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Taking a look at the world of film through gay eyes - news, reviews, trailers, gay film, queer cinema and more

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Shirley Maclaine Talks Director’s ‘Trepidations’ About Lesbian Themes In 1961’s The Children’s Hour

March 31, 2015 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

childrens-hour-slideHollywood has a long history of removing the gay themes from movie adaptations of books and films, particularly in the past. The Children’s Hour is a good case in point, as when Lillian Hellman’s play became the film These Three in 1936 any hint at lesbianism was removed, and while it was almost there in the 1961 version with Shirley Maclaine an Audrey Hepburn, it was very much hidden under the surface.

Now Maclaine has been talking about the issues the film faced at the TCM Classic Movie Festival. Gay Star News reports that she comment that director William Wyler, “Had trepidations about the subject matter – it was 1961 and nobody had done that.”

Indeed she suggests he cut out any scene that hinted at intimacy between the women, saying “Scenes of brushing each others hair or ironing clothes – he cut some of them out and in doing so I think pared the picture down a little bit.”

The movie is about two female teachers at an exclusive school, whose lives are shattered when a rumour starts to spread about them, started by one of the children. While the 1961 movie does suggest that the rumour is they are lovers, it never properly says that, and also makes clear that nothing has happened (although Maclaine does her best to hint her character would like there to be something going on). In These Three things don’t even get that far, with the suggestion being that one has slept with the other’s fiance, while in Hellman’s original play it’s strongly suggested that the two women did indeed have a relationship.

However Maclaine says that it would have been very difficult to do anything else in 1961, as “That kind of same-(sex) love was not tolerated” .

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ACTORS: Shirley Maclaine, Audre Hepburn  DIRECTORS: William Wyler  

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (Cinema)

December 23, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Ben Stiller, Adam Scott, Shirley Maclaine, Sean Penn, Kristen Wiig
Director: Ben Stiller
Running Time: 114 mins
Certificate: PG
Release Date: December 26th 2013

There’s one thing to be said of Ben Stiller’s reimagining of famous daydreamer Mitty – he certainly captures the mood of the times. Mitty works at Life magazine, which is going digital, and most of the staff are being laid off. The ‘digital takeover’ is being handled by Ted (a gloriously oily Adam Scott) and there are many scenes of upset worker carrying brown boxes containing their meagre possessions out of the building, security guard in tow. [Read more…]

Bernie (Cinema)

April 25, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Jack Black, Matthew McConaughey, Shirley Maclaine, Brady Coleman, Richard Robichaux
Director: Richard Linklater
Running Time: 104 mins
Certificate: 12A
Release Date: April 26th 2013

It’s taken quite a while to get Bernie to the UK. It’s almost a year since its US debut and a few months after it flirted the edges of the awards ceremonies, such as Jack Black being nominated for a Golden Globe. Now it’s here though, but has it been worth the wait?

The film is based on the true story of Bernie Tiede (Black), a quiet, God-fearing, possible gay mortician in a small Texas town. Popular with the locals due to his unfailing kindness, he manages to strike up a friendship with aging rich widow Marjorie Nugent, a woman most people think is mean and thoroughly unpleasant. [Read more…]

Bernie Trailer – Jack Black tries a darker brand of humour

March 1, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment


Jack Black and director Richard Linklater scored a big hit School Of Rock, and now they’re getting back together for Bernie, which will see Black trying a darker brand of comedy than we’ve had from him before. He plays a small-town Texas mortician who strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow (Shirley Maclaine). However when he kills her, he goes to great lengths to create the illusion that she’s still alive. Matthew McConaughey co-stars, back with Linklater for the first time since Dazed & Confused. There’s no UK release date set as yet, but it’s out in the US April 27th.

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ACTORS: Jack Black, Matthew McConaughey, Shirley Maclaine  DIRECTORS: Richard Linklater  FILMS: Bernie  

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