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This is a list of lesbian , gay , bisexual , transgender or queer -related films released in the 1920s. It contains theatrically released films that deal with important gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or queer characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device.
1920s
Title
Year
Director
Country
Genre
Cast
Notes
An Adventuress 1920
Fred J. Balshofer United States
Drama
Manslaughter 1922
Cecil B. DeMille United States
Drama
Leatrice Joy , Thomas Meighan , Lois Wilson , John Miltern, George Fawcett , Julia Faye , Edythe Chapman , Jack Mower , Dorothy Cumming , Casson Ferguson , Mickey Moore , James Neill , Sylvia Ashton , Raymond Hatton , Mabel Van Buren , Ethel Wales , Dale Fuller , Edward Martindel Based on the novel of the same name by Alice Duer Miller ; first film to show an erotic kiss between two members of the same sex
Salomé 1923
Charles Bryant United States
Biography, drama
Alla Nazimova , Michael Lewis , Rose Dione , Earl Schenck , Arthur Jasmine , Nigel De Brulier , Frederick Peters , Louis DumarBased on the play of the same name by Oscar Wilde , which itself is a loose re-telling of the biblical story of Herod Antipas and his execution of John the Baptist
Ponjola 1923
Donald Crisp United States
Drama
Anna Q. Nilsson , James Kirkwood , Tully Marshall , Joseph Kilgour , Bernard Randall, Ruth Clifford , Claire Du Brey , Claire McDowell , Charles Ray , Eddie Sturgis (credited as Edwin Sturges)Based on the novel of the same name by Cynthia Stockley
The Soilers 1923
Ralph Ceder United States
Short, comedy
Stan Laurel , Ena Gregory , Mae Laurel , James Finlayson , Billy Engle , Eddie Baker
Leblebici Horhor 1923
Muhsin Ertuğrul Turkey
Comedy, musical
Augusto Anibal quer casar 1923
Luiz de Barros Brazil
Comedy
Michael 1924
Carl Theodor Dreyer Germany
Drama
Walter Slezak , Benjamin Christensen , Nora Gregor , Robert Garrison , Max Auzinger, Didier Aslan, Alexander Murski , Grete Mosheim , Karl Freund a.k.a. Mikaël: Chained, The Story of the Third Sex and Heart's Desire ; based on the novel Mikaël by Herman Bang
Beverly of Graustark 1926
Sidney Franklin United States
Comedy, romance
Marion Davies , Antonio Moreno , Creighton Hale , Roy D'Arcy , Albert Gran , Paulette Duval , Max Barwyn, Charles Clary Based on the novel of the same name by George Barr McCutcheon
Why Girls Love Sailors 1927
Fred Guiol United States
Short, comedy
Stan Laurel , Oliver Hardy , Viola Richard , Anita Garvin , Malcolm Waite
A Wanderer of the West 1927
Robin Williamson Joseph E. Zivelli United States
Western
Gesetze der Liebe 1927
Magnus Hirschfeld Richard Oswald Germany
Documentary
Beggars of Life 1928
William A. Wellman United States
Adventure, drama
Wallace Beery , Louise Brooks , Richard Arlen , Bob Perry, Blue Washington , Roscoe Karns
Sex in Chains 1928
William Dieterle Germany
Drama
William Dieterle , Gunnar Tolnæs , Mary Johnson , Paul Henckels , Hans Heinrich von Twardowski a.k.a. Geschlecht in Fesseln
Pandora's Box 1929
Georg Wilhelm Pabst Germany
Crime, drama
Louise Brooks , Fritz Kortner , Francis Lederer a.k.a. Die Büchse der Pandora ; based on the plays Earth Spirit Pandora's Box Frank Wedekind
That's My Wife 1929
Lloyd French United States
Short, comedy
Stan Laurel , Oliver Hardy
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