Jaye Kaye's
Transgender Movie Guide Pre-1960 (C) 2008 Jaye Kaye
A-Z index of movies with transvestite / cross-dressing / drag / transgender / transsexual content
including some shorts and made for tv movies, but generally not videos made for the adult market.
In some cases these themes are important, in others they are incidental.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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A (Pre-1960)
Abbot & Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952) Tg content unknown. AMG
Abbott and Costello Meet The Killer, Boris Karloff
(1949,US) Lou Costello does a bit of drag here. AMG
Abroad with Two Yanks (1944,US) Comedy. Two sailors adopt female disguise and become chorus girls to evade MPs. AMG
Across the Pacific (1914,US) ? AMG
Adam est... Ève (1954,US) Another sex-change story. Michèle Carvel plays Charles/Charlotte Beaumont.
Adam's Rib (1949,US) Jury are asked at one point to imagine that the women in the case are really men. Really? AMG
Adventures of Hajji Baba, The (1954,US) Princess makes an escape disguised as a boy. AMG
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The (1939,US) b/w One of several versions. Mickey Rooney briefly cross-dresses. AMG
Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, The (1949,US) Animation. Toad makes an escape by adopting female disguise. AMG

Adventuress, An
(1920,US) aka Over the Rhine. b/w. Two men adopt female disguise, featuring Julian Eltinge & Fred Covert. AFI AMG
Against the Rules (1931,US) Comedy short. Unknown tg content, featuring Franklin Pangborn.

Alas! Poor Yorick!
(1913,US) Thought to be Arbuckle's first screen appearance dressed as a woman. SEC 
Algie the Miner (1912,US) Algie has to prove he is a man in order to marry. Does this count? PO
Alias Mary Brown (1918,US) Man adopts convincing female disguise to get revenge on crooked financiers. AFI AMG

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944,US) Fantasy adventure. Is there some female disguise somewhere here? AMG
Ali Baba Goes To Town
(1937,US) Eddy Cantor comedy. Eddy has to disguise himself as a harem girl somewhere here. AMG
All American Co-ed (1941,US) b/w Comedy in which boy (Johnny Downs) infiltrates girls school in drag and enters beauty contest. AMG
All-Star Production of Patriotic Episodes for the Second Liberty Loan (1917,US) b/w Features female impersonator, Julian Eltinge.
Almost a Lady (1926,US) Comedy-drama that features some mistaken identity and impersonations. AMG
Along Came Auntie (1926,US) Man pretends to be Oliver Hardy's wife, somewhere here. AMG
Along the Rio Grande (1941,US) Musical western. Is there some female disguise somewhere here? AMG

Always Leave Them Laughing
(1949,US) Features Milton Berle dressed as Carmen Miranda. AMG
Amar Jyoti (1936,India) An oppressed woman becomes a pirate and declares war on the state. AMG
Amazing Mr. Williams, The (1939,US) Williams has to disguise himself as a woman at one point, complete with moustache. AMG
Amazons, The (1917,US) Three women enter an all-male club dressed in men's clothes. AMG
American Aunt, An (1920, Egypt) Another version of Charley's Aunt, unconfirmed. Is this right? merip
Amor am Steuer (1921,Germany) Comedy. Ossie Oswalda as a chauffeur here.
Anders als die Anderen
(1919,Germany) aka Different from the Others. Early depiction of homosexual relationship. Tg content unknown.
Anders Als Du und ich (1957,Germany) aka Bewildered Youth. aka The Third sex. Marcel André is a Travestiekünstler in a club. AMG
Anessa Hanafi, El (1954, Egypt) aka Miss Hanafi. Hanafi becomes a woman after an emergency operation in hosptital. merip
Anne of the Indies (1951) About a female pirate captain, is that the only tg content, or is there more here? AMG
Annie Oakley
(1935,US) Re-enactment of Indian attack on wagons has men dressed as pioneer women, brief. AMG

Another Fine Mess (Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy)
Another Fine Mess (1930,US) b/w Laurel and Hardy comedy short. Stan has to pose as both butler and maid. AMG
Ansiktet (Ingrid Thulin)
Ansiktet (1958,Sweden) aka The Magician. Ingmar Bergman film, Ingrid Thulin is disguised as a young man in much of this. AMG
April Fool (1926,US) Comedy. A sex-change element here, apparently. AMG
Arabian Nights (1942,US) Is there some female disguise somewhere here? AMG

Are You There?
(1930,US) aka Exit Laughing. Comedy Musical. Beatrice Lillie, as a detective, adopts various disguises. AMG
Argentine Nights (1940,US) Comedy. Ritz Brothers replace Andrew Sisters for one number. AMG
Arizona to Broadway (1933,US) Later remade as Jitterbugs. Female disguise somewhere here? AMG

Around the World in Eighty Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks (1931,US) I have no idea what is in this!
Arsenal Stadium Mystery, The
(1939,UK) Some policeman wear tutus over their clothes to rehearse for show as ballerinas, brief. AMG
Artie, the Millionaire Kid (1916,US) Arties friend adopts the disguise of a rich widow. AFI AMG

As You Like It
(1936,US) As in other versions of the Shakespeare comedy, Rosalind poses as a shepherd boy in one scene. AMG
As You Were! (1951,US) Is there some female disguise somewhere here? I don't know. AMG

Atalante, L'
(1934,France) aka Le Chaland qui passe. Juliette makes a skirt, and gets Jean to try it on, brief, hardly worth the mention. AMG
At Swords Point (1952,US) About the sons of The Three Musketeers, one son is actually Claire (Maureen O'Hara), in male drag. AMG
At War with the Army (1950,US) Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin comedy. Jerry has to dress as showgirl to sneak off base. AMG
Aunt Bill (1916,US) aka Aunt Billy. Several comic impostors in drag here. AMG
Auntie Mame (1958,US) Not TG. Mame isn't really a drag queen but... well, some people see a connection. llgff AMG
Aus eine Mannes Mädchenzeit
(1912,Germany) Wilhelm Bendow appears in drag as a maid.
B (Pre-1960)
Babes in Toyland (1934,US) aka March of the Wooden Soldiers. Stan dresses as Bo Peep and becomes a substitute bride. AMG
Babes On Broadway (1942,US) Musical. Mickey Rooney does a Carmen Miranda, and Judy Garland does a boy impression. AMG
Back at the Front (1952,US) aka  Willie and Joe Back at the Front. Comedy. Tg content unknown. Is it some female disguise?
AMG
Back Stage (1919,US) b/w Buster Keaton does a harem dance backstage in drag. Then Fatty Arbuckle dances with him. AMG
Backwoods Bunny (1959,US) Animated short. Bugs Bunny appears as a woman to avoid getting shot. bcdb AMG
Badlands of Dakota (1941,US) The butch Calamity Jane is played by Frances Farmer. AMG
Bathing Beauty (Red Skelton)
Bathing Beauty (1944,US) Musical comedy. Red Skelton has to enrol in a girls school to get near his wife. AMG
Beauty Shoppers, The (1927,US) Leo White is credited as Mme. Helene, according to the All Movie Guide. AMG
Bedevilled Rabbit (1957,US) Animated short. Bugs Bunny appears as a Tasmanian She-Devil to attract Taz. bcdb AMG
Beggars of Life (1928,US) Early part-sound film, featuring Louise Brooks hiding out in male disguise. AMG
Behind the Screen (1916,US) b/w Chaplin is caught kissing another man, who is really a woman in disguise. AMG
Bella Donna (1923,US) Romantic drama featuring Pola Negri. Tg content unknown. AMG
Belle of Old Mexico (1950,US) Musical comedy. Tg content unknown. AMG

Belle Russe, La
(1919,US) Theda Bara movie. A young Marian Stewart plays Phillip Sackton Jr. AMG
Belles of St. Trinian's (Alastair Sim)
Belles of St. Trinian's (1954,UK) b/w Dual role including headmistress for Alastair Sim. AMG
Belles on Their Toes (1952,US) Short drag moment to put off a suitor. AMG
Bell for Adamo, A (1945,US) Unknown tg content, featuring Eduardo Cianelli. AMG

Beloved Vagabond, The
(1923,UK) Brief bit part for Jessie Matthews as Pan. AMG
Best of Enemies (1933,US) Features a chorus line of men in drag. AMG
Be your Age (1926,US) Charley Chase adopts some comic drag at one point. AMG
Beverly of Graustark (1926,US) A young woman (Marion Davies) impersonates her male cousin while he is injured. AMG
Big Snooze, The (1946,US) Animated short. Bugs Bunny dresses Elmer in drag after giving him a curvy new female body. bcdb AMG
Billboard Girl (1932,US) Musical comedy short. Bing Crosby falls for a billboard girl, but it's really her brother in drag he's trying to woo.
Billionaire Lord, The (1915,US) b/w An investigator enlists the help of a female impersonator somewhere here. AFI
Bint el-bacha el-moudir (1938,Egypt) aka Daughter of the Pasha in Charge. Young woman is forced to disguise herself as her brother. merip

Bit of Jade, A
(1918) b/w Comedy featuring some gender disguise somewhere. AMG
Black Sheep of Whitehall, The (1942,UK) Will Hay disguises himself as a nurse to rescue someone from a spy run nursing home. AMG
Blåjackor (1945,Sweden) aka Sailors. Some cross-dressing features in this comedy romance. AMG
Blind Date (1954,US) Animated short. Heckle forcibly feminises Jeckle so as to pose as a millionaire's lost girlfriend. bcdb
Blonde Venus (Marlene Dietrich)
Blonde Venus (1932,US) b/w Early Marlene Dietrich movie, including a song in white tuxedo and top hat. AMG
Blondie Goes Latin (1941,US) aka Conga Swing. Arthur Lake, in drag, joins all girl orchestra on a cruise to keep an eye on Blondie. AMG
Blondie Hits the Jackpot (1942,US) Arthur Lake dons drag briefly in another "Blondie" film.
AMG
Blood and Sand (1922,US) ? AMG
Blood Money (1933,US) Sandra Shaw character confronts a bail bondsman in a bar scene, in male attire, with cigar and monocle. AMG
Bluebeard
(1902,UK) b/w Based on scene from Drury Lane production, with Dan Leno playing Dame as 'Sister Anne'.
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (Lionel Jeffries)
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957,UK) b/w A criminal has to hide disguised as a woman, plus Alastair Sim plays the headmistress. AMG
Blue Skies (1946,US) A bit of drag somewhere here from ex vaudeville performer Billy de Wolfe. AMG
Blunder Boys (1955,US) aka Cuckoo Cops. Short. Kenneth MacDonald, a Stooges regular, plays a crook disguised as a woman. AMG
Boobs in the Woods (1950,US) Animated short. Daffy Duck does a Pochahontas style appearance. bcdb AMG
Bonnie Prince Charlie (1923,UK) He is disguised as servant girl to Flora MacDonald at one stage, if this follows the legend, I guess. AMG
Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948,UK) He (David Niven) disguise's himself as a woman at one stage, using a large hooded cloak. AMG
Boots Malone (1952,US) A transsexual element here, apparently? AMG
Border Feud (1947,US) Classic western. Tg content unknown, probably some female disguise, somewhere. AMG
Bound in Morocco (1918,US) Boy (Douglas Fairbanks) dressed as a female, rescues girl from harem. AFI AMG
Bowery Bugs
(1949,US) Animated short. Bugs Bunny in multiple disguises, one of which is a heckling woman. bcdb AMG
Boy of Flanders, A (1924,US) Jackie Coogan dresses as a girl to see his girlfriend at her party. AMG
Boy! What a Girl (1947,US) b/w Musical featuring female impersonator Tim Moore. AMG
Brand of the Devil (1944,US) Western. A cattle rustler uses rough disguise so from a distance he looks like the woman rancher, brief. AMG

Bridge of Sighs, The
(1915,US) b/w Drama featuring woman disguising herself as a man for criminal intent. AMG
Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957,UK) Brief PoW drag performance at one point. AMG
Bright Lights (1930,US) Dorothy MacKaill performs a song dressed as a man. AMG
Bringing Up Baby (1938,US) Cary Grant wears Katharine Hepburn's negligee at one point, barely worth mentioning. AMG
Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935,US) ? AMG
Broadway Through a Keyhole (1933,US) Constance Cummings and Blossom Seeley both adopt male attire here. AMG
Bubbles (1920,US) b/w Comedy featuring a tomboy in mannish dress, until the right man comes along. AMG
Buck Privates Come Home (1947,US) aka Rookies Come Home. Abbott & Costello hide an orphan girl by dressing her as a boy. AMG
Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
(1952,US) Female disguise, unconfirmed may feature here. AMG

Bugs Bonnets
(1956,US) Animated short. Lots of character roles for Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd by changing head gear. bcdb
Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid (1942,US) Animated short. Bugs Bunny dances with Beaky Buzzard, and coyly flirts mid-shower. bcdb AMG
Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips (1944,US) Animated short. Bugs Bunny appears at one point as a geisha who mallets a Sumo wrestler. bcdb
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1938,US) Villian eludes his pursuers by disguising himself as a woman at one point. AMG

Bull Fighter, The (1927,US) Tg content unknown. AMG
Bumping into Broadway
(1919,US) b/w Guy Leonard plays part of female landlady, quite why we don't know. AMG
Busted Hearts (1916,US) Not the Charles Chaplin picture of the same name, Oliver Hardy is featured as Peggy Plump. AMG
Busy Day, A (1914,US) aka Busy as Can Be aka Lady Charlie aka Lady Suffragette. b/w Charlie Chaplin plays a female role as a wife. AMG
The Butcher Boy (Fatty Arbuckle)
Butcher Boy, The (1917,US) Fatty Arbuckle and Al St. John drag up to enter an all-girl school. (Also Buster Keaton's first film.) AMG
C (Pre-1960)
Calamity Jane (Doris Day)
Calamity Jane (1953,US) Calamity Jane dresses butch, also a song in drag from Dick Wesson. AMG
Call Her Savage (1932,US) Clara Bow movie, featuring two men doing a camp sort of part drag performance in a club. AMG
Captain Is a Lady, The (1940,US) Charles Coburn dresses as an old woman to accompany his wife to an old ladies' home. AMG
Cardboard Cavalier (1949,UK) Sid Field dons female disguise at one point in this comedy, set in the 17th century. AMG
Cardboard Lover, The (1928,US) Marion Davies dons some disguises here, including a bellhop. AMG
Casanova's Big Night (Joan Fontaine, Bob Hope)
Casanova's Big Night (1954,US) Period comedy. Bob Hope does a role switch with Joan Fontaine, briefly. AMG
Casey Bats Again (1954,US) Animation short. Casey disguises himself as one of his own daughters to make the last home run. AMG
Carry On Nurse (1959,UK) b/w Comedy. Brief scene of patient dressing as female nurse. AMG
Caught (1931,US) Louise Dresser is the mannish Calamity Jane. AMG
Chance of a Lifetime, The (1943,US) b/w ? AMG
Charles' tante (1959,Denmark) aka Charles' Aunt. Another version of the classic play by Brandon Thomas.
Charley's Aunt (1915,US) b/w. This version features Oliver Hardy. AMG
Charley's Aunt (1925,US) b/w Early screen adaption of this classic play by Brandon Thomas. Syd Chaplin appears in comic drag. AFI AMG
Charley's Aunt (1930,US) First sound version of the play where Charley (Charles Ruggles) has to impersonate his own aunt. AMG
Charley's Aunt (1941,US) aka Charley's American Aunt. Comedy in which Jack Benny becomes Charley's aunt. AMG
Charley's Big-Hearted Aunt (1939,UK) Arthur Askey's re-working of Charley's Aunt. AMG
Charleys tant (1926,Sweden) Early version of .... well can you guess what?
Charleys Tante (1934,Germany) aka Charley's Aunt. Early German version of Charley's Aunt, the play by Brandon Thomas.
Charleys Tante (Heinz Rühmann)
Charleys Tante (1956,Germany) One of several versions of Charley's Aunt. Re-made in 1963. AMG
Charlie Chaplin's Keystone Comedies 1 (1914,US) b/w Some cross-dressing.
AMG
Chaser, The
(1928,US) b/w Harry Langdon as errant husband, forced to wear long skirt and do domestic tasks as punishment. AMG
Chasing the Chaser (1925,US) Private detective (Harry Depp) in disguise as a maid to trap a philandering husband.
Chatterbox (1943,US) Joe E. Brown shows up as his own mother somewhere here, also Gus Schilling impersonates her too. AMG

Cheerful Givers
(1917,US) b/w Judy (Bessie Love) disguises herself as a boy in this comedy drama. AMG
Cheer Leader, The (1928,US) At a fraternity dance, a young man dresses like a girl. AFI AMG

Cheyenne Kid (1940,US) Western. The hero (Jack Randall) dresses as a woman in to escape jail. AMG
Chickens Come Home
(1931,US) Laurel and Hardy each attempt female disguise under an unconscious woman here, honest! AMG
Chimp, The (1932,US) Laurel & Hardy short. Oliver Hardy briefly wears ballet tutu of Ethyl the chimp, played by Charles Gemora. AMG
China Jones (1959,US) Daffy Duck animation short. Louie disguises himself as a grieving widow. AMG
China Seas (1935,US) Tg content unknown. AMG
Chu Hai Tang
(1943,Japan) ?
Chump at Oxford, A (1940,US) b/w Features scene of Laurel and Hardy in service as maid and butler. AMG
Circus Boy (1947,UK) Male circus performer stands in for a female one here, somewhere. Unconfirmed. AMG
Circus Capers (1927,US) Tg content unknown. 

Circus Clown, The
(1934,US) Features female impersonator bareback rider (Donald Dillaway). AMG
Circus Days (1923,US) B/W Comedy. Jackie Coogan's character  has to double for a girl bareback rider. AMG 
Clancy Street Boys
(1943,US) Huntz Hall of the Dead End Kids masquerades as a girl in a boutique. AMG
Clearing the Range (1931,US) Tg content, maybe sone female disguise, is known to me as yet. AMG

Cleopatra
(1917,US) Theda Bara epic. Now lost. Tg content unknown. AMG
Clever Mrs. Carfax, The (1917,US) aka All He Knew About Women. b/w Female impersonator, Julian Eltinge in lead role. AFI AMG
Cloak and Dagger (1946,US) Features Lilli Palmer as an Italian partisan in disguise as a man at one point. AMG
Cockeyed Cavaliers (1934,US) Comedy musical. Young woman disguises herself as a boy somewhere here to escape a marriage. AMG
C.O.D. (1914,US) Three men make a brief escape, dressed in feminine robes and nightcaps, at one point. AFI AMG
College Kiddo, The (1927,US) Comedy short. Unknown tg content, featuring Barney Hellum.
Come on Marines (1934,US) Unknown tg content, featuring Julian Madison, Roscoe Karns, Fuzzy Knight. AMG
Coney Island (Fatty Arbuckle)
Coney Island (1917,US) aka Fatty at Coney Island, aka Coney Island Princess. b/w Fatty Arbuckle dons drag. AMG
Conga Nights, La (1940) Comedy. Hugh Herbert plays six roles, five of them are female. AMG
Corny Concerto, A (1943,US) Animated short. Bugs Bunny plays a ballerina in a tutu, brief. bcdb AMG
Countess Charming, The (1917,US) b/w Stars female impersonator, Julian Eltinge in a dual role. AFI AMG
Countess Sweedie (1914,US) One of several comedies featuring Wallace Beery as Sweedie, the Swedish maid.
Country Hero, A (1917,US) Buster Keaton plays a vaudeville artist performing as Fatima, charming a stocking from a cigar box. AMG
Cousin Lucy (1914,US) b/w Stars Female impersonator, Julian Eltinge.
The Crimson Pirate
Crimson Pirate, The (1952,US) Burt Lancaster and Nick Cravat dress as women to get into a city undetected. AMG
Crinoline Girl (Julian Eltinge)
Crinoline Girl (1914,US) b/w Stars female impersonator, Julian Eltinge.
Crystal Cup, The (1927,US) Dorothy MacKaill plays a confirmed man-hater, purposely mannish in character and dress. AMG
Curly Top (1935,US) Shirley Temple does an impersonation of an old man. AMG
Czy Lucyna to dziewczyna? (1934,Poland) Comedy. Young woman disguises herself as her own brother. filmweb
D (Pre-1960)
Daffy Duckeroo, The (1942,US) Animated short. Daffy Duck dresses as Princess Gitchigoomie. bcdb AMG
Daffy Duck Hunt (1949,US) Animated short. Daffy Duck does a can-can number. bcdb AMG
Daffy’s Inn Trouble (1961,US) Animated short. Daffy Duck does the can-can and appears as a woman. AMG
Dancing Masters, The (1943,US) b/w Laurel and Hardy in drag, running a ballet school. AMG
Danger Girl, The (1916,US) aka Love on Skates. b/w Comedy short. Features Gloria Swanson getting into male drag. AMG
Danger, Go Slow (1918,US) Mae Murray masquerades as a young male safe-cracker. AMG
Dangerous Game, A (1941,US) Tg content, if any, is unknown to me. AMG

Dangerous Money (1946,US) aka Charlie Chan in Dangerous Money. Tg content might be female disguise, but is unconfirmed here. AMG
Danryu (1957,Japan) Female impersonator entertainer Akihiro Miwa is listed in the cast as a singer.
Daredevil, The
(1918,US) b/w Drama based on a novel, featuring some gender disguise.
Daring Young Man, The (1942,US) Joe E. Brown plays an old woman here. AMG
Dark Hour, The (1936,US) Murder mystery with the suspects in the house being stalked by a killer in drag, maybe? AMG
Dates and Nuts (1937,US) Short. Pat (Pat Rooney Jr.) has to pose as Herman's girlfriend.
Daughter of Shanghai
(1937,US) aka Daughter of the Orient. A woman makes an escape disguised as a man somewhere here. AMG
Daughter of the Don, The (1918,US) b/w Historical drama featuring gender disguise somewhere. AMG
Daughter of the Gods (1916,US) Part of Little Prince Omar played by Jane Lee. AMG
David Copperfield (1911,US) In the cast, Flora Foster is listed as David as a boy.
Day at School, A (1916,US) To stay close to a girl, Oliver Hardy disguises himself as one of the girl students. AMG
Detectives (1928,US) George K. Arthur dresses as a maid at one point and gets unwelcome attention. AMG
Devil Doll, The (1936,US) Lionel Barrymore's criminal character masquerades as an old proprietress of a toy shop. AMG
Devil Is a Sissy, The (1936,US) Tg content unknown, as yet. AMG

Die - oder keine (1932,Germany) aka This One or None. Max Hansen’s performs as a female singer somewhere here. AMG
Diplomatic Courier
(1952,US) Cold war spy drama with Arthur Blake as Mrs./Max Ralli. AMG
Dixiana (1930,US) Comedy musical. Some cross dressing for Bebe Daniels, plus Bert Wheeler in drag for Mardi Gras carnival. AMG
Dog's Life, A (1918,US) Chaplin comedy featuring Henry Bergman in two roles, one as a Dance Hall Lady. AMG
Doing His Bit (1917,US) b/w Cross dressing comedy.
Doña Juana (1927,Germany) Elisabeth Bergner appears here in male attire.
Don't Tell Everything
(1927,US) b/w Newly remarried husband hides his son as a maid. AMG
Double Trouble (1941,US) Two English orphan girls turn out to be boys, who later are disguised as women to retrieve a diamond. AMG

Doughboys
(1930,US) Set in WWI. Buster Keaton becomes a soldier and appears in drag in a camp show at one point. AMG
Down to the Sea in Ships (1923,US) Clara Bow plays a young girl who disguises herself as a boy to stowaway on a ship. AMG
Drei Tage Mittelarrest (1930,Germany) aka Three Days In Jail. Soldier (Fritz Schulz) plays a soldier's bride on stage somewhere here. AMG
Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler
(1922,Germany) Fritz Lang thriller. Features German cabaret with Lil Dagover performing in male attire. AMG
Duck Soup (1927,US) b/w Early Laurel and Hardy silent comedy short. Stan has to pose as a maid. AMG
Duck Soup (1933,US) b/w Marx Brothers movie, featuring some comic drag. AMG
Duel d'Hamlet, Le (1900,France) aka Hamlet. Sarah Bernhardt plays Hamlet.
Dybbuck, The
(1937,Poland) Based on a Yiddish play. Boy's soul is transferred to a girl in a wedding ceremony.
AMG
E (Pre-1960)
Early Russian Cinema, Vol. 5: Chardynin's Pushkin. In The House in Kolomna (1913,Russia), man plays a comic cook in drag. BEM AMG
Easter Parade (Judy Garland, Fred Astaire)
Easter Parade (1948,US) Judy Garland, as a tramp, with Fred Astaire do the song "A Couple of Swells". AMG
Easter Yeggs (1947,US) Animated short. At one point Elmer Fudd hugs Bugs Bunny, who replies in a feminine voice. bcdb AMG
Easy Pickings (1926,US) Anna Q. Nilsson dresses in male attire here, somewhere? AMG
Elmer’s Pet Rabbit (1941,US) Animated short. Bugs dances with Fudd and speaks like Katherine Hepburn. bcdb AMG
Elusive Pimpernel, The (1919,UK) Early b/w silent version of the famous story.
Elusive Pimpernel, The (1950,UK) Sir Percy Blakeney (David Niven) is a master of disguise.... well he can do an old hag. AMG
Engel auf Erden, Ein
(1959,Germany/France) aka Mademoiselle Ange aka Angel on Earth. Angel disguise, or something here. AMG
Entr'acte (1924, France) Short experimental film in Dada fashion, features transformation of ballerina into a bearded man. aew
Es wär so schön gewesen (1910,Germany) Woman dressed as a man?
Europa di notte
(1959,Italy) aka Europe by Night aka European Nights (1963). Doc. featuring nightclub acts, including Coccinelle. AMG

Everything But the Truth (1956,US) Tg content unknown, maybe some female disguise somewhere. AMG
Eve's Leaves
(1926,US) Leatrice Joy is the tomboy. AMG
Eve's Love Letters (1927,US) Stan Laurel is forced into drag here. AMG
Exit Smiling (1926,US) Beatrice Lillie movie. She does some male drag here. AMG
F (Pre-1960)
Famous Male Impersonator, A (1928,US) Musical short starring vaudeville player Kitty Doner. mvaude
Fanfaren der Liebe (Dieter Borsche, GeorgThomalla)
Fanfare d'amour (1935,France) aka Fanfare of Love. Remade as Fanfaren der Liebe and Some Like it Hot. AMG
Fanfaren der Ehe (1953,Germany) Sequel to Fanferen der Liebe. The two men now have to pose as their own wives. AMG
Fanfaren der Liebe (1951,Germany) Comedy. Two musicians pretend to be women to get work. The inspiration for Some Like It Hot. AMG
The Fascinating Widow (Julian Eltinge)
Fascinating Widow, The (1925) b/w Stars female impersonator, Julian Eltinge in dual role.
Fast and Furry-ous (1949,US) Animated short. Wile E. Coyote appears as a schoolgirl here. bcdb AMG
Femme en homme, La (1931,France) aka The Woman Dressed As a Man. Old nobleman takes charge of his grandson, a girl! AMG
Fibbing Fibbers (1936,US) Comedy short. Unknown tg content, featuring Walter Catlett.
Fickleness of Sweedie, The
(1914,US) One of several comedies featuring Wallace Beery as Sweedie, the Swedish maid.
Fifteen Wives (1934,US) aka 15 Wives. Tg content unknown. It maybe some female disguise somewhere. AMG

Fight for Your Lady (1937,US) A man pretends to be someone's mother as a diversion tactic, somewhere here. AMG
Finders Keepers
(1928,US) Colonel's daughter switches clothes with Army private so she can see her boyfriend. AMG
First a Girl (1935,UK) Jesse Matthews' character impersonates a female impersonator. AMG
First Night, The (1927,US) Jack (Frederick Ko Vert) poses as another man's ex-lover, Mimi. AFI AMG
Fit for a King (1937,US) Comedy. Joe E. Brown has to disguise himself as a maid. AMG
Florida Enchantment, A
(1914,US) b/w Comedy. Magic seeds cause sex reversals. FLO AMG
Fluttering Hearts (1927,US) Comedy short. Female impersonation by a millionaire to get into a couples only dance hall. AMG
Follies Girl (1943,US) Tg content unknown. AMG
Follow Thru (1930,US) Musical comedy. Features two men leaving a woman's changing room dressed as women. AMG

Foolish Wives
(1922,Germany) Decadent drag content at one point. Oh well. AMG
For Me and My Gal (1942,US) Busby Berkeley musical. Very brief can-can drag scene on stage. AMG
Forty Guns (1957,US) Butch 'cowgirl' Barbara Stanwyck features here. llgff AMG

Fram för Lilla Märta
(1945,Sweden) aka Go On, Little Martha. Made some 14 years before "Some Like It Hot". AMG
Francis Joins the Wacs (1954,US) An ex-soldier is re-called to a WAC base, due to an error. AMG
Freaks (1932,US) Amazing movie includes an hermaphrodite, a transvestite pinhead, and a bearded lady, plenty more unique people. AMG

Frigid Hare
(1949,US) Animated short. Bugs Bunny plays an Eskimo woman who woos an Eskimo hunter. bcdb AMG
Fugitive in the Sky (1936,US) A fugitive adopts female disguise somewhere here. AMG
Fürst von Pappenheim, Der (1927,Germany)  aka The Masked Mannequin. Features drag act (Curt Bois and Mona Maris).
G (Pre-1960)
Geisha Girl (1952,US) Kabuki episode somewhere here. AMG
Genius at Work
(1945,US) Wally Brown and Alan Carney appear in drag here. AMG
Georges et Georgette (1934,Germany) ?? AMG
George White's Scandals (1945,US) Jack Haley appears in full drag with Joan Davis for musical number. AMG
Get 'Em Young (1926,US) Laurel and Hardy short. Female impersonator here, plus Stan forced into a dress for a marriage ceremony. AMG
Get That Girl (1932,US) Tg content unknown, as yet. AMG

Ghost Buster
(1952,US) Comedy short. Man disguises himself as a nurse, here. Is this a female nurse? I don't know.
Ghost Comes Home, The (1940,US) Tg content unknown. AMG

Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943,US) Tg content, if any, unknown. AMG
Girl Alaska, The
(1919) b/w Drama featuring some male-impersonators. AMG
Girl in the Limousine (1924,US) A man in drag is used by the thieves to lure potential victims into their car to be robbed. afg AMG
Girl on the Spot (1946,US) Musical crime drama. Tg content unknown. AMG
Girl Rush (1944,US) Musical comedy western. An outlaw (Robert Mitchum) at one point disguises himself as a mail-order bride! AMG
Girls Can Play
(1937,US) Tg content unknown. claudia79 AMG

Girls Please!
(1934,UK) Teacher tries to break up students' relationship by pretending to be the school's headmistress. AMG
Girls Will Be Boys (1934,UK) Dolly Haas, who had done drag roles in her native Germany, poses as the grandson of a misogynist. AMG
Girl Trouble (1933) Western short. Bud Adams (Jack Perrin) dons drag somewhere here. AMG
Girl Who Won Out, The (1917,US) b/w Drama featuring girl dressing as a boy somewhere. AMG
Glade skomakaren, Den (1955,Sweden) Comedy featuring cross-dressing. AMG
Glen or Glenda (Ed Wood Jr)
Glen or Glenda (1952,US) Sincere but clumsy look at transvestism by director Ed Wood, Jr. BL AMG
Gobs and Gals (1952,US) aka Cruising Casanovas. Tg content unknown, probably some female disguise, somewhere. AMG
Go Chase Yourself (1948,US) Comedy short. Unknown tg content, featuring Andy Clyde. AMG
Golden Eggs,The
(1941,US) Animation. Donald Duck disguises himself as a female chicken, here, in order to trick a rooster.
AMG
Golf Champion 'Chick Evans' Links with Sweedie (1914,US) Another comedy featuring Wallace Beery as Sweedie, the Swedish maid.
Going! Going! Gosh! (1952,US) Animated short. Wile E. Coyote in drag here, with Road Runner, as a blonde hitch-hiker. bcdb AMG
Gold Mine in the Sky (1938) Gene Autry western. Fake kidnap? AMG
Good Night Nurse (1918,US) b/w Buster Keaton is credited as Woman with umbrella, and Arbuckle is in drag as a nurse, somewhere. AMG
Goodnight Sweetheart (1944,US) Tg content unknown. AMG

Go West
(1925,US) Buster Keaton classic with Fatty Arbuckle in a cameo role as a lady in a clothing store. AMG
Gown Shop, The (1923,US) Frank Hayes is listed in the cast as Wife in audience. AMG
Graft (1915,US) 20 episodes. Cecil Spooner, a female actor, is credited as Mr. Spooner here. AMG
Grande Illusion, La (1937,France) Jean Renoir classic, WWI setting. Short drag scenes like a young soldier being a chorus girl. AMG
Greatest Show on Earth (1952,US) A crossdressed horse rider plus clowns in drag feature somewhere here. AMG
Great Vacuum Robbery, The (1915,US) A detective (Slim Summerville) adopts female drag to catch the crooks. AMG
Greenwich Village
(1944,US) Tg content unknown. AMG
Grocery Clerk, The
(1920,US) b/w Frank Hayes plays female character. AMG
Große Liebe, Die (1942,Germany) (aka The Big Love) SS bodyguards dressed as chorus girls in song-and-dance number! qco pal AMG
Guadalcanal Interlude
(1944,US) Short. Soldiers entertained by Army drag troupe. PO
Gunman's Code (1946,US) Western. Tg content unknown. Is there some female disguise here? AMG

Guns and Guitars
(1936) Gene Autry western. ? AMG
Gym Jam (1950,US) Popeye animation. To get to Olive, Bluto dresses in drag, and follows her into a gym on ladies' day. mtc