Since the publication of Vito Russo's seminal study, The Celluloid Closet, in 1981, much has been written about the representation of queer characters on screen. Until now, however, relatively little attention has been paid to how queer sexualities were portrayed in films from the silent and early sound period. By looking in detail at a succession of recently-found films and revisiting others, Shane Brown examines images of male-male intimacy, buddy relationships, and romantic friendships in European and American films made prior to 1934, including Different from the Others...