FRAMELINE50: The Last Guest of the Holloway Motel

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Tony Powell, a shaggy-haired star of 1970s UK futbol, disappeared from the public eye 40 years ago amid a swirl of salacious British tabloid rumors. “It was like he was wiped off the face of the earth,” says his sister; amateur sleuths declared him untraceable. Filmmakers Ramiel Petros and Nicholas Freeman found him, about to be evicted from a rundown West Hollywood motel, a gay man with a story to tell (once he has a drink or three).Tony’s story delivers a rollercoaster of reactions. To his…