Screened Out
Screened Out: Gay Images in Film was a June 2007 film festival broadcast on Turner Classic Movies. The festival, based on the book Screened Out: Playing Gay in Hollywood by Richard Barrios, examined the history of homosexual images in American cinema, from 1912 to 1970. Screened Out's June schedule coincided with Gay and Lesbian Pride Month.
The series focused not just on films in which homosexual themes or characters were obvious but on those which, because of the Motion Picture Production Code, were concealed or "coded". The MPCC, introduced in 1934 was very strict, and meant that for 20 years, even married couples had to be pictured sleeping in twin beds, and any mention of homosexuality was forbidden.
Screened Out sought out films that were rarely seen and not necessarily included in TCM's film library. The Library of Congress served as the source for one film, 1912's Algie the Miner.
Films
Each night of the festival spotlighted a different Hollywood era or theme.The early years
Algie the MinerThe MonsterExit SmilingThe Broadway MelodyWay Out WestThe Office Wife- ''Stage Mother''
Gays Before the Code
The Sign of the CrossOur BettersDouble HarnessQueen ChristinaWonder Bar- ''The Sport Parade''
Men and Women Behind Bars
Hell's Highway Ladies They Talk AboutCagedSo Young, So BadThe Strange One- ''Women's Prison''
The Dark Side: Film Noir &; Crime
The Big ComboSuddenly, Last SummerReflections in a Golden EyeGildaHorror Films
The UninvitedThe Picture of Dorian GrayVoodoo IslandThe HauntingComedies
Manhattan ParadeSylvia ScarlettTurnaboutThat Touch of MinkThe Producers- ''Designing Woman''
Code Busters
Tea and SympathyAdvise and ConsentThe Children's HourWalk on the Wild Side- ''Victim''