She-Man: A Story of Fixation (Bob Clark, 1967)
Aug
4
Lt. Albert Rose, now Rose Albert (Leslie Marlowe), strikes a dramatic pose. DP: Gerhard Maser.
“IS HE? or ISN'T SHE?”
She-Man: A Story of Fixation (Bob Clark, 1967)
Mar
10
International Wig Day
Lt. Albert Rose is about to be transformed into Rose Albert (Leslie Marlowe). DP: Gerhard Maser.
Real-world female impersonator Leslie Marlowe plays Lt. Albert Rose, a military man forced into wearing lingerie and said wig and eventually embracing it as “Rose Albert”.
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Re-released by Something Weird you're forgiven to think that She-Man: A Story of Fixation will be a schlockfest. Instead it's a versatile as Bob Clark's filmography. She-Man – and do please forgive the wording – is part #fetish fest, part #mondo movie, part #queer liberation.
A lovely film that, reminiscent to Ed Wood's Glen or Glenda (1953), was made by people who lived the lifestyle and therefore forfeits the unnecessary, exploitative angle.
Read more about Marlowe and his/her peers in Avery Willard's wonderful Female Impersonation from 1971.