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THE KHNER/SPIELBERG ADAPTATN OF ‘WT SI STORY’ IS SURE TO BE PRETTY, WTY AND GAY
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It was one of the first mastream films to treat homosexualy wh sympathy. It will be acpanied by Osborne's tro, a documentary on the history of gay and lbian films, and a discsn between TCM host Dave Karger and former Advote edor Alonso Harris, a renowned film historian who happens to be gay, will discs his latt book, Mike Nichols: A Life, njunctn wh TCM's screeng of Nichols and May: Take Two, a documentary about the future film director's early edy act wh Elae May. HBO Max has two of Grant's bt films: Aled Hchck's North by Northwt (Mart Land sh as a gay villa) and Howard Hawks's His Girl Friday.