In typil Hchck-ian fashn, the "Master of Spense" often employed his films subtle referenc to gay culture, fyg nservative attus of the late '50s.
Contents:
- GAY CODG HCHCK FILMS
- WHAT WAS LIKE TO BE GAY 1944 -- AND OTHER HISTORIC LSONS A USC ARCHIVE
- RYAN MURPHY’S (KDA) TE ‘HOLLYWOOD’ STORY: 1940S MEETS GAY STARS, INTERRACIAL ROMANCE AND (GASP!) A FEMALE STUD CHIEF
GAY CODG HCHCK FILMS
In typil Hchck-ian fashn, the "Master of Spense" often employed his films subtle referenc to gay culture, fyg nservative attus of the late '50s. Did Mart Land play a homosexual North by Northwt? Did Aled Hchck really show gay sex on-screen Rope, albe an unual way?
And, most surprisgly, did Hchck pict a gay marriage way back 1938’s The Lady Vanish? If he wanted to refer to homosexualy, as he did at least 10 of his movi, Hchck would e what are now lled “gay s. ” The are subtle referenc that gay people and their alli would regnize but uld pass by most of the dience unnoticed.
Hchck was exposed to vibrant gay muni both England and Hollywood, and he worked wh many gay and bisexual profsnals var aspects of film productn, cludg wrers and actors.
WHAT WAS LIKE TO BE GAY 1944 -- AND OTHER HISTORIC LSONS A USC ARCHIVE
He knew their subculture well, and the gay s his movi were not an accint or an oversight.
The director was not prejudiced agast gay people but stead fascated by them. Hchck worked wh too many of them to be anti-gay. In late 1920s England, Aled and Alma Hchck socialized and were good iends wh Ivor Novello and his partner, Robert “Bobbie” Andrews, who had lavish parti that were notorly gay.
RYAN MURPHY’S (KDA) TE ‘HOLLYWOOD’ STORY: 1940S MEETS GAY STARS, INTERRACIAL ROMANCE AND (GASP!) A FEMALE STUD CHIEF
Hchck’s iendships and close profsnal relatnships wh gay people ntued for his entire reer.
Wh his film Rope, screenplay wrer Arthur Lrents and both young leads, John Dall and Farley Granger, were gay or bisexual, and Hchck knew . Also, Anthony Perks, who played Norman Bat Psycho, was a nflicted homosexual or perhaps a bisexual.
His gay dg undoubtedly rerced those toxic attus among straight dienc sometim. However, Hchck’s thorough and thoughtful velopment of so many gay characters reveal his humany and acceptance of homosexualy. The implied homosexualy North by Northwt has only a few subtle but unniable referenc.