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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 (1930,US) b/w Laurel and Hardy comedy short. Stan has to pose as both butler and maid. AMG  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 (1944,US) Musical comedy. Red Skelton has to enrol in a girls school to get near his wife. AMG Beauty and The Bandit (1946,US) Leading lady (Ramsey Ames) is disgusied as a young man for the first 20 minutes. 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 (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 (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 (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 Boys Will Be Girls (UK,1936) Actual tg content unknown to me. I'm guessing there may be tg content from the title only. 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  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 (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 (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 (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 (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.  Crimson Pirate, The (1952,US) Burt Lancaster and Nick Cravat dress as women to get into a city undetected. AMG  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 Demobbed (UK,1946) Features Norman Evans doing some of his music hall routines, including comic drag as Fanny Lawton. 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) Gangster in the back of a car is disguised as an old lady, brief. youtube 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. Don Quijote de la Mancha (1947,Spain) Barber a disguised as a female to trap Don Quixote in one scene. AMG 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 |
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(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 (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  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  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. Fiddlers Three (1944,UK) Time warp comedy features some comic drag, including Tommy Trinder as Carman Miranda. AMG 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 45 Minutes From Hollywood (1926,US) Comedy. Escaping crossdressed bank robber swaps his fem clothes with unconscious victim. ytube 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 Front Line Kids (UK,1942) Nobby Clarkson (Lesley Fuller) dons drag and pretents to be a woman somewhere here. 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 (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 |
| H (Pre-1960) Hair-Raising Hare (1946,US) Animated short. Bugs Bunny acts as a very effeminate manicurist. bcdb AMG Hamlet (1920,Germany) Danish actress Asta Nielsen plays Hamlet as a woman masquerading as a man, based on Saxo Grammaticus. AMG Hansel and Gretel (1909) Female actor, Cecil Spooner, plays Hansel here. AMG Hare-abian Nights (1959,US) Animated short. Bugs Bunny recalls to a Sultan his portrayal as an effeminate hairdresser. bcdb AMG Hare Conditioned (1945,US) Animated short. Bugs Bunny acts as a lady customer to charm a floorworker in a large store. bcdb AMG Haredevil Hare (1948,US) Animated short. Bugs Bunny coquéttishly romances K-9. bcdb AMG Hare Do (1949,US) Animated Bugs Bunny short. AMG Harem Girl (1952,US) Co-stars famous female impersonator Arthur Blake. Does this mean the film has tg content? I don't know. AMG Hare Ribbin’ (1944,US) Animated short. Bugs Bunny acts as a blonde mermaid, driving a dog wild. AMG Hare Splitter (1948,US) Animated short. Bugs impersonates his girlfriend Daisy Lou to abuse his rival, Casbah. bcdb AMG Hare Trigger (1945,US) Animated short. Yosemite Sam embarassingly catches Bugs Bunny getting dressed on a train. bcdb AMG Hare Trimmed (1953,US) Animated short. Bugs Bunny acts as Granny, and then as a bride to Yosemite Sam. bcdb AMG Hare-um Scare-um (1939,US) Animated short. "Prototype" Bugs Bunny dresses as a female dog to spoof a hunting dog. bcdb Harold Teen (1928,US) Harold Lake does some drag to get near a girl during 'no date week'. AMG The Haunted Pajamas (1917,US) Whoever wears a pair of silk pyjamas turns into someone else. I had some like that... not! AFI AMG Hearts and Flowers (1919,US) Featuring Phyllis Haver dressing as a man. AMG Hearts and the Highway (1915,US) b/w Historical drama featuring woman disguising herself as a man. AMG Heckling Hare, The (1941,US) Animated short. Bugs Bunny has a coquétteish moment “For me? Oh, you darling!” bcdb AMG Henry V (1944,UK) Brief scenes, at beginning and end only, showing women's parts taken by males in Shakespeare's play. AMG Here Come the Co-Eds (1945,US) Abbott and Costello vehicle. Lou thinks that he is a petite female student at one point. AMG Her Father's Son (1916,US) b/w Historical comedy where a girl has to disguise herself as a boy. AMG Her First Flame (1920,US) b/w Featuring Gale Henry disguised as a man. Her Grace, the Vampire (1917,US) b/w Stars female impersonator, Julian Eltinge. Herr Meets Hare (1945,US) Animated short. Bugs Buuny becomes a Wagnerian heroine dancing with Göering at one point. bcdb AMG He's In Again (1918,US) Waiter, Billy West, has to don a dress and replace a dancer somewhere here. AMG Hey, Pop (1932,US) Roscoe Arbuckle in brief disguise as a women somewhere here. Higher Than a Kite (1943,US) Comedy short. One of the three stooges dresses as a seductive fraulein behind enemy lines. AMG Hillbilly Hare (1950,US) Animated short. Bugs Bunny appears as a young Ozark beauty who impresses the Martin brothers. bcdb AMG Himmel auf Erden, Der (1926,Germany) Comedy. Reinhold Schünzel masquerades as a nightclub patroness somewhere here. Hips, Hips, Hooray! (1934,US) Wheeler and Woolsey musical comedy. Some comic ballet dancing, somewhere here. AMG His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz (1914,US) Small part for Mildred Harris as a boy, who is lost, and doesn't care. Neither do I, really. AMG His Wedding Night (1917,US) Buster Keaton in drag here, in a wedding gown. AMG Histoire d'un Pierrot, L' (1913,Italy) aka Perrot the Prodigal aka La Storia di un pierrot. Francesca Bertini plays a male role. Hit of the Show (1928,US) Gertrude Olmstead does some male impersonation here. AMG Hi'ya Chum (1943,US) Ritz Brothers comedy musical. Tg content unknown. Is it a ballet parady? AMG Hold That Line (1952,US) b/w A Bowery boys comedy, featuring some campus drag for some here. AMG Hollandmädel (1953,Germany) Brief attempt at female disguise to make an escape. de Hollywood Party (1934,US) Featuring Jimmy Durante in drag on the way to the guillotine in Revolutionary France. AMG Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929) Marion Davies does a number in male drag. AMG Home Made (1927,US) Unknown tg content, featuring Johnny Hines. AMG Hoodlum, The (1919,US) b/w Mary Pickford disguises herself as a boy to investigate slum life. AMG Hoofs and Goofs (1957,US) b/w Three Stooges comedy short, some drag. AMG House of Horror (1929,US) aka The Haunted House. Unknown tg content, featuring Chester Conklin. House of Mystery, The (1920,US) A veiled woman appearing in a séance is really a man. AFI House On 92nd Street, The (1945,US) At the end a woman (Signe Hasso) turns out to be "Mr. Christopher", the notorious agent. AMG How a Housekeeper Lost Her Character (1913,UK) b/w Featuring comic female impersonator, Malcolm Scott. How Molly Made Good (1915,US) aka How Molly Malone Made Good. b/w Featuring cameos from celebrities including Julian Eltinge. AMG How to be Very, Very, Popular (1955,US) Female performers have to hide out as men. AMG Huckleberry Finn (1920,US) A silent version of the famous tale. AMG Huckleberry Finn (1931,US) First sound version of the Mark Twain story. AMG Hunterwali (1935,India) aka The Lady with the Whip. About a sort of butch female Robin Hood type character. AMG Humming Bird, The (1924,US) Gloria Swanson plays a pick-pocket who dresses as a boy. AMG Hypnotized (1932,US) Unfunny comedy short. Is there any tg content here? AMG |
| I (Pre-1960) I See Ice (1938,UK) Comedy. George Formby disguises himself with woman's coat and hat to make an escape somewhere here. AMG IA in Oberbayern (1956,Germany) Features a detective (Gunther Philipp) in various disguises, including a woman, late in the movie. cinde Ice Follies of 1939 (1938,US) Unknown tg content, featuring Eddie Shipstead. AMG Ich möchte kein Mann sein (1918,Germany) Ossi Oswalda in early Victor/Victoria type plot. PO AMG If I Had My Way (1940,US) Musical. Features Julian Eltinge somewhere in his last scene appearance, but where? AMG I Got Plenty Of Mutton (1944,US) Wolf infiltrates a flock of sheep disguised as a sexy ewe, and attracts a ram. bcdb AMG I'll Remember April (1945,US) ....but I don't remember this musical crime mystery. Tg content is unknown, as yet. AMG I'll See You in My Dreams (1951,US) Doris Day does an Al Jolson number. AMG Imp, The (1919,US) b/w Crime drama featuring some gender-disguise. AMG Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944,US) In the last number, June Haver plays the male lead while the boys are the chorus "girls". AMG Isle of Love, The (1916,US) aka An Adventuress. b/w Features Rudolph Valentino and drag artist Julian Eltinge. Re-edited in 1920/22. AMG It's A Boy (1933,UK) Transgender content unclear, allusions only or is there more? I don't know. AMG Ivan the Terrible part 2 (1958,Russia) aka Ivan Groznyj II. Heavyweight Eisenstein pic, with some dressing somewhere? AMG  I Was a Male War Bride (1949,US) Cary Grant must cross-dress to beat bureaucracy and gain entry to the USA. AMG |
| J (Pre-1960) Jailbirds (1939,UK) Crime comedy featuring two escaped convicts in female disguise. AMG Jail House Blues (1942,US) A prisoner puts on one last variety show for his fellow inmates. Cross-dressing here, maybe, unconfirmed. AMG Jiggs and Maggie in Court (1948,US) Tg content is unknown to me. AMG Jitterbugs (1943,US) Musical comedy. Stan Laurel has to disguise himself as an aunt. AMG  Joan of Arc (1948,US) Ingrid Bergman plays the lead role. AMG Joe Palooka in Triple Cross (1951,US) A bad guy disguises himself as an aunt somewhere here. AMG Johannes und die 13 Schönheitsköniginnen(1951,Germany/Austria) Brief harem girl performance in this musical comedy. de  Johnny Guitar (1954,US) Western in which Joan Crawford dresses a bit butch at times. AMG Julie Cuisinier Militaire (1914,France) b/w Woman pretends to be an army cook, to be near boyfriend. |
| K (Pre-1960) Katchem Kate (1912,US) b/w Comedy short featuring Mabel Normand disguising herself as a man somewhere. Kathleen Mavourneen (1937,UK) Musical comedy featuring another appearance of Arthur Lucan as Mrs. Riley. AMG Kentucky Moonshine (1938,US) aka Three Men and a Girl. Harry Ritz is the wicked witch in a Snow White skit. AMG Keystone Comedies, Vol 5 (1915,US) Cross-dressing somewhere. AMG Kiki (1931,US) Mary Pickford is a member of a male(?) chorus line. AMG  Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949,UK) b/w Alec Guinness in multiple roles, including an early suffragette. AMG King of Alcatraz (1938,US) J. Carrol Naish plays a convict on the run who resorts to a disguise as an old lady. AMG Killer Is Loose, The (1956,US) Crook winds up in a dress to bring sexual confusion and perversity to the movie's violent climax. AMG Kiss and Wake Up (1942,US) Comedy short. Man disguises his friend as a girl to make his ex-girlfriend jealous. AMG Knight Without Armour (1937,UK) Marlene Dietrich disguises herself as a Cossack to avoid a firing squad. AMG Knockout, The (1914,US) Featuring Minta Durfee in male disguise. AMG Know Thy Wife (1918,US) b/w Featuring Dorothy Devore as a secret wife disguised as a man. Ksiazatko (1937, Poland) aka The Lottery Prince. Comedy. A young girl has to adopt a male disguise. AMG |
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| N (Pre-1960) Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939,US) Frankie Thomas masquerades in female disguise to help out at one point. AMG Nancy Drew -- Detective (1938,US) Ted has to disguise himself as a nurse somewhere here. A female nurse? AMG Napoleon Bunny-part (1956,US) Animated short. Bugs dresses as Josephine to fool Napoleon. bcdb AMG National Velvet (1944,US) Features Elizabeth Taylor disguised as a male jockey in order to ride in the Grand National. AMG Navy Blues ??? Nell Gwynne (1914,US) Romantic drama, featuring gender disguise somewhere. AMG Nell Gwynne (1926,UK) aka Nell Gwyn. Does Dorothy Gish adopt some gender disguise somewhere here? AMG Nell Gwyn (1934,UK) Sound version of the story, with Anna Neagle. Is there any gender disguise here? AMG Neptune's Daughter (1949,US) Musical comedy. Red Skelton in drag, brief. AMG New Pupil, The (1940) Our Gang short, with a bit of drag from Alfalfa and Spanky. AMG Niedorajda (1937, Poland) aka Good for Nothing. Comedy musical. Features a servant adopting female disguise somewhere. AMG Night at the Opera, A (1935,US) Marx Bros classic. Harpo and Chico dress as gypsy chorus girls in escape attempt, briefly. AMG Night to Remember, A (1958,UK) Man pretends to be a woman to get into lifeboat when the Titanic is sinking, brief. AMG No Questions Asked (1951,US) Crime thriller. Two mobsters, former female impersonators, rob a theatre's ladies' lounge in drag. AMG Noche de duendes (1930,US) Spanish language Laurel and Hardy. The housekeeper is a man dressed in drag, unconvincingly. Now, Hare This (1958,US) Animated short. Lots of fairy tale crossdressing by Wolf and nephew to lure Bugs Bunny out. bcdb AMG Nugget Nell (1919,US) Dorothy Gish dresses a bit butch in this comedy western. AMG |
| O (Pre-1960) Oakdale Affair, The (1919,US) Drama based on Edgar Rice Burroughs novel, featuring gender disguise somewhere. AMG Oh Baby! (1926,US) b/w Silent comedy featuring a midget posing as a girl baby. AFI AMG Oh, Susanna! (1937,US) Gene Autry musical western. Someone in drag performance here singing "Don't Trust a Bicycle Racer". AMG Oh What a Nurse! (1926,US) b/w Comedy featuring Syd Chaplin adopting some female disguises. AFI AMG Okay Toots! (1935,US) Short Comedy. Body swap theme. Old Dark House, The (1932,US) Horror. The old man in the upstairs bedroom is actually character actress Elspeth Dudgeon. AMG Old Lady 31 (1920,US) Drama in which a man disguises himself to stay in an old ladies home. AFI AMG Old Maid Having her Picture Taken (1901,US) The old maid is played by Gilbert Saroni. Old Mother Riley (1937,UK) Arthur Lucan plays Mrs. Riley, in this film and several other sequels. AMG Old Mother Riley at Home (1945,UK) Arthur Lucan plays Mrs. Riley. AMG Old Mother Riley, Detective (1943,UK) Arthur Lucan plays Mrs. Riley. AMG Old Mother Riley, Headmistress (1950,UK) Arthur Lucan plays Mrs. Riley. AMG Old Mother Riley in Business (1940,UK) Arthur Lucan plays Mrs. Riley. AMG Old Mother Riley in Paris (1938,UK) aka Old Mother Riley Catches a Quisling. Arthur Lucan plays Mrs. Riley. AMG Old Mother Riley in Society (1940,UK) Arthur Lucan plays Mrs. Riley. AMG Old Mother Riley in Society (1947,UK) Arthur Lucan plays Mrs. Riley. AMG Old Mother Riley Joins Up (1939,UK) Arthur Lucan plays Mrs. Riley. AMG  Old Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952,UK) aka Vampire over London. Arthur Lucan plays Mrs. Riley. AMG Old Mother Riley MP (1939,UK) Arthur Lucan plays Mrs. Riley. AMG Old Mother Riley Overseas (1943,UK) Arthur Lucan plays Mrs. Riley. AMG Old Mother Riley's Circus (1941,UK) Arthur Lucan plays Mrs. Riley. AMG Old Mother Riley's Ghosts (1943,UK) Arthur Lucan plays Mrs. Riley. AMG Old Mother Riley's Jungle Treasure (1951,UK) Arthur Lucan plays Mrs. Riley. AMG Old Mother Riley's New Venture (1949,UK) Arthur Lucan plays Mrs. Riley. AMG Oliver Twist (1916,US) Marie Doro repeated her stage performance as Oliver here. One Hour Married (1927,US) A bride (Mabel Normand) disguises herself as a soldier, to track down her missing husband. AMG One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942,UK) An airman is smuggled out of Holland in female dress. AMG Only Me (1929,US) Comedy. Lupino Lane plays twenty four different characters, including a female dancer. IJC On the Avenue (1937,US) Harry Ritz does a parody of Alice Faye's Bowery Girl in one number here. AMG On The Town (1949,US) Brief disguise for sailors as harem girls in a sideshow before getting caught. AMG Operation Petticoat (1959,US) There is a sailor in a dress at a party in one short scene, I'm told. AMG Orphée (1949,France) aka Orpheus. Jean Cocteau writes, directs, narrates, and apparently plays an old woman too, somewhere here. AMG Our Gang (1922,US) b/w Silent comedy featuring kids with some dressing up moments. AMG Our Gang Follies of 1936 (1936,US) "The Florydory Girls" number is sung in drag. AMG Our Hearts Were Growing Up (1946,US) One character performs in drag in a revue, and later gets into a fight, still in drag. AMG Our Hospitality (1923,US) b/w Full length movie. Buster Keaton dons female clothing to escape, brief. AMG Over The Garden Wall (UK,1934) Remade in 1950 with Norman Evans, but who played his part in this one? AMG Over The Garden Wall (UK,1950) Northern comic Norman Evans plays the part of Fanny Lawton. youtube AMG |
| P (Pre-1960) Pablo y Carolina (1955,Mexico) Carolina pretends to be a man. AMG Pajama Game, The (1957,US) Carol Haney takes a male role in a trio for the "Steam Heat" number. AMG Palmy Days (1931,US) Musical comedy in which Eddie Cantor hides in drag from some villains. AMG Paramount on Parade (1930,US) Revue features 8-year-old Mitzi Green imitating Maurice Chevalier in male attire. AMG Paris After Midnight (1951,US) Ooh,La,la! So what is the tg content here? Perhaps we can guess. Paris Holiday (1957,US) Bob Hope comedy thriller. Fernandel, France's great clown appears in drag here. AMG Patchwork Girl of Oz, The (1914,US) Features Munchkin boy, Ojo, (Violet MacMillan) and The Patchwork Girl (Patrick Couderc). AMG Pawnshop, The (1916,US) b/w Chaplin film. Uses same actor (James T. Kelly) both as drunk and female customer. AMG Pay as You Exit (1936,US) Our Gang movie includes their own version of Romeo and Juliet. AMG Peach O'Reno (1931,US) Wheeler & Woolsey comedy, with Bert Wheeler in drag as slightly debauched femme fatal at one point. AMG Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus (1938,US) Young Bill Peck has to replace bareback riding girl, with wig and show dress, somewhere. AMG Peeping Pete (1913,US) The peeper's wife is played by Fatty Arbuckle. It's in Keystone Comedies Volume#1. gvvcom Peggy (1915,US) Billie Burke spends much of the time in trousers. Does this count? Probably not. AMG Peggy, the Will o' the Wisp (1917,US) Drama featuring woman disguising herself as a highwayman. AMG Peg of Old Drury (1935,UK) Anna Neagle plays Peg Woffington, who dressed as a man for a sword fight. AMG Perils of Pauline, The (1947,US) Billy de Wolfe is about to take on female part in a play just as the late actress turns up. AMG  Peter Pan (1924) b/w silent. Betty Bronson plays the lead role, one consistently played by females in most versions of the story. AMG Phil-for-Short (1919,US) Evelyn Greeley plays a girl who disguises herself as a boy. AMG Pie à la Maid (1938,US) Charley Chase comedy short. Tg content unknown. Pigalle-Saint-Germain-des-Prés (1950,France) Musical comedy. A band member does a bit of brief stage drag, somewhere here. AMG Playhouse , The (1921,US) Short. In theater sequence Buster Keaton plays all the roles, both male and female. AMG Ponjola (1923,US) Anna Q. Nilsson disguises herself as a man to follow the man she loves. AMG Poor Little Peppina (1916,US) b/w Features Mary Pickford, who has to disguise herself as a boy in a rough part of New York. AMG  Popeye and the Pirates (1947,US) Animation. Popeye and Olive are captured by pirates. He does some awful drag here. mtc Popeye's Pappy (1952,US) Animation. Popeye's Pappy and Popeye get into drag somewhere here. tnw Postage Due (1924,US) Stan Laurel wants to be photographed as Venus for a postacard. AMG Pot o' Gold (1941,US) Comedy. Paulette Goddard appears as a male dancer for one musical number. AMG Prince and the Pauper, The (1915,US) Marguerite Clark plays the lead roles. AMG Princess Charming (1934,UK) Max Miller in drag here. youtube AMG Princess and the Pirate, The (1944) Comedy adventure with Bob Hope, who drags up to avoid walking the plank. AMG Private Eye Popeye (1954,US) Animation. Popeye does some drag somewhere here, apparently. tnw Private Eyes (1953,US) aka Bowery Bloodhounds. Another Bowery Boys feature. They adopt disguises to foil some gangsters. AMG Project X (1949,US) Thriller. A spy, Michael Radik, played by female impersonator Kit Russell, also appears as a cigarette girl. AMG Pudd'nhead Wilson (1916,US) Adapted from Mark Twain's novel. Features a robber in drag as an old lady. AMG Pursuit (1935,US) A young son is disguised as a girl at one point here. AFI AMG |
Q (Pre-1960) Queen Christina (1933,US) Features Greta Garbo as the butch Queen who rather likes male attire. AMG |
| R (Pre-1960) Rabbit Fire (1951,US) Animated short.Bugs appears as a huntress with Daffy as Gypsy, her hunting dog. bcdb AMG Rabbit of Seville, The (1950,US) Animated short. Elmer chases Bugs Bunny into an opera house, they end up in drag on stage. bcdb AMG Rabbit Rampage (1955,US) Animated short. Bugs Bunny clashes with cartoonist who draws him in all sorts of costumes. bcdb AMG Rabbit Seasoning (1952,US) Animated short. Bugs Bunny appears as a sort of Lana Turner lookalike at one point. bcdb AMG Radio Stars on Parade (1945,US) Musical comedy. Tg content unknown. AMG Ragged Princess, The (1916,US) aka Alicia of the Orphans. She dresses as a boy to work on a farm, but her secret is discovered. afi AMG Rainbow Island (1944,US) A sailor cast away covers for native girl (Dorothy Lamour), at one point. AMG Raja Gopichand (1938,India) Male soldier is turned into a woman by magic. Raja Harishchandra (1913,India) Most of the roles are played by Dadabhai Phalke. AMG Range Law (1931,US) Western. "Old" Frisco (Lafe McKee) is disguised as a Mexican woman to aid a prison escape. AMG Ready...Set...Zoom (1955,US) Animated short. Wile E. Coyote in drag as a female Road-Runner somewhere here. bcdb AMG Rebecca's Wedding Day (1914,US) Silent Comedy. Roscoe Arbuckle in drag here. SMC SEC Reckless Rosie (1926,US) b/w Eddie Barry has to model some female underwear himself in lieu of a model, brief. Return of Sophie Lang (1936,US) Reformed female jewel thief (Gertrude Michael) disguises herself as a male reporter at one point. AMG Rhythm and Weep (1946,US) Three Stooges short in which they become some not very convincing showgirls. AMG Richard III (1911,UK) Shakespeare's play with Kathleen Yorke as young King Edward V, and Hetty Kenyan as young Duke of York. Riders of the Santa Fe (1944,US) Western. Tg content unknown, sorry. AMG Rink, The (1916,US) Chaplin short, featuring Henry Bergman in two roles, one is Mrs. Stout. AMG Rip Roarin' Buckaroo (1936) Western. 'Frozen-Face' Cohen (Sammy Cohen) poses as the boxer's wife to help him out of jail. AMG Road to Morocco (1942,US) Third "Road" movie with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, who adopts comic drag somewhere here. AMG Road to Rio (1947,US) Bob Hope does a bit in the style of Carmen Miranda. AMG Road to Singapore (1940,US) Bob Hope appears in a sarong at one point. AMG Road to Zanzibar (1941,US) Features Bob Hope in a harem girl's outfit somewhere here. AMG Robot Rabbit (1953,US) Animated short. Bugs dances with Elmer, imitates Katherine Hepburn, and poses as a female robot. bcdb AMG Rock, Pretty Baby (1956,US) Boy has to wear his sister's dress that has to be hemmed. AMG Romance of a Million Dollars, The (1926,US) A dishonest nephew resorts to female disguise. AFI AMG Rookies on Parade (1941,US) Musical, tg content unknown. AMG Rosalie (1937,US) A princess (Eleanor Powell) impersonates a cadet to be near the man she loves. AMG Rose Bowl (1936,US) Tg content unknown, but there might be a rose bowl in it somewhere. AMG Rose of Blood, The (1917,US) Bert Turner plays Princess Arbassoff, a minor part. AMG Rowdy Ann (1919,US) Comedy short. Ann is a tough cow girl. She is sent to college, will she come back a lady? |
| S (Pre-1960) Sailors on Leave (1941,US) Comedy musical. Tg content unknown, but you know what sailors can be like. AMG Sailor's Sweetheart, A (1927,US) A sailor is dressed as a woman at one point here. AFI San Antonio (1945,US) Uncredited stunt lady, Virgina Engels, is saloon hostess and a man who falls down the stairs, hard to spot. AMG Sang d'un poète, Le (1930,France) aka Blood of a Poet. Jean Cocteau surrealist film, including transvestite trapeze artist, Barbette. AMG Save the Pieces (1927,US) b/w Bobby Vernon disguises himself as a black woman. Sayonara (1957,US) Ricardo Montalban plays Geisha girl in Kabuki theatre, while Miko Taka does a turn in male dress in a revue. AMG Scared Stiff (1953,US) Musical comedy with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin, who does a Carmen Miranda imitation. AMG Scarlet Pimpernel, The (1934,UK) The eponymous hero (Leslie Howard) adopts disguises, including as an old hag at one point. AMG Scotland Yard: The Strange Case of Blondie (1954,UK) Crime short. The murderous pretty blonde cat burglar is a man in disguise. Searchers, The (1956,US) An Indian wears the blue dress of a girl they have captured. AMG Sea Squawk, The (1925,US) Comedy short featuring Harry Landon in drag. Secret du Chevalier d'Éon, Le (1959,France) aka Secret of Chevalier D'Eon. But this historical tv is portayed by a female, as a female! AMG Seeing Red (1939,US) Comedy short. Features Red Skelton adopting full drag to get back at his boss. Señorita (1927,US) Bebe Daniels plays a young woman who disguises herself as a man to fight some outlaws. AMG Seven Chances (1925,US) Buster Keaton comedy. A poster of drag performer Julian Eltinge is seen at one point. Does this count? AMG Seven Little Foys, The (1955,US) Bob Hope plays vaudeville star, Eddie Foy, and ends up in a skirt at one point. AMG  Seven Sinners (1940,US) Marlene Dietrich movie. This time she opts for a sailor's uniform. AMG Share the Wealth (1936,US) Tg content unknown. She Goes to War (1929) Young woman replaces a soldier in WWI, includes brief talkie sequence. AMG Sheik, The (1921,US) Any tg content is unknown to me. I doubt this movie should be in this list! AMG She Loves Me Not (1934) Bing Crosby musical comedy. A dancer (Miriam Hopkins) witnesses a murder and has to hide out as a man. AMG Sheriff Nell's Tussle (1918,US) Ben Turpin appears in a dress somewhere here, but he retains his moustache. Sherlock Holmes (1932,US) Holmes (Clive Brook) in disguise as an old lady, somewhere here. AMG Sherlock, Jnr (1924,US) Two brief cross-dressing moments in this Buster Keaton comedy. AMG She's a He (1930,US) 9min short. Couple dress their boy as a girl to fool their aunt. Also a 1923 version somewhere? She's a Sheik (1927,US) Bebe Daniels is swashbuckling Zaida. AMG She Was the Other (1914,US) b/w Oliver Hardy plays a female character. Should a Wife Forgive? (1915,US) A child actress, Marie Osborne, plays a young boy, somewhere here. AMG Shipyard Sally (1939,UK) Gracie Fields does a bit of male drag somewhere here. AMG Shriek of Araby (1923,US) Spoof of The Sheik, starring Ben Turpin, who does some comic drag somewhere here. AMG Shrimps for a Day (1934,US) Our Gang comedy short. Buckwheat dressed quite girlie in this, I hear. AMG Shut My Big Mouth (1942,US) Featuring Joe E. Brown disguised as a woman to elude outlaws. AMG Sidewalks of New York (1931,US) Buster Keaton comedy. He performs in drag at one point. AMG Sieg des Hosenrocks, Der (1911,Germany) Short comedy. Woman dressed as a man? Silent Accuser, The (1924,US) Eleanor Boardman disguises herself as a man to accompany her boyfriend to Mexico. AMG Sing You Sinners (1938,US) Fred MacMurray is Grandma while Bing Crosby is Grandpa in a musical number. AMG Siren of Bagbad (1953,US) Magician turns his male assistant into a woman, apparently. AMG Six Gun Man (1946) aka Six Gun for Hire. Western, tg content unknown. AMG Sixty Years a Queen (1913,UK) Rolf Leslie has 27 different roles here. Are any of them female characters? Skimpy in the Navy (1949,UK) Features drag act Ford and Sheen. AMG Skirt Shy (1929,US) Comedy short, Harry Langdon poses as a woman to help the women he works for get a marriage proposal. AMG Sky Pirate, The (1914,US) Features Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, tg content unknown. Släkten är värst (1936,Sweden) b/w Comedy featuring some cross-dressing. Sleuth, The (1925,US) b/w Stan Laurel does a classy female impersonation. AMG Slightly Terrific (1944,US) Musical comedy, involving mistaken identity. Tg content unknown... might be slighty terrific, or not. AMG Snowbird (1916) b/w Featuring a woman disguising herself as a man. AMG Soldiers of the King (1933,UK) aka The Woman in Command. Cicely Courtneidge does some Vesta Tillie style male drag here. AMG Soldiers Three (1951,US) Men dress as women at one point, but this scene is unconfirmed. AMG Some Boy (1917,US) Man tries unsuccessfully to return a stolen necklace while dressed as a widow, at one point. AFI AMG  Some Like It Hot (1959,US) b/w Wilder comedy classic. Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in drag, with Marilyn Monroe. AMG Something to Sing About (1937,US) Comedy musical. There's a dancer in drag in 'Deck Number'. Brief. AMG Son-Daughter, The (1932) ? AMG Song of the Islands (1942,US) Jack Oakie's character tries to pass himself off as a native girl. AMG Song to Remember, A (1945,US) Chopin bio pic. Merle Oberon plays the mannish George Sand in male attire. AMG Son of the Sheikh (1926,UK) ? AMG Sophomore, The (1929,US) Joe (Eddie Quillan) gets into drag during some amateur theatricals. AMG So This Is Africa (1933,US) Comedy. Two men, stuck in the jungle, disguise themselves as Amazons to avoid being loved to death. AMG Southern Fried Rabbit (1953,US) Animated short. Bugs Bunny disguises himself as a southern belle at one point. bcdb AMG Southern Yankee, A (1948,US) aka My Hero. Red Skelton's character dons a dress to escape, brief. AMG South of Dixie (1944,US) Musical. I don't know what the tg content is, but I do know where the movie is set! AMG South of Tahiti (1941,US) Three men join in the fun on a Polynesian island. AMG South Pacific (1958,US) Musical. Mitzi Gaynor, as a sailor, sings to Ray Walston, as a native girl, in the "Honey Bun" number. AMG Spanky (1932,US) Matthew 'Stymie' Beard portrays both Uncle Tom & Topsy in the play, Uncle Tom's Cabin. AMG Speak Easily (1932,US) Briefly, when a lady's vaudeville performance is disrupted, Jimmy Durante takes her place, in comic drag. AMG Spit-Ball Sadie (1915,US) Harold Lloyd disguises himself and joins an all-girl baseball team. Spitfire of Seville, The (1919,US) b/w Features some gender disguise somewhere. AMG Splinters (1929,UK) b/w Comedy, soldiers in drag show. AMG Splinters in the Air (1937,UK) b/w Comedy, servicemen in drag, last of the series of three. AMG Splinters in the Navy (1931,UK) b/w Comedy, servicemen in drag. AMG Springtime in Texas (1945,US) Western. Two men falsely jailed are released by another, posing as a woman. AMG Square Peg, The (1958,UK) Norman Wisdom briefly in female army uniform, and Honor Blackman in German uniform in an escape. AMG Stagecoach Buckaroo (1942,US) Western. A man is dressed as a woman (played for laughs), on a stage coach, to catch some crooks. AMG Stage Door Cartoon (1945,US) Animated short. Bugs Bunny becomes one of the can-can dancers who Elmer Fudd whistles at. bcdb AMG Stalag 17 (1953,US) Set in a POW camp. Brief scene of improvised drag. AMG Star of Midnight (1935,US) Comedy mystery crime thriller. The killer is in a female mask. AMG Stars on Parade (1936,UK) Features Arthur Lucan. Star Spangled Rhythm (1942,US) Glamour girls are sent up by camp-drag performance. AMG Starvation Blues (1925,US) Some sort of slap-stick dressing for Clyde Cook. AMG Stolen Harmony (1935,US) Crime musical. Unknown tg content, featuring Purv Pullen. AMG Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, The (1939,US) Drag dancer at benefit, uncredited, listed in the cast. AMG Straight, Place and Show (1938,US) Ritz Brothers comedy. Tg content unknown. AMG Striporama (1954) Female impersonator, Vicki Lynn, appears in this tribute to burlesque. AMG Stupor Duck (1956,US) Animated short. Daffy Duck makes mistaken costume change and appears as a witch. bcdb AMG Subduing of Mrs. Nag, The (1911,US) b/w Early Mabel Normand short, where she impersonates a boy. AMG Sugar Daddies (1927,US) Stan Laurel does some drag as Oliver Hardy's tall wife, on Frank Finlayson's shoulders! AMG  Sullivan's Travels (1942,US) Veronica Lake dresses as a boy for a portion of the film. AMG Sultan's Daughter, The (1944,US) Musical. Two men are disguised as harem girls at one point. AFI AMG Sultan's Wife, The (1917,US) b/w Bobby Vernon dons harem girl disguise in order to rescue heroine. AMG Sunset Boulevard (1950,US) aka Sunset Blvd. Gloria Swanson stars, does she imitate Charlie Chaplin here? AMG Super-Rabbit (1943,US) Animated short. Bugs Bunny briefly wears a Little Bo Peep outfit due to costume mix up. bcdb AMG Sweedie and Her Dog (1915,US) One of several comedies featuring Wallace Beery as Sweedie, the Swedish maid. Sweedie and the Double Exposure (1914,US) Another comedy featuring Wallace Beery as Sweedie, the Swedish maid. Sweedie and the Hypnotist (1914,US) Another comedy with Wallace Beery as Sweedie, the Swedish maid. Sweedie and the Lord (1914,US) Another comedy with Wallace Beery as Sweedie, the Swedish maid. Sweedie and the Sultan's Present (1915,US) Another comedy with Wallace Beery as Sweedie, the Swedish maid. Sweedie and the Troublemaker (1914,US) Another comedy with Wallace Beery as Sweedie, the Swedish maid. . Sweedie at the Fair (1914,US) Another comedy with Wallace Beery as Sweedie, the Swedish maid. Sweedie Collects for Charity (1914,US) Another comedy with Wallace Beery as Sweedie, the Swedish maid. Sweedie Goes to College (1915,US) Another comedy with Wallace Beery as Sweedie, the Swedish maid. Sweedie in Vaudeville (1915,US) Another comedy with Wallace Beery as Sweedie, the Swedish maid. Sweedie Learns to Ride (1915) Another comedy with Wallace Beery as Sweedie, the Swedish maid. Sweedie Learns to Swim (1914,US) Another comedy with Wallace Beery as Sweedie, the Swedish maid. Sweedie's Clean-Up (1914,US) Another comedy with Wallace Beery as Sweedie, the Swedish maid. Sweedie's Finish (1915,US) Another comedy with Wallace Beery as Sweedie, the Swedish maid. Sweedie's Hero (1915,US) Another comedy with Wallace Beery as Sweedie, the Swedish maid. Sweedie's Hopeless Love (1915,US) Another comedy with Wallace Beery as Sweedie, the Swedish maid. Sweedie Springs a Surprise (1914,US) Another comedy with Wallace Beery as Sweedie, the Swedish maid. Sweedie's Skate (1914,US) Another comedy with Wallace Beery as Sweedie, the Swedish maid. Sweedie's Suicide (1915,US) Another comedy with Wallace Beery as Sweedie, the Swedish maid. Sweedie the Swatter (1914,US) Another comedy with Wallace Beery as Sweedie, the Swedish maid. Sweethearts of the U.S.A. (1944,US) Musical comedy. tg content unknown. AMG Sweet Music (1935,US) A group of boys perform as chorus "girls" in a show. AMG  Sylvia Scarlett (1936,US) b/w The beautiful Sylvia (Katharine Hepburn) is forced to dress as a boy. AMG |
| T (Pre-1960) Take It From Me (1926,US) Reginald Denny's character has to disguise himself as a woman at one point. AMG Tales of Hoffmann, The (1951,UK) The young male muse, Nicklaus, is played by a woman, and the singing voice is also female. AMG Taming of Grouchy Bill, The (1916,US) Comedy. A cowboy disguises himself as a woman to teach a cowhand a lesson. Teaserama (1955,US) Female impersonator, Vicky Lynn, appears in this compilation of burlesque acts. AMG Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942,US) Tg content, if any, unknown, sorry. AMG Ten Tall Men (1951,US) Brief unconvincing crossdressing of two legionnaires at the beginning, as two sisters, to trap an enemy. AMG That Minstral Man (1915,US) Fatty Arbuckle comedy. He plays a rather large black woman here.  That's My Wife (1929,US) b/w comedy short. Stan Laurel has to stand in as Oliver Hardy's wife. AMG Their Purple Moment (1928,US) The ending was to have had Laurel and Hardy, disguised as midget women. But idea was dropped. AMG They Got Me Covered (1943,US) Bob Hope appears in a lady's bathing suit here during this spy comedy. AMG Thief of Bagdad, The (1924,US) Douglas Fairbanks movie. Mathilde Comont plays the rotund Persian Prince. AMG Third Sex, The (1937,US) aka Children of Loneliness. Women with men's souls, and men with women's, apparently. This England (1923,UK) Jessie Matthews plays Edward, Prince of Wales, here. btjmfilms This Is the Army (1943,US) Musical. Alan Hale appears with an all-soldier drag group in the "Ladies of the Chorus" number. AMG Three Little Pigskins (1934,US) Comedy short. The Stooges have to get into girls' negligees somewhere here. AMG Three Who Paid (1923,US) Bessie Love plays a battered wife who disguises herself as a man in this Western. AMG Three Wise Clucks (1931) Short. A man is disguised as a woman but is later embarrassingly exposed. Thunder Island (1921,US) Drama featuring Edith Roberts in dual role as sister and brother. AMG Tía de Carlos, La (1946,Argentina) Early Argentinian version of Charley's Aunt, originally by Brandon Thomas. Tía de Carlitos, La (1952,Argentina) Another version of Charley's Aunt, originally by Brandon Thomas. Tía de las Muchachas, La (1938, Mexico) aka The Girls Aunt. Another variation on the "Charley's Aunt" theme. Tía de Pancho, La (1918,Spain) Early Spanish take on "Charley's Aunt". Titanic (1953,US) A man disguises himself as a woman to get into a lifeboat. AMG To Hare is Human (1956,US) Animated short. Bugs Bunny dresses in a pink apron skirt while doing housework. bcdb AMG Tolle Bomberg, der (1957,Germany) Military comedy. Brief cross dressing as a nurse at one point. de Too Weak to Work (1943,US) Animation. Popeye poses as a female nurse here. An ugly one! mtc Tops In the Big Top (1945,US) Animation. Popeye looks cute in Olive's tutu, it has been said. tnw Topsy-Turvy Sweedie (1914,US) Another comedy with Wallace Beery as Sweedie, the Swedish maid. Touch of Evil (1958,US) ?? AMG Trail of the Law, The (1924,US) Drama featuring Norma Shearer's character masquerading as a boy. AMG Treasure Island (1920,US) Shirley Mason plays young Jim Hawkins, and not very convincingly. AMG Trouble Buster, The (1917,US) aka The Dogy aka Love O' Mike. Young orphan girl dresses as a male to become a newsboy. AMG Trouble Chasers (1945,US) Tg content unknown. AMG True to the Army (1942,US) Girl is first mistaken as a female impersonator, and is later disguised as a male soldier. AMG Turks and Troubles (1917,US) b/w Jimmy Aubrey adopts harem girl disguise in order to rescue heroine. Turnabout (1940,US) b/w A bizarre genie swaps the bodies of a married couple. AMG Twenty Girls and a Band (1937,US) Unknown tg content, featuring Nick Stuard and his band.  Twice Two (1933) b/w Laurel and Hardy short in which they also play each others wives. AMG Two Girls Wanted (1927,US) Girl (Janet Gaynor) dresses as boy to get work. AMG Two-Gun Betty (1918,US) Woman pretends to be a cowboy in this comedy western. AMG Two Twins, The (1923,US) Comedy short. Unknown tg content, featuring Chuck Reisner. Two Yanks in Trinidad (1942,US) Comedy adventure. Tg content unknown. AMG |
| U (Pre-1960) Under a Spell (1925,US) b/w Burglar disguises himself as a woman. Unholy Three, The (1930,US) b/w Lon Chaney appears as a criminal disguised as an elderly woman. AFI AMG Up the River (1938,US) b/w Comedy. Two con men escape prison dressed as women. AMG Up Jumped the Devil (1941,US) Manton Moreland's character poses as a maid to get work. AMG |
| V (Pre-1960) Vagabond, The (1916,US) Chaplin short featuring Leo White in two roles, one as a gypsy woman. AMG Varietease (1954,US) Various burlesque performances including female impersonator Vicky Lynn. AMG Vatsa sisään, rinta ulos! (1959, Finland) aka Stomach In, Chest Out! Misogynist has to dress as a cleaning woman, in a girls' school. AMG Vera Cruz (1954,US) Western. A woman, wearing a mask, at a party turns out to be a man. Pause for laughter. I'm waiting... AMG  Viktor und Viktoria (1933,Germany) aka Victor and Victoria. An actual woman replaces a man as a female impersonator. AMG Viktor und Viktoria (1957,Germany) aka Victor and Victoria. Woman replaces man as female impersonator. Re-make. AMG Villain, The (1917,US) b/w Oliver Hardy plays a female character.  Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky (1936) Popeye animation, with Bluto in full drag, and Popeye falling for him/her. tnw Virgin in Hollywood, A (1952,US) aka Hollywood Confidential. A woman investigates the seamier side of Hollywood. Any tg content? AMG Vitelloni, I (1953,France/Italy) Alberto Sordi attends a carnival fancy dress ball in drag in Fellini's study of Post-War Italian youth. AMG Voulez-vous danser avec moi (1959,France) aka Come Dance with Me. Brigitte Bardot movie. There's a drag artiste somewhere here. AMG |
| W (Pre-1960) Wabbit Who Came to Supper, The (1942,US) Bugs Bunny's first official crossdressing cartoon, he is in lingerie at one point. bcdb AMG Wacky Wabbit, The (1942,US) Animated short. Bugs Bunny discovers Elmer Fudd wears a corset. bcdb AMG Waiters' Ball (1916,US) b/w Fatty Arbuckle dons drag. Warm Reception, A (1916,US) A woman is kidnapped and Babe Hardy dresses up in her clothes, and impersonates her. AMG War Relief (1918,US) b/w Another film featuring Julian Eltinge. Warrior's Husband, The (1933,US) Role-reversal satire features Ernest Truex wearing silks and women wearing armour. AMG Water, Water, Every Hare (1952,US) Animated short. Bugs Bunny portrays a very effeminate hairdresser. bcdb AMG Weekend Pass (1944,US) Mucical. Unknown tg content, featuring Noah Beery Jr. AMG Wee Wee Monsieur (1938,US) Three Stooges short, in which they disguise themselves as unconvincing harem girls. AMG We Faw Down (1928,US) aka We Slip Up. Laurel and Hardy do some drunken comic dressing with two girls. 2326 AMG Weiching jiande (1955, HK) aka Love in a Dangerous City. ? Welcome Danger (1929,US) First Harold Lloyd sound movie, he falls in love with Barbara Kent, disguised as a boy. AMG Wells Fargo (1937,US) Tg content unknown. AMG Wenn Mädchen ins Manöver zieh'n (1958,Austria) Some women pretend to be male soldires, and two men cross-dress too. cinde We're On Our Way To Rio (1944,US) Animation. Popeye and Bluto in Rio. Some drag here? tnw Western Cyclone (1943,US) Western. Al St. John (Fuzzy St. John), while in drag, fools a deputy. AMG West of Sonora (1947,US) Western. Saloon show features Smiley Burnette in drag. AMG West of the Pecos (1922,US) Silent. Woman pretends she is a boy, because no woman is safe on the streets of San Antonio. AMG West of the Pecos (1934,US) Martha Sleeper pretends to be a boy, from Zane Grey novel. AMG West of the Pecos (1945,US) Remake of the Zane Grey novel. Barbara Hale pretends to be a boy. AMG West Point Story, The (1950,US) Musical comedy. Tg content unknown to me. AMG Wharf Rat, The (1916,US) Comedy drama featuring girl disguised as boy. AMG What Happened to Jones (1920) b/w silent comedy. Man escapes to Turkish bath on ladies night and disguises himself as a woman. AMG What Happened to Jones (1926) b/w silent comedy. Man escapes to Turkish bath on ladies night. Remake of 1920 film. AMG What Makes Daffy Duck? (1948,US) Animated short. Elmer Fudd poses as a female duck. bcdb What’s Cookin’ Doc? (1944,US) Animated short. Bugs briefly does a Carmen Miranda impression at one point. bcdb AMG What’s Opera, Doc? (1957,US) Animated short. Bugs Bunny appears and sings as Brünnhilde. bcdb AMG What’s Up Doc? (1950,US) Animated short. Bugs recalls career in flashback, including a time as a ballerina. bcdb AMG When Angels Fall Down... (1959, Poland) aka Gdy Spadaja Anioly... Roman Polanski short. He appears briefly as an old woman. AMG When Knighthood was is Flower (1922,US) Marion Davies plays Mary Tudor who adopts male disguise. AMG When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948,US) Tg content unknown. AMG When's Your Birthday (1937,US) b/w Slpastick comedy featuring Joe E. Brown in comic drag. AMG When the Wife's Away (1926,US) Comedy featuring one man pretending to be a maid, plus a crook in female disguise. AFI AMG Where's Charley? (1952,UK) Musical version of Charley's Aunt featuring Ray Bolger. AMG  White Christmas (1954,US) Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye try singing "Sisters" in camp-drag. AMG  Why Girls Love Sailors (1927) b/w Silent Laurel and Hardy short. Stan, the sailor, seduces Captain while in drag. AMG Widow's Might, The (1918,US) Western. Another early movie featuring Julian Eltinge. AFI AMG  Wild Boys of the Road (1933,US) Depression road movie , a girl (Dorothy Coonan) dresses as a boy, plus another. Boy cd's earlier. AMG Wild Girl, The (1917,US) Comedy featuring gender disguise somewhere. AMG Willie's Magic Wand (1907,UK) A man transforms into a girl, by magic, somewhere here. bscf Windblown Hare, The (1949,US) Animated short. Bugs Bunny appears as Little Red Riding Hood. bcdb AMG Winged Victory (1944,US) Features drag performance as island girls in amateur show, including Sasha Brastoff as Carmen Miranda. AMG Wings of the Morning (1937,UK) First British Technicolor movie. Girl disguises herself as male jockey. AMG Wirtshaus im Spessart, Das (1958,Germany) aka The Spessart Inn. Musical comedy. Some cross dressing here. AMG Wise Quacking Duck, The (1943,US) Animated short. Daffy Duck does a striptease here. bcdb Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap, The (1947,US) aka The Wistful Widow. Abbott & Costello comedy western. Lou in drag here, brief. AMG Wizard of Oz, The (1925,US) Outrageous female impersonator, Frederick Ko Vert, appears here briefly. AMG  Woman, A (1915,US) aka Charlie, The Perfect Lady. b/w Silent Charlie Chaplin comedy. He makes a convincing lady. AMG Women Aren't Angels (1942,UK) Two men dress as women to be near their wives in the ATS. AMG |
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~ Y (Pre-1960) Yankee Doodle Daffy (1943,US) Animated short. Daffy Duck does a Carmen Miranda number. bcdb AMG Yankee Doodle in Berlin (1919,US) aka Kaiser's Last Squeal, The. Comedy. FI, Bothwell Browne, plays leading lady and the flyer. AFI AMG Yaps and Yokels (1919,US) aka Chicks and Chickens. Dick Smith dresses as his own daughter to fool her man. AMG Yearling, The (1946,US) Gregory Peck gets into a dress somewhere here. Why? You tell me. AMG Yidle with a Fiddle (1936,US/Poland) aka Yidl Mitn Fidl. Girl poses as a man somewhere here. AMG You Can't Have Everything (1937,US) Musical. Ritz brothers dress as female cleaners at one point. AMG You're in the Army Now (1941) In which Jimmy Durante wears a dress for a comedy dance routine. AMG Yukinojo henge (1935, Japan) aka Revenge of Yukinojo, aka An Actor's Revenge. A Kabuki onnagata avenges his parents' deaths. AMG |
| Z (Pre-1960) Zangiku Monogatari (1939, Japan) aka Story of the Late Chrysanthemums. Love story featuring Kabuki actor. AMG Zapatas Bände (1914,Germany) Asta Neilsen plays a highway robber, maybe in male drag. Zi chai ji (1959,HK) aka The Purple Hairpin. A musical romance. Zis Boom Bah (1941,US) aka Collage Sweathearts. Comedy musical, brief drag dance scene. AMG Zorro's Black Whip (1944,US) After her brother is killed, Linda Sterling assumes his identity as "The Whip". AMG Zouzou (1934,US) Josephine Baker plays a laundress who romances a sailor and finally becomes a star. AMG |
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Somewhere to share information with others. I thank all the members who have contributed so much.Hazel Freeman's Transgender Film and Media Guide
has detailed listings, including several titles that are not featured here. Her site is very useful and comprehensive.Tiffany's TG Movie Guide
is an impressive listing, with details, of M2F content movies.CROSSDRESSING GUIDE - FILME ~ Agnes has a detailed list in German. transgender-net.de [filme] ~ Comprehensive listing in German. http://david-de-alba.com ~ Drag Performers, Interviews, Tributes. Internet Movie
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PublishingYou are welcome to put a link to this page from your web page if you wish. I'm sure there are plenty of errors and omissions above. If you want to send any corrections or send further information on this subject, please me. I have not actually seen most of the films listed so I am working a bit in the dark. Any help would be much appreciated. I don't suppose the list will ever be truly complete, but I will keep trying. I might add that unfortunately a great many transgendered characters in the above movies are treated in a negative way. Film makers please note. And special thanks to Ange for your help.
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