Nude bonding

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So, this “nude bonding” thing is more than just homoerotic wishful thinking. Here are some members of the Rat Pack hanging out and hangin’ out with each other - Dean Martin (far left), a thin Jerry Lewis (center left) , ? , and Joey Bishop (?) on right. Although I think I misidentified Joey Bishop… Anyhow, this is probably late 50s Los Vegas or Palm Springs

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So, this “nude bonding” thing is more than just homoerotic wishful thinking. Here are some members of the Rat Pack hanging out and hangin’ out with each other - Dean Martin (far left), a thin Jerry Lewis (center left) , ? , and Joey Bishop (?) on right. Although I think I misidentified Joey Bishop… Anyhow, this is probably late 50s Los Vegas or Palm Springs

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Where the hell did you find this?? Amazing.
 
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Well, It looks like Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin were even closer - they’re shower buddies ;-)
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.Here are some members of the Rat Pack hanging out and hangin’ out with each other - Dean Martin (far left), a thin Jerry Lewis (center left) , ? , and Joey Bishop (?) on right. Although I think I misidentified Joey Bishop… Anyhow, this is probably late 50s Los Vegas or Palm Springs

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The pictures came across my Twitter feed. These are pictures from the classic Hollywood and Vegas days that I never imagined would see the light of day. Which friend of these celebrities took these photos? They are dead, but who obtained these photos, and these nude photos are an eye-opener l.

Where the hell did you find this?? Amazing.
 
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I did some Googling because it is a revelation to think of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis as “bi”
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“if the captioning is accurate these shots were taken in 1952 at the Palm Springs El Mirador Hotel.”

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These photos appear to have sold at Sotheby’s in 2018 as part of a collection belonging to Frank Branda, Jerry Lewis’s driver and assistant.”

Source: Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis Let It All Hang Out

The auction description listed “4 candid photographs (8 x 10 in.) of Lewis and Martin in a steam room and shower, Lewis posing modestly, Martin less so.”

How can these possibly be authentic?? And yet they certainly appear to be! What's the story? There's Dean Martin with his dick hanging out, showering with another man in the 50's and 60'??? WTF?
Are these photoshopped?
 
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How can these possibly be authentic?? And yet they certainly appear to be! What's the story? There's Dean Martin with his dick hanging out, showering with another man in the 50's and 60'??? WTF?
Are these photoshopped?

Just because something hasn't been in the public eye does not mean it doesn't exist. Men being comfortable naked around other men has a long history (thousands of years). It's only in the past 20 years (especially in America where are Puritanical roots are difficult to escape) where that has become increasingly rare.
 
Just because something hasn't been in the public eye does not mean it doesn't exist. Men being comfortable naked around other men has a long history (thousands of years). It's only in the past 20 years (especially in America where are Puritanical roots are difficult to escape) where that has become increasingly rare.
I totally agree. It's just so shocking that in that era they'd be that candid about it... or maybe it's not shocking to others. However, do you think there's a chance these are photo shopped? Can you tell?
 
View attachment 37287121 I did some Googling because it is a revelation to think of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis as “bi”
Quoting:
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2) “


Source: Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis Let It All Hang Out

The auction description listed “4 candid photographs (8 x 10 in.) of Lewis and Martin in a steam room and shower, Lewis posing modestly, Martin less so.”
Well, maybe they're authentic after all! I guess that wouldn't be the craziest thing a Hollywood star has done!
 
Hi @opinionman ,
I think it is very reasonable to be stunned by seeing a nude celebrity photo from Classic Hollywood. It’s not as of everyone had a cell phone with a digital camera in their pocket — taking photos would have been a deliberate process. You are also correct to point out the timing with McCarthyism cracking down in Hollywood with its hunt for homosexuality and “deviant” activity.

On the flip side, it’s still 1952, just seven years after WWII ended for the USA. In the navy in particular, service men were in tight quarters showering nude together. Men weren’t shy about being naked around each other unlike 49 years later…. It’s just surprising that these photos leaked to the public.


Well, maybe they're authentic after all! I guess that wouldn't be the craziest thing a Hollywood star has done!
 
Hi @opinionman ,
I think it is very reasonable to be stunned by seeing a nude celebrity photo from Classic Hollywood. It’s not as of everyone had a cell phone with a digital camera in their pocket — taking photos would have been a deliberate process. You are also correct to point out the timing with McCarthyism cracking down in Hollywood with its hunt for homosexuality and “deviant” activity.

On the flip side, it’s still 1952, just seven years after WWII ended for the USA. In the navy in particular, service men were in tight quarters showering nude together. Men weren’t shy about being naked around each other unlike 49 years later…. It’s just surprising that these photos leaked to the public.
All good points. Life magazine has a whole slew of locker room photos that seem to be from about this era. Have you seen them? Mindbogglingly hot.