Stanwyck is the first major Hollywood actress to portray an unconcealed lesbian in an American film.Īlthough the film does not make her sexual orientation explicit, hints are made in the dialogue. When Bond is flirting with her in one scene, she tells him 'You can turn off the charm. I'm immune.' In another scene he asks her 'What would it take for you to see things my way?' and she replies 'A lot more than you've got.'Ĭalla, an extroverted schoolteacher, has a crush on her best friend Rachel. (Parsons was nominated for the 1969 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.)īiopic about Gertrude Lawrence who, besides collaborating with him in theater productions, also had a close friendship with Coward off stage. Joe is a gigolo who has sex with men and women in an attempt to make money. The film is based on the 1965 novel of the same name.
Part of a wealthy industrialist family, Konstantin is an SA officer who is part of homosexual orgy in Wiesee.Ducks behave pretty badly, it seems.
