Top billed cast

1. 

   Lily Tomlin

   Narrator (voice)

2. 

   Tony Curtis

   Self

3. 

   Susan Sarandon

   Self

4. 

   Gore Vidal

   Self

5. 

   Whoopi Goldberg

   Self

6. 

   Antonio Fargas

   Self

7. 

   Shirley MacLaine

   Self

8. 

   John Schlesinger

   Self

9. 

   Armistead Maupin

   Self

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-11-17

Ok, so perhaps some of the claims made in the narration about some of the stars featured here are a bit optimistically speculative, but it still manages to use some very well researched archive and the benefit of hindsight to portray a sort of “Hollywood Babylon” approach to a century of gay Hollywood film-making. Starting way back, pre-code, with films from the likes of Cecil B. DeMille, it presents and engaging analysis of cinematic history that includes some of the talked-about regulars like Greta Garbo, Dame Judith Anderson, Rock Hudson and Monty Clift, but instead of reverting to the ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$1,400,591.00

Keywords

• media
• hollywood
• lgbt