Scotty Bowers kept his mouth shut for nearly half a century, but now that he’s past 90 and most of the people he blew are dead, Scotty wants you to know that he made people happy. A lot.
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood, Matt Tyrnauer’s new documentary, retells the Hollywood gossip Bowers revealed in his popular memoir from 2012, Full Service. In case you missed it: The Golden Age of Hollywood was really fucking gay.
After surviving some of the toughest battles of WWII, Bowers landed in Los Angeles. While he was pumping gas (not a euphemism), Scotty claims the actor Walter Pidgeon offered him $20 to pump his gas (a euphemism). A smart businessman, Scotty turned the gas station into a spot that served and serviced a large swath of gay Hollywood elites.
