Saint Granier. Photographic postcard, 192-.

Paris : A.N., [between 1920 and 1929?]

1 photographic postcard ; printed in sepia ; 13.9 x 8.8 cm

Saint-Granier. 698. Paramount films

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "Publicity postcard for the French comic actor and writer Saint-Granier (pseudonym of Jean de Granier de Cassagnac, 1890-1976), in an unidentified but seemingly 'pansy' film role. 'Gay' signifiers in this photograph are the simpering expression, cocked and much-beringed pinkie fingers, flowing robe-like costume, and dainty ladies' parasol. Pansy characters made many appearances in film throughout the 1920s and 1930s, before restrictions imposed by the Hays Code in Hollywood in 1932 severely restricted what could and could not be depicted on screen. Similar, but unstated restrictions applied to films produced at the UFA Studios in Berlin after the Nazi party took power in 1933. 'Pansies', stereotypically effeminate gay characters pretty much disappeared from cinema screens for the next forty years".

Wellcome Collection 2059139i