The celluloid closet /

From comic sissies to lesbian vampires, from pathetic queens to sadistic predators, Hollywood has both reflected and defined how we think about homosexuality and what it means to be a man or woman. With clips from over 100 Hollywood movies and interviews with many of the filmmakers and actors who cr...

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Main Authors: Burwell, Carter (Composer), Epstein, Robert, 1953- (Director, Producer), Friedman, Jeffrey, 1951- (Director, Producer)
Corporate Authors: Association relative à la télévision européenne (Producer), Brillstein-Grey Entertainment (Producer), Channel Four (Great Britain) (Producer), Home Box Office (Firm) (Producer), Telling Pictures (Producer), Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (Producer)
Other Authors: Allen, Jay Presson, 1922-2006 (Actor), Bright, Susie, 1958- (Actor), Crisp, Quentin, 1908-1999 (Actor), Russo, Vito, Tomlin, Lily (Narrator)
Format: Unknown
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Home Box Office, [1995]
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Summary:From comic sissies to lesbian vampires, from pathetic queens to sadistic predators, Hollywood has both reflected and defined how we think about homosexuality and what it means to be a man or woman. With clips from over 100 Hollywood movies and interviews with many of the filmmakers and actors who created them
Item Description:Based on writer-activist Vito Russo's landmark 1978 book
Physical Description:1 videocassette (102 min.): sound, color ; 1/2 in
Format:VHS - NTSC
Production Credits:Director of photography, Nancy Schreiber ; editor, Jeffrey Friedman and Arnold Glassman ; music, Carter Burwell