2 Movies Starring Gloria Swanson

Queen Kelly

Queen Kelly

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1929-01-01

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

PASSED

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (2556 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Erich von Stroheim (based on an original story by)

Marian Ainslee (titles)

Fullplot:

Prince Wolfram is the betrothed of mad Queen Regina V of Kronberg. Supreme ruler, her word is law and he is a playboy. On maneuvers as punishment for partying with other women, he sees Kelly walking the the other students of a convent. He is intrigued by her beauty and wants her. He kidnaps her that night from the convent and takes her to his room and professes his love for her. When the Queen finds them together the next morning , she whips Kelly and throws her out of the castle. Regina then puts Wolfram into prison for not wanting to marry the Queen. Kelly goes to German East Africa to visit her dying Aunt and is forced to marry the disgusting Jan. The Aunt dies after the wedding and Kelly refuses to live with Jan and becomes the head of Aunties Brothel. Her extravagances and style earn her the name 'Queen Kelly' and Prince Wolfram does not marry Queen Regina V.

Sunset Blvd.

Sunset Blvd.

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1950-08-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

8.5 (125287 Reviews)

Director:

Billy Wilder

Cast:

Writer:

Charles Brackett

Billy Wilder

D.M. Marshman Jr.

Fullplot:

The story, set in '50s Hollywood, focuses on Norma Desmond, a silent-screen goddess whose pathetic belief in her own indestructibility has turned her into a demented recluse. The crumbling Sunset Boulevard mansion where she lives with only her butler, Max who was once her director and husband has become her self-contained world. Norma dreams of a comeback to pictures and she begins a relationship with Joe Gillis, a small-time writer who becomes her lover, that will soon end with murder and total madness.

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