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Behind the screen : how gays and lesbians shaped Hollywood, 1910-1969 / William J. Mann

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Author:
Mann, William J.  Search this
Physical description:
xxiv, 422 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
Place:
United States
USA
Date:
2001
Notes:
Also issued online.
Contents:
Great gods: the first gay idols, 1910-1925 -- Designing men: sets, costumes, and the gay-straight split, 1916-1933 -- Girls with imagination: Hollywood's first lesbians, 1919-1935 -- Sex without sin: the gay subculture of early Hollywood, 1922-1935 -- Wild pansies: Hollywood's sissies and the production-code clampdown, 1930-1941 -- Auteur theories: the gay directors and producers of Hollywood's golden age, 1935-1955 -- Queer work: the "behind-the-scenes queens" of the Hollywood studios, 1935-1955 -- War spirit: the gay awakening during World War II and the post-war years, 1941-1955 -- Pinkos, commies, queers: Hollywood's gays and the Cold-War inquisitions, 1945-1960 -- The bold ones: the Stonewall generation and the end of the studio era, 1953-1969
Summary:
Mann looks at the influence of gay actors, directors, and set and costume designers on the development of the motion pictures.
Topic:
Gay motion picture actors and actresses  Search this
Gay motion picture producers and directors  Search this
Homosexualitàˆt  Search this
Filmacteurs  Search this
Filmregisseurs  Search this
Filmproducenten  Search this
Homoseksuelen  Search this
Film  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
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