critiQs

Login Sign-up
Out of the Closet, Off the Screen: The Life of William Haines

Out of the Closet, Off the Screen: The Life of William Haines

# The Forgotten Story of Hollywood's First Gay Movie Star.
Documentary
📜 Overview: Chronicles the life of William Haines, Hollywood's first openly gay movie star, who sacrificed his career to live openly with his lover.
🌏 Languages Available:
📆 Date Released: 2001-06-13
⌚ Running Time: 46 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 5.8

Beloved Cast

William Haines original image
Self (Archival footage)
William Haines
Stockard Channing original image
Narrator (voice)
Stockard Channing
Christina Crawford original image
Self
Christina Crawford
Michael Musto original image
Self
Michael Musto
Michael J. Mann original image
Self - Haines' Biographer
Michael J. Mann

Similar Movies

7.5
Movie Name : Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...
Release Date : 🕔 2016-11-18
Average Rating: 7.5
Genres:
Duration :

overview : This film from acclaimed theater director Lonny Price charts the journey of the original cast of Stephen Sondheim's "Merrily We …

0.0
Movie Name : Home Again
Release Date : 🕔 2024-09-26
Average Rating: 0.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Rolland, a 70 year-old man, exiled by his family due to his sexual orientation, makes peace with the past by …

0.0
Movie Name : House of Pride – Ballroom Boudoir
Release Date : 🕔 2021-01-01
Average Rating: 0.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Montreal artistic collective House of Pride takes you behind the scenes of innovative performances in drag, dance and the performing …

0.0
Movie Name : STANDSinWATER
Release Date : 🕔 2022-12-31
Average Rating: 0.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Standsinwater Sutherland is 2Spirit Cree living in Northern Ontario. Holding her eagle feather, she sits and tells her story: her …

0.0
Movie Name : Three Colors and Other More
Release Date : 🕔 2018-12-18
Average Rating: 0.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Serginho was one of the founding members of the historic Coligay fan club, the first fan club formed exclusively by …

0.0
Movie Name : The Birth of Boadicea Burnout
Release Date : 🕔 2016-08-08
Average Rating: 0.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : A drag queen applies his friend's makeup as they reflect on the business and their sexuality.

10.0
Movie Name : Saudade dos Leões
Release Date : 🕔 2021-11-27
Average Rating: 10.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : In the midst of a pandemic scenario, the festive culture of Fortaleza faces obstacles to remain resplendent, which takes us …

0.0
Movie Name : Lullaby
Release Date : 🕔 2021-09-15
Average Rating: 0.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : A documentary essay on coming of age and the power of the unconscious. In the same vein as Sweatlodge Song, …

4.3
Movie Name : I Am My Own Woman
Release Date : 🕔 1992-10-30
Average Rating: 4.3
Genres:
Duration :

overview : The life story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, who survived the Nazi reign as a trans woman and helped start the …

6.0
Movie Name : Piss Off X
Release Date : 🕔 2021-02-15
Average Rating: 6.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : A historic underground gay document. Shocking. Intimate. Taboo. A behind-the-scenes look at the performance art of a millennial artist who …

0.0
Movie Name : Christopher Isherwood: A Born Foreigner
Release Date : 🕔 1969-11-02
Average Rating: 0.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Documentary about author Christopher Isherwood, in which he is interviewed about his life and work and which features extracts from …

0.0
Movie Name : Once Upon a Time in the Gay Village
Release Date : 🕔 2022-11-17
Average Rating: 0.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Once upon a time in the Gay Village is a montage of photos and music telling the story of the …

5.0
Movie Name : Let There Be Colour
Release Date : 🕔 2020-08-15
Average Rating: 5.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : On 8 September 2019 Sarajevo hosted its first Pride March, and this film covers its background.

6.4
Movie Name : The Dads
Release Date : 🕔 2023-03-12
Average Rating: 6.4
Genres:
Duration :

overview : On a fishing trip with Matthew Shepard's father, five disparate dads discuss their love, hopes and fears for their trans …

0.0
Movie Name : Sirens 77 True Love
Release Date : 🕔 2024-01-23
Average Rating: 0.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Two gay men in Japan discuss the end of their respective relationships.

4.0
Movie Name : Trans in Trumpland
Release Date : 🕔 2021-02-25
Average Rating: 4.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : A transgender Iranian-American embarks on a road trip to discover the everyday realities of being trans in conservative states across …

0.0
Movie Name : You Are Not a Woman
Release Date : 🕔 2018-11-10
Average Rating: 0.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : In the coffee-growing village of Santuario, Colombia, lives an indigenous transgender community. That is where Juliana and Berómica were banished …

1.0
Movie Name : My Pregnant Husband
Release Date : 🕔 2020-07-24
Average Rating: 1.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Couples Ari and Caitlin and Myles and Precious experience the joy of a transgender pregnancy when Ari and Myles, the …

Comments (0)