Pidgeon shared details of his lover with his star friends, leading to Bowers becoming a male madam to the stars at the gas station and later as a bartender. Miniver actor Walter Pidgeon to join him in his car. The job was just pumping gas until he was asked by Mrs. In 1946, Bowers began work at the Richfield Oil gas station at 5777 Hollywood Blvd, a plot of land that is now a fire station. At the time of his death, Matt Tyrnauer, who made a documentary about Bowers, said of him to The Hollywood Reporter: 'Scotty was a central figure in the gay underground of Hollywood and served as a trusted protector of his friends' and associates' lives when they had no alternative but to live in the shadows.' NetflixĪs in the Netflix series, Bowers claimed that clients would have their sexual needs met in a series of trailers placed behind the station.īowers, who died in October 2019 aged 94, only started sharing stories about Scotty's in his late '80s.

'Hollywood' Episode 1 sees Ernie (right) running a gas station that provides a front to a prostitution ring.

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