Of course, chaos ensues when she falls for another of the applicants.
Michael, 1924 (dir. In Good Night, Nurse! he takes it one step further, dressing as a nurse in order to escape a hospital. And a thousand drag cabaret acts were born.
Mädchen in Uniform, 1931 (dir.
There his sexual frustration manifests in the making of nude statues out of breadcrumbs, but also some homoerotic tension with fellow inmate Alfred Marquis. Sun” from the summer of 1968
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The Earliest Queer Movies in Film History
When the Motion Picture Production Code reigned over Hollywood from 1934 to 1968, most major studios either did not have any outwardly queer representation, or had to code them.
In one, two men hold up a sign that says “Not married but willing to be.” In another, a shirtless man gives another man a piggyback ride.
The Poet (Enrique Riveros) goes on a surreal journey, literally passing through a mirror and witnessing oneiric sights of an extremely queer nature.
Paramount Pictures
Morocco, 1930 (dir. Clarence G. Badger)
Gloria Swanson disguises herself as a man in order to prove to her brother and his friends that they are being taken in by a vamp.
It explores the bittersweet feeling of unrequited love in a tender, melancholic manner.
What’s the World Coming to?, 1926 (dir. Nini and Treadwell saw themselves in the photograph and decided to bring it home.
They thought that first photograph was just a one-off, and they didn’t expect to find others like it.
The show, titled “Loving,” is based on the 2020 photography book Loving: A Photographic History of Men in Love by Hugh Nini and Neal Treadwell.
Nini and Treadwell, who are married, found the photographs at flea markets, antique shops, online auctions and in family archives over the last two decades. Carl Theodor Dreyer)
Based on Herman Bang’s 1902 novel, which was previously adapted in 1916 under the title The Wings, the film follows a painter who falls in love with one of his male models, the titular Michael.
John Francis Dillon)
Based on a novel by Gertrude Atherton, Dorothy Mackaill as Gita, a butch man-hating woman who dresses in a masculine way to ward off their advances. Things get spicy when she meets a handsome doctor and the two fall for each other, with Ossi still disguised as a man!
Salome, 1923 (dir.
Date unknown, but Harris’ career ran from the end of the 40s to the early 60s.
Mr Sun no 1
The very first issue of Wingate and Bevins magazine “Mr. Hepburn herself was a trailblazer of butchness, and brought that to her post-code film Sylvia Scarlet, in which she successfully impersonates a man for most of the film.
For more reading on early queer cinema, I recommend Hollywood Androgyny by Rebecca Bell-Metereau, Girls Will Be Boys by Laura Horak, Screened Out by Richard Barrios, and The Celluliod Closet by Vito Russo.
See Photos of Gay Men in Love Dating Back to the 1850s
LGBTQ+ Pride
A Smithsonian magazine special report
A new exhibition features romantic snapshots found at flea markets, antique shops and online auctions
In a series of photographs, men from around the world kiss, hug, picnic and gaze into each others’ eyes.
Sidney Drew)
Based on a novel from 1891, a woman visits Florida where she buys some magic seeds that can turn a man into a woman and vice versa. The story is so well loved it has been remade five times!
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Queen Christina, 1933 (dir. D. W. Griffith)
Based on the deuterocanonical Book of Judith, historian Susan Stryker made the case for the film’s transness in the documentary Disclosure.
The Danger Girl, 1916 (dir.
Jean Cocteau)
The first part of The Orphic Trilogy, this avant-garde film from surrealist Cocteau uses dreamlike visuals and narration to explore an artist’s obsession with fame and death. There are lesbians in a famous tracking shot (with one of them again styled to look like Radclyffe Hall). Charles Bryant & Alla Nazimova)
Cited as one of the first art films ever made in the United States, this decadent take on the Oscar Wilde’s play is lush and flamboyant and is about as queer as you can get.
But oh that closing shot. Swanson looks dapper AF in a tuxedo throughout the film.
Anders als die Andern (Different From The Others), 1918 (dir.