1930s Derek Le Beau 1930s Derek Le Beau

42nd STREET (1933)

Warner Baxter’s character, Julian Marsh, in the 1933 pre-code musical 42nd STREET was originally written as gay - but only a brief glimpse of subtext remains in the film adaptation.

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1950s Derek Le Beau 1950s Derek Le Beau

Muchachas de Uniforme (1951)

MUCHACHAS DE UNIFORME is the 1951 Mexican adaptation of the 1931 German film MÄDCHEN IN UNIFORM; the film is thought to be the first Mexican feature to prominently include lesbianism as its main theme.

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1960s Derek Le Beau 1960s Derek Le Beau

The Fox (1967)

Sandy Dennis and Anne Heywood star in the 1967 Canadian film adaptation of queer author D.H. Lawrence’s 1923 novella THE FOX.

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