The Third Sex

The Third Sex

59 mins | Drama | Nov. 8, 1934

An exploitation film about homosexuality. The film is believed to be lost. Elinor Gordon, who was frightened sexually by a man while an infant, confides in her psychoanalyst that she is contemplating yielding to the advances of her overly attentive and affectionate female roommate, Bobby Allen. The psychoanalyst advises the woman to dispossess her roommate, who works in the same law office as she, and to marry a football player. After the young woman rebuffs her roommate, she accompanies her lawyer employer, Dave Warren, to the country home of the firm's senior partner, John Grant. While Elinor falls in love with Dave, the senior partner's socialite daughter, Judy, yearns for Paul, an artist, who, unknown to her, is a homosexual.

The Third Sex

59 mins | Drama | Nov. 8, 1934

The Third Sex
An exploitation film about homosexuality. The film is believed to be lost. Elinor Gordon, who was frightened sexually by a man while an infant, confides in her psychoanalyst that she is contemplating yielding to the advances of her overly attentive and affectionate female roommate, Bobby Allen. The psychoanalyst advises the woman to dispossess her roommate, who works in the same law office as she, and to marry a football player. After the young woman rebuffs her roommate, she accompanies her lawyer employer, Dave Warren, to the country home of the firm's senior partner, John Grant. While Elinor falls in love with Dave, the senior partner's socialite daughter, Judy, yearns for Paul, an artist, who, unknown to her, is a homosexual.
Producers
Original title The Third Sex
Directors Richard C. Kahn
Writers Radclyffe Hall, Howard Bradford, Richard C. Kahn

Cast

S. Dana Hubbard

as Himself (as Dr. S. Dana Hubbard)

Morgan Wallace

as Paul Van Dyne

Luana Walters

as Elinor Gordon

Jean Carmen

as Bobby Allen

Sheila Loren

as Judith Grant

Allan Jarvis

as Dave Warren

Wayne Lamont

as Dr. Lafarge

John Elliott

as John Grant