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Word: tourneaux (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...queen" named Michael (Kenneth Nelson) throws a birthday party for his intimate enemy, Harold (Leonard Frey). The guests are all various shades of lavender. They range from muscular stud to the outrageously effeminate Emory (Cliff Gorman), who arrives with a "present": a $20-a-trick midnight cowboy* (Robert La Tourneaux). All of the people at the party bring hang-ups along with their gifts; one man has left his wife and children for a promiscuous partner; a Negro labeled "the queen of spades" suffers for his skin and his psyche; the host himself is a much-analyzed Roman Catholic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Shades of Lavender | 3/30/1970 | See Source »

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