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Sal Mineo: Street Gangs, Ouija Boards, and Unabashed Pride
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James Dean’s co-star in Rebel without a Cause was an early trailblazer for the LGBTQ+ community in Hollywood. Over the years he was harassed, heckled, and had his life threatened – just for being himself. When he was mysteriously murdered at the age of 37, the 15-month investigation exposed just how deep intolerance ran in the hearts and minds of many, despite Sal’s efforts to the contrary.
Sources
Who the Hell’s In It?: Conversations with Hollywood’s Legendary Actors, by Peter Bogdanovich
Hitman: The Untold Story of John Martorano, by Howie Carr
Sal Mineo: A Biography, by Michael Gregg Michaud
Sal Mineo: His Life, Murder, and Mystery, by H. Paul Jeffers
Sal Mineo Knifed to Death in Hollywood (NY Times)
Suspect in Slaying of Sal Mineo Is Set to Return to Coast (NY Times)
James Ellroy: Cracking the Case of Murdered Actor Sal Mineo (Hollywood Reporter)
Why Being “Gay in the ‘70s in New York and L.A. Was Magic” – and How Hollywood Has Changed (Hollywood Reporter)
Hays’d: Decoding the Classics – ’Rebel without a Cause’ (IndieWire)
Sal Mineo: Queer Portraits in History
Metropolitan Briefs, 2/11/1976 (NY Times)
Credits
Hosted by Jake Brennan.
Written by Zeth Lundy.
Copy edited by Pat Healy.
Scored and mixed by Sean Cahalin.
Additional music and score elements by Ryan Spraker.
*illustrations by Avi Spivak @avispivak