Queen Christina Articles

John Gilbert, Greta Garbo in Rouben Mamoulian's Queen Christina Just a few days ago I was wondering if Turner Classic Movies would devote a day to the likes of John Gilbert, one of the biggest movie stars of the silent era — or any era, really. Though mostly forgotten today, Gilbert starred in numerous box-office and critical hits from 1923 to 1928, a relatively brief [...]

The 1939 Best Picture nominee Wuthering Heights, directed by William Wyler, and starring Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier, will be the next feature in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ series “Hollywood’s Greatest Year: The Best Picture Nominees of 1939.” The Wuthering Heights screening will take place on Monday, June 8, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. [...]

Queen Christina (1933) Direction: Rouben Mamoulian Screenplay: H. M. Harwood and S. N. Behrman Cast: Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Lewis Stone, Elizabeth Young, C. Aubrey Smith, Reginald Owen, David Torrence     One of the most ambitious productions of the early 1930s, Queen Christina remains surprisingly modern in its execution thanks in large part to Rouben Mamoulian's assured hand. Those looking for historical [...]

Greta Garbo in Queen Christina FILM Baby Face d: Alfred E. Green; scr: Gene Markey, Kathryn Scola The Barbarian d: Sam Wood; scr: Anita Loos, Elmer Harris Dinner at 8 d: George Cukor; scr: Frances Marion, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Donald Ogden Stewart Gold Diggers of 1933 d: Mervyn LeRoy; scr: Erwin Gelsey, James Seymour, David Boehm, Ben Markson I'm No Angel d: Wesley Ruggles; scr: [...]