FOR WE FORGET THAT WE ARE WOMEN AND WILL REMAIN WOMEN SO LONG AS WE WALK THIS EARTH."

"I READ WITH CONSIDERABLE INTEREST LAURAJEAN ERMAYNE'S ARTICLE ON LESBIAN FILMS IN THE APRIL LADDER. IN ANSWER TO HER REQUEST FOR ADDITIONS, MAY SUGGEST THE FOLLOWING WHICH APPEAR TO HAVE LESBIAN CONTENT OF VARYING DEGREES. THESE ARE FOUND VIA STILLS PRINTED IN 'L'EROTISME AU CINEMA' BY GIUSEPPE LO DUCA (PARIS: PAUVERT, 1958):

"DIE BUCHSE DER PANDORA (LOULOU), BY G. W.PABST; GERMAN, 1928; WITH ALICE ROBERTE AND LOUISE BROOKS.

"FRISONS SANS BARREAUX; FRENCH; 1938; WITH GINETTE LECLERC AND LOUISE BROOKS.

"BROADWAY MELODIES; U.S.; WITH ANITA PAGE AND BESSIE Love.

"2000 WOMEN, BY FRANK LAUNDER; GREAT BRITAIN; WITH PATRICIA ROC AND JEAN KENT.

"HANDS ACROSS THE TABLE; U.S., 1935; WITH MARLENE DIETRICH AND CLAUDETTE COLBERT."

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R.K., CALIFORNIA

"THE FOLLOWING IS FROM THE NOVEMBER 1959 ISSUE OF ARCADIE' AND WAS ENTITLED 'NEWS FROM ITALY BY MAURIZIO BELLOTTI:

IN THE FILM THE GENIUS OF EVIL (COMPULSION) RECENTLY PRESENTED AT THE FESTIVAL OF CANNES, ONE CAN DETECT AN ATMOSPHERE OF HOMOSEXUAL I TY, NOT PRONOUNCED BUT SENSIBLE. ONE CAN SAY THE SAME OF A GERMAN FILM, THE GIRL OF BERLIN, WHOSE LEADING ACTRESS IS NADIA TILLER (THE HEROINE OF ROSEMARIE) AND WHICH DESCRIBES POSTWAR BERLIN. ONE NOTICES MAINLY SOME SCENES OF FEMALE COUPLES DANCING IN NIGHT CLUBS.

"THERE ARE ALSO TWO OVERTLY HOMOSEXUAL SCENES IN AN IGNOBLE

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