tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042846540404918552.post691382030957412428..comments2023-10-28T07:20:36.263-04:00Comments on Billy Loves Stu: Actor, Author, Monster, Gay Icon: Thomas TryonPax Romanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00951019083510283683noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042846540404918552.post-91227790296255988162012-11-14T02:07:16.894-05:002012-11-14T02:07:16.894-05:00I Married A Monster... etc is a wonderful movie, i...I Married A Monster... etc is a wonderful movie, in which the aliens are distinguished (if that's the word) by their inability to father children, unlike "real men" (!??!!) There is no doubt in my mind that Tryon's conflicted, agonised performance (as a monster touched by an unexpected humanity he learns from his involvement with the human race) is informed by his conflicted soul-searching and soul-shredding experience as a gay man in Hollywood -where things are not all that different, not if we look at the big picture. I live and work in Hollywood with my partner pf 25 years and believe me, it still affects your hireability to be Out. The Other is available on DVD and the good news is that the novel has just been re-published by New York Review Books in a lovely, quality paperback edition featuring superb cover art/photgraphy. Do what I just did and order a copy at once! But avoid the tv re-make of IMAMFOS with Richard Burgi. It just doesn't have the original's noirish flavor, notwithstanding the presence of Richard Burgi, an actor who always seemed to me to have Gay to spare. But what do I know? ;-)iainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01678079780927685172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042846540404918552.post-28407745202177134322010-06-03T07:37:34.935-04:002010-06-03T07:37:34.935-04:00JT, thanks! I have not seen "The Dark Secret...JT, thanks! I have not seen "The Dark Secret of Harvest Home" in decades. Is it available anywhere?Pax Romanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00951019083510283683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042846540404918552.post-60177399482846290282010-06-03T01:25:28.871-04:002010-06-03T01:25:28.871-04:00Shame that Tryon seems to have been forgotten by m...Shame that Tryon seems to have been forgotten by most people. This was a great write up Pax....<br /><br />First time I saw The Other it completely knocked me out and I went out and found the novel. I was a fan from then on...<br /><br />I like to think of Harvest Home as the American version of "The Wicker Man", its such an amazing novel. <br /><br />The mini-series with Bette Davis is also one of my all time favorite things ever. I try to watch it at least a couple times a year.SexGoreGutshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12813350044294869909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042846540404918552.post-30917054790238777972010-06-02T18:08:29.724-04:002010-06-02T18:08:29.724-04:00Billy, glad I could bring his story to light for y...Billy, glad I could bring his story to light for you!<br /><br />Will, exactly - his horror books did have a "Stephen King quality" to them. <br /><br />Thanks for the kind words, guys!Pax Romanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00951019083510283683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042846540404918552.post-13670387983898053502010-06-02T09:33:53.629-04:002010-06-02T09:33:53.629-04:00Cool post. I knew some of this, and recall when he...Cool post. I knew some of this, and recall when he died, because I'd enjoyed <i>The Other</i> and <i>Harvest Home</i> as a teen. Sadly I believe they're out of print, but they are wonderful examples of chilly, quiet, pre-Stephen King bestseller horror novels.Will Erricksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042846540404918552.post-1370437149084279042010-06-02T06:29:58.820-04:002010-06-02T06:29:58.820-04:00Wow...I feel like such a bad gay. I know of Tryon...Wow...I feel like such a bad gay. I know of Tryon, but did not know any of this. Had no idea he was gay, nor did I know he was an author later in life. Now I kinda want to read his stuff. Thanks for the history lesson!<br />-BillyTower Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01117151684983587816noreply@blogger.com