My film prints
by jenniolson | created - 22 Oct 2017 | updated - 05 Nov 2020 | PublicA list of movies in my collection of original 16mm and 35mm film prints. Most of these are in The Jenni Olson Queer Film Archive at Oddball Film & Video. Some are at the Outfest/UCLA Legacy Project for LGBT Film Preservation.
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1. Desire Under the Palms (1968)
81 min | Drama
As a sideline, a bored suburban wife writes articles for women's magazines. When a friend shows her an explicit men's magazine, she attempts to write erotic material. However, she finds that a lot more first-hand research is required, and her husband is more interested in checkers.
Director: Joseph W. Sarno | Stars: Charlotte Brody, Lola Perez, Dana Cordier, Orando Childs
Votes: 44
2. That Tender Touch (1969)
R | 88 min | Drama
That Tender Touch focuses on the twisted break up of lesbian lovers Marsha and Terri who share a contented life together before dissatisfaction invades their Southern California wood-paneled apartment.
Director: Russel Vincent | Stars: Sue Bernard, Bee Tompkins, Rick Cooper, Phae Dera
Votes: 134
3. Willy/Milly (1986)
PG-13 | 86 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Tomboy Milly wishes to be a boy as she's tired of her mom pushing girly stuff on her and boys are freer. After an eclipse, s/he wakes up with a willy. He gets a haircut and starts at a new school as Willy.
Director: Paul Schneider | Stars: Pamela Adlon, Patty Duke, Eric Gurry, Mary Tanner Bailey
Votes: 551 | Gross: $0.28M
4. The Maids (1975)
PG | 95 min | Drama, Romance
A film version of Genet's play. Two house cleaners, Solange and Claire, hate their employers and, while they are out, take turns at dressing up as Madame and insulting her.
Director: Christopher Miles | Stars: Glenda Jackson, Susannah York, Vivien Merchant, Mark Burns
Votes: 579
5. The Gay Deceivers (1969)
R | 97 min | Comedy
Danny and Elliot avoid military service by pretending to be gay, but they have to act the part when the recruiting officer doesn't buy it.
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Kevin Coughlin, Brooke Bundy, Lawrence P. Casey, Jo Ann Harris
Votes: 874
6. Dallas Doll (1994)
104 min | Comedy
A feisty independent golf player wreaks havoc in a suburban Sydney home by attempting to seduce every member of the family.
Director: Ann Turner | Stars: Sandra Bernhard, Victoria Longley, Frank Gallacher, Jake Blundell
Votes: 173
7. The Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Adventure
Sumuru, a megalomaniacal femme fatale, makes a bid for world domination by eliminating male leaders and replacing them with her sexy female agents.
Director: Lindsay Shonteff | Stars: Frankie Avalon, George Nader, Shirley Eaton, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Votes: 1,314
8. Zero for Conduct (1949)
83 min | Comedy, Romance
A naughty, love-smitten teacher sets in motion an audacious scheme to woo a charming final-year student who is in love with her fisherman beau.
Directors: Yannis Filippou, Mihallis Gaziadis | Stars: Ellie Lambeti, Labros Konstadaras, Dinos Iliopoulos, Fragiskos Manellis
Votes: 123
9. Wings of the Morning (1937)
Approved | 87 min | Drama, Music, Romance
First Technicolor movie shot in the British Isles, features Gypsies, horse racing, singing and romance.
Directors: Harold D. Schuster, Glenn Tryon | Stars: Annabella, Henry Fonda, Leslie Banks, Stewart Rome
Votes: 367
10. Desert Hearts (1985)
R | 91 min | Drama, Romance
While waiting for her divorce papers, a repressed professor of literature is unexpectedly seduced by a carefree, spirited young lesbian.
Director: Donna Deitch | Stars: Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau, Audra Lindley, Andra Akers
Votes: 7,287 | Gross: $2.49M
11. Some of My Best Friends Are... (1971)
R | 110 min | Drama
A dramatic expose of the lives of a group of gays who meet in a New York City bar on Christmas Eve.
Director: Mervyn Nelson | Stars: Tom Bade, James Murdock, Paul Blake, Gary Campbell
Votes: 366 | Gross: $0.12M
12. Fortune and Men's Eyes (1971)
R | 102 min | Drama
The young, naive Smitty is sent to prison for six months; Cathy, his girlfriend, watches as he disappears behind the bars and barbed wire. He's assigned a cell with Queenie, a balls-out ... See full summary »
Directors: Harvey Hart, Jules Schwerin | Stars: Wendell Burton, Michael Greer, Zooey Hall, Danny Freedman
Votes: 568 | Gross: $0.18M
13. Times Square (1980)
R | 111 min | Drama, Music
Two ill-matched teenage girls form a punk band and soon have New York City by its ears.
Director: Allan Moyle | Stars: Tim Curry, Trini Alvarado, Robin Johnson, Peter Coffield
Votes: 1,983 | Gross: $1.40M
14. Gertrude Stein: When This You See, Remember Me (1970)
89 min | Documentary
A biographical look at the life and contemporary impact of Gertrude Stein (1874-1946). At Radcliffe a student of William James, to Paris with her brother Leo: they take up residence at 27 ... See full summary »
Director: Perry Miller Adato | Stars: Pierre Balmain, Bennett Cerf, Janet Flanner, Jacques Lipschitz
Votes: 27
15. A Question of Love (1978 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 100 min | Drama
A woman fights her ex-husband for custody of her children when he sues for custody after learning that she is living in a relationship with another woman.
Director: Jerry Thorpe | Stars: Gena Rowlands, Jane Alexander, Ned Beatty, Clu Gulager
Votes: 171
16. In the Glitter Palace (1977 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The ex-girlfriend of a laywer/detective, who left him for a lesbian lover, asks him to defend her lover in a murder case.
Director: Robert Butler | Stars: Chad Everett, Barbara Hershey, Carole Cook, Howard Duff
Votes: 72
17. Staircase (1969)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Charles Dyer (Sir Rex Harrison) and Harry Leeds (Richard Burton) are a couple that have been living together for nearly twenty years. Both earn a living as hairdressers in the West End of ... See full summary »
Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: Rex Harrison, Richard Burton, Cathleen Nesbitt, Beatrix Lehmann
Votes: 960
18. The Killing of Sister George (1968)
X | 138 min | Drama
The life of a soap opera actress begins to unravel as she fears her character will be written out of the series.
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Beryl Reid, Susannah York, Coral Browne, Ronald Fraser
Votes: 2,559
19. Making Love (1982)
R | 113 min | Drama
A successful young L.A. doctor and his equally successful television-producer wife find their happily-ever-after life torn assunder when he suddenly confronts his long-repressed attraction ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Michael Ontkean, Kate Jackson, Harry Hamlin, Wendy Hiller
Votes: 2,959 | Gross: $11.90M
20. Moments (1979)
92 min | Drama
Anne, a Parisian, visits her friend Yola in Tel Aviv, where Yola lives with her husband Avi and their son. There's tension in the air and the attraction between the two women is palpable. ... See full summary »
Director: Michal Bat-Adam | Stars: Michal Bat-Adam, Brigitte Catillon, Assi Dayan, Avi Pnini
Votes: 79
21. The Fox (1967)
PG | 110 min | Drama
Based on D.H. Lawrence's novella about two young women - sickly, chattering Jill Banford and quiet, strong Ellen March - who are trying, hopelessly, to run a chicken farm in Canada. A ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: Keir Dullea, Sandy Dennis, Anne Heywood, Glynne Morris
Votes: 1,277 | Gross: $18.75M
22. Caged (1950)
Not Rated | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A gentle, naive, pregnant 19-year-old widow is slowly, inexorably ground down by the hardened criminals, sadistic guards, and matron at a woman's prison. Will she be the same person when her sentence is up?
Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Eleanor Parker, Agnes Moorehead, Ellen Corby, Hope Emerson
Votes: 4,700
23. Nous étions un seul homme (1979)
Unrated | 91 min | Drama, Romance
During the final days of World War II, a simple French peasant rescues a wounded German soldier and nurses him back to health. As their playful camaraderie grows, two young men who should ... See full summary »
Director: Philippe Vallois | Stars: Serge Avedikian, Piotr Stanislas, Catherine Albin, Lucien Guérin
Votes: 643
24. Busting (1974)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Defying orders to lay-off the case, two Los Angeles vice-squad cops go after a local mobster and use unorthodox methods to achieve results.
Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Elliott Gould, Robert Blake, Allen Garfield, Antonio Fargas
Votes: 1,868 | Gross: $0.11M
25. The Consequence (1977)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Romance
Thomas, the son of a prison warden, falls for and seduces inmate Martin. When Martin is released from jail, they try to build a relationship and a life together but no one will let them alone.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Ernst Hannawald, Werner Schwuchow, Hans-Michael Rehberg
Votes: 1,035
26. Victim (1961)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
A closeted lawyer risks his career to bring a blackmailer to justice.
Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms, Dennis Price, Anthony Nicholls
Votes: 7,190
27. The Laughing Policeman (1973)
R | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In San Francisco, California, one victim in a mass murder is a police detective. His partner and a new partner investigate in the city's seamy side.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Walter Matthau, Bruce Dern, Louis Gossett Jr., Albert Paulsen
Votes: 3,225 | Gross: $1.36M
28. Turnabout (1940)
Passed | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Bickering husband and wife Tim and Sally Willows mutter a few angry words to a statue of Buddha and wind up living each other's life.
Director: Hal Roach | Stars: Adolphe Menjou, Carole Landis, John Hubbard, William Gargan
Votes: 756
29. Dracula's Daughter (1936)
Unrated | 71 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
When Countess Marya Zaleska appears in London, mysterious events occur that lead Dr. Von Helsing to believe that the Countess must be a vampire.
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Otto Kruger, Gloria Holden, Marguerite Churchill, Edward Van Sloan
Votes: 8,002
30. Ernesto (1979)
R | 94 min | Drama, Romance
Triestw in the year 1911. Ernesto is the privileged, seventeen year old son of a Jewish mother and a non-Jewish father, who has deserted his family. He is raised by his uncle Giovanni and ... See full summary »
Director: Salvatore Samperi | Stars: Martin Halm, Michele Placido, Virna Lisi, Turi Ferro
Votes: 572
31. This Special Friendship (1964)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama, Romance
A tale of the tender relationship between a twelve-year-old boy and the upperclassman who is the object of his desire. All set in the rigid atmosphere of a Jesuit-run school.
Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Francis Lacombrade, Didier Haudepin, François Leccia, Dominique Maurin
Votes: 3,037
32. The Detective (1968)
Approved | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
While grappling with his wife's infidelity, an NYPD detective investigates the murder of a gay man, which he discovers is linked to official corruption involving sex and drugs.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Lee Remick, Ralph Meeker, Jack Klugman
Votes: 4,153 | Gross: $14.30M
33. Low Man on a Totem Pole (1964 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy
Unsold pilot based on the truth life experience of writer H. Allen Smith who lives in New York City's Greenwich Village and struggles to get his work published.
Director: John Newland | Stars: Dan Dailey, Diana Lynn, John McGiver, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez
Votes: 8
34.
The Last Precinct (1986)
Episode:
Never Cross a Vampire
(1986)
Comedy
Director: Michael Lange | Stars: Jonathan Perpich, Ernie Hudson, Wings Hauser, Randi Brooks
35.
Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode:
Flip Side
(1970)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Mel Bracken is one of the largest distributors of illegal drugs on the West Coast. Pharmaceutical magnate Cameron legally sells drugs to a middleman's laboratory in Mexico who then smuggles... See full summary »
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Peter Graves, Leonard Nimoy, Lesley Ann Warren, Greg Morris
Votes: 168
36. Red Noses (1932)
21 min | Comedy, Short
Thelma and Zasu go to a Turkish bath to try to get rid of a cold.
Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Zasu Pitts, Thelma Todd, Blanche Payson, Wilfred Lucas
Votes: 101
37. In Winterlight (1974)
Short
Produced as an educational short for professionals in the field of sexology this fascinating short portrays a lesbian sexual encounter in a California cabin.
Director: Laird Sutton
38. Screentest (1975)
20 min | Short
A fragmented cinematic portrait of nine talented amateur actors and mimes. A candid look at an unusually gifted group of avant garde artists coming together to experience and share each ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Mouris
Votes: 6
39. The Greenie (1942)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Sport
Told on the premise that the United States has always been a refuge from those seeking a reprieve from poverty and bigotry, this Miniature short from M-G-M is the story of a young Polish ... See full summary »
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Star: Carey Wilson
40. Halloweenie (1986)
13 min | Short, Comedy
A young man dresses up as a six foot penis for the annual Greenwich Village Halloween parade.
Director: Bill Daughton | Star: Bob Lyss
41. Die Chance (1982)
12 min | Comedy, Short
Christoph Eichhorn plays multiple roles in this old fashioned story of a chorus girl who gets her big break.
Director: Christoph Eichhorn | Star: Christoph Eichhorn
42. Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force (1978 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
The true story of Leonard Matlovich, a U.S. Air Force sergeant who was dismissed from the Air Force for being gay and the story of his fight to be reinstated.
Director: Paul Leaf | Stars: Brad Dourif, Ellen Holly, Harrison Page, Bill Duke
Votes: 76
43. The Little Nuns (1963)
100 min | Comedy
Two nuns come to Rome to protest to an airline about its jet planes which have been flying over their convent school, disrupting teaching of the little orphans who study there and damaging ... See full summary »
Director: Luciano Salce | Stars: Catherine Spaak, Amedeo Nazzari, Didi Perego, Umberto D'Orsi
Votes: 58
44. Summer's End (1985)
30 min | Short, Drama, Family
10-year-old Kathy prefers pigtails to curls and runs away for the day to avoid a hair appointment. While she's off having adventures with her best pal Jeeter, her parents clash over how to ... See full summary »
Director: Beth Brickell | Stars: Joy Chesser, Radha Delamarter, Lisa Foster, Jerry Franks
Votes: 21
46. Bertrand disparu (1986)
44 min | Short, Drama
Bertrand is a 12-year-old runaway kid who meets Boris, a strange man who saves him from trouble, after he tries to steal something to eat in a supermarket. An odd relationship ensues.
Director: Patrick Mimouni | Stars: Nini Crépon, Patrick Malterre, Aïssa Djabri, Eric Picou
47. That Certain Summer (1972 TV Movie)
73 min | Drama
Teenager Nick Salter visits his divorced father Doug and meets Dad's new friend Gary McLain. But Doug enjoys Gary's company more than the company of women. Nick must then learn to deal with Doug's homosexuality.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Hal Holbrook, Martin Sheen, Joe Don Baker, Marlyn Mason
Votes: 492
48. Bride of Trailer Camp (2001)
63 min
A compilation of "coming attractions" from bad '50s melodrama through the greatest disaster movies of the '70s. Features a chain of your divas including Bette Davis in What Ever Happened to... See full summary »
Director: Jenni Olson
50. The Closet (1969)
20 min | Short, Fantasy
A young man hires a muscular masseur. In a blackened room, the handsome bodybuilder gives his client a memorable massage, displaying his very own technique involving some karate chop moves, and making the man fantasize about role play.
Directors: Scott Hanson, Joe Tiffenbach | Stars: Ramon Duron, Bill Ferguson
51. Who Happen to Be Gay (1980 TV Movie)
23 min | Documentary
Six professional men talk about the impact that being gay has on their lives.
Directors: Dale Beldin, Mark Krenzien
52.
American Playhouse (1980–1994)
Episode:
In the Wings: Angels in America on Broadway
(1993)
56 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Includes production meetings, rehearsals and performances, as well as interviews with New York cast members prior to last month's Broadway opening of "Millennium Approaches," the first half of the play.
Director: Tom Bywaters | Stars: Kathleen Chalfant, Roy M. Cohn, David Marshall Grant, Marcia Gay Harden
Votes: 32
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