The Lavender Screen: The Gay and Lesbian Films: Their Stars, Directors, Characters, and Critics

by Boze Hadleigh

Book Overview

Tracing the origins and evolution of films with gay and lesbian characters and themes from the 1930s to their present proliferation, The Lavender Screen offers a startling review of more than 100... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806521996
• ISBN13: 9780806521992
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Citadel Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.4" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Very Good Condition?

The edition I purchased was listed in “Very Good Condition,” but had water damaged pages and visible brownish staining on front cover.

A fascinating collection of Gay and Lesbian film lore

I believe this is Boze Hadleigh's best book on Gay and Lesbian Hollywood. It covers films with homoerotic themes, as well as more openly gay films, throughout the history of film. Although the book was published long before some of today's more explicit gay and lesbian films, it is an interesting historical perspective of how gay themes were gradually introduced into mainstream Hollywood film.All the films covered are put in the perspective of when they were made, and critiqued based on the extent of the portrayal of the gay characters. Films with both positive and negative images are reviewed, as well as stories that may have only gay imagery.Boze Hadleigh is a great historian of gay cinema, but he does take a lot of liberty with his interpretations. Still, this book is lavishly illustrated and well documented, and a fascinating addition to any film book library.