To escape the burdens of rule, Sweden's Queen Christina rides into the countryside disguised as a boy. There, she meets and secretly falls for a dashing Spanish envoy on his way to the royal court. Imagine the envoy's delighted surprise when he and the young "nobleman" must share a bed at an overcrowded inn. Greta Garbo gives a luminous performance in this lavish costume drama, starring with her one-time off-screen fiance John Gilbert and directed by Rouben Mamoulian. "It had been so...
Greta Garbo stars in one of her greatest roles, as the 17th century Swedish queen fiercely devoted to her country who fights at the head of her army like a man but who loves like a woman--Queen Christina. Crowned queen when she was five years old, the beautiful Christina (Garbo) leads a sexually ambiguous life as she fights to defend her Protestant country against the Counterreformation, dressing as a man and vowing to live as a bachelor. Christina has built her country into a formidable...
Elizabeth II: the sixth queen regnant and 63rd sovereign of Britain. She can trace her ancestry beyond the Hanoverians, Stuarts, Tudors, Plantagenets and Normans, back to the Saxon kings of the Dark Ages. Her long reign has seen astonishing social changes in Britain and the world. When Elizabeth came to the throne in 1952, divorcees were still banned from the Royal Enclosure at Ascot. Since then, her sister and three of her own children were divorced. The Royal Family members are no longer...
Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning monarch in the history of Great Britain and the Commonwealth. While her service to her country is legendary, she has become a figure of strength, endurance, and dignity the world over and indeed we all feel connected to her. Through triumph, loss, scandal, and celebration, witness the story of how a young Princess became Queen to the people of the world.
Forced onto the streets in her 50s, Marie found "home" at a Santa Monica laundromat. Taking shelter there for 20 years, Mimi's passion for pink, and living without looking back, has taken her from homelessness to Hollywood's red carpets.
When an alien ship crash-lands on Mars, a rescue ship sent to look for survivors. They find just one: an alien vampire, who starts killing the crew by sucking their blood.
Sherry Baker is the most popular bookie in New York, respected by all the city's top mobsters. Her good looks have half the town's eligible bachelors panting at her high heels. All that changes when six-year-old Jimmy Carson walks into Sherry's office looking to place a bet for his sick mother. When Sherry realizes that the boy's mother has died, she decides to take him in as her own. To her surprise, the former party girl discovers that she actually likes the domestic life, but the adoption...
An Italian couple defy both their families and marry for love. Four children later, they are running a diner in England. Humorous, dramatic, sad -- everything a movie should be.
The Benetto family is scattered to the winds in Brooklyn, NY. There's no predicting where they will end up. Relationships keep shifting. Generations keep trying to adapt to a new world. Risky behavior is the norm. Eventually, their paths all lead back to a fateful dinner at their former home, with surprise visitors and lots of unintended consequences. Where secrets are revealed, and a final page is turned. The biggest question is: Who exactly are the adults here? A mix of sharp and witty...
Breaking news from space! The bad: An intrepid captain and his men have landed on a planet where males are outlawed. The good: Some women there are eager to break the law! Queen of Outer Space is a milestone of movie camp. Eric Fleming plays the granite-jawed leader who shares with his crew the crime of maleness. That's just the start of their troubles. The man-hating Venusian Queen (Laurie Mitchell) aims to destroy Earth once a Beta Disintegrator is operational. But a gossamer-gowned...
Breaking news from space! The bad: an intrepid captain and his men have landed on a planet where males are outlawed. The good: some women there are eager to break the law! Queen of Outer Space is a milestone of movie camp. Eric Fleming plays the granite-jawed leader who shares with his crew the crime of maleness. That's just the start of their troubles. The man-hating Venusian Queen (Laurie Mitchell) aims to destroy Earth once a Beta Disintegrator is operational. But a gossamer-gowned...
Legend has it that any mirror may become a portal into the world of the dead. It is said the Queen of Spades gets her energy from reflective objects and anyone who sees her will go insane or die. When four teenagers summon the Queen as a joke, one of them dies suddenly and the group realizes they have conjured up an inexplicable and deadly evil.
A beautiful woman journeys to the forbidden depths of the African jungle to find her missing fiance. She is warned by the natives that the jungle is controlled by a tribe of she-devils - voodoo women who murder all outsiders. When she discovers that her boyfriend has been captured by these fearsome females, she and her expedition assault their hidden enclave. While unraveling the mystery, she discovers that his disappearance is linked to ivory smuggling. A greedy cartel, enraged at her...
A woman discovers that a savage female tribe has captured her husband. The path to his whereabouts is filled with dead bodies, and his rescuers are troubled by this question: Does he want to return? Robert Lowery and Patricia Morison star in this feature from director Edward Finney, but most unforgettable is Amira Moustafa as Zita, the white goddess of the jungle who offers ecstasy and death!
Deep in the heart of darkest Africa a scientist searching for radium lives with his wife and little daughter, Joan. In their jungle camp, Joan and her young friend, David, are playing hide-and-seek when the girl climbs into the empty basket of an aerial balloon being prepped for take-off. As her parents watch in horror, the craft accidentally launches skyward, carrying off their frightened child. Twenty years later, rumors circulate about a white jungle goddess, and David, now grown, is sure...
Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price, Edmund Purdom, Amedeo Nazzari. Here is a quality sword and sandal epic with a great cast that has been overlooked for years. Crain plays the stunning Egyptian beauty, Nefertiti. Purdom desires her but is foiled at every turn by an evil high priest who twice imprisons him. She eventually marries the Pharaoh and after his death becomes the queen of all Egypt. The high priest then attempts a military takeover! Some good action scenes follow. Price is most convincing...
A dramatic adaptation of Arturo Perez-Reverte's bestselling novel La Reina Del Sur (aka "Queen of the South"). The drama tells the story of Teresa Mendoza, who after her drug-dealing boyfriend is unexpectedly murdered in Mexico, is forced to go on the run and seek refuge in America. There, she teams with an unlikely figure from her past to bring down the leader of the same drug trafficking ring that has her on the run. In the process, she learns the tools of the trade and strategically...
As the fourth riveting season unfolds, Teresa (Alice Braga) expands her empire to the east by taking on the Big Easy New Orleans. But when new enemies emerge and familial trust is broken, Teresa must make decisions that will shake her to the core. Inspired by Arturo Perez-Reverte's best-selling novel "La Reina del Sur," Queen of the South is one tense, action-packed thrill ride!
Inspired by the global best-selling novel La Reina Del Sur by internationally acclaimed author Arturo Pe rez-Reverte, Queen of the South tells the powerful story of Teresa Mendoza (Alice Braga), a woman who seeks refuge in America after being forced to run from the Mexican cartel. Eventually rising to power, Teresa now rules over her own drug trafficking empire. In Season 5, Teresa finally embraces her Queenpin status and all that comes with it. While she has tried to maintain a strong moral...
Inspired by the global best-selling novel La Reina Del Surby internationally acclaimed author Arturo Perez-Reverte, QUEEN OF THE SOUTH follows the journey of Teresa Mendoza (Alice Braga) and the sacrifices she must make not only to survive, but to make it to the top of the drug world. Where will she draw the line when her moral code and her destiny are at odds? In Season Two, Teresa's loyalties are tested when she's ordered to hunt down and kill a DEA mole. And an uncharacteristic blunder...
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH tells the powerful story of Teresa Mendoza, a woman who is forced to run and seek refuge in America, and her eventual rise to power over her own drug trafficking empire. In Season 3, Teresa strikes out on her own, determined to build a new empire for herself. But as enemies old and new close in, she realizes that being Queen will require more work - and more sacrifice - than she ever imagined.Starring Alice Braga (City of God, I Am Legend) as Teresa, the original drama...
The 'Queen of the Yukon,' is not just the name of an Alaskan riverboat, but also the nickname of it's venerated owner - Sadie Martin (Irene Rich). Sadie has a nose for profit, but a heart of gold when it comes to the miners she transports on her floating saloon and casino. When the shady John Thorne of the Yukon Mining Company tries to buy the 'Queen,' Sadie knows that the deal would leave her beloved miners without a way to reach their claims and refuses to sell the boat at any price....
Sadie owns a riverboat used by the goldminers. They gamble and drink as they travel to and from their claims. The Yukon Mining Company tries to take over the riverboat so that they can cheat the miners out of their claims.
They played for high stakes in Alaska! This rousing adaptation of a Jack London short story was shot in the majestic Big Bear Lake in California. The story centers on Sadie Martin, Irene Rich, the plucky owner and operator of a riverboat frequently used by miners traveling to their claims. Hard up for cash, Sadie is left with no choice but to sell her beloved riverboat but before she can the malicious Yukon Mining Co. sends one of their stooges to take it from her! Featuring a stirring...