<p>17-year-old Johnny Wells was a very handsome young man and you&rsquo;d have called him a babe magnet but I&rsquo;m afraid they didn&rsquo;t have that phrase back in 1961. He decided to capitalize on his looks and the response they earned from women invested in a haircut and a good wardrobe moved out of his slum apartment and into a budget hotel and reinvented himself as a gigolo.</p>