Vintage: Queen Christina (1933)

Vintage: Queen Christina (1933)

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Queen Christina is a pre-Code Hollywood biographical film, produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1933. It stars Swedish-born actress Greta Garbo and John Gilbert in their fourth and last film together.

The film was directed by Rouben Mamoulian in 1933, and written by H. M. Harwood and Salka Viertel, with dialogue by S. N. Behrman, based on a story by Salka Viertel and Margaret P. Levino. Leading roles are played by Greta Garbo and John Gilbert, whose career heavily declined with the rise of talkies. Garbo herself insisted on Gilbert as her co-star. It was the fourth and the last time they starred together in the same film. Queen Christina was billed as Garbo’s return to cinema after an eighteen-month hiatus. Prior to the shooting, while on holiday in Sweden, the actress read a treatment by Salka Viertel about the life of Christina and became interested in the story. At the time of shooting the film, Garbo was 28, the age of her character.

Queen Christina (1933)

Queen Christina (1933)

Queen Christina (1933)

Queen Christina (1933)

Queen Christina (1933)

Queen Christina (1933)

Queen Christina (1933)

Queen Christina (1933)

Queen Christina (1933)

Queen Christina (1933)

Queen Christina (1933)

Queen Christina (1933)

Queen Christina (1933)

Queen Christina (1933)

Queen Christina (1933)

Queen Christina (1933)

Queen Christina (1933)

Queen Christina (1933)

Queen Christina (1933)

Queen Christina (1933)

Queen Christina (1933)

Queen Christina (1933)

Queen Christina (1933)

Queen Christina (1933)


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