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Since we're on a history theme, The Price of Salt was published in 1952 was initially popular amongst lesbian readers. The storyline was adapted in the film Carol starring 'queen' Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara in the main roles.
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"Therese lay still, looking at her, at Carol’s face only inches away from her, the grey eyes calm as she had never seen them, as if they retained some of the space she had just emerged from. And it seemed strange that it was still Carol’s face, with the freckles, the bending eyebrow that she knew, the mouth now as calm as her eyes, as Therese had seen it many times before.
‘My angel,’ Carol said. ‘Flung out of space.’"

PS Sally - it was good to read your happy news :rose:
 
stickygirl said:
Since we're on a history theme, The Price of Salt was published in 1952 was initially popular amongst lesbian readers. The storyline was adapted in the film Carol starring 'queen' Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara in the main roles.
I hope these are ok
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"Therese lay still, looking at her, at Carol’s face only inches away from her, the grey eyes calm as she had never seen them, as if they retained some of the space she had just emerged from. And it seemed strange that it was still Carol’s face, with the freckles, the bending eyebrow that she knew, the mouth now as calm as her eyes, as Therese had seen it many times before.
‘My angel,’ Carol said. ‘Flung out of space.’"

PS Sally - it was good to read your happy news :rose:
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This is great, thank you for taking the time to share it here. I have been wanting to see this movie and I did not realize it was a book first. I am going to put it on my to-read list!

I am happy to have any decade represented, I have a thing for the golden age of Hollywood and mostly will post from that time, but any contribution is welcomed and appreciated. I am just glad someone else is enjoying it too.

And thank you on that last note. :)
 
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“Carmen Mercedes McRae was an influential jazz vocalist who is remembered for her ‘iconic interpretations of song lyrics’ and 'behind-the-beat phrasing.’ She was friends with and influenced by Billie Holiday, was nominated for multiple Grammy Awards, appeared in movies and on television, and all told spent fifty years touring the world and recording albums. She believed sexuality was fluid, and was often seen in public with 'female companions,’ having had experiences with both men and women but resisting any official label.”
 
Many thanks for this forum Sally. It will be one of my go to threads now.
 
faraday69 said:
Many thanks for this forum Sally. It will be one of my go to threads now.
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I feel like the pressure is on! I honestly didn't think that many people would be interested but am pleasantly surprised by each comment so far. Thanks for stopping in. :)
 
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"Australian-born actress Judith Anderson's portrayal of the housekeeper Mrs. Danvers in Hitchcock's 1940 film Rebecca has made her the poster girl for scholarly analyses of lesbian sexuality on film; and the plethora of books in the last few years about gays in Hollywood—scholarly and sensational—assume that Anderson was a lesbian. Yet evidence about her sexuality is highly ambiguous."
 
sally_sparrow said:
I feel like the pressure is on! I honestly didn't think that many people would be interested but am pleasantly surprised by each comment so far. Thanks for stopping in. :)
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Nope, no pressure. An interesting thread. Thanks for posting it.
 
Harrypalm said:
Nope, no pressure. An interesting thread. Thanks for posting it.
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Thank you for stopping in!
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Barbara Stanwyck pinged hard for her lesbian fans, even in movies where she had to pretend to be in love with a dude. A gay actor named Clifton Webb, who played her husband in Titanic, called Stanwyck “my favorite American lesbian.” “Stanwyck’s screen characters defined themselves on their own terms,” writes Axel Madsen in The Sewing Circle: Female Stars Who Loved Other Women. “Stanwyck was emotionally honest, and the way she related to men was different.” She was deeply closeted, burying her secret underneath her well-defined and daunting career ambitions and a really shitty but relatively brief marriage to a gay vaudeville star that inspired the film A Star is Born. She ultimately spent thirty years with her publicist Helen Ferguson.
 
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“Marlene Dietrich was a rising star in 1928. Sexually voracious and, as one account puts it, ‘the busiest and most passionate bisexual in theatrical Berlin,’ Dietrich loved seduction not for power or advancement but for the excitement and emotional joy of sex. Dietrich sang a popular song with Margot Lion, entitled "Wenn die beste Freundin” (When My Best Girlfriend), which became the theme song of lesbians in late 1920s Berlin. Anna May and Marlene began appearing in public together. Alfred Eisenstadt, long before his halcyon years at LIFE magazine, captured Anna May, Marlene, and Leni Riefenstahl together at the Press Ball in January. At this and other festive occasions, photos made of Wong and Dietrich reveal an intimacy and warmth beyond a publicity friendship. In the most striking image, reproduced in a recent film about Dietrich, the photographer recorded Anna May pouring liquor into Marlene’s mouth. In Chinese culture, placing food or drink in another’s mouth in public signifies deep intimacy.

-Excerpt from Anna May Wong: From Laundryman’s Daughter to Hollywood Legend by Graham Russell Gao Hodges
 
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Gloria Holden in Dracula's Daughter, 1936

"Mischief and a sly sense of humour permeate a lot of gay horror films, verging from sneaky subversion to bawdy parody. The titillating blend of horror and homosexuality has lead to a countless number of lesbian vampire movies, made mostly for a straight male audience. It’s even made its way into porn – see 1983’s Gayracula (actually don’t, it’s less fun than it sounds). But it’s not all fun and games, as monstrous transformation or terror from society can serve as a metaphor for the isolation many LGBTQ+ viewers have felt. Many of these films were made when reference to homosexuality on screen was forbidden, yet shrewd directors and screenwriters were able to dodge the censors through suggestion and metaphor."
 
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Long ago I read Ecstasy and Me by the beautiful Hedy Lamarr who wrote about having several affairs with women
 
LincolnDuncan said:
Long ago I read Ecstasy and Me by the beautiful Hedy Lamarr who wrote about having several affairs with women
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I just read the description of that book and it sounds really interesting! Thanks for sharing, it is now on my to-read list. I read a bio of Joan Crawford's life a few years ago... I used to be obsessed with Mommy Dearest. Damn she had an interesting life. She was a very intimidating and scary woman to cross.
 
This is close to my heart. I love older movies, 20's, 30's, early 40's. The acting is pure and the scenes don't seem to be so scripted. If that makes sense. I also love the nostalgia. Looking at the buildings, furniture, automobiles, fashion...
 
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This is close to my heart. I love older movies, 20's, 30's, early 40's. The acting is pure and the scenes don't seem to be so scripted. If that makes sense. I also love the nostalgia. Looking at the buildings, furniture, automobiles, fashion...
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It makes sense :) Thank you for stopping and I am glad you have enjoyed it so far.
 
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“Classical Hollywood was a company town, and the actor’s fear of rejection was easily manipulated by the bosses, whose approval the actors not only craved but without whom there was no acting. For Cedric Gibbons and Dolores del Rio, Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor, marriage not only provided deep cover, but gave them more poise and rank in the community. If the celebrity was a gay woman, there were enough men, as commedienne Patsy Kelly would say, ready to tie the knot in order to get on the gravy train.”

-Excerpt from The Sewing Circle: Female Stars That Loved Other Women by Axel Madsen
 
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