SHOW NOTES:  

Sources:

Film Reviews: American Gigolo, Variety, Jan 30, 1980

American Gigolo, Films in Review, March 1980, Vol 31 Iss 3

American Gigolo Review, by Arthur Knight, The Hollywood Reporter, 1980
Schrader Deep In ‘Gigolo’, Variety; Vol. 298, Iss. 4, Feb 27, 1980

Screen: ‘American Gigolo,’ a Southern California Melodrama: Gauging the Glitter By Vincent Canby, The New York Times, Feb 1, 1980

WET Magazine – Vol. 4, No. 4, Issue 22, Jan/Feb 1980

“The Male Idols” Newsweek, May 23,1983

GQ Magazine September 1979 

Playgirl, June 1985

“Richard Gere: Stripped Down and Sexy” Rolling Stone, March 6, 1980

Call Me! American Gigolo swaggered into theaters 40 years ago this month and forever rocked the worlds of film, fashion, music, and sex. An oral history by Lili Anolik, Feb 8, 2020

Schrader by Schrader & Other Writings, edited by Kevin Jackson

Easy Riders Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-And Rock ‘N Roll Generation by Peter Biskind

Was Hemingway Gay? There’s More to His Story By Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times, November 10, 1994

The Rise of Richard Gere by Hollis Alpert. American Film, October 1979

On the Make with American Gigolo by Steven M. Silverman. American Film October 1979

As Hollywood Gigolo or Broadway Gay, Richard Gere Slouches Toward Stardom, People Magazine, April 7, 1980

Playboy Viewpoint: The New Puritans, Playboy, November 1980

Playboy Isn’t Playing: An Interview with Judith Bat-Ada 

Travolta to leave the starring role of ‘American Gigolo’, The Hollywood Reporter, Vol. 255, Iss. 5,  Jan 23, 1979

Stateside: All for the good of ‘Gigolo’ by Tony Crawly, Screen International Iss. 209, Sep 29, 1979

The Rise Of Richard Gere by Hollis Alpert, American Film Vol. 5, Iss. 1,  Oct 1, 1979

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