Queen of the Deuce

DVD 2024

Chelly Wilson escaped the Holocaust and built a porn cinema empire in New York City in the 1970s as a Greek-born, Christmas-celebrating, Jewish grandma, who married men but was openly gay. This documentary charts her unlikely rise to wealth as a shrewd businesswoman on 'The Deuce,' aka New York's infamous 42nd Street.

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Businesswomen New York (State) New York Biography

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Description:

1 videodisc (75 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
surround
Dolby Digital 5.1
wide screen
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

E
Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated

Notes:

Extras: Trailers
Originally released as a motion picture in 2024
Title from container
Cinematography by Patrick McGowan, Martina Radwan ; original music by Ken Myhr ; edited by Rob Ruzic
Chelly Wilson
DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1
For private home use only
Audio track in English, captions in English
Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH)

Control Number:

3319921

UPC:

073832926633
738329266332

Other Authors:

Barrevelo, Ed, film producer
Channel 8 (Television station : Israel), contributor
Documentary Channel (Television network), contributor
Exile Films, contributor
Greenwich Entertainment (Firm), film distributor
Hellēnikē Radiophōnia-Tēleorasē, production company
Kino Lorber, Inc., publisher
Kontakos, Valerie, film director, film producer, screenwriter
Pavlaki, Despina, screenwriter, film producer
Radio-télévision suisse, contributor
Storyline Entertainment (Firm), production company
Wilson, Chelly, on-screen participant

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