From today’s book of the day, Frightening the Horses: Gay Icons of the Cinema by Eric Braun:

“Oscar Wilde’s association with mainstream cinema dates back to 1923, when the most flamboyant of all Hollywood’s silent female stars, Alla Nazimova, directed, under the name of her husband, Charles Bryant, an all gay/lesbian verson of Salome. It seems that not only were all the cast homosexual, but also the crew. It was the first production after Nazimova left Metro, the studio at which all her films since 1916 had been made.”

The costumes were designed by Nazimova’s lover, Natasha Rambova- Rudolph Valentino’s wife!