SAMSON DE BRIER TEA SALON~ TODAY @ TOM HOUSE~ HOSTED BY RICK CASTRO

PRESENT

SAMSON DE BRIER TEA SALON 

         MARCH 20TH, 2019 

         5PM    

         (SALON ENDS PROMPTLY @7PM)   

             $25  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 Parsons, Marjorie Cameron and Anton LaVey.