Frightening the horses : gay icons of the cinema /

Braun traces the cinema's gay and lesbian heritage from the uncensored extremes of the Roaring Twenties, through the repressive regime of Hollywood's Production Code, to the camp extravagence of the sixties and seventies, and beyond into the modern era. Along the way, he offers fascinating...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Braun, Eric, 1921-2007 (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : Reynolds & Hearn, [2007]
Edition:	Second edition.
Subjects:	Homosexuality in motion pictures. Homosexuality and motion pictures. Lesbianism in motion pictures. Gay motion picture actors and actresses.

Table of Contents:

The forbidden topic
Oscar Wilde and the cinema
Circumventing the censor
The barriers start to crumble
Gay icons
Nowt so queer--
as thespians
The queen's knights
Out of the closet
And into the spotlight
Gay icons for a new age
Opening wider.