406: Gay Bar 7 - Some of My best Friends Are...

I haven’t seen it, few people have, but if I am waffling on about gay bars then I really can’t omit the 1971 film “Some of My Best Friends Are…”. A sort of counterpoint to “The Boys in the Band”, it is about all the different types of patrons who pass through a New York gay bar "The Blue Jay" one Christmas night.

Having confessed my ignorance, I shall merely direct you to this good description of the film here:

http://vinnierattolle.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/some-of-my-best-friends-are.html

and this one here: http://trashaddict.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/some-of-my-best-friends-are.html

Some more of the history of the film, posters and various publicity materials are here:

http://www.queermusicheritage.us/jun2003a.html

1971 trailer

Because the film features Candy Darling a few of the clips have been uploaded: