1895–1919 Title Year Director Country Genre Cast NotesThe Dickson Experimental Sound Film 1895 United States Although described as having a homosexual subtext by film historian Vito Russo this interpretation has been disputed.Russo (1987), pp. 6–7. For rebuttal of Russo's claim, see, e.g., Dixon (2003), p. 53; Justin DeFreitas, "Moving Pictures: Documentary Puts Modern Gay Cinema in Context", Berkeley Daily Planet, July 7, 2006 (available online).The Eclipse, or the Courtship of the Sun and Moon 1907 France Short, fantasy a.k.a. L'éclipse du soleil en pleine luneAlgie the Miner 1912 United States Comedy, western Billy Quirk, Mary Foy 1914 United States Comedy Edith Storey, Sidney Drew, Ethyl Lloyd, Grace Stevens, Charles Kent, Jane Morrow, Ada Gifford, Lillian Burns, Allan Campbell, Cortland van Deusen, Frank O'Neil Based on the novel and play (the latter of which is now lost) of the same name by Fergus Redmond and Archibald Clavering GunterZapata's Gang1914Urban GadGermanyComedyAsta Nielsen, Fred Immler, Senta Eichstaedt, Adele Reuter-Eichberg and Mary Schellera.k.a. Zapatas BandeFilibus1915Mario RoncoroniItalyAdventure, science fictionValeria Creti, Giovanni Spano, Cristina Ruspoli 1916 Sweden Drama Egil Eide, Lars Hanson, Lili Bech, Julius Hälsig a.k.a. Vingarne; based on the novel Mikaël by Herman BangBehind the Screen 1916 United States Comedy, romance Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell After Chaplin's prophand character kisses Edna Purviance's character in drag, villain Eric Campbell sees this and begins doing an effeminite dance to mock Chaplin's character.I Don't Want to Be a Man 1918 Germany Comedy, romance Ossi Oswalda, Curt Goetz, Ferry Sikla, Margarete Kupfer, Victor Janson a.k.a. Ich möchte kein Mann seinDifferent from the Others 1919 Germany Drama Conrad Veidt, Fritz Schulz, Reinhold Schünzel, Anita Berber, Magnus Hirschfeld, Karl Giese a.k.a. Anders als die AndernAus eines Mannes Mädchenjahren (A Man's Girlhood)1919Paul Legband, Julius RodeGermanyBiopicErika Glässner, Hans Albers, Olga Engl and Lotte SteinLost film. Based on the autobiography of the same name by Karl M. Baer (under the pseudonym N.O. Body) about his experiences as an intersex person
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