Before obvly gay characters were allowed on the big screen, subtle (and not so subtle) ditors were ed. Here are our favore 12.
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#TBT: BREAKG THE GAY CO THE MOVI
Upon the 75th anniversary of The Malte Faln's release, 's time to look at the gay myths ntaed the Hollywood perennial. * was sydney greenstreet gay *
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" The search for this "pricels token, " stolen by pirat and mored to be found the Barbary Coast, driv the film and Sam Spa's trigug unrworld enunters: They clu those wh a v femme fatale, Brigid O'Shghnsy (Mary Astor), and a host of equally lty, schemg gay men, nvergg upon that sexual meltg pot San Malte Faln is Hollywood's first gay masterpiece.
We all know about prent day, Travolta / Prton - and the past, Ja Gaynor/ Adrian, Mary Mart / Richard Halliday, and (allegedly) Julie Andrews/Blake Edwards . Any others not so well known ? * was sydney greenstreet gay *
It's fascatg to see that the film dramatiz this as one of society's primal myths and do so the most unexpected way: The spenseful plot gradually reveals Spa's unmistakable homophobia.