bitterqueen | The New York Police Department and District Attorney's Office in 1975
launched an investigation dubbed Operation Together which looked into
the mob control of gay bars and underage boy sex rings, and among its
disturbing allegations was that Hollywood film director and writer James
Bridges hosted notorious sex parties which were stocked with jail bait
and attended by household names in the entertainment industry according
to a retired NYPD officer with whom I spoke several years ago who worked
undercover on the case.
Although some results from my interview with the retired officer previously have been published on Friends of Ours and in my book The Mafia and the Gays,
to this point I have resisted identifying the names of those allegedly
involved in the pedophile ring uncovered in Operation Together. However,
as I continue to read about the plaintive pleas from 1980s child star
Corey Feldman for a thorough investigation into a pedophilia problem
among the Tinseltown crowd, I no longer will remain silent about
allegations that have come to my attention from credible law enforcement
investigations.
gayinfluence | Arkansas native James Bridges (1936-1993) was an Oscar-nominated screenwriter and film director who got his start as a writer for the television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents. One episode, An Unlocked Window (1966), won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America.
Bridges went on to write and direct a number of feature films, including The Baby Maker (1970), The Paper Chase (1973), September 30, 1955 (1977), The China Syndrome (1979), Urban Cowboy (1980), Mike’s Murder (1984), Perfect (1985), and Bright Lights, Big City (1988).
For a number of years he was a mentor to actress Debra Winger. In fact, Bridges nearly quit the production of Urban Cowboy, because Paramount didn't want Debra Winger to play the role of John Travolta's love interest, the independent cowgirl Sissy.
Bridges went on to write and direct a number of feature films, including The Baby Maker (1970), The Paper Chase (1973), September 30, 1955 (1977), The China Syndrome (1979), Urban Cowboy (1980), Mike’s Murder (1984), Perfect (1985), and Bright Lights, Big City (1988).
For a number of years he was a mentor to actress Debra Winger. In fact, Bridges nearly quit the production of Urban Cowboy, because Paramount didn't want Debra Winger to play the role of John Travolta's love interest, the independent cowgirl Sissy.
From 1958 until his death in 1993, he was life partner to actor Jack Larson (b. 1928, photo at right), best known for his portrayal of Jimmy Olsen in the TV series Adventures of Superman. Prior to his commitment to Bridges, Larson had been in a relationship with actor Montgomery Clift.
Bridges and Larson shared the historical Frank Lloyd Wright-designed “George Sturges” house (1939) in Brentwood Heights, CA, where Larson still resides. It is the only southern California example of the modest modern style house called "Usonian" by Wright (photo below). This example boasts extreme cantilevers to deal with the steeply sloped lot, and it has been impeccably maintained by Larson.
Bridges and Larson shared the historical Frank Lloyd Wright-designed “George Sturges” house (1939) in Brentwood Heights, CA, where Larson still resides. It is the only southern California example of the modest modern style house called "Usonian" by Wright (photo below). This example boasts extreme cantilevers to deal with the steeply sloped lot, and it has been impeccably maintained by Larson.
