“Beefcake” (1998) Docudrama on Bob Mizer & the muscle men’s magazines from the 1940s-1960s

God, men from back then were soooooo much hotter than men today. It’s insane.

The DL edition is called BEEFCAK.

r1 they really weren't. The style was just different and the uglies weren't worth the cost of expensive film reels and pictures. Check out youtube videos of average people walking around in major cities from the 1940s-1960s. They look just as plain as people today with the exception of gangly teeth.

I love seeing those rare footage filmed back in the 50s and love how they combine the actors in with that footage in some scenes during their recreations etc.

It’s a fun one. Lots of gorgeous MEN from back then. Pure beefcake

R3 no. They were. The men back then were MEN. Something hard to find these days.

I just rewatched this after not seeing it for years.

I liked how well put together it was and the fact that they didn't shy away from nudity. You can't really tell this story properly without showing it.

R5, those men are still out there. You just won't necessarily see them on the screen, in magazines or of course Youtube.

r1 Men of the past bodybuilt for lean muscle and aesthetics rather than bulk. Their diet was mainly different too. Just look at the stark contrast between these guys and your average amateur IG muscle bro.

R5, It was a nation in the grips of militarization as well as food rationing.

That is true r8 like r7 claimed as well. Those men built themselves with what they got by day to day. Today's bodybuilder has an abundance of food, supplements, PEDs, and refined science literature to build themselves bigger and into a different form.

It’s not just about the form, it’s about the men. The way they carried themselves etc. men today act as feminine as Women.

I like MEN.

if only fans and chaturbate were back then there would be more men showing off.

R6 how did you watch a 90 minute documentary in 40 minutes?

R11 some. Not a lot. Most were still with the Christian mentality back then

TikTok is FULL of gorgeous masculine, feminine, and everything in between. I'm just using that site as a reference. r1 needs to get out more. We have more people on this planet and in this country right now than in 1960. Thus the number of hotties has only increased. Wake up and get with reality.

Lmao those pretty boys who look like boys or androgynous r14?! Lmaoooo

No one is saying there aren’t hot young men these days, many are, but the men back then, even while young, acted like men. That’s hot. Masculinity is hot.

Some of you like fem boys, good for you, but I like my men like MEN. I am turned off by feminine men, no matter how handsome you are.

Joe Dallesandro was one of the most stunning specimens ever put on this earth. I've never seen a hotter ass than Joe's.

Joe was a whore since very young and made a good career out of it.

He was a good whore too, who did anything for money. He is straight but he sucked a mean cock if you were gonna pay him, or more. And he didn’t hide it, he was open with his whore ways.

His films with Andy Warhol are raw and real, and gratuitous.

R6 At a feature length of 91 mins this film BARE-ly has enough content for a 30 minute short.

In other words, you didn’t watch it but wanted to sound like you did r19

The film is somewhat undermined by its low budget, but Thom Fitzgerald and Daniel MacIvor are gay national treasures in Canada.

r14/ , I am amazed your mother has not turned you out of the basement given how annoying you are.

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[quote] It’s not just about the form, it’s about the men. The way they carried themselves etc. men today act as feminine as Women.

How old are you? Time didn't change gay men's masculinity. Camp gays have always existed. A-List hunk Rock Hudson was quite femme in private (emphasis on private). To me, it seems like you are judging the book by its (Beefcake) cover trying to make past gays more masculine than they really were. Femme gays can act butch, but they in modern times they have the courage to be their true femme selves. And that includes so called muscle queens with Prada purses falling out of their mouths whenever they speak.

R24 most of the men who did those magazines were not gay men

You can see Joe’s original screen test to live in the model house and be a part of the magazine here. But there is no sound. He was a baby.

r25. And that's a good thing? Straight men being so wonderfully masculine worshiped by the likes of you? That's your idea of the good ol' days?

Masculinity is sexy.

To me confidence is sexy. The obsession with masculinity reeks of self loathing.

This was a gym teacher at my high school...

And...

[quote] To me, it seems like you are judging the book by its (Beefcake) cover trying to make past gays more masculine than they really were

Loads of people seem to do this--view the past based on popular media. Especially people who weren't there at the time. I can only imagine the kind of shit people will think about THIS decade. But then again, social media has changed everything, so I don't know.

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I can't help but find the notion of nostalgia of that time a bit sad when it comes to the Gay Community. All the sneaking around, hiding in the closet, the shame, the self loathing making you worship the so-called masculine ideal, craving the approval of masculine who let you suck their cock in exchange for money. I mean, the present is far from perfect, but people do have better options and opportunities to be openly gay and live happy and productive lives.

sorry, masculine men who let you suck their cock in exchange for money.

For those of us who grew up in the plague, the roided muscles and water weight of beefcake signaled a healthy, negative HIV status.

The masculinity bullshit was a concern only because I wanted to drag them into my closeted life. Once you drop the Noble Savage bullshit you have a buff hillbilly who really likes those hippy lace up shirts and you defend his happiness and hope he fucks around behind your back because he is stupid.

R38 WTF are you rambling about?

R39, I’m commenting on my bullshit that feeds off and promotes this specific ideal. It’s out of date and yet I still carry it around.

Masculinity is sexy. You can say otherwise but deep down you’re as turned on by it as anyone else r40

But not everybody is, r41.

Did any of Mizer's EARLY models ever do man-on-man porn?

Don't forget Bruce Bellas (Bruce of LA). He started photographing Nebraska military and farm boys before heading out to L.A. in 1947.

R43 according to people still alive almost all of them were straight and didn’t do anything. They really were naive and believed this was the norm in “Muscle” magazines

Once Bruce got to L.A. ...

Many of them became bitter and angry when they got a little older and wiser and felt they were taken advantage of and exploited by him. They truly believed they were doing the normal “muscle” magazine shit, until later when they realized no, they weren’t.

He was an LA native, he would find teens or early 20s who were just moving there to break into the industry and recruit them for his “modeling gigs”.

Joe D was quite the whore.

The best part about Joe D r48, is everyone knew/knows he was the biggest whore ever, yet now he tries to play it off and claims he was “taken advantage of” 😂🙄

Who did Keith Andes pose for?

Joe said his films with Andy Warhol weren’t art at all (they really weren’t, they were just gratuitous) and he was always being taken advantage of in his youth by men like Warhol and this dude.

I’m sure they forced you to take a Cock on camera, Joe (which was done right before his time doing this)

r36 True but the sex parties seemed classier and at least the average guys looked way better than average guys today.

The sex parties in this is what the parties SHOULD HAVE looked like in Ryan Murphy’s Hollywood

If you Google the magazine, many of the guys were so hot. Beautiful prime white meat.

r14 Hottie heaven 😍🤩😘