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chamomilesteaa · 2 years

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queer people kissing in movies made before the year 2000, in honor of pride month

the watermelon woman, dir. cheryl dunye (1996) // happy together, dir. wong kar-wai (1997) // morocco, dir. josef von sternberg (1930) // maurice, dir. james ivory (1989) // all over me, dir. alex sichel (1997) // the living end, dir. gregg araki (1992) // queen christina, dir. rouben mamoulian (1933) // edge of seventeen, dir. david moreton (1998) // desert hearts, dir. donna deitch (1985) // but i’m a cheerleader, dir. jamie babbit (1999)

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gatabella · 4 months

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"I'll never forget the hushed atmosphere on the stage during her presence. We spoke in whispers, and moved about on tiptoe. Not by order, but because, almost subconsciously, every one of us was affected by a strange reverence for this unearthly woman, so close to us, and yet so remote and untouchable. She never spoke to anyone on the set except Mamoulian— not even to Gilbert. Gilbert, it was said, had wept from joy when the studio gave him the part after an all-night huddle, thus reuniting him with Garbo for the first time in five years. He was very nervous on the set during the first few days, so much so, in fact, that he was unfit for work. He missed his cues, forgot his lines, and we had to do the same scene over and over again, sometimes as often as 20 times, before Mamoulian was satisfied. Garbo, on the other hand, always knew her lines perfectly and never interrupted a scene and required a re-take. She spoke her lines without any foreign accent, in that wonderfully modulated and penetrating voice of hers, and so faultless was her stage diction that it seemed impossible she hadn’t spoken English all her life."

-Movie Classic magazine, Feb. 1937, an article by Leon Surmelian who played in Queen Christina one of the Spanish officers

#greta garbo #queen christina #quote #john gilbert #rouben mamoulian

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normasshearer · 2 years

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GRETA GARBO in QUEEN CHRISTINA (1933) dir. Rouben Mamoulian

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blacknarcissus · 10 months

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Queen Christina (1933)

#queen christina #greta garbo #rouben mamoulian #1930s #1930s hollywood #old hollywood #classic film #grapes

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maudeboggins · 1 month

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Queen Christina

#queen christina #greta garbo #THIS is the kiss of the film

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celluloidrainbow · 11 months

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QUEEN CHRISTINA (1933) dir. Rouben Mamoulian The wise and peace-loving Queen Christina has ruled Sweden since the age of 6, when her heroic father died in battle. Pressured to marry her cousin Karl Gustav and produce an heir, the queen slips away incognito and ends up at a country inn, where she meets and falls in love with Antonio, a Spanish envoy on his way to the palace. However, Count Magnus, himself in love with the queen, does not approve of her foreign lover. (link in title)

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royal-confessions · 6 months

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“I'm tired of TV series and films about Princess Diana or Empress Elisabeth of Austria, I know they've played their part in history. But it would be nice to make some film productions about women who have had an impact on the history of monarchies, for example Queen Leonor of Aquitaine, Queen Christina of Sweden or other notable royal women.” - Submitted by cenacevedo15

#eleanor of aquitaine #Queen Christina #popular

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thesapphocinephile · 6 months

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I already rewrote Queen Christina as a lesbian political drama in my head...and now I can't can't get the idea of a queer golden age of cinema out of my head.

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silentagecinema · 3 months

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queen christina (1933) directed by rouben mamoulian

"Spoils. Glory. Flags and trumpets. What is behind these high sounding words ? Death and destruction. Triumphals of crippled men. Sweden victorious in a ravaged Europe. An island in a dead sea. I tell you, I want no more of it! I want for my people, security and happiness. I want to cultivate the arts of peace. The arts of life! I want peace and peace I will have!"

#queen christina #30s cinema #1930s movies #30s movies #moviesedit #filmedit #cinema #old cinema #movie screencaps #screencaps #greta garbo

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paddyfitz · 2 years

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