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Out here, I was kept by the best men and women of New York City. Mann, Haines told Mayer, 'You're quite wrong. The dreaded lack of 'It,' Haines countered Mayer's claim that he lacked sex appeal.Īccording to author William J. Mayer tried to get Haines to marry or find a girlfriend to reverse Star attributed that to Glyn's unfavorable view of Haines' homosexuality. Of Wisecracker: The Life and Times of William Haines, Hollywood's First Openly Gay Haines, however, was one of the stars singled out for not having 'It.' William J. Gilbert, Greta Garbo, Pola Negri, Douglas Fairbanks and Gary Cooper, among others. Who had 'It.' The stars who possessed the elusive quality of 'It' included Clara Bow, John And in a 1927 issue of Photoplay she made her picks of the movie stars That she was only window-dressing in his movies.' Crawford and Haines neverthelessĪuthor Elinor Glyn coined the term 'It' to describe the sexual magnetism certain stars While Crawford's star was rising, Haines was one of the top male movie stars and a majorīox-office draw during the silent era. With at least one cadet, who was expelled for skipping class to romance the seductive movieĬrawford said of her many appearances alongside Haines, 'I was strictly secondary.' Refused to wear stockings (and according to some reports, a bra) and enjoyed a dalliance

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