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Rope, 1947-1948

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Performing Arts Beth McDonald
Contents of this tag:
1. Rock Hudson
2. Rope, 1947-1948
3. Finocchio's: House of the Fabulous Female Impressonators, undated A postcard of Finocchio's, that was a nightclub and bar in San Francisco. It shows five female impersonators standing in the back and five sitting in the front. The steps are a black and white checkered pattern and the background appears to be the stage. From left to right, starting in the back, a performer is wearing a bright pink robe with light pink feather lining, a silver patterned dress, silver shoes, and bright pink long earrings. Next the performer is wearing a pink and gold robe with a high collar, a pink dress, and a pink wig. The center performer is wearing a bright pink dress with a black belt. Next the performer is wearing a black and silver waistcoat with bright pink harem pants. At the end of the back row is a performer in a dark purple robe and dress, with peacock feathers and a peacock feather headdress. The five women in the front row are seated, all in similar 1920s flapper dancer outfits in different colors. From left to right, the first two women are turned slightly to the left and are in light purple outfits with pink feather headbands. In the center, facing forward, she is in a yellow dress with a green feather headband. Next, turned slightly to the right, she is in a dark purple dress and a dark purple feathered headband. Lastly, also turned to the right, she is in an orange dress and has an orange feathered headband.
4. Gay Men's Chorus 25th Anniversary concert poster, 2004
5. The Children's Hour, 1961 Photograph of Shirley MacLaine, left, and Audrey Hepburn in a scene from The Children's Hour, and a letter from Arthur B. Krim to Eric Johnston regarding three films with homosexuality as a subject, including The Children's Hour, and requesting that the Code be amended. Photograph: Core Collection. Production files. Letter: Motion Picture Association of America Production Code Administration records.
6. Ann Margaret and Charles Pierce at Studio One, circa 1977
7. Poster and Call sheet for Making Love, 1981-1982
8. My Beautiful Laundrette, circa 1985
9. The Killing of Sister George
10. Gold record for "Melissa Etheridge" album by Melissa Etheridge, 1988
11. Adrian Thompson, undated
12. Tea and Sympathy, 1953-1956
13. Book Cover: Ballet by Cecil Beaton, 1951
14. Dracula's Daughter, circa 1936
15. Gregg Araki
16. Thirteen Women, 1932
17. Salome, 1922
18. Turnabout Theater souvenir program, circa 1950
19. Outfest 07 Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival July 12-23 Film Guide, 2007
20. Pandora's Box, 1929
21. Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome, circa 1954
Arts Beth McDonald
Contents of this tag:
1. Rope, 1947-1948
2. Cover for Gravedigger by Joseph Hansen, 1982
3. Tan Suit Ensemble by James Galanos, 1962
4. Gold record for "Melissa Etheridge" album by Melissa Etheridge, 1988
5. The Soul of Lilith, 1892
6. Finocchio's: House of the Fabulous Female Impressonators, undated A postcard of Finocchio's, that was a nightclub and bar in San Francisco. It shows five female impersonators standing in the back and five sitting in the front. The steps are a black and white checkered pattern and the background appears to be the stage. From left to right, starting in the back, a performer is wearing a bright pink robe with light pink feather lining, a silver patterned dress, silver shoes, and bright pink long earrings. Next the performer is wearing a pink and gold robe with a high collar, a pink dress, and a pink wig. The center performer is wearing a bright pink dress with a black belt. Next the performer is wearing a black and silver waistcoat with bright pink harem pants. At the end of the back row is a performer in a dark purple robe and dress, with peacock feathers and a peacock feather headdress. The five women in the front row are seated, all in similar 1920s flapper dancer outfits in different colors. From left to right, the first two women are turned slightly to the left and are in light purple outfits with pink feather headbands. In the center, facing forward, she is in a yellow dress with a green feather headband. Next, turned slightly to the right, she is in a dark purple dress and a dark purple feathered headband. Lastly, also turned to the right, she is in an orange dress and has an orange feathered headband.
7. Florence Yoch, landscape design, “A Hillside Garden for Mr. George Cukor, West Hollywood,” 1936
8. Gown by Gilbert Adrian, 1948
9. Eloise Klein Healy, typescript draft of poem, “There Are No Words for the Sexual Acts of Lesbians,” circa 1984
10. Queerios, 2015
11. Excerpt from Sketchbook 11, Morris Scott Dollens, undated
12. Laura Aguilar, #6, from the series Plush Pony, 1992
13. Christopher Isherwood, typescript second draft of A Single Man, 1963
14. Don Bachardy, portrait of Stephen Spender, June 21, 1976
15. Pandora's Box, 1929
16. William Haines, rendering of living room of the Sidney and Frances Brody residence, Beverly Hills, circa 1952
LGBTQ+ Discrimination Beth McDonald
Contents of this tag:
1. Rope, 1947-1948
2. Rock Hudson
3. HIV Discrimination sign, undated
4. The Children's Hour, 1961 Photograph of Shirley MacLaine, left, and Audrey Hepburn in a scene from The Children's Hour, and a letter from Arthur B. Krim to Eric Johnston regarding three films with homosexuality as a subject, including The Children's Hour, and requesting that the Code be amended. Photograph: Core Collection. Production files. Letter: Motion Picture Association of America Production Code Administration records.
5. Prop 8 What Should We Amend Next?, 2008
6. No on 6! Save our children from Hatred, Mistrust, & Bigotry!, 1978
7. AIDSPHOBIA : Protect Yourself from Hollywood, 1991
8. Holy Homophobia!, 1990
9. Tea and Sympathy, 1953-1956
10. Dracula's Daughter, circa 1936
11. It's Cake, for God's Sake, 2017
12. Thirteen Women, 1932
13. They Lie We Die, circa 1991
14. Homophobia, 1993
15. You Can’t Comb Over Homophobia, 2017
16. Campaign for Military Service poster, circa 1992
17. Gay Marriage Case in Court, 1979 Rob Brown, Herald Examiner Collection/Los Angeles Public Library. Photograph caption reads, "From left, attorney David M. Brown, plaintiffs, Anthony Corbett Sullivan, Richard Frank Adams. Sullivan and Adams are married, Adams a US citizen and Sullivan an Australian citizen. Both were issued a marriage license in Bolder [sic] Colorado and were married in Bolder [sic]. When Sullivan reapplied in Los Angeles in November 1975, the District Director of Immigration and Naturalization Service an immigrant visa. 'You have failed to establish that a bona fide marital relationship can exist between two faggots', Dist Director."
18. With a Little Makeup, A Straight White Man Can Play Anything!! circa 1990s