Title: Behind the screen
Subtitle: how gays and lesbians shaped Hollywood, 1910-1969
Description: From Goodreads:

William Mann's Behind the Screen is a thoughtful and eye-opening look at the totality of the gay experience in studio-era Hollywood. Much has been written about how gays have been portrayed in the movies but no book -- until now -- has looked at their influence behind the screen. Whether out of or in the closet, gays and lesbians have from the very beginning played a significant role in shaping Hollywood. Gay actors were among the earliest matinee idols and gay directors have long been among the most popular and commercially successful filmmakers. In fact, gay set and costume designers created the very look of Hollywood.With this landmark book, Mann fills a void in the Hollywood history archives. Written in the tradition of Neal Gabler's An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood and based on hundreds of hours of interviews with survivors of this golden age, Behind the Screen is destined to become a classic of film literature.
Subjects: Biography, Gay motion picture producers and directors, Gay motion picture actors and actresses, Homosexuality in motion pictures, Motion pictures, history, Gays, LGBTQ film and television, Filmacteurs, Filmproducenten, Homoseksuelen, Film, Filmregisseurs, Homosexualität, Motion picture actors and actresses, united states, Motion picture producers and directors, Motion pictures, biography, Gays, history, United states, biography
Places: United States, USA