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Angels & Demons by Ray Stricklyn copyright 1999 1st edition This book with dustjacket is in good condition - Dustjacket in very good condition with stamps in protective cover  and book has no torn or missing pages Former library book with stamps on 1st page and cover

This is more than a terrific account of Hollywood-gay, closeted gay and straight- in the 1950;s and beyond. It is a cautionary tale for anyone seeking fame and fortune in the dream factory. Ray Stricklyn experienced his name on the marquee, the brilliant reviews and notices, and the parties with Rock and Bette and Joan and the Hollywood elite, and the theatre /literary names of Broadway and New York. But the big role. the breakthrough always remained elusive, as did personal happiness in a time when acknowledgement of being gay was a career ender. (Has THAT changed?) ' Returned to this book after seeing Ray in an old Perry Mason, and BOY did he need that role. Ray was Bette Davis' son in the long unappreciated but now rediscovered "A Catered Affair." (Ray was prettier than even Debbie Reynolds, his screen sister, was one remark.) Index surf for names, but that is missing the forest for the trees, a forest of human pathos and frustration, a search for personal fulfillment and career accomplishment.

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