Talk:Janet Gaynor

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[edit] "Posthumous Revelations"

These links prove nothing:

1. Source #2 is just a link to a short biography on Answers.com, says nothing about Gaynor being a lesbian. 2. Source #3 is just a collection of photographs of women rumored to be gay without an sort of proof. 3. Source #4 is just a list of individuals in a particular cementary, including Gaynor. No allegations about her private life. 4. Source #5 does not exist.

Sadly, Janet Gaynor's wikipedia entry is yet another page overrun by unproven gossip and speculation.

Since Janet Gaynor is dead, the true nature of her sexual orientation will pretty much be speculation since most of those that could definitely say attest to it are dead. Which is something that can also be said for many people, such as Cary Grant and Randolph Scott.

Her lesbian/bisexual orientation has been covered in a few books. The two that I have personally read are Kenneth Anger's book 'Hollywood Babylon' (tabloidish to be sure) and The Sewing Circle: Hollywood's Greatest Secret: Female Stars Who Loved Other Women by Axel Madsen.

Neither mention as I recall that Gaynor had a relationship with Mary Martin but both did indicate that her marriage to Adrian was a 'lavender ' cover for both parties involved. (Much like the Barbara Stanwyck-Robert Taylor marriage, though that was more for his image than hers. He was plagued by charges of being a "powder puff" throughout his career. Many of the roles MGM cast him in was to counteract this perception, which was essentially the truth. By contrast, Stanwyck 'tough girl' persona masked her lesbianism and made studios money so long as she was careful in her personal life) According to the Sewing Circle, it was a happy marriage in that they had a child and loved each other as two people can love each other but they sexually lead separate lives. Admittedly the Sewing Circle focuses quite a bit on Garbo and Dietrich in its first part and quite a bit on the depictions of lesbians in film going into the 70s in the later part. Ladydayelle 15:11, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Films"

Film listing still incomplete and does not include her 30s films, most notably missing is "A Star is Born". Dyslexix 06:11, 4 September 2007 (UTC)