our enhanced and then colorized photos of actress Marilyn Monroe in the film Some Like It Hot (1959)
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30 Days of Classic Queer Hollywood
Day 25: Marlon Brando (1924 - 2004)
"Homosexuality is so much in fashion, it no longer makes news. Like a large number of men, I, too, have had homosexual experiences, and I am not ashamed. I have never paid much attention to what people think about me." - Brando, 1976
Marlon Brando was one of Hollywood's most iconic actors of the 20th century. His career spanned six decades, during which he was recognized with two Academy Awards, two Golden Globes, one Cannes Film Festival Award, and three BAFTAs.
Brando is perhaps best known for his roles as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Vito Corleone in The Godfather (1972), and Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now (1979). He was one of the first successful method actors in Hollywood and is credited with bringing the Stanislavski system of acting to mainstream audiences.
Brando was a bisexual man. He had relationships with many men and women throughout his life, fathering 11 children.
His close friendship with actor Wally Cox led to many rumors about them being in a romantic relationship. Brando was quoted as saying, "If Wally had been a woman, I would have married him and we would have lived happily ever after." Brando reportedly kept Cox's ashes in his bedroom and conversed with him when falling asleep. Writer Beauregard Houston-Montgomery claims that when Brando was high, he once told him that Wally Cox had been the love of his life.
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𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘸𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯’𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴, 𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 | 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢 𝘬𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘶𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴
𝘑𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘴 19:24-29
self portrait on #35mmfilm
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