Due bambini diventano amici mentre apprendono la durissima arte dell'attore. Infatti in Cina per calcare il palcoscenico si deve sottostare a regole durissime. Una volta scelti come attori per una famosa opera con protagonisti un re e la sua concubina le loro vite cambiano. Tra intrecci politici e sentimentali si giunge alla tragedia.
Inseguiti dall'immancabile poliziotto, Stanlio e Ollio si rifugiano in una cantina di una villa. Il proprietario della casa, il colonnello Wilbuforce Buckshot, è in partenza per l'Africa, e affida al maggiordomo e alla cameriera il compito di affittare la casa. Una volta partito però, i due decidono di andarsene per otto giorni, e poi affittare l'abitazione.
Partiti i servitori, Stanlio e Ollio tentano di uscire dalla villa, ma il poliziotto è sempre presente...
In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.
In 1967, New York City is host to the Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant. This documentary takes a look behind the scenes, transporting the viewer into rehearsals and dressing rooms as the drag queen subculture prepares for this big national beauty contest. Jack/Sabrina is the mistress of ceremonies, and their protégé, Miss Harlow, is in the competition. But, as the pageant approaches, the glamorous contestants veer from camaraderie to tension.
Arnold è un giovane gay che si guadagna da vivere cantando vestito da donna in un locale notturno di New York. Si innamora di un insegnante, Ed, che però non vuole ammettere le sue tendenze omosessuali. Un altro giovane, Alan, accetta una relazione con lui. I due trascorrono felici sei anni, ma un giorno Alan viene ucciso da un gruppo di teppisti.
Gay hair stylist Robin Turner does a lot of work for drag queens, all the while dreaming that he'll someday find the courage to perform in drag himself. When his schizophrenic friend, Liza, turns up looking for a place to stay, the two form an increasingly tight bond, Robin helping Liza through an unplanned pregnancy and Liza pushing Robin to develop a successful nightclub act.
Danny La Rue stars in this 1970s drag comedy as Fred Wimbush, a Shakespearean actor who is drafted into WWII and is appearing in a camp show in France when the Nazis advance. Unless he continues in his female costume, Fred is certain to be shot as a spy. The risque gags and double entendres fly as he attempts to make his escape in the company of a troupe of Girl Guides.
Keeping the position of number one son requires a certain amount of ingenuity. Twelve year old Greg has inherited his father's competitive streak. On a family holiday to Fiji they have different ideas about where Greg should focus his talents. When his creative pursuits fail to amuse his father Greg goes to bizarre lengths to win him back.
When Agent Starrbooty's adopted niece is kidnapped, she and Agent Page Turner go undercover as prostitutes to rescue her from Starrbooty's old nemesis.
Features underground film makers and stars Jack Smith, Charles Ludlum, and Bill Vehr. A satirical film, comprising a collection of vignettes of the entertainment personalities who were famous during the "Roaring Twenties". Included is a take-off of the Ziegfeld Follies girl-parade, which features Ava-Graph's own pretty girls. Original music of the twenties. In stunning color
The story of a nightclub girl of the twenties who meets a handsome swain. In color.
A musical featuring favorites of Ava-Graph.
While trying to nab a gang of diamond smugglers, the police are notified by Scotland Yard that the gang's leader, a beautiful Englishwoman who was on her way to the States to take control of the gang, has been caught. Because the American gangsters don't know what their English boss looks like, the police persuade a female impersonator to pretend to be her and infiltrate the gang.
From transvestites to transformers, we will follow the trail that will lead us in different and famous Parisian music-halls, such as the mythical Alcazar of Paris, La Grande Eugène. Whether they are below or beyond their character, often these men who are looking for themselves look at life with the humor of despair. Why this need to "transform" themselves? Why is it always the men who cross-dress and not the women? Why did the public flock to these shows in the 1970s and 1980s? Interpretations of famous characters such as Diana Ross, Josephine Baker, Billie Holiday, the Peter Sisters, the Andrew Sisters, Zizi Jeanmaire, Judy Garland, Sarah Bernhardt, among others, contribute to making this musical document an essential testimony of this era.
Stars Pudgy Roberts. A satirical short, featuring Pudgy's famous nightclub act. In color.
Female impersonators model the wardrobe of the twenties, with commentary. In color.
A story about a London vampire, set in the Gay '90s. In black and white.
A tour de force for Jolie Derriere in four exciting escapades ala Pearl White in "The Peril's of Paulene". In color.
Adventures of Lily Lonely, a wicked gypsy and a mischievous boy. In color.
A comedy-drama about vamps, villains, and foreclosure on the Hornsby Farm. In color.