Was jack haley gay
So, yeah, the Tin Man is gay?
Originally Posted by StephenX
Not sure who else was watching tonight, but TBS had the Wizard of Oz in HD showing. Now, I truly adoration this movie, and have seen it many times before. I decided to watch it tonight in between some of the games that were on.
Now, I consider that during my childhood and adolescent years my virgin eyes and ears deceived me, because tonight I noticed a revelation the likes of which I had never seen: the tin man is gay.
Now, I'm not making fun of or being snarky towards gay people, actors, entertainers, or whatever. I admire Elton John's song, and believe Neil Patrick Harris is one of the funniest actors operational today. Now that you know I'm not some homophobic bigot, I just don't understand how the Tin Gentleman got away with being SO homosexual. Everything from the over-the-top "Oh Sthop it!!" to the hands on the hips to his queenish prancing just felt wrong in this movie. When the Scarecrow and Dorothy oiled his elbows, the tin man exclaims "Oh, well, that feels wonderful!" in the most peculiar way. His mannerisms were almost like a really bad trace of a queer person. Nonetheless, I must reiterate this doesn't bothe
Massachusetts-Born Star Hated Filming ‘The Wizard of Oz’
John Joseph Haley Jr. was an American actor, comedian, dancer, radio host, singer, drummer and vaudevillian. Yet chances are the only reason you've heard of him is because of his role in the classic 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer film The Wizard of Oz.
Jack Haley, as he was known to fans, was born August 10, 1897 in Boston, Massachusetts to Jack Haley Jr. and Ellen Curley. Haley's father, a waiter and ship steward, died in the wreck of the schooner Charles A. Briggs in Nahant, Massachusetts, in 1898 when his son was just six months old.
Jack Haley would co-star in films with Shirley Temple and Frank Sinatra, and of course the movie that brought him fame The Wizard of Oz with another child star, Judy Garland.
Haley was cast in The Wizard of Oz as the Tin Man, replacing Buddy Ebsen, who vacated the role after suffering an allergic reaction to the silver face makeup used in the film. Haley also suffered a reaction to the aluminum-based makeup. An eye infection sidelined him for several days.
Haley married Florence McFadden in 1921, and the c
Jack Haley
Born in Boston, Haley began as a song-and-dance gentleman and appeared on Broadway in the hits "Good News" and "Gay Paree." He made his first foray into movies in the silent "Broadway Madness" (1927) and returned three years later as a Paramount player in "Follow Thru" (1930). It wasn't until he was signed by Fox, though that he came into his own as a genial second lead in such efforts as "Poor Little Rich Girl" (1936) and "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" (1938), both with Shirley Temple, and "Alexander's Ragtime Band" (also 1938). Haley was loaned to MGM to engage the coach in "Pigskin Parade" (1936), which also marked the debut of Judy Garland and again to renew an ill Buddy Ebsen (who had an allergic reaction to the makeup) in "Oz." (Ironically, Ray Bolger was originally slated for the role but he balked and managed to convince the studio to allow he and Ebsen to switch roles.) Haley, along with Bolger and Bert Lahr, all shared similar professional backgrounds having played vaudeville and burlesque as well as the legitimate stage and worked good together. Nonetheless, he was a bit overshadowed by the showier antics of his co-stars and by the luminous tremulousness that Judy
AKA Liza May Minnelli
Born:12-Mar-1946
Birthplace:Los Angeles, CA
Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation:Singer, Actor
Nationality: Combined States
Executive summary:Cabaret
The daughter of Judy Garland and Vincente Minnelli, and the goddaughter of Ira Gershwin, Minnelli was raised on sets and in studios, and made her film debut at age 2�, in her mother's In the Good Old Summertime. She was five when her parents divorced, and shuttled between them for the rest of her childhood. She was 18 when her aunt (Garland's sister) committed suicide, and 23 when her mother overdosed on barbiturates.
Minnelli sang on stage with her mother as a teen in London, and their album Live at the London Palladium is a double-nova star turn with both singers at their best. She made her Broadway debut at 19 in Flora, The Red Menace, and won a Tony for her production. Minnelli later starred in the Broadway runs of Chicago and Victor/Victoria. She has gone on to win three Tonys, including a special award in 1974 "for adding luster to the Broadway season". In films, Minelli is probably best known as Dudley Moore's long-suffering girlfriend an