Howard Hawks was both the producer and the director of Red River. I don't know if he was gay or not.
Cohan's book says about "Suddenly Last Summer" that Clift's off-screen identity was incorporated into the movie. Fans knew he was gay, and that lent plausibility to a plot that otherwise wouldn't have made sense.
I'm speculating that Wayne's real sexuality was part of his appeal. If at some level Wayne's movie fans knew his swagger was just an act, it tends to make gender roles arbitrary.
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