One of the "forgotten" stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, William Haines, has edged back into ... less-than-discreet domestic partnership with Jimmy Shields, a fey ex-sailor he’d met in NYC.

“William Haines, with his modern salesman attitude ... Haines had a whirlwind fling with a 21-year-old former sailor names Jimmy Shields. When Haines returned to L.A., he brought Shields with ...

This week’s entry: William Haines What it’s about ... He had also been in a steady relationship with Jimmy Shields, who he had been living with for several years. MGM studio head Louis ...

William “Billy” Haines was one of the leading men in 1920s Hollywood, a silent film star talented enough to make the move to “talkies.” He lived with his partner, Jimmie Shields ...

William Haines was sure he’d be fired ... During a trip back to New York City in 1926, Haines met Jimmie Shields, another bachelor and a former sailor. The two hit it off: Haines spirited ...

Dylan Turner will star as gay film icon William "Billy" Haines in the new ... Billy lived openly with his lover and former stand-in Jimmy Shields. Their relationship was tolerated by the studio ...

Haines chose Shields. "What makes him revolutionary is the authenticity with which he lived his life at a time when there were no role models," says William J. Mann, author of Wisecracker ...

In 1930, William "Billy” Haines was one of MGM ... Billy lived openly with his lover and former stand-in Jimmy Shields. This was tolerated by the studio until rumors started to seep out ...

Indeed, Crawford once noted that the film star William Haines and his boyfriend Jimmy Shields were “the happiest married couple in Hollywood,” and indeed they were. Their union survived ...