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Films with theme "LGBT-related films", sorted by production date
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Morocco (1930)
, 1h32Directed by Henry Hathaway, Josef von Sternberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, French war films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Gary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich, Adolphe Menjou, Ullrich Haupt, Francis McDonald, Juliette Compton
The late 1920s. Wealthy La Bessière (Adolphe Menjou) tries to strike up an acquaintance with disillusioned nightclub singer Amy Jolly (Marlene Dietrich) on a ship bound for the French protectorate in Morocco. Though polite, she later tears up and tosses away his calling card. They meet again at the nightclub where she is the headliner.
Paid (1930)
, 1h26Directed by Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Joan Crawford, Robert Armstrong, Douglass Montgomery, Marie Prevost, John Miljan, Purnell Pratt
Borderline (1930)
, 1h3Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Paul Robeson
Way Out West (1930)
, 1h11Directed by Fred Niblo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Western
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors William Haines, Leila Hyams, Polly Moran, Francis X. Bushman, Jr., Cliff Edwards, Charles Middleton
Windy, a sideshow barker, cheats a group of cowboys out of their pay but is then robbed himself. When the cowboys discover they have been cheated they initially decide to hang him, then decide to make him work off his debt. He falls in love with ranch owner Molly and, when he saves her life after she is bitten by a snake, he wins her heart.
Charley's Aunt (1930)
, 1h28Directed by Al Christie
Origin USA
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Charles Ruggles, June Collyer, Doris Lloyd, Halliwell Hobbes, Hugh Williams, Phillips Smalley
That's My Wife (1929)
, 20minutesDirected by Lloyd French
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Buddy films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Vivien Oakland, William Courtright, Jimmy Aubrey, Harry Bernard
There is not even a hint of happiness in the Hardy household: by just the second shot, Mrs. Hardy, hatted, has trudged down the steps with suitcase in hand and an angry scowl on her face. She points to the source of her irritation off-camera, and in a funny pan over to the sofa, there's an empty-faced Stan sitting with a cigar in his mouth. Mrs. H is having none of her husband's attempts at conciliation — "He leaves! Or I leave!" — and after just a moment of hesitation from Ollie, she makes good on her threat. "Uncle Bernal won't leave us a dime if you go," Ollie offers, but she shows how much she cares about that by sweeping two planters off their stands and onto the floor as she pounds out the door.
Pandora's Box (1929)
, 1h40Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Origin German
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, Films based on plays, Erotic thriller films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Louise Brooks, Francis Lederer, Alice Roberts, Carl Goetz, Fritz Kortner, Daisy D'ora
Lulu (Louise Brooks) is the mistress of a respected, middle-aged newspaper publisher, Dr. Ludwig Schön (Fritz Kortner). One day, she is delighted when an old man, her "first patron," Schigolch (Carl Goetz), shows up at the door to her apartment. However, when Schön also arrives, she has Schigolch hide on the terrace. Schön breaks the news to Lulu that he is going to marry Charlotte von Zarnikow (Daisy D'ora), the daughter of the Minister of the Interior. Lulu tries to get him to change his mind, but when he discovers the disreputable-looking Schigolch, he leaves. Schigolch introduces Lulu to Rodrigo Quast (Krafft-Raschig), who wants her to join his new trapeze act.
The Surprise of a Knight (1929)
, 10minutesOrigin USA
Genres Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
The film opens with an elegantly attired "woman" with short hair as she finishes dressing for a visitor. As the "lady" completes her boudoir, she lifts her skirts to reveal a thick patch of pubic hair. At this point, an intertitle reveals that the screenwriter is "Oscar Wild" (clearly a pseudonym).
Beggars of Life (1928)
, 1h40Directed by William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Rail transport films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Wallace Beery, Louise Brooks, Richard Arlen, Roscoe Karns, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Frank Brownlee
Jim, un clochard, pénètre dans une maison à la recherche de nourriture. Il découvre un homme mort, tué par Nancy, une jeune orpheline lasse de subir les avances de son tuteur. Ensemble, ils prennent la fuite ...
Sex in Chains (1928)
, 1h47Directed by William Dieterle
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors William Dieterle, Gunnar Tolnæs, Paul Henckels, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, Mary Johnson, Carl Goetz
The film opens with Franz Sommer (Dieterle) and his newlywed wife, Helene (Mary Johnson). They are going through hard times, and Sommer is without steady employment, partly due to his honest-to-a-fault nature. Helene takes a job selling cigars and cigarettes at a restaurant. When a patron advances on Helene and ignores Sommer's warning to leave her alone, Sommer pushes him away. He falls and hits his head, dying some days later. Sommer is arrested and sentenced three years in prison.
Why Girls Love Sailors (1927)
, 20minutesDirected by Fred Guiol
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Buddy films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Anita Garvin, Malcolm Waite, Edgar Dearing, Jerry Mandy
The film starts with the loading of a ship called the Merry Maiden. Oliver is first mate on the ship and described as "a bully, the nastiest crew member, after the captain of course". He features a beard and a mustache, rather than his usual solitary mustache. Stan plays Willie Brisling a guy who is engaged to Nelly and they are in love. The captain leaves his ship, he sees Nelly and decides he wants her. Stan has a tattoo of a ship on his chest and shows it to the captain. The captain pours a jug of water down Stan's sweater and abducts Nelly. The captain takes Nelly to his ship and Stan sneaks on board to rescue her. Oliver starts to look for Stan. Stan decides to save Nelly his last hope is to get rid of the crew, one by one. Stan disguises himself as a loose woman. The crew begin to fall for his charms. Stan calls one of the crewmen over, he hits the crewman with a cosh and knocks him out. Then he throws the cosh at Oliver, who thinks the crewman threw the cosh. Oliver throws the crewman overboard, this is repeated until all of the crew are in the sea.
Beverly of Graustark (1926)
, 1h10Directed by Sidney Franklin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Marion Davies, Antonio Moreno, Creighton Hale, Roy D'Arcy, Albert Gran, Paulette Duval
Beverly Calhoun (Davies) impersonates the Prince of Graustark to claim his birthright while he recovers from a skiing injury. In the meantime, she falls for her bodyguard Dantan (Moreno).
Miss Nobody (1926)
, 1h10Directed by Lambert Hillyer
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Rail transport films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Anna Q. Nilsson, Walter Pidgeon, Louise Fazenda, Mitchell Lewis, Clyde Wilfred Cook, Anders Randolf
The father of an heiress dies broke leaving her destitute without inheritance. She falls in with a group of hobos traveling incognito cross country dressed as a man.
Charley's Aunt (1925)
Directed by Scott Sidney
Origin USA
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Oliver Hardy, Sydney Chaplin, Lynne Carver
Michael (1924)
Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer
Origin German
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Peinture, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Benjamin Christensen, Walter Slezak, Nora Gregor, Alexander Murski, Grete Mosheim, Karl Freund
A famous painter named Claude Zoret falls in love with one of his models, Michael, and for a time the two live happily as partners. Zoret is considerably older than Michael, and as they age, Michael begins to drift from him, although Zoret is completely blind to this. When a bankrupt countess comes to Zoret to have a portrait made — with the real intent of seducing him and swindling his money — she finds Michael to be more receptive to her advances. At her lead, the two quickly become a couple and she immediately begins using Michael to steal from Zoret. When Zoret discovers what has been going on, he is crushed and his work suffers terribly.