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Lately, there have been few homosexual scandals
involving show people for which movie and TV pro-
ducers breathe sighs of relief. |

The behind-the-scenes tragedies, however, are an-
other story. The truth has yet to be told about a
young idol who was killed in an accident a few
years ago. At least it had all the outward appearing
elements of an accident.

More thorough investigation of the events that led
up to the tragic night would have revealed a sordid
story of a sordid past that was suddenly threatened
with exposure.

The boy, with his very first lover, like himself, a
country bumpkin, had come to New York to seek
fame and fortune. They found a tiny room in a
cheap theatrical hotel. They had a few letters to
people in the “gay set,” had little trouble in meeting
them and soon were caught up in the New York
whirl.

The actor was the more popular and before long
he was getting invitations alone. The other chap,
bent on a career as a designer, at first seemed not
to care, not even when the actor moved out to spend
the summer at the Fire Island home of a prominent
agent.

After a few weeks, the actor felt funny about desert-