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Books: Wisecracker: The Life and Times of William Haines by Hollywood's First Openly Gay Star Click Image For More Info Click HERE for ... Prices (new/used) Availability Additional Images Similar Links More Reviews Additional Information Paperback: 480 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.08 x 8.01 x 5.32 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper); (March 1999) In-Print Editions: Paperback , Audio Cassette (Abridged), Audio CD (Abridged), Hardcover (Large Print)|All Editions Customers who bought this book also bought: Behind the Screen: How Gays and Lesbians Shaped Hollywood, 1910-1969 by William J. Mann (Paperback) At Swim, Two Boys : A Novel by Jamie O'Neill (Author) (Paperback) The Evening Crowd at Kirmser's: A Gay Life in the 1940s by Ricardo J. Brown, et al (Paperback) Angels & Demons : One Actor's Hollywood Journey by Ray Stricklyn (Hardcover) Open Secret: Gay Hollywood, 1928-2000 by David Ehrenstein (Paperback) Review Amazon.com William Haines was one of MGM's biggest stars in the late 1920s, playing cocky but sympathetic wise guys in movies such as Brown of Harvard. He was as self-assured in real life: dropped by the studio in 1933 because he refused to hide his homosexuality, Haines became a successful interior decorator. Journalist William J. Mann perceptively links Haines's story to shifting attitudes in the movie industry, the gay community, and America as a whole. He also paints a tender portrait of the actor's love for Jimmie Shields, his companion from 1926 until Haines's death in 1973. More Reviews