Queen of the deuce / Greenwich Entertainment ; Exile Films ; and Storyline Entertainment ; in co-production with ERT ; in association with Channel 8, RTS Radio, Télévision Suisse ; and Documentary Channel ; produced by Ed Barrevelo, Valerie Kontakos, Despina Pavlaki ; directed by Valerie Kontakos ; written by Valerie Kontakos, Despina Pavlaki.

Cover image for Queen of the deuce / Greenwich Entertainment ; Exile Films ; and Storyline Entertainment ; in co-production with ERT ; in association with Channel 8, RTS Radio, Télévision Suisse ; and Documentary Channel ; produced by Ed Barrevelo, Valerie Kontakos, Despina Pavlaki ; directed by Valerie Kontakos ; written by Valerie Kontakos, Despina Pavlaki.

Title:

Publication Information:

New York, NY : Kino Lorber, [2024]

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (75 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note:

Extras: Trailers.

DVD; region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) aspect ratio, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound (English and Greek), Dolby 2.0 stereo sound (English and Greek), dual layer, NTSC.

Summary:

"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." -- Container.

Personal Subject:

Wilson, Chelly.

Subject Term:

Businesswomen--New York (State)--New York

Pornographic film industry--New York (State)--New York

Greek Americans--New York (State)--New York

Lesbians--New York (State)--New York

Jewish women--New York (State)--New York

Genre:

Feature films

Motion pictures

Nonfiction films