Via Mr. Porter. Words by Mr. Colin McDowell.
Mr. Truman Capote, shot by Mr. Michael Salisbury, at his house in Palm Springs, California, 1969. Image via Mr. Porter.
Excellency Hall of Fame: Denham Fouts (9 May 1914 – 16 December 1948) American male prostitute, socialite and … chic literary muse
Presenting, and applauding, His Excellency Denham Fouts (9 May 1914-16 Dec. 1948), American male prostitute, socialite and literary muse to Truman Capote, Gore Vidal, Christopher Isherwood and Gavin Lambert.
His Excellency Deham Fouts, male prostitue and Outstandingly and handsomely in demand literary muse.
Kudos and Compliments for, and from, The Excellent People
“The Excellent People is like the shutter of a perfectly-focused Leica at the 21st century’s Black and White Ball.” —An anonymous reader of The Excellent People
Masked Excellence: Truman Capote's 1966 Black and White Ball at the Plaza Hotel. Image via The New York Times.
TINSELTOWN EXCELLENCE: IRVING PAUL “SWIFTY” LAZAR
In this awards season, remembering, and honoring, His Excellency Irving Paul “Swifty” Lazar (March 28, 1907 to December 30, 1993), Outstanding top Hollywood mogul, power agent, and deal-maker for only the most Excellent of stars and authors (Lauren Bacall, Truman Capote, Cher, Joan Collins, Noel Coward, Ira Gershwin, Cary Grant, Moss Hart, Ernest Hemingway, Gene Kelly, Madonna, Walter Matthau, Larry McMurtry, Vladimir Nabokov, Clifford Odets, Cole Porter, William Saroyan, Irwin Shaw, President Richard Nixon, and Tennessee Williams) and, according to Excellently-sourced reports, “too mean to pay for his wife’s cancer treatment.” Also legendarily Excellent post-Academy Awards party host.
His mean-spirited Excellence Irving Paul "Swifty" Lazar, wearing possibly cancerous liver spots and his signature, fabulously Excellent spectacles. Image via poorusher via Flickr.com.
