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May 23, 2024 · Tastefully directed by Valerie Kontakos, “Queen of the Deuce” is the story of a shape-shifter: a twice-married gay woman, a Sephardic Jew who celebrated Christmas...
- 78 min
- Jeannette Catsoulis
May 23, 2024 · Valerie Kontakos’ entertaining 'Queen of the Deuce' relates saga of a refugee from Nazi Europe whose American Dream was realized via 42nd St. raunch.
- Dennis Harvey
Queen of the Deuce | Official Trailer - YouTube. IN THEATERS & ON AMAZON & APPLE TV MAY 24. From the late ’60s to the mid-’80s, in the notorious Times Square vicinity known as the Deuce,...
- 2 min
- 6.4K
- Greenwich Entertainment
Queen of the Deuce is a documentary film which chronicles the life of Chelly Wilson, who after immigrating to New York in 1939, eventually became a major pornography entrepreneur in the 1960s and 70s.
Chelly Wilson was a Holocaust survivor and a pioneer of the porn cinema industry in New York City in the 1970s. This documentary tells her story of escaping the Nazis, building a business empire, and being a gay woman on "The Deuce".
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- Animation, Biography, Documentary, LGBTQ+
- Valerie Kontakos
Apr 18, 2024 · “Queen of the Deuce” premieres May 24 in theaters and on Prime Video and Apple TV+. Check out the trailer below.
Chelly Wilson was a Greek-born entrepreneur who built a porn cinema empire in New York's Times Square in the '60s to '80s. The film explores her life story, from her escape from war-torn Greece to her family secrets and business ventures.
