Homosexuality in Pre-Codes: "Coded" Lesbians

Added: 2026-05-09

[00:00:18][music] [music] [music] >> New fish.

[00:00:47]New fish.

[00:00:58]Well, make yourself at home.

[00:01:03]Well, well, who'd believe it? Baby's going out for the night.

[00:01:07]>> No, not again so soon. Yeah, I go over to my aunt in Jersey every Saturday night. You're certainly good to your aunt. It's too bad baby hasn't a boyfriend instead of an aunt. How's a girl to get married if she don't meet some men?

[00:01:21]Say, you kids ought to meet a man like my aunt. Bye.

[00:01:28]Cigarette?

[00:01:29]I'm not one of yours.

[00:01:30]>> Thanks.

[00:01:38]Thank you.

[00:01:41]Good morning, Eva.

[00:01:43]What are you doing up so early? I couldn't sleep. That means you're either happy or unhappy. Which is it? Happy.

[00:01:49]I'm glad. And what makes you so happy?

[00:01:52]>> Oh, no reason. How wonderful to be happy for no reason.

[00:02:01]May I have this?

[00:02:03]Of course.

[00:02:10]>> [laughter] [music] >> Austin, no.

[00:02:37]First he looks at her leg, then he smells her perfume. Then he stares at her face. And if he still admires her leg, he's sold. Behave.

[00:02:46]Say, there isn't any punishment bad enough for you. Yeah, but being penned up here with a daffodil like you COMES AWFUL CLOSE.

[00:02:56]ONCE AGAIN, LISTENERS NEVER HEAR any good of themselves, but I don't withdraw.

[00:03:01]You probably heard me say that I should very much like to spank you. I should imagine that few things would give you greater pleasure.

[00:03:09]Let's bolt out of this window, Walt.

[00:03:10]Yeah, it's supposed to be bad for our morals.

[00:03:13]>> Who cares what we should worry? Come on, Lou, let's dance.

[00:03:19]Window.

[00:03:21]The naked moon.

[00:03:24]>> [music] >> I found you.

[00:03:28]We meet. [music] I've seen you in my dreams.

[00:03:33]>> [music] >> But at the end of the day you're never free to go anywhere. You're surrounded by musty old papers and musty old men, and I can't get near you. Today I'll dispose of them by sundown, I promise you, and we'll go away for 2 or 3 days in the country.

[00:03:48]>> Oh.

[00:03:49]Wouldn't you like that? Oh, I'd love it.

[00:03:52]Austin, I think you have a terrible permanent. I can't do a thing with it.

[00:03:56]Well, there's a canary bird in there somewhere if you can only find it.

[00:04:01]Long enough?

[00:04:03]You're just always exercising.

[00:04:06]What do you think you're doing here?

[00:04:07]You're going to ruin my auto work.

[00:04:09]>> [laughter]