And they were #roommates. John Gilbert and Lars Hanson embrace in MGM’s 1926 queer-coded silent film FLESH AND THE DEVIL. The film follows two German soldiers, Leo (Gilbert) and Ulrich (Hanson), who fall in love with the same woman, Felicitas (Greta Garbo) – but they also seem to be in love with each other. They’d been friends since childhood, during which time they essentially had a wedding ceremony (officiated by young Garbo) on their ‘Isle of Friendship’ where they made vows to one another in