Before obvly gay characters were allowed on the big screen, subtle (and not so subtle) ditors were ed. Here are our favore 12.
Contents:
- MALTE FALN, THE (1941): GAY TEXT/SUBTEXT–LORRE’S CHARACTER (LGBTQ, GAY)
- #TBT: BREAKG THE GAY CO THE MOVI
- 'MISSN: IMPOSSIBLE II' AND THE FAL BASTN OF HOLLYWOOD VILLAS BEG COD AS GAY
MALTE FALN, THE (1941): GAY TEXT/SUBTEXT–LORRE’S CHARACTER (LGBTQ, GAY)
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Wearg perfume and jewelry, Cairo is scribed as very effemate, and Sam Spa often suat that he is gay. In Hammett’s novel, the character is homosexual, but to avoid censorship problems, this was downplayed the movie. In the novel, Cairo is referred to as “queer” and “the fairy, ” but the film uld only ht at homosexualy.
#TBT: BREAKG THE GAY CO THE MOVI
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It is mentned by The Celluloid Closet, a documentary based on Vo Rso’s book, about how Hollywood films treated homosexualy the stud era.
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'MISSN: IMPOSSIBLE II' AND THE FAL BASTN OF HOLLYWOOD VILLAS BEG COD AS GAY
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