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This DVD collection contains two gay-themed short films:

Salome (Budget Edition):
A flamboyant screen adaptation of the well known play by Oscar Wilde.
Directed by Charles Bryant for Nazimova Productions, 1923
Produced by Alla Nazimova
Written by Oscar Wilde, adapted for the screen by Peter M. Winters
Starring Alla Nazimova, Mitchell Lewis, and Nigel De Brulier
With Rose Dione, Earl Schenck, Arthur Jasmine, Frederick Peters, and Louis Dumar
Cinematography by Charles Van Enger
32 minutes -
1.33:1 original aspect ratio -
Stereo sound -
NTSC -
All regions

Different From the Others (Budget Edition):
A man struggles with his sexuality while fighting a blackmailer who threatens to reveal that he is gay. English intertitles.
(This is the two reel edit made in 1927, also known as Anders als die Andern, The Laws of Love: Innocent But Outlawed!, and From the Briefcase of a Sexologist)
Produced and directed by Richard Oswald for Richard Oswald Productions, 1919
Written by Richard Oswald and Magnus Hirschfeld
Starring Conrad Veidt, Reinhold Schünzel, and Fritz Schulz
With Magnus Hirschfeld, Helga Molander, and Karl Giese
Cinematography by Max Fassbender
29 minutes -
1.33:1 original aspect ratio -
Stereo sound -
NTSC -
All regions

This Budget Edition DVD has not yet been restored, but the image quality is good to very good. It does not have scene-specific musical accompaniment but instead includes three genre-appropriate scores. You may choose one at the menu screen or can you easily switch between them during playback and find the score that best fits the current on-screen action.
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