Haines was also gay, and he set a trend in Hollywood by living openly with his lover, Jimmie Shields. Specializing in playing the role of the "wisecracker," a joking, likable trickster hero who starts out a bit of a lout but always learn his lesson by the end of the film, Haines made his on-screen name as a romantic hero and his off-screen reputation as one of the most outgoing, charismatic and popular figures in Hollywood.
Haines is one of the now-forgotten stars of the silent screen: handsome, witty and good-natured, between 19 he was one of the biggest box-office draws in Hollywood, top on MGM's roster of stars and adored by women film fans everywhere. William Haines was not a very good actor, but he was a very popular one, and in Hollywood of the 1920s the priorities were the same as those of Hollywood today-it's the box office that counts.
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