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Some of My Best Friends Are…

Set at a gay bar named ‘The Blue Jay’ on Christmas eve 1971, Jim (credited as David Baker) plays Clint, one of the two straight bartenders

Plot/Summary

A dramatic expose of the lives of a group of gays who meet in a New York City bar on Christmas Eve. (IMDb)

Regulars gather at The Blue Jay, a gay bar in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, to celebrate Christmas Eve 1971 with people they consider family. (letterboxd)


Some newspaper clippings of scenes and reviews of the movie:

14 Sept 1971

Big review of the movie + a scene

“Joe George and David Baker as the straight bartenders who are half amused-half appalled by their clients”


Posters/Promotion

A very good archive of some other things from this movie, my favourite being the music: https://www.queermusicheritage.com/jun2003a.html


Below are screenshots from the movie where Jim can be seen


The movie was released in 1971, and was only released on DVD in 2008. The only place I can currently find this movie is on YouTube, so I will link it below along with its IMDb page


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