Fortune and Men's Eyes (1969) - 16mm - Sal Mineo - Don Johnson - Michael Greer

[@starbuck78]

Don was 19 here. He was a baby face but already had a tremendous talent. Seeing Crockett before he was Crockett is really interesting. Thank you for posting this.

[@vleldaddio210]

Don Johnson liked both at that time Men and Boys just like Sal and bi-sexual 🖕💩😡😵🤬👍He lived life to the Fullest ONLY TO BE MURDERED BY A PUNK 17 YR OLD DRUG ADDICT LOOKING FOR MONEY TO GET A FIX BUT GOT NOT A DIME FROM SAL WHO LAY DYING WITH A KNIFE TO HIS HEART . PUNK NAMED WILLIAMS WAS FREE GOR YEARS BUT COULDN'T KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT BRAGGING THAT HE KILLED SAL ONLY SERVED 9 YEARS BEFORE BEING RELEASED TO LIVE OUT THE REST OF HIS LIFE WHILE DEPRIVING SAL OF HIS 🖕💩😡😵🤬😠👺😈

[@matrox]

Don is in his 70s now

[@vice4134]

@@matrox Your point is???

[@gregl.5560]

This is pure gold. I had absolutely no idea footage actually existed of this production I've read so much about. Thanks for your generosity in sharing this with the rest of us. It was very kind on your part.

[@trissloan2340]

I bought the VHS copy of the film at the mall in Reno. The cashier was a man who looked at it and said, "Excellent film. I saw the stage play in Toronto, 1969." Did not know it toured nationally with a troupe. The Queenie character in this, looks like he went on to play the same role in the movie;(hauntingly beautiful opening theme song). Holy shit, Don and Sal Mineo.

[@THEDONSTR8Fightah76]

Toronto! 🇨🇦

[@fredericklmeade2947]

And Michael Greer, a phenomenal talent who never had the film or television career that would have been open to him should he have stayed in the closet. Sal Mineo was about as out as you could be in those decades without risking being out of work completely or pigeonholed as only good for tiresome stereotype roles. At least the ones he performed brought some underlying self-respect to the roles. The fact that he was actually able to make a living out of live performances is a testament to his wide-ranging talent.

[@eddiebradham5201]

Sal was talented and beautiful. So glad to have seen this clip, never thought I'd see anything from the play. Thanks!

[@hamptonkashikyri4404]

so grateful for even this much of the original production. MIneo accomplished his task in doing so.

[@MorrisOC]

Thanks for posting this clip of the stage production of Fortune and Men's Eyes. It's nice to know that at least a small portion of that production has been preserved. It's a shame that there's evidently no film of the entire stage play, but even this short clip is very worthwhile.

[@itsgleneaton4883]

I think we lost Sal before he died because with such a talented actor and unique individual and amazing insight as a human being he should have been one of the top actors in the 70s and getting many more meaningful roles.

[@pianomanhere]

WOW. I saw the movie but never a clip from the theater production. Thank you for posting this.

[@lwasson2335]

Such a shame Sal's gone. He was so talented. This is very interesting.

[@matrox]

Sal was 29 or 30 when he made this. He'd be in his 80s today.

[@Alice-ov3rd]

Wow Sal’s acting is so different in this. He’s really good!

[@CoopyKat]

This was made in to a movie in 1971, I'm surprised that at least Sal Mineo wasn't in the movie version.

[@SoulStylistJukeBox]

What a wonderful human being you are for taking the time to upload this.

[@beachbum4691]

An extraordinary insight into what at the time was a uniquely courageous play...........My thanks to all those involved in getting this fantastic 15 minutes of film on screen. John, Perth, W-Australia.......

[@Tracey..H]

Never seen a more perfect man than sal. Sorry you were ripped from life so early

[@fredericklmeade2947]

Sal was beautiful. Definitely on the upper portion of my Top 10 List of Male Gods. I have the nude mural of him saved amongst my photos. Of course, once those clothes come off you can’t take your eyes off of Don Johnson’s perfect body (which, let’s be honest is the largest part of why most people bought tickets) and enticing package, not to mention his beautiful face.

[@jesusnodal8948]

Thank you very much for finding this lost treasure.

[@jasonlawrence8450]

Fantastic to have this archive footage. Sal was one of the best of the best, a natural. Micheal Greer is also brilliant. Two top notch performers in a daring play. Would have loved to seen this live.

[@DA90027]

Mineo was obviously the best actor in this.

[@staticcharm3808]

Nah. Michael Greer was great. But as an openly gay actor, he didn't get many roles while Mineo was closeted.

[@scottluvslucero]

This is AMAZING! i've never really seen Sal Mineo in anything once he was an adult - this video is revelatory in so many ways. Thank you so SO much for publishing it!

[@jl3322]

Sal was an excellent actor as he started on Broadway in the stage musical The King and I with Yul Brynner.

[@wildman0228]

This is amazing - thanks for preserving! WOW!

[@danrobinson572]

Wow look how young Don Johnson is

[@itopus1]

The acting is remarkable. Such presence !

[@itsgleneaton4883]

Excellent. Now that’s a play.

[@thelivesofme1]

This is pure gold. Thank you so much for sharing it.

[@casslac1981]

Gorgeous Sal and that New York accent 😍😍😍

[@jeanettesmith765]

Sal Mineo was so talented.

[@luisarista8723]

Merci pour ce bijou d extrait que vous nous proposez pour notre plus grand plaisir !!!

[@Larryshereable]

Unconventional Masterpiece

[@Mia7189]

I've always wanted to see this. Thank you so much for posting this.

[@NelsonVlog66]

Don Johnson looked like he was going through puberty here.

[@loganboggs3713]

I love you forever Sal Mineo. I miss you forever Sal Mineo.

[@rhiannonrhiannon6285]

Thank you for posting!

[@ottabee]

Thank-you so much for sharing this footage. I just recently learned of this play and the movie version that I'm now going to watch. What a classic GEM!

[@marcusmello8434]

Wonderful! Thanks for share.

[@MalRome]

Man, this something else. Fantastic to see it!

[@ralphoism]

Holy smokes , I remember seeing this play in a small playhouse in LA in 1969 . I forgot all about it . This is not the scene that startled the audience though !

[@haumea420]

What scene was it that startled the audience???

[@fanorama1]

@@haumea420 umm.. rape scene?

[@jbyesterday3959]

Very cool footage of Sal Mineo I'd never seen, although I did see the film decades ago. I recognize the C.O. from The Honeymooners show.

[@GroovyDoom]

Thank you so much!

[@pand5458]

Thank you so much for uploading this. My uncle was a friend of Robert Christian who was the original Mona. I am fortunate enough to have his script from the play.

[@BuckyBrown-lt4ry]

Sal Mineo, of course. But Don Johnson!!!

[@queenettajones5510]

Sal Mineo and Don Johnson are so handsome ♥️♥️♥️😊😊😊

[@itsgleneaton4883]

I think the theatre like the movie houses are dead because of the actors. There is no personality just cliches and menacing voices. The entire entertainment-industry is loaded with people who can’t entertain you. These here are real actors and you can see and hear the difference.

[@phoenixrising2268]

Don Johnson was so pretty. Too pretty; he almost looked strange.

[@christmastree6817]

Strange how?

[@staticcharm3808]

@@christmastree6817 Androgynous I guess

[@christmastree6817]

@@staticcharm3808 Hm I see

[@haumea420]

How do you find the whole play? This was awesome to watch! Would love to see all of it!

[@JamesBrown-ij1px]

Wow. This is amazing! Thank you!

[@go-goakins1489]

Great acting!👍🙌

[@patrickeh696]

Rest in Peace Michael.

[@mountainguru529]

Amazing !

[@Muswell]

Wow. Whoever knew this existed?

[@jasonmatthews534]

Sal is like a mix of Brando & Dean. Brilliant!

[@luisfranco8659]

Salwas a great actor

[@thelivesofme1]

Anyone know if a full video of this production exists anywhere?

[@MatimoreAgain]

Now Don Johnson is the warden.

[@LegionIvory]

Goddamn Michael Greer was brilliant. I feel like Dr. Frank-N-Furter was partially based on him.

[@germanirish2]

Life is a struggle and then you die...thank you gentlemen..

[@ccmoore73]

Sal mineo’s good here. The writing is... dated, but suitably raw. At least for the time. Interesting relic.

[@signforu]

"The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart (1970) is lost no more. It's right here on KZbin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWnFmWmaZpuJha8

[@stagefilmtelevision9]

GREAT find! Curious if the entire play was filmed. Shared link on FB page.

[@hamptonkashikyri4404]

after reading a lot it, I am believing there was no known official full length recording of Mineo's incredible production...

[@rennietrevino5368]

Yessssssss

[@SingersDream]

Has anyone seen this version? If so,where can I find it and how can I watch it!!??😍😍😍

[@mr-bi3tf]

Hi, was the full version of this movie ever relaased? Trying to look everywhere but can only find the 1971 version. Thank you for this, though! :)

[@igotmobilephone]

No, this little bit of footage was shot specifically for a 30 minute program on L.A.'s channel 28, called "Theatre Beat" which was hosted by Hal Marienthal. Apparently the show was 30 minutes in length and the host interviewed Sal Mineo on the program as well, but that bit of footage is still currently lost/missing. Enjoy the footage I found, because this is probably the only in existence of the Sal Mineo directed version of the play.

[@psychedelicanxiety8011]

@@igotmobilephone Thank you for uploading. How were you able to find this 15 minute part of the footage?

[@igotmobilephone]

@@psychedelicanxiety8011 I'm a massive collector of rare Don Johnson film footage, especially of his early career in various cult films. I never in a million years expected to find a film of this notorious play - but was searching for his 1968 Kansas college film "Into The World." Because I'd saved a 60s film search on ebay, this film popped up in my e-mail feed. I offered the seller $100.00 on the spot, and he had no idea what this film was or where it came from. He just told me Sal Mineo and Don Johnson were in it, I couldn't believe it! Then I had it digitally transferred with a 2K scan. This has to be the rarest and most unexpected film I've found of Don Johnson. Thanks for the interest.

[@psychedelicanxiety8011]

@@igotmobilephone wow what an amazing find! Thanks for sharing it with us all💙 I wish that guy you got it from knew more about where he found it but who knows, maybe the other 15 minutes will come across your path one day.

[@luzcameraemocao]

Couldn't you post the movie in its entirety? I watched it in the cinema a long time ago and would like to review it. Thanks.

[@SingersDream]

José Souza yes,please!! I wanna see the full version also😃

[@igotmobilephone]

Sorry, there is no "full version" of this play. This is all that exists from it.

[@SingersDream]

igotmobilephone Aaaaw.☹️ well,that’s ok. Thanks anyway. ☺️

[@Mouse01011]

LOL I know a bunch of fem queens (Gay man myself) but never ever known one to carry a handheld mirror or fluff their hair like that, but like whatever... it was the 60s. Gay stereotypes abounded. : )

[@johndawhale3197]

Sonny Crockett: The Younger Years

[@tapeduk]

I loved Michael Greer in The Gay Deceivers and Messiah of Evil

[@sirphineasluciusambercromb9114]

The giant, moptop queen was a bit of a stereotype, but this is kinda how prison life was everywhere before PREA.

[@barbaradenicomedia114]

Directed by Sal Mineo. How he thought he would come back to Hollywood with this movie? It´s an indie movie, he was into the indie world, when you go for that way (healthier and true than Hollywood) you can forget Hollywood.

[@miyamcallister]

Isn't Qunnie Courtney Buhr who sal liked

[@staticcharm3808]

Michael Greer

[@TNewsh]

Where is the full version?

[@milla327]

Was courtney burr in this?

[@moue-x]

I have no idea what there talking about

[@christmastree6817]

they talking about uh prison gang bangs if you know what I mean

[@heidihutcherson]

95

[@lenakosmo5217]

That gay tall guy is he the same as in the movie from 71? Acted by the same guy that is.

[@Tracey..H]

Sal had a serious thing for young blond men. I read his biography. Personally im against sex outside of marriage and all that, as I really believe in God. I'm just saying what I read in the book. Sal embraced sex, perhaps maybe even addicted to it. Lots of sex in his bio

[@jl3322]

You make me sick with your “God” references. Its people like you that continue to perpetrate all the hate on those that are different and unique!

[@Tracey..H]

@@jl3322 I'm unique and different myself and hate no one. God isn't a God of hate. He sets guidelines for our behavior,for our benefit. This world is an evil place my friend, because of the paths we choose and being spiritually ignorant. There is only dark and light. Sal is for many men, a visual pleasure, a piece of meat. Seen it for year's. And that biography is soft porn. You have your opinion and I have mine. Jesus is very real. As you have a right to talk on KZbin, so do I.

[@jl3322]

@@Tracey..H sounds like you read the National Enquirer, you sound like a bigot and most likely were a Trump supporter. The world would be a better place with less people like you in it!

[@Tracey..H]

@@jl3322 tc Jl. I wish you the best

[@matsumoku1]

@@jl3322 LOL I'll bet you're a blast at dinner parties.

[@tonywalton1052]

Not a very diverse prison

[@danielesteve8359]

Sal q m la meneo

[@matsumoku1]

So, Michael Greer clearly understood why his film career tanked. It appears that all he desired was to be gay and play roles like Queenie, therefore, it's he who killed his own career. "Homophobia" had nothing to do with it.

[@christmastree6817]

clearly it did because if there was no homophobia then no one wouldve been bothered by him wanting to just play roles like Queenie

[@matsumoku1]

@@christmastree6817 I don't think anyone was bothered by it, maybe other than some fans who didn't want him to go that route. A person is free to tank their own career by overplaying their sexuality. I think the average person doesn't really care who you have sex with behind closed doors. If you think that's not correct it's because the elite push different narratives at different times. Hollywood wanted rock hudson to be a manly leading man, and that doesn't work so well when the actor wants to be a queen. Greer could clearly have been a leading man. People don't want this to be the truth they'd rather call everyone a bigot and homophobe and virtue signal.

[@christmastree6817]

@@matsumoku1 if that were the case then people would tank after flaunting their heterosexuality but they usually dont

[@matsumoku1]

@@christmastree6817 Don't you think Mr. Greer did more than just flaunt his homosexuality? The little information we have suggests he was crass to people who didn't deserve it and he did the opposite of what his agents and handlers told him to do. Not to get too deep into it, but there is two things going on with hollywood -- one is they have a narrative they want to push (which changes over the years) and the other is the tension between that and what the public generally wants. Women mostly like the hetero romance movies. Men generally like naked women and they don't even care who they are having sex with, and men like the action moves that tend to have hetero romance, if any at all. That's just how it is, and pushing homosexuality in every movie today won't change that.

[@christmastree6817]

@@matsumoku1 showing that homosexuality exists isn't "pushing" it, and what did he do/say that was crass

[@michaelcollins237]

UGH