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Homosex in the old west
R41, no bullshit here.
R45, "rivers" west were not always near ranch settlements and even now (or especially now) were not always reliable in summer.
I lived on cattle ranches with seasonal hands, and I'm old enough to hold been on ranches where there was no running water in the bunkhouses (Well water was used.). Friday nights were for baths in galvanized tubs outside, and the men with the least seniority and who were the youngest got the last dunk. It was a major deal to acquire enough water heated to fill the tubs.
During the week the routine was sponging and scrubbing with vigor when needed and before supper, unless the season allowed for indoor lunchtime dinners. Men also would use the stock ponds to soak in, but you weren't supposed to use soap or anything that would contaminate the water with chemicals. Obviously outhouses were used for other necessities.
The owners' families and house staff usually had it a little better, but not much. Shower contraptions were used occasionally, considered to be a nod to the ladies. Rain barrels were used, augmented by snow melt. The place I lived had a cistern, which was a marvel, and it permitted indoor toilet f
The King and I star Yul Brynner hated Steve McQueen and insulted Ingrid Bergman
The King and I: Trailer for musical released in 1956
The King And I legend Yul Brynner was just as imperious as the on-screen King of Siam and well-known in Hollywood for his temper, ego and numerous affairs with men and women - as well as being one of the few male stars who notoriously posed for naked pictures. The self-proclaimed "Mongolian" star remains most famous for playing the King of Siam and was never averse to elevating his own personal myths to epic levels. When asked about his various clashing dates of birth, he grandly replied, "Ordinary mortals necessitate but one birthday."
He liked it to be known that he prepared breakfast in a silk kimono, other stars commented how he was "never far from a mirror" and his on-set demands and dramas were legendary.
But then, his whole experience had been exceptional, from nearly dying in a youthful trapeze accident to numerous bisexual affairs along the way to becoming more famous than the Siamese king he played so many times on stage and screen.
He even kept his brain shaved because he enjoyed the attention and demanded that he was never photographed
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Bisexual Russian-born actor Yul Brynner (1920-1985) began his career playing guitar and singing gypsy songs among Russian immigrants in Parisian nightclubs. His fluency in Russian and French enabled him to build up a following with the Czarist expatriates in Paris. After a brief stint as a trapeze artist with the famed Cirque D'Hiver company in France, he started acting with a touring company in the early 1940s. He was soon on his way to becoming the first ever bald stage and show idol.
In 1941 Yul Brynner traveled to the U.S., where he began an affair with American actor Hurd Hatfield (1918-1998), best known for playing the title role in the 1945 film The Picture of Dorian Gray. Both men were enrolled at the Michael Chekhov Theatre Studio in Ridgefield, Connecticut, and many of their classmates possess since confirmed the affair. Michael Chekhov (1891-1955, nephew of Anton), mentored performers such as Marilyn Monroe, Jack Palance, Patricia Neal, Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Leslie Caron, Gary Cooper, Clint Eastwood, Anthony Quinn, Jenni
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Yuliy Borisovich Briner (July 11, 1920 – October 10, 1985), known professionally as Yul Brynner, was a Russian, French, Swiss, American actor, singer, and director, best famous for his portrayal of King Mongkut in the Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical The King and I, for which he won two Tony Awards, and later an Academy Award for Best Actor for the film adaptation. He played the role 4,625 times on stage and became known for his shaved leader, which he maintained as a personal trademark long after adopting it for The King and I. Considered one of the first Russian-American film stars,[1] he was honored with a ceremony to put his handprints in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood in 1956, and also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. He received the National Board of Review Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Ramesses II in the Cecil B. DeMille epic The Ten Commandments (1956) and General Bounine in the production Anastasia (also 1956). He was also well known as the gunman Chris Adams in The M