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Out of the Closet, Off the Screen: The Life of William Haines (2001) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 2001 · 46 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
- Starring
- Stockard Channing, Michael Musto, Michael J. Mann, William Haines, Christina Crawford
A documentary that chronicles the life of William Haines, Hollywood’s first openly gay movie star. It recounts how Haines left a thriving career in the 1920s to live openly with his longtime lover, confronting studio pressures and becoming a pioneering figure for LGBTQ visibility in cinema.
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