60: MGM Stories Part 5: William Haines and Hollywood’s First Openly Gay Marriage

60: MGM Stories Part 5: William Haines and Hollywood’s First Openly Gay Marriage

The rare silent star who made a relatively smooth transition to sound films, William “Billy” Haines was one of the top box office stars of the late 1920s-early 1930s. Beginning in 1926, Haines started living with Jimmie Shields, and the two men became one of the most popular couples on the Hollywood social scene, facing little if any homophobia among the industry’s elite. But as times changed and the heat from the censors began to get hotter, MGM began to put pressure on Haines to pretend to be someone he wasn’t.

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