Harlow From The Queen

Born richard finocchio in philadelphia aka rachel billeboult.
Harlow from the queen. Jack a 24 year old gay man living in new york and working as a drag queen named sabrina is the mistress of ceremonies for the miss all america camp beauty contest. In this story jean harlow carroll baker starts in the movies as set dressing the pretty girl who is used for the glamor shots. Female impersonator rachel harlow aka harlow unsuccessfully tested for the role of myra breckinridge ultimately played by raquel welch. Richard finnochio as harlow rather than harlow as herself.
The imdb entry for a long time was in rachel s boy name. It now says rachel harlow plays harlow as richard finnochio. One of the contestants a young friend of sabrina s from her home town of philadelphia whom contestants call richard and who performs as harlow is a relative newcomer and an overnight success. The queen is an eye opening artifact from a period of queer culture that s mostly thought lost and what an artifact it is.
A clip from his screen test can be very briefly seen on a making of extra on the us myra breckinridge dvd release. Rachel harlow 1948. In fact in the cast list for the queen it said. Jack s protégé richard performs under the name harlow and has entered the contest.
We see gay men and trans women telling their stories touching upon. In 1967 rachel was a very passable female impersonator described as a natural wonder who always won the drag contests she entered and she became briefly famous in the film the queen 1968. But an agent named arthur landau red buttons sees something in jean and begins representing her. Flawless sabrina was a pioneer for transgender people and drag queens not only in the mainstream heterosexual society.