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Seeking Stories of Queer California: A Hidden Histories Online ExhibitMain MenuIntroductionGalleriesA guide to each of the online galleries in this digital exhibit, grouped by topic or theme.ArtsAsian & AAPI LGBTQ+ peopleBisexual PeopleBlack LGBTQ+ PeopleCommunitiesDefying ExpectationsGay menHIV/AIDSLatino/a/x LGBTQ+ peopleLesbiansLGBTQ+ ActivismLGBTQ+ DiscriminationLGBTQ+ Life in CaliforniaMarriage and FamiliesPoliticsPrideReligion and SpiritualityTransgender People
Performing Arts
1media/Gay Mens Chorus poster.jpg2024-04-22T14:17:31-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab04498712The performing arts is an umbrella term which covers many disciplines of music, dance, theatre, and film. The interpretations of these disciplines have grown and changed over time, and LGBTQ+ actors, dancers, performers, and directors have been a key part of this evolution.gallery2024-04-29T21:15:08-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0The performing arts is an umbrella term which covers many disciplines of music, dance, theatre, and film. The interpretations of these disciplines have grown and changed over time, and LGBTQ+ actors, dancers, performers, and directors have been a key part of this evolution.
Collection Information
For more information on the materials in this gallery, see their holding institutions.
Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Adrian Thompson The Children's Hour Dracula's Daughter Gregg Araki Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome The Killing of Sister George My Beautiful Laundrette Pandora's Box Poster and Call sheet for Making Love Rock Hudson Rope Salome Tea and Sympathy Thirteen Women
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1media/MHL_70101299-72012991_Rock-Hudson_thumb.jpg2024-04-12T12:58:16-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0Rock Hudson3A photo of movie star Rock Hudson, 1949, and a letter from gossip columnist Hedda Hopper, dated July3, 1958, discussing doing an article on Hudson's wife Phyllis and referencing his homosexuality. Photograph: Core Collection. Biography files. Letter: Hedda Hopper papers.media/MHL_70101299-72012991_Rock-Hudson.jpgplain2024-04-12T14:54:17-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0
1media/MHL_70010708-72351247-72351248_Rope_thumb.jpg2024-04-12T12:17:00-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0Rope, 1947-19483A poster for the movie Rope by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Jimmy Stewart, and a letter from the Production Code Administration regarding implications of homosexuality in the movie. Poster: Poster collection. Letter: Motion Picture Association of America Production Code Administration records.media/MHL_70010708-72351247-72351248_Rope.jpgplain2024-04-12T14:55:21-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0
1media/MHL_70161805-72352593=72352594_Killing-of-Sister-George_thumb.jpg2024-04-12T14:12:53-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0The Killing of Sister George2Poster for The Killing of Sister George, 1968, and the transcript of an interview with Lily Tomlin for THE CELLULOID CLOSET, undated. Poster: Howard Linn collection of Art Theatre of Long Beach posters. Interview: Telling Pictures records.media/MHL_70161805-72352593=72352594_Killing-of-Sister-George.jpgplain2024-04-12T15:02:26-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0
1media/HSLB_Object_GoldRecord_Etheridge_thumb.jpg2024-04-18T12:49:23-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0Gold record for "Melissa Etheridge" album by Melissa Etheridge, 19882Historical Society of Long Beach Collection. Given by Melissa Etheridge to Ellen Ward, whose bar The Que Sera was an important LGBTQ+ friendly space that gave Etheridge a standing weekly gig.media/HSLB_Object_GoldRecord_Etheridge.jpgplain2024-04-18T12:50:13-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0
1media/CSUDH_Finocchios_thumb.png2024-04-25T10:10:47-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0Finocchio's: House of the Fabulous Female Impressonators, undated2A 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.media/CSUDH_Finocchios.pngplain2024-04-25T10:27:08-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0
1media/Gay Mens Chorus poster_thumb.jpg2024-04-29T15:22:42-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0Gay Men's Chorus 25th Anniversary concert poster, 20042"You Made Me Love You: The music of Judy Garland"media/Gay Mens Chorus poster.jpgplain2024-04-29T15:23:08-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0
1media/MHL_70194604-72351291_Children-Hour_thumb.jpg2024-04-12T14:36:44-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0The Children's Hour, 19612Photograph 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.media/MHL_70194604-72351291_Children-Hour.jpgplain2024-04-12T14:56:12-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0
1media/StudioOne_Backlot_pierce_ann-margaret c1977_thumb.jpg2024-04-29T15:53:54-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0Ann Margaret and Charles Pierce at Studio One, circa 19772media/StudioOne_Backlot_pierce_ann-margaret c1977.jpgplain2024-04-29T15:54:14-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0
1media/MHL_70141510-72352587_Making-Love_thumb.jpg2024-04-12T13:05:52-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0Poster and Call sheet for Making Love, 1981-19822Call sheet for the film MAKING LOVE with locations at The Spike and Machismo, two gay bars located on Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood, California, dated April 14, 1981. Poster: Core Collection. Production files. Call sheet: Arthur Hiller papers.media/MHL_70141510-72352587_Making-Love.jpgplain2024-04-12T14:57:30-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0
1media/MHL_70097110-72352612-72352613_My-Beautiful-Laundrette_thumb.jpg2024-04-12T12:41:42-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0My Beautiful Laundrette, circa 19852A poster for the movie My Beautiful Laundrette, starring Daniel Day Lewis and Gordon Warnecke, and a transcript of an interview with writer Gregg Araki discussing the gay relationship in the movie. Poster: Howard Linn collection of Art Theatre of Long Beach posters. Interview: Telling Pictures records.media/MHL_70097110-72352612-72352613_My-Beautiful-Laundrette.jpgplain2024-04-12T15:01:32-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0
1media/CSUDH_lgbtq_013_thumb.jpg2024-04-17T15:41:07-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0Outfest 07 Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival July 12-23 Film Guide, 20071LGBTQ Publications Collectionmedia/CSUDH_lgbtq_013.jpgplain2024-04-17T15:41:07-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0
1media/MHL_70001800-72350485_PandorasBox_thumb.jpg2024-04-11T16:10:53-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0Pandora's Box, 19291Photo (left ) of Louise Brooks, center, wearing wedding dress, dancing with Alice Roberts, in a scene from Pandora's Box. Clipping (right)from Variety magazine reviewing the film, dated December 11, 1929. From the Core Collection, Production Files.media/MHL_70001800-72350485_PandorasBox.jpgplain2024-04-11T16:10:54-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0
1media/MHL_72351226-70029879_Inauguration-of-Pleasure-Dome_thumb.jpg2024-04-12T15:13:57-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome, circa 19541Typed excerpts from Curtis Harrington's diaries, dated from February to June 1954, and a photograph from Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome. Collection: Curtis Harrington papers.media/MHL_72351226-70029879_Inauguration-of-Pleasure-Dome.jpgplain2024-04-12T15:13:57-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0
1media/MHL_70194621-70194622_Adrian-Thompson_thumb.jpg2024-04-12T14:51:01-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0Adrian Thompson, undated1Two portraits of Adrian Thompson. In the left hand photograph, Thompson is in drag, in the right hand he is wearing a suit. Collection: Mack Sennett papers.media/MHL_70194621-70194622_Adrian-Thompson.jpgplain2024-04-12T14:51:02-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0
1media/MHL_72351762-72351763-70194606_Tea-and-Sympathy_thumb.jpg2024-04-12T15:19:50-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0Tea and Sympathy, 1953-19561Memo by J.A.V. regarding Robert Anderson’s requirements to include subjects of homosexuality and adultery in the film adaptation of Tea and Sympathy, and a photograph of Deborah Kerr and John Kerr in a scene from the movie. Letter: Motion Picture Association of America Production Code Administration records. Photograph: Core Collection. Production files.media/MHL_72351762-72351763-70194606_Tea-and-Sympathy.jpgplain2024-04-12T15:19:50-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0
1media/FIDM_Beaton_thumb.jpg2024-04-24T11:33:42-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0Book Cover: Ballet by Cecil Beaton, 19511Book Cover: Ballet by Cecil Beaton, 1951. Gift of Joan Beer Damask & Donald Damask. SC2013.1250.153. FIDM Museum Collection.media/FIDM_Beaton.jpgplain2024-04-24T11:33:42-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0
1media/MHL_72351934-70194601_Draculas-Daughter_thumb.jpg2024-04-12T15:24:10-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0Dracula's Daughter, circa 19361Memo by Geoffrey M. Shurlock regarding "suggestion of perverse sexual desire” in Dracula's Daughter, and a photograph of Nan Grey, left, and Gloria Holden in a scene from the movie. Letter: Motion Picture Association of America Production Code Administration records. Photograph: Core Collection. Production files.media/MHL_72351934-70194601_Draculas-Daughter.jpgplain2024-04-12T15:24:10-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0
1media/MHL_72352044-70194615-70195575_Gregg-Araki_thumb.jpg2024-04-12T15:27:55-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0Gregg Araki1Draft of a letter from Gregg Araki, typed on the back of a script page for TOTALLY F***ED UP, promoting the film 3 Bewildered People and discussing the lack of queerness in mainstream cinema, circa 1985-1991. Two photographs from the production of Mysterious Skin, 2005. Collection: Gregg Araki papers.media/MHL_72352044-70194615-70195575_Gregg-Araki.jpgplain2024-04-12T15:27:56-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0
1media/MHL_72353523-72354207_Thirteen-Women_thumb.jpg2024-04-12T16:06:15-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0Thirteen Women, 19321Copy of a letter from Jason S. Joy to David Selznick providing feedback to bring the script for THIRTEEN WOMEN into compliance with Code, dated June 4, 1932. Advertisement from press book for Thirteen Women. Letter: Motion Picture Association of America Production Code Administration records. Advertisement: Core Collection. Production files. 1932.media/MHL_72353523-72354207_Thirteen-Women.jpgplain2024-04-12T16:06:15-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0
1media/MHL_70111376_Salome_thumb.jpg2024-04-12T16:12:55-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0Salome, 19221Arthur Jasmine, left, and Earl Schenck in a scene from SALOME, 1922. Core Collection. Production files.media/MHL_70111376_Salome.jpgplain2024-04-12T16:12:55-07:00Beth McDonald0fdc6d8696ca8ca12c571f0f59d3d5703e5e4ab0