When he starts advertising for a new grandson, Jean disguises herself as a boy and applies for the job. While on a trip to Europe, Jean’s (Kathleen Clifford) grandfather disinherits her after discovering her expulsion from college. Kenneth Anger claimed on his book Hollywood Babylon that the entire cast was made of queer actors, and while that’s impossible to prove now, it’s a nice thought. Charles Bryant & Alla Nazimova)Ĭited 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. Things get spicy when she meets a handsome doctor and the two fall for each other, with Ossi still disguised as a man! Eventually she disguises herself as a man in order to have more freedom in the world. Ossi Oswalda plays Ossi, an incredibly butch young woman who vexes her uncle with her smoking and poker playing. Ich möchte kein Mann sein (I Don’t Want to Be a Man), 1918 (dir. During his flight he shares an incredibly flirtatious moment with Buster Keaton that makes you wish these two would just get together already! In Good Night, Nurse! he takes it one step further, dressing as a nurse in order to escape a hospital. Roscoe Arbuckle)Īrbuckle had previously cross-dressed as a girl in his film The Butcher Boy in order to infiltrate his fiancée’s dormitory, fooling a great number of people. It’s considered the first pro-gay film ever made. The film was made in response to Germany’s then law against homosexuality. Produced during the Weimar Republic era in Germany, this film stars Conrad Veidt as a violinist who falls in love with one of his students. Swanson looks dapper AF in a tuxedo throughout the film.Īnders als die Andern (Different From The Others), 1918 (dir. 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.

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