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Posted by: RAG ( )
Date: September 23, 2011 03:01PM
Gay LDS senator commits suicide (fiction)

This was an element of the novel Advise and Consent, by Allen Drury, first published in 1959. A movie was made in 1962 with this plot element largely intact.

I found it fascinating many years ago and wondered how many on the board had seen/read it.

The greater story is a potboiler about political machinations on the eve of a contentious nomination for the Secretary of State.

I'm wondering how Drury came up with the character of "Brigham Anderson".

Any insights?





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advise_and_Consent

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055728/

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Posted by: Tristan-Powerslave ( )
Date: September 23, 2011 03:38PM
Re: Gay LDS senator commits suicide (fiction)

I saw it on TCM a few years back during a gay film festival they were running. The festival wasn't just about positive portrayals of gays in cinema, but more of a historical review.

I was really surprised that the Brigham Anderson storyline was even in the film, given that it was released in 1962.

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Posted by: RAG ( )
Date: September 23, 2011 04:31PM
Alas, one serious error in the movie...

There's a scene about 2/3 through the movie when Brigham Anderson comes home to his wife and takes his shirt off--no garmies!

Was he a secret exMo? Hmmm...

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Posted by: The StalkerDog™ ( )
Date: September 23, 2011 03:53PM
Dangit, the book's out of print. (n/t)


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Posted by: RAG ( )
Date: September 23, 2011 04:51PM
This has to be one of the earliest depictions of a gay club (1962) (n/t)


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