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...Bryan Forbes, the English actor, director (The L-Shaped Room) and novelist, homes in onTheo Gittings, who bears a passing resemblance to Blunt. Theo, a brilliant, alienated invert who becomes a pillar of the literary establishment, is compared by critics to E.M. Forster (a fellow homosexual who issued the closet cri de coeur: "If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country"). Theo's career as Communist agent is unraveled after his death by bestselling Writer Anthony Stern, a straight second cousin...
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...extreme change in Marglin's beliefs led some to believe that he had been a "closet Marxist" at the time he was a candidate for tenure. Malcolm Gillis, professor of Economics, attributes this charge to the fact that Marglin was making radical statements during the late '60s, "a time of academic acrimony." Marglin today acknowledges that if his present radicalism had then been evident in his work, the University would have probably refused to grant him tenure. Still he denies being a "closet anything. I believed in the separation of my work from my politics then. I don't anymore...
Society columnists portrayed life at Villa Mauresque as a prize stop for the rich, titled and famous. For Maugham it was a closet as big as the Ritz, where he could work and pursue his pleasures. Near the end of his life the house became the scene of jealousies, conflict and intrigue. In 1962 the 88-year-old novelist adopted Searle, 58, as his son. Daughter Liza challenged the relationship in court and won. Father and daughter had other legal problems. The previous year, Maugham had auctioned his art collection for nearly $1.5 million. Many of the paintings had been...
...standard yuk in 1930s movies was the moment when a pair of closet doors would open and a Murphy bed would come crashing down on someone's head. Over the years, the bed's Buster Keaton image hurt sales so badly that the Murphy Door Bed Co. Inc. of New York City began making kitchen cabinets. But with apartment rents soaring, the fold-ups are making a comeback among folks seeking to make the most of their living space. The company last year racked up a 15% increase in sales of its beds, which go for anywhere from...