Hoover and Tolson met sometime in the late 1920s—perhaps, though not definitively, at the Mayflower Hotel bar as suggested in one of J. Edgar’s early scenes.

Former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover was not only one of the most powerful men in America, but also one of the most famous. Yet rumors persist that the nation's top cop's personal life stood quite ...

Nov. 16, 2011— -- J. Edgar Hoover led a deeply repressed sexual life, living with his mother until he was 40, ... Clyde Tolson, consummated, but there's plenty of loving glances, ...

Before J. Edgar Hoover's life is flashed up on the big screen ... author Ronald Kessler has already shed some light on the former FBI director's relationship with his second in command Clyde Tolson.

Many former FBI agents who served with J. Edgar Hoover are angry that the movie J. Edgar suggests Hoover and aide Clyde Tolson were gay. Accessibility statement Skip to main content Democracy Dies ...

Enter, hoping for a little more action with his boss, Hoover's sidekick Clyde Tolson, ... Sponsor Message. Like Hoover himself, though, J. Edgar is mostly dry-as-dust business.

WASHINGTON — Speculation over the lifestyle of J. Edgar Hoover is likely to heat up again as Clint Eastwood prepares to make a film at Warner Bros. on the legendary FBI director. New York magazine’s ...

“It just felt like kissing,” says Hammer, who plays Clyde Tolson, the real-life right-hand man and purported paramour of DiCaprio’s J. Edgar Hoover in Clint Eastwood’s film about the ...

Oscar-winning director Clint Eastwood cast Leonardo DiCaprio to portray the rise of Hoover in J. Edgar, beginning with his appointment as the head of the FBI in 1924, through the Cold War and ...

Shortly after Hoover's burial, Clyde Tolson, ... And almost 40 years after J. Edgar Hoover's death, we are still wondering about his secrets - Those he used, and those he kept.

"They described the rules to me, and they described the behavior to me — and all of a sudden, J. Edgar Hoover and Clyde Tolson snapped into very sharp focus," he says.

FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover famously ate lunch at the Mayflower Hotel every day for over 20 years, and so the hotel’s restaurant is appropriately called Edgar Bar & Kitchen.Lesser known is who ...