#liberace

[100gayicons]

Adam West’s Batman series is known for its campy style. But just how campy was it? At least nine of its Guest Stars playing the series’ villains knew first hand as they were closeted LGBT. Until the last few decades, if an actor was outed in public, their careers would end. So most of these actors never came out to their fans. Some were known to be LGBTQ by their friends or families, and stories about them still linger.

In the next few days I will post about Batman’s Campiest Gay Villains.

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

Jon Hamm: I've worn everything on this show, from nothing to a rug wrapped around me to a beautiful bespoke suit.

Kate Carin (Costume Designer): When we see him at the bookshop for the ball, we thought it would be hilarious that Aziraphale had asked him to get really dressed up for it. So we did a bit of a homage to Liberace. So he's got a powder blue dinner suit that's encrusted with rhinestones. And then Douglas asked if we could do some sort of coat to go on top of it for one of the scenes when he leaves. So, of course, we didn't do just a coat. We did a huge ostrich feather coat, which we made from scratch.The girls did all the ombre on the feathers so it matches the dinner suit, gets lighter and lighter blue as it comes to the top, and then he's kind of surrounded by this halo of white feathers.

Sarah-Kate Fenelon (Producer): There is a shot when he emerges from the bookshop to meet all of the demons and say, like, I am who you're looking for, where he looks a little bit like an angel. And the silhouette of him kind of emerging in the light is very epic and is then just completely undercut by sort of, move out of the way. (video)

[citizenscreen]

Elvis and Liberace trading places -

Liberace strums out "Blue Suede Shoes" for Elvis Presley at Liberace's opening night at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas in 1956. Presley holds a Liberace trademark candelabra before joining the famed pianist on stage for a jam session.

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Liberace and Vampira (1956)

[fatmagic]

[dandyads]

Liberace for Blatz Beer, 1952

Theme Week: Celebrities 🎹

[loveboatinsanity]

[gameraboy2]

Muhammad Ali, Liberace and Hulk Hogan at Madison Square Garden, March 29, 1985

[vintage-every-day]

March 6, 1955: Judy Garland recently attended a huge circus-themed party given by skater and film star Sonja Henie. On the left Liberace.

[cosmicretreat]

The delightful Liberace episode of The Muppet Show aired today in the UK in 1979!

[duel-of-the-dolls]

Duel of the Madame Alexander Dolls: Real People (Round 2)

[thejohnberry]

Liberace smashing a piano

[citizenscreen]

Jack Warner tries to steal the limelight from Liberace on set of Gordon Douglas’s SINCERELY YOURS (1955). Holding the candelabrum is George Liberace, brother of the pianist.

[dayniac]

Doris and Liberace at the 1955 Ice Follies in Hollywood.

[jedivoodoochile]

Liberace and Rowlf The Dog on The Muppet Show.

[frenchcurious]

Liberace avec sa Cadillac Série 62 Coupe de Ville 1955. - source Cars & Motorbikes Stars of the Golden era.