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Author
Publisher
Rizzoli
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Description
"Since man first walked the Earth...in heels, no other art form has wielded as unique an influence on pop culture as Drag. Drag artists have now sashayed their way to snatch the crowns as the Queens of mainstream entertainment. Through informative and witty essays chronicling over 100 years of drag, readers will embark on a Priscilla-like journey through pop culture, from television shows like The Milton Berle Show, Bosom Buddies, and RuPaul's Drag...
Physical Desc
1 DVD (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A divorced father who wants to spend more time with his children disguises himself as a British nanny and applies for a housekeeping job in his ex-wife's home. Free to be the "woman" he never knew he could be, he soon creates a whole new life with his entire family.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006, c1959
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 122 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In order to escape retaliation after they witness a gangland murder, two unemployed musicians disguise themselves as women and join an all-girl band headed to Miami. En route, one falls for the band's lovelorn singer, who thinks she loves an aged playboy. Their cover is blown by his love interest and by a mob boss, who refuses to fall for their hoax.
Publisher
[Distributed by] MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
With a contract to perform a drag show way out in the Australian desert, Tick, Adam, and Ralph each has his own reason for wanting to leave the safety of Sydney. Christening their battered pink tour bus "Priscilla," the trio heads for the outback and into crazy adventures in even crazier outfits.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (133 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A poverty-stricken singer in Depression-era Paris becomes convinced that the only way she can earn a living on the nightclub circuit is to masquerade as a man who impersonates women. Then she meets the man of her dreams.
9) Tootsie
Series
Criterion collection volume 738
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2014]
Formats
Description
An out-of-work actor disguises himself as a woman to get a job on a soap opera, but then complicates matters by falling in love with the lead actress.
10) I am Divine
Publisher
Wolfe Video
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 DVD videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Profiles the life and career of actor, singer, and cross-dresser Divine.
11) Paris is burning
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (76 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Reveals New York City's community of minority drag queens where competitive balls and fashion are the source of pride and self-affirmation.
12) Kinky boots
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
To save the family shoe business from bankruptcy, young Charlie turns to an unlikely new creative consultant: a sassy cross-dressing cabaret singer whose outrageous style and wild designs are a breath of fresh air in the stuffy old factory.
13) Wanna get lucky?
Author
Series
Formats
Description
A young woman plunges from a Las Vegas sightseeing helicopter, landing in the pirates' lagoon in front of the Treasure Island Hotel in the middle of the 8:30 p.m. pirate show. Everyone writes her off as another Vegas victim, except Lucky O'Toole. As head of Customer Relations at Babylon megacasino and resort, she's got a lot on her plate, but she can't resist getting involved in this one.
Series
Publisher
Global Film Initiative
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After Ramo?n loses his job as a restaurant cook during Argentina's economic crisis, his wife Lili suffers a nervous breakdown. They will lose their house unless something drastic is done. Desperate, Ramo?n accepts a job in Lili's name - and clothes - to serve as a maid to a rich family.
Author
Publisher
Balzar + Bray, an imprint of HarpercollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
403 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"Michael is a mixed-race gay teen growing up in London. All his life, he's navigated what it means to be Greek-Cypriot and Jamaican--but never quite feeling Greek or Black enough. As he gets older, Michael's coming out is only the start of learning who he is and where he fits in. When he discovers the Drag Society, he finally finds where he belongs--and the Black Flamingo is born. Told with raw honesty, insight, and lyricism, this debut explores the...
16) Who is RuPaul?
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Appears on list
Description
"RuPaul Andre Charles always knew he was meant to be a performer. Even as a young child, he loved to dress up and imitate the glamorous women he saw on television. When he turned fifteen, he began studying theater in a performing arts school in Atlanta and never looked back. Ru developed his drag-queen personality and launched his career in the 1980s. He now hosts and judges the widely popular and long-running show RuPaul's Drag Race, which has raised...
Author
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Description
Seventh-grader Martin McLean has always been surrounded by people who can express themselves. His mother is an artist, his colorful Tío Billy works in theater, and his best friends Carmen and Pickle are outgoing and don't care what other people think. But Martin can only find the right words when he's answering a problem at a Mathletes competition-until his tío introduces him to the world of drag. In a swirl of sequins and stilettos, Martin creates...
18) Tootsie
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Michael Dorsey is a talented actor, but his demanding nature and stubborn temperament have antagonized every producer in New York. Now his agent insists no one will hire him. But Michael needs money - eight thousand dollars to be exact - and to earn it, he's willing to play the role of a lifetime"--Container.
Publisher
Distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (176 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Death gets off the Greyhound bus in the small town of Shuckton, Ontario, everyone in town is implicated when one of its most distinguished citizens is found murdered. As a suspect is arrested and the trial plays out, the entire town is affected and its dark secrets are unraveled and exposed.
20) Some like it hot
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (121 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two musicians in drag (Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon) dodge mobsters until a singer (Monroe) falls for one of them!
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