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Beefcake

Beefcake

19985.11h 31m

Overview

A look at the 1950s muscle men's magazines and the representative industry which were popular supposedly as health and fitness magazines, but were in reality primarily being purchased by the still-underground homosexual community. Chief among the purveyors of this literature was Bob Mizer, who maintained a magazine and developed sexually inexplicit men's films for over 40 years. Aided by his mother, the two maintained a stable of not so innocent studs.

Directed by Thom Fitzgerald
Written by Thom Fitzgerald, Valentine Hooven
Produced by Shandi Mitchell, Thom Fitzgerald
Box Office0Revenue: $276K

Top Cast

Daniel MacIvor

Daniel MacIvor

Bob Mizer

Joshua Peace

Joshua Peace

Neil E. O'Hara

J

Jack Griffin Mazeika

Red

C

Carroll Godsman

Delia Mizer

Jonathan Torrens

Jonathan Torrens

David

T

Thomas Wayne Harris

Mizer's Attorney

J

Jaime Robertson

Prosecuting Attorney

D

Dick Sircom

Judge

Thom Fitzgerald

Thom Fitzgerald

LaFleur's Attorney

O

Orest Ulan

Defence

Trailer

Themes & Keywords

interviewbeefcakehomoeroticismlgbtmusclemen1950sgay magazine

About Beefcake

Beefcake is a drama, history, documentary film released in 1998 exploring themes of interview, beefcake, homoeroticism, lgbt, musclemen, 1950s. Directed by Thom Fitzgerald, it stars Daniel MacIvor, Joshua Peace, Jack Griffin Mazeika. A look at the 1950s muscle men's magazines and the representative industry which were popular supposedly as health and fitness magazines, but were in reality primarily being purchased by the still-underground homosexual community. Chief among the purveyors of this literature was Bob Mizer, who maintained a magazine and developed sexually inexplicit men's films for over 40 years. Aided by his mother, the two maintained a stable of not so innocent studs.

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