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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.
Ponjola (1923)
, 1h10Directed by James Young, Donald Crisp
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Anna Q. Nilsson, James Kirkwood Sr., Tully Marshall, Joseph Kilgour, Ruth Clifford, Claire Du Brey
Salomé (1923)
, 1h12Directed by Alla Nazimova, Charles Bryant
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Historical, Peplum
Themes Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, LGBT-related films, Films based on the Bible, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Alla Nazimova, Mitchell Lewis, Rose Dione, Nigel De Brulier, Frederick Peters
Hérode a emprisonné Jokaanan qui l'avait attaqué pour son mariage avec sa belle-sœur Hérodias. Cette dernière cherche un stratagème pour se venger du prophète, et songe à inclure sa fille Salomé dans sa vengeance. Salomé, de son côté, est amoureuse de Jokaanan.
Down to the Sea in Ships (1922)
, 1h23Directed by Elmer Clifton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Marguerite Courtot, Raymond McKee, Clara Bow, Pat Hartigan, William Cavanaugh, Anita Louise
Captain Charles W. Morgan (William Walcott) is a well-respected businessman who owns a fleet of whaling ships in the Quaker town of New Bedford, Massachusetts. He is very close to his shy, obedient daughter, Patience (Marguerite Courtot), and tells her that she must marry a man who is a whaler and a Quaker, like him. His son and daughter-in-law were lost ten years before while on a whaling expedition; eventually, their baby, his granddaughter Dot (Clara Bow), was found floating near shore on a raft made of branches. He has raised her ever since. Dot is a mischievous, rebellious child, who wants to be a whaler when she grows up, an ambition that is not acceptable for a female among her people.
Manslaughter (1922)
, 1h40Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Leatrice Joy, Thomas Meighan, Lois Wilson, George Fawcett, Julia Faye, Edythe Chapman
A wild, wealthy woman (Joy) is brought to heel by a sermonizing district attorney after she accidentally hits and kills a motorcycle cop.
Exzellenz Unterrock (1921)
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Albert Steinrück
The Isle of Love (1920)
, 50minutesDirected by Fred J. Balshofer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Julian Eltinge, Rudolph Valentino, Frederick Ko Vert, Virginia Rappe, William Clifford, William Clifford
An island ("The Isle of Love"), run by a crazed-with-power duke, is in turmoil. The peasants plan a revolt, with two buddies, including Cliff (Julian Eltinge), planning to overthrow the corrupt Duke.
Directed by Bernard Natan
Origin France
Genres Romance, Pornographic
Themes Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Bernard Natan
The film is based on the opera Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini. "Lt. Pinkerton" (played by mainstream French actor J. H. Forsell) is a strapping American sailor on leave in Japan. He marries the young "Madame Butterfly" (an uncredited actress) and ravishes her while Butterfly's maid, "Soosooky" (another uncredited actress) watches and masturbates. Pinkerton then abandons Butterfly. A new character, "the coolie boy" (role originally attributed to Natan), spies on Butterfly and Soosooky as they engage in lesbian sex. He masturbates while watching them.
Yankee Doodle in Berlin (1919)
Directed by F. Richard Jones
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Political films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Ford Sterling, Ben Turpin, Malcolm St. Clair, Bert Roach, Charles Murray, Marie Prevost
Captain Bob White, an American aviator behind enemy lines, disguises himself as a woman in order to fool and steal an important map from the members of the German High Command, including the Kaiser himself.
Different from the Others (1919)
, 50minutesDirected by Richard Oswald
Origin German
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Conrad Veidt, Fritz Wendhausen, Anita Berber, Wilhelm Diegelmann, Clementine Plessner
Veidt portrays a successful violinist, Paul Körner, who falls in love with one of his male students. A sleazy extortionist threatens to expose Körner as a homosexual. Flashbacks show us how Körner became aware of his orientation and tried first to change it, then to understand it. Körner and the extortionist end up in court, where the judge is sympathetic to the violinist, but when the scandal becomes public, Körner's career is ruined and he is driven to suicide.
Good Night, Nurse! (1918)
, 26minutesDirected by Roscoe Arbuckle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Roscoe Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St. John, Kate Price, Alice Lake, Joe Bordeaux
Lassée de son mari alcoolique et ayant lu une annonce publicitaire dans un journal, la femme de Fatty traîne ce dernier à la clinique pour y être opéré afin d’être définitivement débarrassé de l’envie de boire. Mais une fois dans la place, ce dernier n’a de cesse que de s’enfuir.
I Don't Want to Be a Man (1918)
, 41minutesDirected by Ernst Lubitsch
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Ossi Oswalda, Curt Goetz, Margarete Kupfer, Victor Janson
High-spirited young Ossi Oswalda is the bane of her uncle and governess' existence. She insists on playing poker and smoking and talks with strange men on the street. When her uncle leaves to take up a new job, she looks forward to enjoying new freedom. Her hopes are dashed when her new guardian Dr. Kersten proves to be strict and unyielding. Frustrated with her cloistered life, Ossi sneaks out on the town dressed as a young man. She finds that being a man has its own disadvantages when she discovers she is not given the same gentle treatment when she is masquerading as a male. She decides to attend a lavish ball in her new disguise. Soon, Dr. Kersten appears at the ball trying to woo a young lady and Ossi vengefully tries to steal her away from her hated guardian. Eventually, another man attracts the woman's attention, and the disguised Ossi and the doctor reconcile. The two proceed to bond over cigars and champagne. After the ball is over, the pair drunkenly stumble home, exchanging inebriated kisses. After they pass out in a hired cab, the driver mistakenly leaves Ossi at the doctor's house and drops off the doctor at Ossi's home. Upon waking up in strange house, Ossi becomes alarmed and runs home where the doctor has woken up and is trying to sneak out of the house undetected. Still in disguise, she pretends she is visiting her cousin Ossi and the doctor begs her not to tell his ward about their "adventure". Ossi agrees and goes upstairs where she begins to undress. The doctor comes in to wake her and is astonished to see Ossi wearing a man's suit. The tables are turned when Ossi scolds him for his behavior. Giving in to the attraction he feels for her, the doctor kisses her.
The Butcher Boy (1917)
, 24minutesDirected by Roscoe Arbuckle, Neil Jordan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Roscoe Arbuckle, Fiona Shaw, Eamonn Owens, Buster Keaton, Stephen Rea, Al St. John
The story involves Arbuckle working as the butcher boy in a country store. He falls in love with the cashier, who is the daughter of the store owner. He follows her, disguised as a female cousin, to an all-girl boarding school.
Coney Island (1917)
, 24minutesDirected by Roscoe Arbuckle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Roscoe Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St. John, Jimmy Bryant, Joe Bordeaux, Alice Mann
The twenty-four minute film follows Arbuckle's antics at Coney Island, the New York City amusement park and beach resort, where he sneaks away from his wife to enjoy the attractions, gets a rival for another woman arrested, and disguises himself as a woman. The Keystone Kops are also featured.
The Wings (1916)
, 1h9Directed by Mauritz Stiller
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Egil Eide, Nils Asther, Lars Hanson, Egil Eide, Lili Bech, Mauritz Stiller
The story is that of a conniving countess (played by Lili Bech) coming between a gay sculptor, Claude Zoret (Egil Eide), and his bisexual model and lover, Mikaël (Lars Hanson), ultimately leading to Zoret's death in a raging storm at the base of a statue of Mikaël as the mythological Icarus.