Remembering Scotty Bowers, the ‘male madame to the stars’

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Scotty Bowers died earlier this week. He was 96. He was a matchmaker of sorts in Hollywood. He found gay and straight partners for some top celebrities -- at a time when being queer was kept secret or heavily criticized. He claimed that some of his clients were Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and Spencer Tracy. He even claimed that FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover was one of his sexual partners.

Credits

Guest:

  • Matt Tyrnauer - director of documentaries “Valentino: The Last Emperor” (2009), “Citizen Jane: Battle for the City” (2016), “Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood” (2017), “Studio 54” (2018) and “Where's My Roy Cohn?” (2019)

Host:

Barbara Bogaev

Producers:

Sarah Sweeney, Michell Eloy, Amy Ta, Alexandra Sif Tryggvadottir, Rosalie Atkinson, Brian Hardzinski, Devan Schwartz, Caleigh Wells