
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
History · Documentary
Overview
A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's lift those veils, one by one, to find how images, at one time seeming innocent, have revealed, after decades, to have homosexual overtones.
Top Cast


Dan Butler
Dan Butler
Host / Narrator
Dan Butler
Host / Narrator


Don Ameche
Don Ameche
Self (archive footage)
Don Ameche
Self (archive footage)


Johnny Arthur
Johnny Arthur
Self (archive footage)
Johnny Arthur
Self (archive footage)


Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball
Self (archive footage)
Lucille Ball
Self (archive footage)


Noah Beery Jr.
Noah Beery Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Noah Beery Jr.
Self (archive footage)


Eric Blore
Eric Blore
Self (archive footage)
Eric Blore
Self (archive footage)


Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey Bogart
Self (archive footage)
Humphrey Bogart
Self (archive footage)


Walter Brennan
Walter Brennan
Self (archive footage)
Walter Brennan
Self (archive footage)


Montgomery Clift
Montgomery Clift
Self (archive footage)
Montgomery Clift
Self (archive footage)


Claudette Colbert
Claudette Colbert
Self (archive footage)
Claudette Colbert
Self (archive footage)
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