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Films with theme "Cross-dressing in film", sorted by production date

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Sylvia Scarlett
Sylvia Scarlett (1936)
, 1h35
Directed by George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Brian Aherne, Edmund Gwenn, Nathalie Paley, Dennie Moore

Sylvia Scarlett (Katharine Hepburn) and her father, Henry (Edmund Gwenn), flee France one step ahead of the police. Henry, while employed as a bookkeeper for a lace factory, was discovered to be an embezzler. While on the channel ferry, they meet a "gentleman adventurer", Jimmy Monkley (Cary Grant), who partners with them in his con games.
The Devil-Doll
The Devil-Doll (1936)
, 1h18
Directed by Tod Browning
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Frank Lawton, Rafaela Ottiano, Robert Greig, Lucy Beaumont

Paul Lavond (Barrymore), who was wrongly convicted of robbing his own Paris bank and killing a night watchman more than seventeen years ago, escapes Devil's Island with Marcel (Henry B. Walthall), a scientist who is trying to create a formula to reduce people to one-sixth of their original size. The intended purpose of the formula is to make the Earth's limited resources last longer for an ever-growing population. The scientist dies after their escape.
Sadarame
Sadarame (1934)
, 2h22
Genres Biography
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 Gubbi Veeranna

The film revolves around Sadarame, a brave woman who dares all the challenges she faces in life and a prince who admires her for her bravery and falls in love with her. She dons a male outfit to escape from a thief with a roving eyes ,called Pucca Kalla. Thinking her to be a male, a princess falls in love with her and a confusion over the characters follows. The films ends up with the prince marrying both Sadarame and the princess.
George and Georgette
George and Georgette (1934)

Directed by Roger Le Bon
Origin German
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Julien Carette, Charles Lamy, Anton Walbrook, Jenny Burnay, Lise Delamare, Paulette Dubost

Une femme se fait passer pour un homme travesti, et obtient des succès sur scène, mais a un problème quand elle finit par tomber amoureuse.
Queen Christina
Queen Christina (1933)
, 1h39
Directed by Rouben Mamoulian
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Politique, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Political films, LGBT-related films, Films about royalty, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Lewis Stone, C. Aubrey Smith, Reginald Owen

Queen Christina of Sweden (Greta Garbo) is very devoted to her country and the welfare of her people. As queen, Christina favors peace for Sweden. At one point in the film she argues for an end to the Thirty Years' War, saying:
Another Fine Mess
Another Fine Mess (1930)
, 28minutes
Directed by James Gibbons Parrott
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Transgender in film, Buddy films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Harry Bernard, James Finlayson, Bobby Burns, Thelma Todd

Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel are vagabonds being chased by the police. They hide in the cellar of the mansion of a Quatermain-esque adventurer, Colonel Wilburforce Buckshot (James Finlayson), who departs for a safari in South Africa. The mansion is to be rented out until his return, but the staff sneak off for a holiday, leaving the house empty. The boys are surrounded by police and have to deceive a honeymooning couple wanting to rent the house. Ollie disguises himself as Buckshot and Stan disguises himself as both butler Hives and chambermaid Agnes.
The Unholy Three
The Unholy Three (1930)
, 1h12
Directed by Jack Conway
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Lon Chaney, Lila Lee, Elliott Nugent, Harry Earles, Clarence Burton, John Miljan

A sideshow is closed by the police after Tweedledee (Harry Earles), the embittered "Twenty Inch Man", kicks a baby, starting a riot. Echo, the ventriloquist, proposes that Tweedledee, the strongman Hercules (Ivan Linow), and he leave and, as "The Unholy Three", use their talents to commit crimes. Echo also takes along his pickpocket girlfriend Rosie (Lila Lee) and his gorilla, whom Hercules fears.