Gay Broadway, Summer Edition

Catalog Description *Gay Broadway* Volume 3, Number 8 (Summer 1937) collects miscellaneous fiction with an advertising insert. The featured story is "The Great Myrtilla" by Barnaby Ives, a romantic fiction piece concerning Mirtie, a stranded actress hired to impersonate the real actress Myrtilla Lane for one evening aboard a wealthy patron's yacht. Mirtie accepts the lucrative proposition, quickly attracting the host Allan Stressley's romantic interest. Their flirtation escalates throughout dinner as Stressley grows possessive and suggestive. The narrative abruptly concludes mid-scene as an unattached lodge guest's crude boasting about a former actress threatens to expose Mirtie's true identity. The issue also includes an extended advertisement for "The Sex Technique in Marriage" by Dr. I.E. Hutton, a marriage manual promoting frank sexual education using diagrams and clinical instruction. Supporting stories listed are "Rehearsal for Love" by Otto Nelson and "Extra Attention" by Cliff Carruth, with additional content including a crossword puzzle and amateur talent section.