Birth control in early Hollywood
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All on Tue Aug 23 23:56:17 2022
No, I don't mean in the movies.
I was amazed to find, recently, that Bela Lugosi was married five times and Boris Karloff was married SIX times - which was likely more than average, even in Hollywood. (Incredibly, despite Karloff's being "too hungry" to turn down you-know-what role in
1931, he was already married to his fifth wife at the time! How could he have afforded all those marriages and divorces?)
Even more amazing is that both actors had only ONE confirmed child each - both offspring were born in 1938. (Yes, I've heard of Tony Karloff, but there doesn't seem to be any evidence he was actually related.)
And Boris was apparently well-known for infidelities.
So either both men were incredibly proficient in condom use in the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s (I'm referring to condoms in particular because back then, the Comstock Laws would likely have made it difficult even for married women to access family planning
services, so it was up to men to go to the store and buy condoms), or both actors had fertility problems.
Too bad we'll likely never know...
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