Jack Wrangler

Many of us are STILL waiting for their chance to make it big in San Francisco, but that was the goal for Jack Wrangler way back in this mid-70’s thematic magazine entitled “Making It Big In San Francisco”. The photo play tells a loose story of Jack as a newly famous theater actor who hooks up with a fan after signing an autograph.The photo above shows our Jack walking out of the theater with him little make-up case in tow, because you know, professional act-ors carry make-up with them where ever they go…

They go out on the town on a “date” (whatever that is…), eat at a nice restaurant, visit Pier 39, shop for records, etc. There are some shots of them outside a theater, which I believe is probably the American Conservatory Theater (ACT). Somehow another guy gets into the mix, too, so the story just falls apart.

The shots below at the record store I recognize as Gramophone Records on Polk Street, which is now Gramophone Video. When I first moved to San Francisco in the early 1980’s, gay-owned Gramophone Records had several locations, including one on Castro and two stores on Polk. On Polk, Gramophone was an important “anchor” store for the entire neighborhood. I spent many a Saturday just hanging out on Polk Street visiting all the quaint little shops, and probably unknowingly bumping into Jack Wrangler making something big in San Francisco.

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Jack Wrangler in Making It Big In San Francisco