NOW AND THEN:
George Mansour as he is today
and as he was around the time of his
arrest at the 'odd birthday party.'
THIS IS A STORY about gay history —
about how much things have changed and how much they haven’t.
Fifty years ago this month, George Mansour and three other men were
arrested on charges of "morals violations" while attending a gay party in
a private apartment in Bay Village. Mansour, who for the past 40 years
has been one of the most noted film bookers in the United States —
he was influential in turning the Nickelodeon and Orson Welles theaters
into nationally renowned art theaters and now books
the Angelika Film Center in New York — was 19 at the time.
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repost courtesy~ charles sinclair~ boston/antebellum correspondent
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