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Thursday, May 27, 2021

Don


Don Hawksley used plenty of Butchwax in this photo by an unknown photographer.

 

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  1. I have this attributed to Bruce Bellas, but I am not at all sure that is so as it has a definite whiff of the amateur about it. Don Hawksley was in fact a very expensive and sought after hustler among the Hollywood elite, and it might just have been taken as a keep-sake from a grateful but very much poorer customer.

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  2. I've been told, by older men who were around back then, that a lot of the nude models were well paid hustlers who had regularly spaced photo sessions to attract new clients (johns). That was supposed to be the main reason for so many photographers being arrested and harassed. Most of the prosecutors tried to make the case that showing frontal male nudity made the photographers pimps. In reality, it was the best form of self advertisement for the smarter hustlers. Most of the porn models do the same thing today for their much better paying "escorting" services.

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    1. While some prosecutors tried to make a pimping and/or pandering case out of obscenity charges, that was not the primary focus of their efforts. The usual statute was that prohibiting sending "obscene" material through the mail. It is absolutely true, however, that more than a few of the models were hustlers.

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  3. Don looks like he could make sure his clients felt that he was money well spent.

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    1. Too bad they didn't have Google Reviews back then.

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