The Journals of Charlie Gordon

About the Book

Charlie Gordon kept eleven journals throughout her long life. A homosexual woman, she lived and worked in the ’50s and ’60s in early Hollywood when vice squads raided gay clubs and put homosexuals in jail. In l947 Charlie sailed to Stockholm, Sweden where she lived for seven months with a famous Swedish sculptress. The story is about her life “in the closet” as a secretary to a movie producer and her time as a producer herself on PBS. Later, Charlie was a freelance writer for television and films. Charlie had numerous female lovers and both gay and straight male friends. Her conservative Texas family accepted her female lovers. At forty-two Charlie fell in love with Bebe, a true Brit. They lived together for eighteen years until Bebe was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Amazingly, in an atmosphere of pain and frustration, their love blossomed

About the Author

Charlie grew up in the early magic of Hollywood’s movie and television industries. She graduated from Hollywood High School and entered Los Angeles City College. As secretary to a movie producer, the company produced a movie directed by Steven Spielberg. Charlie’s first writing sale was a story published in “True Confessions” magazine. Her television sales included “Return to Peyton Place”NBC, “Mulligan’s Stew”, Paramount, “Faith for Today”, Transda, “Gift of Life”, Lutheran League. She sold her screenplay “Nellie Cashman” to Metromedia In New York, Luther Davis hired Charlie to write the book for a musical, “War Widow”. She wrote the book for another musical, “My Hong Kong” produced in Hong Kong. Charlie was a story analyst for CBS-TV and staff producer at PBS. She was a reader for Group One Films in Hollywood and for Private Screenings in New York Charlie sang in the Santa Monica Opera Company, performing Musetta in “La Boheme” and Hansel in “Hansel and Greta” She joined the Los Angeles Opera Co, singing Suzuki in “Madam Butterfly”. Charlie is a member of Writers Guild, west, a reviewer for the National Humanities Awards in Washington D.C. and had private lessons in French and Italian.