Harry Hay

Three aspiring filmmakers (tall dark Roger Barlow, baby-faced Harry Hay, and bespectacled LeRoy Robbins - the real-life makers of this film) have big plans afoot. They're collaborating to enter a magazine contest sponsored by Pete Smith - yes, that Pete Smith, known for his "specialties" and sports featurettes - to find the best amateur short subject. The prize: $1,000 and a contract with MGM. (IMDB)

Quite possibly as relevant today as it was on its debut over 30 years ago, Word Is Out: Stories Of Some Of Our Lives is widely considered the first feature-length documentary on gay and lesbian identity. (www.cinema.ucla.edu)

This lively documentary takes us through the fascinating and extraordinary life of Harry Hay; labor organizer, Marxist teacher, and founding member of the Mattachine Society, one of the first gay rights organizations in the country. Harry has been at center stage of gay pride for more than half a century. (tlavideo.com)

Documentary/Historical retrospective of the Gay Rights movement from the 1969 Stonewall riots to the present. (imdb)

Anna Plummer, daughter of a Canadian farmer, secretly marries against her father's will. She and her young husband, Johnny Masters, move to a big city, shortly before Anna gives birth to a daughter he is killed in a holdup. Anna is compelled to take her baby into the home of her domineering aunt, and in a quarrel, when Anna learns that her aunt has given her daughter away to be adopted, Anna accidentally kills the aunt. Anna goes to prison for five years for manslaughter. (imdb)