Claudette Colbert.
- Date:
- [between 1934 and 1940?]
- Reference:
- 3306355i
- Part of:
- The James Gardiner Collection.
- Pictures
About this work
Description
Black and white promotional still of Claudette Colbert, an American actress, in the leading role of the film Cleopatra, 1934. Although Claudette Colbert publically denied rumours that she was lesbian or bisexual, she did have a close relationship with the lesbian artist Verna Hull in the 1950s, and socialised with other rumoured lesbian and bisexual women including Katharine Hepburn, Joan Crawford, Marlene Dietrich and Helen O'Hagan.
Publication/Creation
[Place of publication not identified] : Ross Verlag, [between 1934 and 1940?]
Physical description
1 photographic postcard ; 14.1 x 8.9 cm
Contributors
Notes
The title has been taken from wording on the object.
Reference
Wellcome Collection3306355i
Languages
Subjects
Where to find it
Photograph album on lesbian depictions, male impersonation, gender and masculinity
Location Status Access Closed storesNote