The Dispatcher's Alley

Editorial odds-and-ends from the mind of Gabriel Go

I’m Gabriel Go and I run The Dispatcher’s Alley. This is a blog and one-stop shop for everything I write, which tends to fall in the intersections of culture, history and social commentary.

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XOTV WEEKLY: Golden Hollywood’s forbidden leading man

Born Kintaro Hayakawa in 1886 Chiba, Japan, the rest of the world would know him as Sessue Hayakawa --- “The Cheat,” “The Dragon Painter” and “The Beggar Prince.” He was a sex symbol of old Hollywood and a gifted actor with an artist’s flair: the first …