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The Anniversary by Bill MacIlwraith (1980): Karen Review


The Anniversary by Bill MacIlwraith

3 Men, 3 Women Author of: Last Gamble.

A wealthy one-eyed widow gathers her sons together once a year to celebrate the death of the husband she detested. Her grown sons (it's been 10 years since daddy died) are essentially weaklings who seem to secretly enjoy the hold she has over them. When she can't exert her authority of her sons by normal means, she blackmails them with her knowledge of their various sexual misadventures - hetero, homo, "bi" and otherwise.

The Anniversary was made into a feature film in 1967, starring Bette Davis.