The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender lifts the lid on campy classic Hollywood

June 9, 2022 Queer Forty Staff 1 min read

The Golden Age of Hollywood had its fair share of LGBTQ+ stars and documentary Color Me Lavender opens the closet on July 16, courtesy of Kino Lorber.

From the ground-breaking director of Rock Hudson’s Home Movies and From the Journals of Jean Seberg, The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender is another witty and enlightening essay on the gay undercurrents of Hollywood’s Golden Age. Dan Butler (Frasier) acts as tour guide as he uncovers a squeamish fascination with gay eroticism and camp. The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender is a rich and funny meditation on American sexual identity, film history and culture. You will never look at Westerns the same way again!