“Gooble Gobble, one of us!”Ģ1) I Want to Live!: Powerful story of the life and execution of Barbara Graham (Susan Hayward) a perjurer, prostitute, liar and drug addict. And a chance to watch Ruth Gordon chew some scenery.Ģ0) Freaks: Tod Browning’s 1932 cult masterpiece about circus life starring real-life sideshow freaks. Trashtastic good fun.ġ3) A Streetcar Named Desire: Vivien Leigh as a fragile Southern belle who takes refuge at the home of her sister and her sister’s savagely sexy husband (played by Marlon Brando at the height of his hubba-hubba hotness)ġ4) The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone: Vivien Leigh as an over-the-hill actress who moves to Rome so she can sample the local cuisine, by which I mean pick up street hustlers.ġ5) Lolita: A man marries his landlady so he can take advantage of her teenage daughter in one of the most wickedly funny and intellectually challenging movies of the ’60s.ġ6) Cabaret: Liza Minnelli wows as a free-spirited singer at a divinely decadent cabaret in pre-war Berlin.ġ7) Barbarella: ’60s psychedelic-sci-fi-meets-soft-porn featuring Jane Fonda and her anti-gravity breasts.ġ8) Midnight Cowboy: Naive country bumpkin Jon Voight moves to New York to become… a Times Square hustler? Fantastic must-see cameo by Sylvia Miles and a groovy Warhol-esque party scene (starring actual Warhol superstars).ġ9) Rosemary’s Baby: Mia Farrow’s baby might be Satan, but all about her hairdo here. Come for Shirley’s unforgettable performance, stay for the awesome Bob Fossee dance numbers.ġ2) Valley of the Dolls: Based on Jacqueline Susanne’s all-time best-seller, this lurid show-biz drama traces the ups and downs of three young women as fame, booze, pills, and men get the better of them. She’s witty, sophisticated, and able to drink her husband under the table – who doesn’t want to be her?ġ0) Gypsy: Another Rosalind Russell powerhouse performance, this time as a smothering stage mother trying to make her daughter, Natalie Wood, a star in vaudeville.ġ1) Sweet Charity: Shirley Maclaine as a plucky dime-a-dance girl looking for love in ’60s Manhattan. “JUNGLE RED!”ĩ) The Thin Man: Three reasons to see this: Myrna Loy, Myrna Loy, Myrna Loy. The Women stars the greatest female stars of the ’30s (not a man in sight) as society dames who gleefully rip each other to shreds.
VINTAGE FULL GAY MOVIES MOVIE
It’s the movie that made me the queen I am today.Ĩ) The Women: The 1939 original, darling, not the anemic remake with Meg Ryan (shudder). One of the nuttiest movies ever made, based on the play by twisted sister Tennessee Williams. Gorgeously grotesque performances all around.Ħ) Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: Real-life married couple Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton viciously and deliciously mind-fuck each other while torturing their guests at a boozy after-hours party.ħ) Suddenly, Last Summer: Homosexuality! Cannibalism! Dementia Praecox! and Elizabeth Taylor in a see-through white bathing suit. Another one you’ll be quoting for years.ĥ) Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?: Towering egos Bette Davis and Joan Crawford are aging sisters locked in a deadly power struggle. PLEASE.Ĥ) All About Eve: Bette Davis’ volcanic performance as a fading theater actress is at turns bitchy, bawdy, and tragic. Just mute the screen whenever Mickey Rooney appears. Probably the most oft-quoted movie of all time.ģ) Breakfast at Tiffanys: Slightly dated, but Audrey Hepburn’s role as a flighty call-girl is still the be-all and end-all of New York chic. (AND PLEASE DON’T WATCH THE TERRIBLE MUSICAL VERSION “MAME” WITH LUCILLE BALL)Ģ) Sunset Boulevard: Gloria Swanson as an absolutely demented silent film star trying for a comeback with the help of her creepy butler, Max, and a reluctant gigalo. You obviously haven’t got a camp bone in your body. Start here, and if you aren’t captivated, forget the rest of the list.
(You don’t need to watch them in this order, but I’d start with the handful at the top and work your way down.)ġ) Auntie Mame : Rosalind Russell is Auntie Mame, the woman who taught gays to be gay. After the jump, I’ve listed the 50 most captivating, inspiring, and important movies that you absolutely NEED to see before you die. The camp classics that defined generations of gay men seem to have been all but forgotten lately.
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