Were the World Mine (2008)
Tanner Cohen uses a magical pansy to turn homophobes gay in director/co-writer Tom Gustafson’s 2008 musical film Were the World Mine.
De-Lovely (2004)
Kevin Kline and Ashley Judd star in the 2004 musical biopic “De-Lovely,” based on the life of gay American composer, and songwriter, Cole Porter.
VICTOR/VICTORIA (1982)
Julie Andrews masquerades as a gay man in drag in writer/director Blake Edwards’ 1982 gender-bending musical comedy VICTOR/VICTORIA.
Palmy Days (1931)
The 1931 pre-code Hollywood film PALMY DAYS features a “Pansy” buying a cake, drag, and two queer-coded leads
The Broadway Melody (1929)
The pre-code film THE BROADWAY MELODY of 1929 features a gay costume designer named Turpe (Drew Demorest).
CAMP (2003)
Out writer/director Todd Graff’s 2003 musical comedy-drama CAMP follows a group of teenagers at a summer camp for the performing arts.
FIRST A GIRL (1935)
The 1935 British drag comedy FIRST A GIRL, Victor Saville’s adaptation of VIKTOR UND VIKTORIA (1933).
42nd STREET (1933)
Warner Baxter’s character, Julian Marsh, in the 1933 pre-code musical 42nd STREET was originally written as gay - but only a brief glimpse of subtext remains in the film adaptation.