as well as that of show business.
The Lavender Screen: The Gay and Lesbian Films — Their Stars, Makers, Characters, and Critics is an illustrated overview of LGBT-themed films, most of them starring heterosexual actors in the lead gay, lesbian or bisexual roles, such as
Robin Williams in The Birdcage. It was updated and re-released in 2001.
The Vinyl Closet: Gays and Lesbians in the Music World focuses on present and past gay, lesbian and bisexual singers, composers, musicians and dancers in North America and Britain, with a foreword by Leonard Bernstein, and is one of the first books that document their artistic contributions. According to
Madonna, it "cuts through the role-playing crap and shows the music world as it really ... is! It's camp with a High-C!" [citation needed]
^Hadleigh, Boze (2001), The lavender screen : the gay and lesbian films : their stars, makers, characters, and critics, Citadel Press, p. 11,
ISBN0-8065-2199-6