3/13/19

SAMSON DE BRIER TEA SALON~ MARCH 20TH @ TOM OF FINLAND HOUSE

PRESENT
SAMSON DE BRIER TEA SALON 
         MARCH 20TH, 2019 
         5PM    
         (SALON ENDS PROMPTLY @7PM)   
                      $15 COVER  PREPAY RESERVATION    
        $25 CASH DAY OF THE SALON  
    
        ~ENJOY~          
   HAND-BLENDED TEA    
     CAKES & DAINTIES   
          VIEW EROTIC ART     
         RELAX & HAVE A NICE CUPPA  
DISCUSS THE LORE OF SAMSON DE BRIER   
      HOSTED BY  RICK CASTRO  
                    TOM OF FINLAND HOUSE       
      1421 LAVETA TERRACE    
         ECHO PARK, CA 90026    
         INFO-ANTEBELLUM@EARTHLINK.NET  
Samson De Brier 
(March 18, 1909 – April 1, 1995)
an actor and occultist
best known for hosting a popular Hollywood salon during the fifties and sixties,
 and for appearing in the 1954 underground film Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome and the 1923 silent film~ Salome.
De Brier moved to Los Angeles in 1941. In the fifties he began hosting a regular salon at his Barton Avenue home. It flourished for many years and was frequented by artists, writers, actors, filmmakers, and occultists. 
 Among those who attended De Brier's salon were author Anaïs Nin,
 filmmakers Kenneth Anger and Curtis Harrington, actors Jack Nicholson and Dennis Hopper, and occultists Jack ParsonsMarjorie Cameron and Anton LaVey.
He died in Los Angeles, California.
 His papers are housed at the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives
 at the University of Southern California Libraries.

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