Journalist Dave Karger and historian William Mann help provide context, because for the most part, this is all subtext, as gay themes were kept in what’s now thought of as the “celluloid closet” until relatively recently. TCM Spotlight: Gay Hollywood (starts at 8/7c, TCM): To acknowledge June as Pride Month, Turner Classic Movies devotes its Thursday prime-time lineup all month to films that reveal the influence of gay actors, writers and characters through Hollywood history.
