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Liberace’s New Year’s Resolutions (December 26th, 1954)
Happy New Year! 💫 On December 26th, 1954, Liberace gave his New Year’s thanks and resolutions in a column for The Boston Globe. “This old year has been a fine and happy one for me, as it hope it has for you,” Liberace wrote. “I spent the year doing what I like best in the Read more
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Famous Friendships: Liberace and Sammy Davis Jr.
Happy Monday everyone! Today marks 100 years since Liberace’s friend and fellow show business extraordinaire Sammy Davis Jr. was born in New York City. 🎂 Davis was an accomplished singer, dancer, actor, and comedian who began his career as a child performer in the 1930s.1 In 1936, Davis would formally join his father and uncle’s Read more
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World AIDS Day (2025)
Happy World AIDS Day. 🕯️ Today, we honor the lives of the millions lost to HIV AIDS, including Liberace and his longtime partner Cary-James. Liberace first learned he was HIV positive in the summer of 1985.1 According to Cary-James, the discovery was made during a routine medical examination in which Liberace was told that he’d Read more
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Come As You Were: Liberace and Vampira’s Musical Extravaganza
Happy Halloween everyone! 🧛 For this month’s post, I wanted to pay a special tribute to one of history’s most beloved and iconic glamor ghouls: Vampira. The alter ego and passion project of actress Maila Nurmi, Vampira was TV’s original horror movie commentator who played an integral role in the development of goth and camp Read more
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Scanned Photos: Liberace and George at the LA Press Club Show (1954)
Happy Monday folks! Today, I wanted to share some candid photographs from my collection that were taken during Liberace and George’s joint performance at a Los Angeles Press Club event in 1954. First founded in 1913, the Los Angeles Press Club is a journalism organization which exists to “support, promote, and defend quality journalism in Read more
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Finocchio’s and the “Liberace Effect”
Happy Pride Month everyone! 🌈✨ This week, I thought I’d kick things off by sharing a piece from my collection which has a special place in both gay and Liberace history: a Liberace-autographed menu from the “fabulous” legendary drag club Finocchio’s! Originally opened as a speakeasy back in 1920s San Francisco, Finocchio’s would undergo its Read more
Beyond The Candelabra 