MINE.

AS OF THIS WRITING | HAVE NOT YET SEEN THE FILM.

OPEN CITY, THE REALISTIC ITALIAN HIT OF 10 YEARS OR SO AGO, HAD A RECOGNIZABLE LEZ IN IT.

I HAVE SAVED THE BEST TILL LAST, THE UNFORGETTABLE CLUB DES FEMMES, FILMED ABOUT 25 YEARS AGO IN FRANCE, REVIVED IN 1947 UNDER MOST AUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES IN HOLLYWOOD. ALAS FOR THE LOST CINEMA CLUB OF PAUL BALLARD AND ITS TREASURE TROVE OF UNUSUAL PICTURES!

DUE TO THE GRAPEVINE OF LISA BEN, LOCAL LEZDOM WAS OUT IN FULL FORCE TO SEE THIS SPLENDID LEZFILM. THE EMPATHETIC FORREST ACKERMAN WAS THERE TO SHARE STILLS FROM THE PRODUCTION WITH THE GALS, AND THE FABULOUS LISA HERSELF WAS ACTIVELY IN ATTENDANCE.

AN ELECTRIFIED AUDIENCE WAS CAPTIVATED BY "THE PIQUANT CHARMS AND EXPRESSIVE FEATURES OF DANIELLE DARRIEUX", TO QUOTE FROM THE 1300 WORD REVIEW WHICH LISA WAS INSPIRED TO PUBLISH IN THE SECOND ISSUE OF VICE VERSA, "AND BY ALICE, A STRANGE SORT OF GIRL WHO IS AWARE THAT SHE IS 'DIFFERENT' BUT DOES NOT KNOW WHY, AND MOVES THRU THE FILM WITH SERENE DIGNITY AND GRACE."

ALICE IS ATTRACTED TO BUXOM BLOND JOSETTE DAY, LATER SEEN AS THE HEROINE OF LA BELLE ET LA BETE (BEAUTY AND THE BEAST), AND IN ONE SCISSORED BUT NOT COMPLETELY CENSORED SCENE THE BARE BREASTS OF THE BEAUTEOUS JOSETTE ARE BRIEFLY REVEALED, TO BE REPRISED SHORTLY THEREAFTER, TOGETHER WITH HER SHOULDERS AND BACK, AS SHE SHOWERS.

I, PERSONALLY, SHALL NEVER FORGET THE TENDER SCENE WHEN THE ALMONDEYED LESBIAN, NEWLY AWAKENED TO HER NATURE, BENDS OVER THE SHOULDER OF JOSETTE, WHILE HELPING HER TO SPELL, AND BEGINS: "MA SOEUR ..." ("MY SISTER.") TO QUOTE LISA BEN: "HOW BEAUTIFUL AND MELANCHOLY SHE DICTATES, 3 OR 4 WORDS AT A 'COME AWAY WITH ME, WE TWO SHALL

HER EYES, HOW WISTFUL HER VOICE AS TIME, THE SIMPLE VERSE WHICH SAYS, LIVE TOGETHER..

TO CONCLUDE FROM LISA'S REVIEW: "THE ROLE OF ALICE WAS PORTRAYED WITH ADMIRABLE GOOD TASTE. ONE COULD NOT HELP BUT ADMIRE THE CHARACTER OF THE QUIET, SELF-CONTAINED LESBIAN WHO BORE SUCH GREAT AFFECTION FOR HER GIRL FRIEND, YET FORBORE, EVEN WHEN ENTREATED REPEATEDLY TO DO SO, TO ENTER HER GIRL FRIEND'S ROOM TO KEEP HER COMPANY IN THE EVENINGS. POSSESSED OF BEAUTY, BOTH SPIRITUAL AND

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