Keaton cross-dressed as an old woman in SHERLOCK JR. It was a disguise, however. There is something about cross-dressing or drag which must reveal rather than conceal in order to really qualify for the category. Otherwise, it doesn't "read" as cross-dressing in the semiotic field of gender (whatever that grandiose phrase might mean)... Meryem Ersoz University of Oregon On Wed, 3 Apr 1996, Eugene Walz wrote: > I'm sure Buster Keaton did it in one of his movies; I can see him in my > mind's eye running with a dress on--but I can't for the life of me think of > the movie! > > More to the point, it was a staple of vaudeville, and Milton Berle did it > all the time on his weekly TV show in the 1950s. This was so morally > offensive to my RC parents that we were forbidden to watch Uncle Miltie > (besides, he was on opposite Bishop Sheen)! > > Gene Walz > Winnipeg, MB Canada > [log in to unmask] > > ---- > To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L > in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] > ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]