Vintage Queer Subtext Moment
[K] What Sunday afternoon TV programs are good for: campy fun and hilariously queer movie scenes! (If you’re lucky)
Swagger to spare: Mauren O’Hara as a tough piratess
In this case, I stumbled upon a little gem from 1952: Against All Flags, in which Maureen O’ Hara plays swashbuckling Prudence ‘Spitfire’ Stevens - owner of her own pirate ship - opposite a rather sissy Errol Flynn who at one point teaches her how to behave more feminine (=less butch), while she answers his attempt to kiss her by drawing her gun. In an interesting turn of events, Stevens finds herself bidding for a Indian princess who is sold as a sex sklave /wife … and liking her price more than she expected. Enjoy!
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