In celebration of Gay Pride Month 2002, Scarlet Street commends those gay and bisexual men and women who have contributed so greatly to the entertainment world we love so well. Here's our list, and feel free to add to it:
James Whale, David Manners, George Cukor, Colin Clive, Martin Kosleck, Gale Sondergaard, Ernest Thesiger, Bill Condon, Jack Morrissey, Cornell Woolrich, Vincent Price, Jeremy Brett, Thomas Beck, Ray Stricklyn, Clive Barker, Anthony Perkins, Tommy Kirk, Sir Ian McKellen, Farley Granger, Armistead Maupin, Mitchell Leisen, Joseph Hanson, Thomas Mitchell, Oscar Wilde, Noel Coward, Beatrice Lillie, Raymond Burr, David Peel, Sandor Eles, Tennessee Williams, Tom Graeff, Barry Sandler, Edward Everett Horton, Sal Mineo, F.W. Murnau, Cary Grant, Rupert Everett, Dennis Christopher, Patricia Highsmith, Joan Crawford, Tyrone Power, James Bernard, William Haines, Dirk Bogarde, David Lewis, Alain Delon, Marlon Brando, Coral Browne, Richard Cromwell, Lon McAllister, Mart Crowley, Brad Davis, Sandy Dennis, Marlene Dietrich, Richard Chamberlain, Laurence Harvey, Neil Jordan, Roddy McDowall, Charles Laughton, Bram Stoker, David Love, Tab Hunter, Stephen Geoffreys, Tallulah Bankhead, Curtis Harrington, Tom Tryon, Mary Martin, Jean Arthur, Hans Christian Andersen, Saki, Quentin Crisp, Michael Redgrave, Monty Woolley, John Geilgud, Franklin Pangborn, Stephen Fry, Kerwin Mathews, George Rose, Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Ivor Novello, Joel Schumacher, Cesar Romero, Akihiro Maruyama, John Morghen (aka Giovanni Radice), David Warbeck, Barbara Stanwyck, Marjorie Main, Gore Vidal, Robert Taylor, Agnes Moorehead, Randolph Scott, Judith Anderson, Patsy Kelly, Rex Evans, Carleton Carpenter, Hurd Hatfield, Laird Cregar, Dick Sargent, Joe Orton, Paul Lynde, Howard Ashman, Montgomery Clift, James Coco, Orry-Kelly, Adrian, Jack Larson, Amanda Bearse, Helmut Berger, Maurice Evans, Clifton Webb, James Bridges, Cole Porter, Edith Head, Rock Hudson, Nick Adams, Danny Kaye, Leonard Frey, Thornton Wilder, John Dall, Rosie ODonnell, Berry Kroeger, Tchaikovsky, Keanu Reeves, Leslie Vincent, Brendan Fraser, Andy Milligan, Stephen Sondheim, John Abbott, Jaye Davison, George Baxt, Denholm Elliot, Kenneth Williams, Larry Hart, Patrick Dennis, Ian Whittaker, Derek Jarman, Michael Reeves, Divine, Edmund Goulding, Lily Tomlin, Christopher Gable, Johnny Depp, Vladek Sheybal, Anton Diffring, Robert Drivas, Jack Cassidy, John Travolta, Maxene Andrews, Christopher Atkins, Kevin Williamson, James Dean, Udo Keir, Charles Hawtrey, Noel Willman, Moss Hart, Burt Lancaster, Lenny Pollack, Aaron Copland, George Nader, Chad Allen, Patsy Kelly, Estelle Winwood, Arthur Laurents, Danny Pintauro, Will Geer, Ellen Corby, Joel Crothers, John Waters, Larry Kramer, Arthur Lubin, John Colton, Nancy Kulp, Yukio Mishima, Truman Capote, Leonard Bernstein, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, John Schlesinger, Mitchell Lichtenstein, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Pedro Almadovar, Wolfgang Peterson, H.B. Warner, Brock Peters, Ivor Novello, Kenneth Anger, Gregg Araki, Gus Van Sant, Alexis Arquette, Dorthy Arzner, B.D. Wong, Nils Asther, Paul Bartel, George Macready, Don Bluth, William Burroughs, Simon Callow, Jean Cocteau, Jean Marais, George Maharis, James Ivory, Ismail Merchant, Paul Dehn, Robert Downey, Jr., Luchino Visconti, Marie Dressler, E.M. Forster, Barry Sandler, Ron Nyswaner, Ian Charleson, Ross Hunter, Van Johnson, David Geffen, George Takei, Ramon Navarro, Tony Richardson, Graham Chapman, Christopher Rice, David DeCoteau, Brian Thomson, Scott Thompson, Holly Woodlawn, Peter Paige, Mitchell Anderson, Dan Butler, Craig Chester, Joe Dallesandro, Brandon DeWilde, Nigel Hawthorne, Tom Hulce, Michael Jeter, Paul Morrissey, Wilson Cruz, David Hyde Pierce, Antony Sher, Robert Reed, Craig Russell, Merritt Butrick, Randal Kleiser, Arthur Dong, Nigel Finch, Raul O'Connell, Edward Albee, Christopher Isherwood, Don Bachardy, Barry Diller, Cecil Beaton, Arthur C. Clarke, Sandra Bernhardt, Colette, Brian Epstein, Sergei Eisenstein, Benjamin Britten, Christopher Hampton, Hanif Kureishi, David Gerrold, Colin Higgins, Jane Wagner, David Hockney, Ned Rorem, John Wesley Shipp, Brock Pierce, Bruce Weber, Todd Haynes, Alla Nazimova, Rudolf Nureyev, Peter Evans, Henry Wilcoxon, William Hickey, and anyone we might have missed.
Apologies for duplications, and feel free to add to the list . . .
James Whale, David Manners, George Cukor, Colin Clive, Martin Kosleck, Gale Sondergaard, Ernest Thesiger, Bill Condon, Jack Morrissey, Cornell Woolrich, Vincent Price, Jeremy Brett, Thomas Beck, Ray Stricklyn, Clive Barker, Anthony Perkins, Tommy Kirk, Sir Ian McKellen, Farley Granger, Armistead Maupin, Mitchell Leisen, Joseph Hanson, Thomas Mitchell, Oscar Wilde, Noel Coward, Beatrice Lillie, Raymond Burr, David Peel, Sandor Eles, Tennessee Williams, Tom Graeff, Barry Sandler, Edward Everett Horton, Sal Mineo, F.W. Murnau, Cary Grant, Rupert Everett, Dennis Christopher, Patricia Highsmith, Joan Crawford, Tyrone Power, James Bernard, William Haines, Dirk Bogarde, David Lewis, Alain Delon, Marlon Brando, Coral Browne, Richard Cromwell, Lon McAllister, Mart Crowley, Brad Davis, Sandy Dennis, Marlene Dietrich, Richard Chamberlain, Laurence Harvey, Neil Jordan, Roddy McDowall, Charles Laughton, Bram Stoker, David Love, Tab Hunter, Stephen Geoffreys, Tallulah Bankhead, Curtis Harrington, Tom Tryon, Mary Martin, Jean Arthur, Hans Christian Andersen, Saki, Quentin Crisp, Michael Redgrave, Monty Woolley, John Geilgud, Franklin Pangborn, Stephen Fry, Kerwin Mathews, George Rose, Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Ivor Novello, Joel Schumacher, Cesar Romero, Akihiro Maruyama, John Morghen (aka Giovanni Radice), David Warbeck, Barbara Stanwyck, Marjorie Main, Gore Vidal, Robert Taylor, Agnes Moorehead, Randolph Scott, Judith Anderson, Patsy Kelly, Rex Evans, Carleton Carpenter, Hurd Hatfield, Laird Cregar, Dick Sargent, Joe Orton, Paul Lynde, Howard Ashman, Montgomery Clift, James Coco, Orry-Kelly, Adrian, Jack Larson, Amanda Bearse, Helmut Berger, Maurice Evans, Clifton Webb, James Bridges, Cole Porter, Edith Head, Rock Hudson, Nick Adams, Danny Kaye, Leonard Frey, Thornton Wilder, John Dall, Rosie ODonnell, Berry Kroeger, Tchaikovsky, Keanu Reeves, Leslie Vincent, Brendan Fraser, Andy Milligan, Stephen Sondheim, John Abbott, Jaye Davison, George Baxt, Denholm Elliot, Kenneth Williams, Larry Hart, Patrick Dennis, Ian Whittaker, Derek Jarman, Michael Reeves, Divine, Edmund Goulding, Lily Tomlin, Christopher Gable, Johnny Depp, Vladek Sheybal, Anton Diffring, Robert Drivas, Jack Cassidy, John Travolta, Maxene Andrews, Christopher Atkins, Kevin Williamson, James Dean, Udo Keir, Charles Hawtrey, Noel Willman, Moss Hart, Burt Lancaster, Lenny Pollack, Aaron Copland, George Nader, Chad Allen, Patsy Kelly, Estelle Winwood, Arthur Laurents, Danny Pintauro, Will Geer, Ellen Corby, Joel Crothers, John Waters, Larry Kramer, Arthur Lubin, John Colton, Nancy Kulp, Yukio Mishima, Truman Capote, Leonard Bernstein, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, John Schlesinger, Mitchell Lichtenstein, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Pedro Almadovar, Wolfgang Peterson, H.B. Warner, Brock Peters, Ivor Novello, Kenneth Anger, Gregg Araki, Gus Van Sant, Alexis Arquette, Dorthy Arzner, B.D. Wong, Nils Asther, Paul Bartel, George Macready, Don Bluth, William Burroughs, Simon Callow, Jean Cocteau, Jean Marais, George Maharis, James Ivory, Ismail Merchant, Paul Dehn, Robert Downey, Jr., Luchino Visconti, Marie Dressler, E.M. Forster, Barry Sandler, Ron Nyswaner, Ian Charleson, Ross Hunter, Van Johnson, David Geffen, George Takei, Ramon Navarro, Tony Richardson, Graham Chapman, Christopher Rice, David DeCoteau, Brian Thomson, Scott Thompson, Holly Woodlawn, Peter Paige, Mitchell Anderson, Dan Butler, Craig Chester, Joe Dallesandro, Brandon DeWilde, Nigel Hawthorne, Tom Hulce, Michael Jeter, Paul Morrissey, Wilson Cruz, David Hyde Pierce, Antony Sher, Robert Reed, Craig Russell, Merritt Butrick, Randal Kleiser, Arthur Dong, Nigel Finch, Raul O'Connell, Edward Albee, Christopher Isherwood, Don Bachardy, Barry Diller, Cecil Beaton, Arthur C. Clarke, Sandra Bernhardt, Colette, Brian Epstein, Sergei Eisenstein, Benjamin Britten, Christopher Hampton, Hanif Kureishi, David Gerrold, Colin Higgins, Jane Wagner, David Hockney, Ned Rorem, John Wesley Shipp, Brock Pierce, Bruce Weber, Todd Haynes, Alla Nazimova, Rudolf Nureyev, Peter Evans, Henry Wilcoxon, William Hickey, and anyone we might have missed.
Apologies for duplications, and feel free to add to the list . . .
