Screenplay/Book //  The Forgotten Front

 THE FORGOTTEN FRONT

 

 Feature length, Historic, WWII Drama, LGBTQ+ Romance. 2021 Academy Nicholl Quarterfinalist.

 

Logline: When celebrated American actor Katharine “Kit” Cornell tours WW II Italy with a stellar troupe of actors performing a love story for G.I.s fighting there, her need to do all she can for the soldiers and her country collides with her desire to abandon her lavender marriage and be with the woman she loves.

 

Brief Synopsos: Beloved American actor Katharine Cornell embarks upon a tour with a troupe of actors to perform her signature role of Elizabeth Barrett in The Barretts of Wimpole Street for G.I.s fighting in World War II Italy. The U.S.O. and the Army are convinced the the soldiers are only interested in 'I & I' (intercourse and intoxication) and predict failure for Kit's 'long-hair' drama. But she will not be swayed and the tour goes forward. The G.I.s fight for the Italian cities where the troupe of actors perform, eventually liberating Florence from Nazi occupation. Kit and her troupe are immersed in the fight for freedom, the tragic passion of war; and Love is won and lost on and off the stage and sacrifices are made in this true story that rescues a lost piece of LGBTQ+ history and remembers a front that must never be forgotten.

 

 

 Left to Right: Katharine Cornell, Guthrie McClintic, Margalo Gillmore, Gertrude Macy, Brian Aherne, McKay Morris, Brenda Forbes, Nancy Hamilton.

 

 

 

 

 

The Fifth Army Patch. The outlined figure of a mosque representing Morocco, North Africa, where the army was formed. The Forgotten Front title in pink.

 

 

 A Red Cross volunteer and her Captain serve lemonade to Katharine Cornell and Gertrude Macy (in sunglasses) at Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation.

 

 U.S.O Camp Shows patch worn by performers.