A Florida Enchantment

A Florida Enchantment 1914 is a silent film directed by and starring Sidney Drew and released by Vitagraph Studios. The film is based on the 1891 novel and 1896 play now lost of the same name written by Fergus Redmond and Archibald Clavering Gunter.

The film is also known for its use of blackface antics an aspect carefully dissected in Siobhan Somervilles Queering the Color Line. Since its inclusion in Vito Russos The Celluloid Closet, the film has increasingly been seen as one of the earliest film representations of homosexuality and crossdressing in American culture.

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