Transgender Cinema

Hi...eventually I plan to document the history and details of the portrayal of transgenderism in film. It will continue to be a work in progress (but soon to have more info than just this introductory paragraph), and if you have anything to contribute, feel free to send me a note.

OUTLINE

  1. INTRODUCTION
    • Exploring the concepts of transgenderism in film
    • The difficulties of differentiating drag queens, transvestites, transsexuals and other TG groups in film
    • Pre-cinema TG performances; from ancient times to Shakespeare; the edict of Charles II; the rise of vaudeville
  2. SILENTLY TG
  3. CD COMEDY
  4. POST SRS
  5. IT'S A DRAG
  6. WILD CINE
  7. THE TG VILLAIN
  8. TG TV
  9. FOREIGN TG
  10. TRIFLES
  11. NEW CINE

LISTING OF TRANSGENDER RELATED FILMS

1903
1903 Edwin S. Porter Film

1911
The Leading Lady

1914
A Florida Enchantment
Lillian's Dilemma
Sweedie Series

1915
A Woman
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
Poor Little Peppina
Spit-Ball Sadie
That Minstrel Man

1916
Behind the Screen
The Danger Girl

1917
Cleopatra
Coney Island
The Countess Charming
The Widow's Might

1918
Sheriff Nell's Tussle
War Relief

1919
Bumping into Broadway
I Don't Want to Be a Man
The Hoodlum
Yankee Doodle in Berlin

1923
The Shriek of Araby

1924
Manhandled
The Sea Squawk

1925
Charlie's Aunt
Madame Behave
Man on the Box

1926
Be Your Age
Exit Smiling
Get 'em Young
Oh,What a Nurse!
Take it From Me
Whatever Happened to Jones

1928
Harold Teen
The Cardboard Lover

1929
Marianne

1930
Are You There?
Blood of a Poet
Charlie's Aunt
Dough Boys
Morocco
Murder!

1931
Palmy Days
Sidewalks of New York

1932
Blonde Venus
Love on Wheels
Movie Crazy

1933
Queen Christina
The Woman in Command
Twice Two
Viktor und Viktoria

1934
Georges et Georgette
The Hollywood Party

1935
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Night at the Opera
First a Girl

1936
Sylvia Scarlett

1937
On the Avenue
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
You Can't Have Everything

1938
Bringing Up Baby
Kentucky Moonshine
Wee Wee Monsieur

1939
Shipyard Sally

1940
Charlie's "Big Hearted" Aunt
La Conga Nights
My Little Chickadee
The New Pupil
Turnabout

1941
Blondie Goes Latin
Charlie's Aunt
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
You're in the Army Now

1942
Shut My Big Mouth
The Daring Young Man
The Road to Morocco

1943
They Got Me Covered

1944
Bathing Beauty
The Princess and the Pirate

1945
Boy! What a Girl

1946
Rhythm and Weep

1949
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer
Blondie Hits the Jackpot
I Was a Male War Bride

1950
Sunset Boulevard

1951
At War with the Army
The Lemon Drop Kid

1953
Calamity Jane
Children of Loneliness
Glen or Glenda?

1954
Johnny Guitar

1958
Paris Holiday
Touch of Evil

1959
Some Like it Hot
The Mouse that Roars

1960
La Dolce Vita
Psycho

1961
Homicidal
On the Double

1963
A Stitch in Time
An Actor's Revenge

1964
Goodbye Charlie
Mondo Balordo

1965
A Very Special Favor

1966
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Chelsea Girls
The Glass Bottom Boat

1967
Caprice
Frankenstein Created Woman
She Man

1968
Flesh
No Way to Treat a Lady
The Black Lizard
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
The Killing of Sister George
The Legend of Lylah Claire
The Producers
The Queen

1969
Midnight Cowboy
The Funeral Parade of Roses
The Magic Christian

1970
Mondo Trasho
Myra Breckinridge
The Christine Jorgensen Story
The Kremlin Letter
Trash
Where's Poppa?

1971
Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde
Fortune and Men's Eyes
Luminous Procuress
Multiple Maniacs
Pickup's Tricks
Some of My Best Friends Are...
Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things
Women in Revolt
WR: Mysteries of the Organism

1972
And Now For Something Completely Different
Cabaret
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex
I Want What I Want
Pink Flamingos
Triple Echo

1973
The Laughing Policeman

1974
Broken Goddess
Bursting
Female Trouble
Freebie and the Bean
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Uptown Saturday Night

1975
Coonskin
Dog Day Afternoon
Once Upon a Time in the East
Our Miss Fred
The Rocky Horror Picture Show

1976
Car Wash
Minimum Charge No Cover
The Pink Panther Strikes Again

1977
A Limitless Place/Hell Without Limits
Desperate Living
Fun With Dick and Jane
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Outrageous!

1978
Let Me Die a Woman
Mirror Mirror

1979
I Wanna Be a Beauty Queen
In a Year of Thirteen Moons
Monty Python's Life of Brian
...And Justice For All

1980
Dressed to Kill
La Cage aux Folles
La Cage aux Folles II
Terror Train

1981
Dirty Daughters
For Your Eyes Only
Polyester
S.O.B.
The Year of Living Dangerously

1982
Angel
Come Back to the Five and Dime Jimmy Dean
Labyrinth of Passion
The World According to Garp
Tootsie
Victor/Victoria

1983
A Man Like Eva (Ein Mann Wie Eva)
Dressed in Blue (Vestida de Azul)
Liquid Sky
Psycho II
The Woman Inside
To Be or Not To Be
Yentl

1984
All of Me
Angel
Deathstalker
Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Popular Press (Dorian Gray Im Spiegel Der Boulevardpresse)
Drama in Blond
Hookers on Davie
Privates on Parade
Revenge of the Nerds
The Death of Mikel (La Muerte de Mikel)
What Sex Am I?
Whatever Happened to Susan Jane?

1985
Avenging Angel
Dream Boys Revue
Just One of the Guys
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Once Bitten
Paradise is Not for Sale
Private Resort
The Mystery of Alexina

1986
Haunted Honeymoon
La Cage aux Folles III: The Wedding
Menage
Psycho III
Second Serve
Something Special
The Last Song
Vera
"Crocodile" Dundee

1987
Anguished Love
Critters 2: The Main Course
Curse of the Queerwolf
Eat the Rich
He's My Girl
Law of Desire
Mascara
Miss Mona
Raising Arizona
Shadey
Storme: The Lady of the Jewel Box
The Hidden
The Supergrass
Too Outrageous!
Vera

1988
Angel 3-- The Final Chapter
Big Top Pee-Wee
Hairspray
La Travestie
Salome's Last Dance
Summer Vacation: 1999 (1999 - Nen No Natsu Yasumi)
Torch Song Trilogy
Willow

1989
Cleo/Leo
Last Exit to Brooklyn
Sex Change--Shock! Horror! Probe
Tango and Cash
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

1990
All of Me
Frankenhooker
Nuns on the Run
Paris is Burning
Psycho IV
Sonny Boy
Total Recall

1991
A Fairy for Desert
Blank Point: What Is Transsexualism?
Danzón
Dead Again
Delirious
High Heels
Linda Les and Annie
Soapdish
Switch
Swordsman II
The Silence of the Lambs
Virginia

1992
A Little Bit of Lippy
Aliens Cut My Hair
Fly by Night
Lady Boys
Ladybugs
Orlando
Prelude to a Kiss
Split William to Chrysis Portrait of a Drag Queen
Storyville
Swordsman III: East is Red
The Crying Game
Time Expired
Transvestite Secrets Revealed

1993
Bank Robber
Blood In Blood Out
Boys from Brazil
Eagle Shooting Heroes
Fairwell My Concubine
Fertile La Toyah Jackson Video Magazine/Kinky
Glamazon: A Different Kind of Girl
Hot Shots Part Deux
How to Impersonate a Woman
Junior
Just One of the Girls
Kika
Le Sexe des Étoiles (The Sex of the Stars)
Lick Bush in '92
Lily Savage Live--Paying the Rent
Lip Gloss
Mrs. Doubtfire
M. Butterfly
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
She-Male by Choice
The Ballad of Little Jo
The Funny Tape
The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk
The Snail's Strategy (La Estrategia del Caracol)
Vegas in Space

1994
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Belles at the Bar (Belle al Bar)
Days of Pentecost
Ed Wood
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
He's a Woman She's a Man
Heaven's a Drag/To Die For
Highway of Heartache
It's Pat
Just Like a Woman
Man to Man
Mixed Nuts
Ready to Wear (Prét-á-Porter)
Red Firecracker,Green Firecracker
Skin Deep
Street Wars
The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert
The Best of Dish
The Crew
The Last Seduction
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation
You've Had Worse Things in Your Mouth

1995
A Peek Over the Wall
Blue in the Face
Dead Man
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
Marble Ass
Party Girl
Shinjuku Boys
Stage Door
Stonewall
The Basketball Diaries
The Celluloid Closet
The Haunted World of Ed Wood Jr.
The Written Face (Das Geschriebene Gesicht)
To Wong Foo,Thanks for Everything,Julie Newmar
Wigstock: The Movie

1996
A Mermaid Called Aida
A Midwinter's Tale
Dating the Enemy
Different for Girls
Hawaii
I Shot Andy Warhol
In and Out
Shampoo Horns
The Birdcage
The Nutty Professor
Trainspotting

1997
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Bugis Street
Divine Trash
Good Will Hunting
Leather Jacket Love Story
Ma Vie en Rose
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Neptune's Rocking Horse
Surviving Friendly Fire

1998
Elizabeth
Jerry Springer's Ringmaster
Life is Beautiful
Mulan
Patch Adams
Playing by Heart
Psycho (1998)
Shakespeare in Love
The Brandon Teena Story
The Impostors
The Waterboy
Woo

1999
All About My Mother
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Being John Malkovich
Better Than Chocolate
Bicentennial Man
Blast From the Past
Boys Don't Cry
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
Flawless
Heaven
Muppets From Space
Surrender Dorothy
Terror Firmer
That's The Way I Like It
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
The Out-of-Towners
Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train
Universal Soldier: The Return
Wild Wild West

2000
Big Momma's House
Billy Elliot
Charlie's Angels
Creature
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Gendernauts
Nutty Professor 2: The Klumps
What Women Want
Wonder Boys
X-Men

2001
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
The Iron Ladies
Moulin Rouge
Princesa
Rat Race
Shallow Hal
Southern Comfort

2002
All the Queen's Men
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Behind the Badge
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Frida
The Hot Chick
Juwanna Mann
Lilo and Stitch
Nicholas Nickleby
Scooby Doo
The Scorpion King
Sorority Boys
The Triumph of Love

2003
Gaudi Afternoon
Madame Sata
Normal
A Soldier's Girl

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