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List of LGBT-related films pre-1920
This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer-related films released before 1920. It contains theatrically released films that deal with important gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or queer characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device.
1895-1919
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Year
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Director
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Country
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Genre
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Cast
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Notes
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| The Dickson Experimental Sound Film |
1895 |
William Dixon |
United States |
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Although described as having a homosexual subtext by film historian Vito Russo this interpretation has been disputed.[1]
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| The Eclipse, or the Courtship of the Sun and Moon |
1907 |
Georges Méliès |
France |
Short, fantasy |
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a.k.a. L'éclipse du soleil en pleine lune
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| Algie the Miner |
1912 |
Alice Guy-Blaché |
United States |
Comedy, western |
Billy Quirk, Mary Foy |
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| A Florida Enchantment |
1914 |
Sidney Drew |
United States |
Comedy |
Edith Storey, Sidney Drew, Ethyl Lloyd, Grace Stevens, Charles Kent, Jane Morrow, Ada Gifford, Lillian Burns, Allan Campbell, Cortland van Deusen, Frank O'Neil |
Based on the novel and play (the latter of which is now lost) of the same name by Fergus Redmond and Archibald Clavering Gunter
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| Zapata's Gang
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1914
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Urban Gad
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Germany
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Comedy
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Asta Nielsen, Fred Immler, Senta Eichstaedt, Adele Reuter-Eichberg and Mary Scheller
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a.k.a. Zapatas Bande
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| Filibus
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1915
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Mario Roncoroni
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Italy
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Adventure, science fiction
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Valeria Creti, Giovanni Spano, Cristina Ruspoli
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| The Wings |
1916 |
Mauritz Stiller |
Sweden |
Drama |
Egil Eide, Lars Hanson, Lili Bech, Julius Hälsig |
a.k.a. Vingarne; based on the novel Mikaël by Herman Bang
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| Behind the Screen |
1916 |
Charlie Chaplin |
United States |
Comedy, romance |
Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell |
After Chaplin's prophand character kisses Edna Purviance's character in drag, villain Eric Campbell sees this and begins doing an effeminite dance to mock Chaplin's character.
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| I Don't Want to Be a Man |
1918 |
Ernst Lubitsch |
Germany |
Comedy, romance |
Ossi Oswalda, Curt Goetz, Ferry Sikla, Margarete Kupfer, Victor Janson |
a.k.a. Ich möchte kein Mann sein
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| Different from the Others |
1919 |
Richard Oswald |
Germany |
Drama |
Conrad Veidt, Fritz Schulz, Reinhold Schünzel, Anita Berber, Magnus Hirschfeld, Karl Giese |
a.k.a. Anders als die Andern
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| A Man's Girlhood
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1919
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Paul Legband, Julius Rode[2]
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Germany
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Biopic
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Erika Glässner, Hans Albers, Olga Engl and Lotte Stein[2]
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a.k.a. Aus eines Mannes Mädchenjahren, based on the autobiography of the same name by Karl M. Baer (under the pseudonym N.O. Body) about his experiences as an intersex person
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References
- ^ Russo (1987), pp. 6–7. For rebuttal of Russo's claim, see, e.g., Dixon (2003), p. 53; Justin DeFreitas, "Moving Pictures: Documentary Puts Modern Gay Cinema in Context", Berkeley Daily Planet, July 7, 2006 (available online).
- ^ a b "Aus eines Mannes Mädchenjahren". IMDb. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
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