Brian Reynolds, public visibility, and gay stardom

Angelic Frankenstein and the History of Bob Mizer’s Pre-Stonewall Muscle Monsters

“…In 1964, Mizer distributed the 1964 Physique Movie Calendar, which was essentially a catalog for over a hundred films he had completed. The calendar advertised 5 Mizer's creation of a makeshift star system designed for indoor sets is a precursor to the star building endeavors of Pat Rocco, a contemporary of Mizer who frequently shot his physique shorts outdoors (Freibert 2021). 8mm and 16mm versions of the films, a "Physique Movie of the Week Club" that offered discounts, and a relatively cheap film viewer (the Mansfield Cine-Vuer) for those who could not afford a projector Physique Movie Calendar 1964.…”