NARRATIVE - How to Find a Gay Husband

Narrative Feature

Title: How to Find a Gay Husband

Page Count: 98 pp

Project Status: In Development

Logline 

Inspired by female-driven comedies of the early 1950s, How to Find a Gay Husband follows two closeted lesbians at a Catskills singles resort looking for closeted gay men to marry.

Synopsis

The year is 1953, and the Husband Express is shuttling women to Cupid’s Forest Singles Retreat. In the back of the bus, Rosie & June befriend Mabel, a nice gal from Scarsdale. She invites them to share her large cabin suite. In their cabin, Mabel catches Rosie & June kissing and promptly faints. Rosie & June explain that they’re secretly lesbians looking for secretly gay men to marry. Mabel embraces her surprising new friends and they team up to find husbands. While galavanting around the hotel, Mabel meets Cliff, a handsome congressman who might be too good to be true. June meets Victor, a refined European man with an ambiguous sexuality. And while running from the interest of an eager Texan, Rosie meets Jimmy & Joey: She assumes they’re a gay couple but in fact they’re secretly criminals who are hiding at the resort. The stakes rise when Rosie’s hostile ex-girlfriend joins the retreat and June learns that Rosie has spent their entire life savings on their gay husband scheme. Chaos ensues and secrets are revealed during the Engagement Ball and in an impassioned speech, Rosie apologizes for lying to June because she loves June with all her heart. June grabs her, kisses her, and forgives her. In the end, Mabel rejects Cliff, June confirms Victor is gay, Rosie learns that Tex is bisexual (and interested in Victor), and Mabel wonders if she might be bisexual herself. 58 years later, elderly Rosie & June, newly legally married, enjoy the amenities of a honeymoon hotel resort.

Additional Project Information

As a queer woman, I’ve always wondered what if Gentlemen Prefer Blondes had a queer sequel where Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell end up with each other. Maybe it would have been called Blondes Who Don’t Prefer Gentlemen. I was tickled to see Gentlemen Prefer Blondes referenced during Ryan Gosling’s Oscar performance of “I’m Just Ken.” It never ceases to impress me how many people of all ages and backgrounds continue to love Marilyn Monroe movies. I once had a job taking buses full of people to New Jersey to go skiing or kayaking. I’d always invite the customers to vote on which DVDs to play on the bus; any time I included How to Marry a Millionaire it won. I remember one 30-something man from the Bronx saying, “I ain’t never seen that one. I seen Seven Year Itch though. It was good, yo!” My feature film script How to Find a Gay Husband is an homage to those still relevant and impactful movies.

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Written by: Rachel Kerry

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Rachel Kerry

rfkerry@gmail.com