I'd love to know what happened to the uncovered version of this photo of Dan Lurie
with a drawn on posing strap. Mr. Lurie famously said of Earle Forbes, "Yes, quite a few
of us posed nude for Earle. We knew he was pitching those to gays on the side, but we
didn't really mind because he did great work and got guys into the best magazines."
It is a pity that someone saw fit to cover Mr. Laurie's maleness. He is a fine specimen of the male, and seeing him totally naked would lift up all of us.
ReplyDeleteI've posted him Full Monty before. Click on his label at right to see.
DeleteCould the censorship be by some Nazi, to hide evidence of circumcision?
DeleteHe has relatives buried in Hebrew cemeteries.
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Jim, the drawn on posing strap was quite common as a way to avoid the postal inspectors filing charges. In many cases, they were made to be rubbed off by the purchaser.
DeleteI have found that on the moral fashions of the day, it is rarely the man-in-the-street who gets worked up, only those jumping on the bandwagon in the pulpit or within the media bubble who prate and preen or those in a uniform who will push anyone around on any excuse because that is their life's calling. Dan Lurie's easy-going attitude was, I think, far more common than perhaps we acknowledge today. That is not to overlook the contribution Messrs Lurie and Forbes made - and for which we must be grateful. Mr Lurie's comment demonstrates again what happens when excellence collides with excellence.
ReplyDeleteYou make some very good points, Julian. Thanks!
DeleteI have always admired Dan Lurie ever since reading about him.
DeleteA man of integrity and truth. During WW2 he was rejected for service because a heart murmur, he even protested it to no avail. So, he got together to promote bodybuilding weights with the Weider brothers. Right after the war they sold him the business. All was well until the IRS came calling about taxes left unpaid during the war. Lurie went to the Weider brothers for an explanation, and they brushed him off. Lurie was left paying the debt with interest and penalties. It took Lurie 10 years to pay it all back with a lot of hardship. Lurie had an excellent physique winning Mr America most muscular in 42,43 & 44. As you said Jerry, he did not mind posing in the nude even knowing the audience was gay men. Not many straight men of the time and even today would go for that. I was always struck by the olive tone of his skin, almost like a natural tan and his great, naturally muscular body. I bet some gay men of influence and means approached him, only to be left disappointed.
Too bad he never got to be photographed by George Platt-Lynes, both New Yorkers, he would have been a perfect subject for GPL as Gordon Hanson once was.
- Rj/IE
Physique ferme, visage ferme. Ses cheveux noires, le teint olivatre.
ReplyDeleteet l'epee il ressemble a un Sarrasin des temps anciens.
Monsieur Lurie est un bel homme au physique exceptionnel.
On pouvait le voir participer a des epreuves sportives completement nu
dans le Grece antique. Il serait un champion honore.
Gentilhomme a Paris
Mr. Lurie lived a long and successful life with a good business and a happy family. I admire him very much, not least because he was not prejudiced against gays.
DeleteUn bon homme d'honneur.
DeleteGentilhomme a Paris