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SICK AND DIRTY: HOLLYWOOD'S GAY GOLDEN AGE AND THE MAKING OF MODERN QUEERNESS BY MICHAEL KORESKY Fidgets which played a crucial roleFrom the 1930s to the 1960s, the Motion Picture Production Code severely restricted what Hollywood cinema could depict. This included any inference of the lives of homosexuals. In a landmark 1981 book, gay activist Vito Russo famously condemned Hollywood's censorship regime, lambasting many midcentury films as the bigoted products of a celluloid closet. But there is more to these movies than meets the eye. In this insightful, wildly entertaining book,