I recently found out that Casey Roberts (also goes by Edwin Casey Roberts) is my great uncle, and as the title suggest he was a Hollywood set designer in the 30s and 40s and I’m very interested in learning more about him! He was a gay man and was shunned by my family, although thankfully not enough that they completed deleted him from the family as I still have photos of him in our families memorabilia. However, that’s about all we know.
He worked on a number of old films, including Joan of Arc and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and so I’ll attach his IMDb page and Wikipedia and I’ll attach some old photos of himself
Casey Roberts wikipedia Casey Roberts IMDb Casey Roberts photo (~1930s) Casey Roberts with my great great grandmother
I don’t even know where to start to find more information about him, but I have to believe it’s out there somewhere. I’m very curious about his life, being a gay man in the 40s and being involved in old Hollywood. He died very young, at 49 years so I can only imagine what could have happened. If you can recommend anywhere to start, or even another subreddit that might be more helpful please let me know!
Submitted March 31, 2018 at 09:40AM by mscoffeemug https://ift.tt/2uHvVOz