Bowers was just out of the marines when he moved to hollywood and got a job working at the richfield gas station at 5777 hollywood boulevard. Scotty and the secret history of hollywoods racy tales of. A former marine, scotty bowers gained notoriety as a hollywood pimp, first while working as an attendant at the local richfield oil gas station, before later becoming a party bartender. The gas station, which is central to the show, existed. He was working at a gas station, when he says he was picked up by actor walter pidgeon. Aug 03, 2018 s cotty bowers was a 23yearold petrol station attendant on hollywood boulevard when the actor walter pidgeon pulled up to the pump and asked the dimpled blond to jump in his lincoln. The true story behind the hollywood gas station may surprise you. Find the cheapest nearby gas stations and prices in hollywood, ca. He didnt mention scotty, but he said there was a gas station on hollywood boulevard where you used to go to get into trouble, which was his euphemism for samesex activity, i gather. Hollywood service inc located at 1803 monroe avenue in rochester, ny services vehicles for brake repair, electrical repair, fuel injection repair, mufflers repair, retail tire, gas stations, service station. Bowers claims were met with both praise and skepticism.
This book was followed by a critically acclaimed 2018 documentary. My adventures in hollywood and the secret sex lives of the stars is a tellall. A handsome 23yearold, bowers quickly found work as an attendant in 1946 at the richfield oil gas station at 5777 hollywood blvd. The place became a magnet for those in quest of carnal thrills and escapism of every kind. Apr 21, 2020 the hollywood richfield gas station where scotty works then became a social gathering point for veterans and their girlfriends, with bowers likening it to a shopping mall where the youths of more. In 1950 bowers stopped working at the service station and began working as a party bartender, while continuing his sexual services. Juicy new documentary opens all the closets from hollywoods. May 01, 2020 netflixs new ryan murphy drama, hollywood, stars the politicians david corenswet, jeremy pope, laura harrier, and mcdermott. Scotty bowers, sexual matchmaker in the golden age of. Jun 11, 2012 hollywood was like a smaller town then, he said. The gas station was the portal that eventually took me into an exclusive world. Jan 29, 2012 hollywood fixer opens his little black book. The gas station gets charged a fee by the bank for running debit cards, and that is the extra fee you are paying. S cotty bowers was a 23yearold petrol station attendant on hollywood boulevard when the actor walter pidgeon pulled up to the pump and asked the dimpled blond to.
Was ernies golden tip gasoline in hollywood a real place. The hollywood richfield gas station where scotty works then became a social gathering point for veterans and their girlfriends, with bowers likening it. May 04, 2020 as bowers explained in his memoir, full service. Over the years more hollywood personalities secretly congregated at that little gas station than anywhere else in town. Scotty bowers, sexual procurer for hollywoods closeted. Ryan murphys new netflix series is set largely at a gas station based on the reallife one run by hollywood pimp scotty bowers. Juicy new documentary opens all the closets from hollywood. The person to tell me about scotty was, in fact, merv griffin, who mentioned the gas station. My adventures in hollywood and the secret sex lives of the stars, he was first picked up at the. Scottys, the infamous gas station brothel of 1940s hollywood. Jul 31, 2018 the person to tell me about scotty was, in fact, merv griffin, who mentioned the gas station. Bowers got a job pumping gas at the corner of van ness avenue.
True story of hollywoods gas station brothel run by scotty bowers. The secret history of gay hollywood finally gets its movie. The gas station sex ring run by the debonair pimp ernie dylan. Scotty bowers, 88, at his hollywood hills bungalow, where he lives with his wife. Scotty and the secret history of hollywood spills the. True story of hollywoods gas station brothel run by scotty.
The true story behind the hollywood gas station may. Hollywood fixer opens his little black book the new york times. Bowers book, which is full of gossip about the sexuality of longdead icons like cary grant, rock hudson a major character in hollywood. A keeper of hollywoods secrets now spills them cbs news. Netflixs new ryan murphy drama, hollywood, stars the politicians david corenswet, jeremy pope, laura harrier, and mcdermott mcdermott plays ernie, a gas station owner based on the very real life of male madame to the stars scotty bowers the gas station, which is central to the show, existed. Ryan murphys latest netflix series, hollywood, a fictionalized homage to 1940s hollywood, pays tribute to bowers by featuring its own gas. He worked at a gas station on the corner of north van ness avenue and hollywood boulevard, out of which, he says, he and a cadre of his male. Oct 16, 2019 the gas station was the portal that eventually took me into an exclusive world where highclass sex was everything, bowers wrote in full service. Stories of his exploits circulated for many years and were alluded to in books such as hollywood babylon. Inside hollywoods gas station of gigolos as netflix drama.
May 01, 2020 on netflixs new show hollywood, dylan mcdermott plays a man named ernest ernie west, who runs a prostitution ring out of a gas station. Compendium of authors sexual exploits primarily blowjobs, handjobs, and frottage, occasional vaginal intercourse from adolescence in illinois to leave from marines in wwii to his peak postwar years in hollywood as gas station attendant, bartender, caterer, waiter, handyman, general repairman, and most of all as arranging and participating in sexual liaisons from the 1940s to the publication of this book in 2012. Tyrnauer first learned of bowers long before the book, when he was a correspondent for vanity fair covering classic hollywood personalities. Sex fixer to the stars lifts lid on scandal in hollywoods. Hollywoods gas station pimp ernie is inspired by the true story of. The secret history of hollywoods golden age gas station hustler. Marine, gas station attendant and bartender, bowers known as hollywoods male madame claimed to have slept with and set up some of tinseltowns biggest names. My adventures in hollywood and the secret sex lives. The true story of hollywoods gas station and scotty bowers. If you were sexually adventurous in 1940s hollywood, you needed to know gas station attendant scotty bowers. Did a sex worker gas station in hollywood really exist. May 08, 2020 the true story behind the gas station sex ring in ryan murphys hollywood scotty bowers was a procurer to the glitterati of golden age hollywood known for his discretion as well as the. Scottys, the infamous gas station brothel of 1940s. It all started at a gas station on hollywood boulevard, and director matt tyrnauer lays bare scottys exploits and his current lifestyle in new documentary scotty and the secret history of.
Nov, 2006 hollywood station is a novel following a multitude of officers and detectives from the hollywood division of the lapd. Tyrnauer, a former vanity fair journalist, said he was introduced to mr. My adventures in hollywood and the secret sex lives of the stars. Hollywood service inc 1803 monroe avenue rochester, ny.
This handsome exmarine and his friendly gas station have long been alluded to in hollywood memoirs. Bowers, who died in 2019 at the age of 96, claimed in his book to have. My adventures in hollywood and the secret sex lives of the stars, he was first picked up at the gas station by oscarwinning actor walter pidgeon. Hollywoods gas station pimp ernie is inspired by the true. Use our layers tool to find nearby restaurants, shops, and hotels. Wealthy patrons pull up and say they want to go to. On netflixs new show hollywood, dylan mcdermott plays a man named ernest ernie west, who runs a prostitution ring out of a gas station. The true story behind the gas station sex ring in ryan murphys hollywood scotty bowers was a procurer to the glitterati of golden age hollywood known for his discretion as. True story of hollywoods gas station brothel run by. Janet maslin, the new york times the book is like a 286page gossip column from hollywoods golden ageit names all the names and spills all the secrets.
My adventures in hollywood and the secret sex live of. Dec 14, 2018 bowers claimed tracy was one of several stars he serviced out of a gas station located on hollywood boulevard and north van ness avenue, and he swore he slept with tracy on numerous occasions. Hollywoods gas station pimp is inspired by the real gentleman. Jake picking portrays a version of rock in hollywood, and frequents ernies gas station. In his books he wrote, it was too unsafe a game to play anymore.
Working the evening shift at a gas station on hollywood boulevard, he was soon running a lucrative sideline as a callboy he calls it tricking with wellheeled angelinos, most of them in the movie business both men and women he claims to prefer straight sex. In 2012, scotty bowers published a book titled full service. May, 2020 in truth, the gas station where bowers says he ran his escort service was a richfield station, and it was located at 5777 hollywood blvd. Over the years more hollywood personalities secretly congregated at that little gas station than anywhere else in town, bowers wrote in his book. May 01, 2020 the new netflix series hollywood showcases a gas station turnedbrothel, which, it turns out, actually existed.
George albert scotty bowers july 1, 1923 october, 2019 was an american who was a united states marine and, from the 1940s to the 1980s, a hollywood pimp. Compendium of authors sexual exploits primarily blowjobs, handjobs, and frottage, occasional vaginal intercourse from adolescence in illinois to leave from marines in wwii to his peak postwar years in hollywood as gas station attendant, bartender, caterer, waiter, handyman, general repairman, and most of all as arranging and participating. Ryan murphys new netflix series is set largely at a gas station based on the real life one run by hollywood pimp scotty bowers. May 01, 2020 a former marine, scotty bowers gained notoriety as a hollywood pimp, first while working as an attendant at the local richfield oil gas station, before later becoming a party bartender. My adventures in hollywood and the secret sex lives of the stars is a tellall book about the sex lives of hollywood stars from the late 1940s to the early 1980s by scotty bowers, with lionel friedberg as a contributing author. Fans of golden age stars might recognize his name as the man who, while working at a. Scotty bowers, hollywood fixer who wrote a tellall book.
Inside his secret history of hollywood and why we should believe his stories. Bowers died in october of 2019, at the age of 96, when production was already underway for hollywood. Heres the real story behind the golden tip and ernie, a fictionalized version of. Bowers decided to talk publicly about his life when most of the. Mcdermott plays ernie, a gas station owner based on the very real life of male madame to the stars scotty bowers. The apparently true story of the man who secured gay lovers for old hollywood paul teetor march 19, 2012 it was a reallife perry mason moment in the public trial of scotty bowers credibility. At 95, scotty bowers is one of hollywoods most storied survivors. Word spread about bowers among pidgeons friends, and bowers turned the service station into a meeting place for paid sexual encounters, which took place in a nearby trailer or hotel, with his old marine friends assisting him in the business. Marine, gas station attendant and bartender, bowers known as hollywoods male madame claimed to have slept with and.
Jul 28, 2018 if you were sexually adventurous in 1940s hollywood, you needed to know gas station attendant scotty bowers. Documentary reveals the secret history of hollywood pimp scotty bowers a veteran of world war ii, bowers bought a gas station on hollywood. The new netflix series hollywood showcases a gas stationturnedbrothel, which, it turns out, actually existed. May 01, 2020 hollywood s gas station pimp is inspired by the real gentleman hustler scotty bowers his decades as an l. When a book begins with the author driving around the streets of hollywood. Scotty and the secret history of hollywood and the book. Aug 02, 2018 documentary reveals the secret history of hollywood pimp scotty bowers a veteran of world war ii, bowers bought a gas station on hollywood boulevard in 1946 and began arranging trysts for stars. In truth, the gas station where bowers says he ran his escort service was a richfield station, and it was located at 5777 hollywood blvd. Gas stations and gas prices in hollywood, ca mapquest. A new documentary shines a light on the man who claims he ran a gas station on hollywood boulevard and van ness as a brothel for closeted hollywood stars. Scotty bowers, sexual procurer for hollywoods closeted stars. Oct 15, 2019 tyrnauer, a former vanity fair journalist, said he was introduced to mr. He slept with cary grant and spencer tracyand changed.
In the 1940s and 50s, scotty ran a gas station in the shadow of the studio lots where he would connect his friends with actors and actresses who had to. But regardless of whether the people hes outed were actually gaybiliked hookups with a gas station attendant, the book is actually quite boring. May 01, 2020 ryan murphys latest netflix series, hollywood, a fictionalized homage to 1940s hollywood, pays tribute to bowers by featuring its own gas station and charismatic pimp ernie, played by dylan. Pimp to the stars arranged sex for hollywoods elite. Oct 28, 2018 scotty bowers ran a brothel out of a gas station and slept with dozens of hollywoods biggest stars. My adventures in hollywood and the secret sex lives of the stars, published by grove in 2012. The one plot line that extends the course of most of the book involves a jewelry theft that results from crystal meth addicts fishing mail out of public mailboxes and selling it to a eastern european couple. Jul 25, 2018 he worked at a gas station on the corner of north van ness avenue and hollywood boulevard, out of which, he says, he and a cadre of his male and female friends serviced hollywood celebrities. Lots of pumps and awesome convenience store 972017 best gas station in town 8282017 very clean and spacious. Was ernies golden tip gasoline in hollywood a real. Jul 26, 2018 scotty and the secret history of hollywood. Handsome, polite and reliable, the freshly discharged marine, then in his 20s, was the u.
Oct 14, 2019 a handsome 23yearold, bowers quickly found work as an attendant in 1946 at the richfield oil gas station at 5777 hollywood blvd. According to his memoir, his sexual career began in 1946 while he was working as an attendant at the richfield oil gas station located at 5777 hollywood boulevard, at the corner of van ness avenue. Sep 12, 2017 a new documentary shines a light on the man who claims he ran a gas station on hollywood boulevard and van ness as a brothel for closeted hollywood stars. Call 585 2719045 to book an appointment or to hear more about the services of hollywood service inc. Hollywoods gas station pimp is inspired by the real gentleman hustler scotty bowers his decades as an l. Scotty bowers ran a brothel out of a gas station and slept with dozens of hollywoods biggest stars. It detailed how, in 1946, bowers bought a gas station on hollywood. Documentary reveals the secret history of hollywood pimp. Hollywood station is a novel following a multitude of officers and detectives from the hollywood division of the lapd.
It was a scene that saw as much furious action as the busiest studio back lot. Whats the real story behind ryan murphys netflix show. Jan 01, 2012 compendium of authors sexual exploits primarily blowjobs, handjobs, and frottage, occasional vaginal intercourse from adolescence in illinois to leave from marines in wwii to his peak postwar years in hollywood as gas station attendant, bartender, caterer, waiter, handyman, general repairman, and most of all as arranging and participating. Aug 16, 2018 at 95, scotty bowers is one of hollywoods most storied survivors. The gas station was the portal that eventually took me into an exclusive world where highclass sex was everything, bowers wrote in full service. Loosely based on bowerss 2012 memoir full service, the film catches up with the author at various book signings and parties, interspersing toasts and hugs with gorgeous shots of hollywood in its. Bowers claimed tracy was one of several stars he serviced out of a gas station located on hollywood boulevard and north van ness avenue.