Queen of the deuce / Greenwich Entertainment ; Exile Films ; and Storyline Entertainment ; in co-production with ERT ; in association with Channel 8, RTS Radio, T�el�evision Suisse ; and Documentary Channel ; produced by Ed Barrevelo, Valerie Kontakos, Despina Pavlaki ; directed by Valerie Kontakos ; written by Valerie Kontakos, Despina Pavlaki.
Container of (work): Queen of the deuce (Motion picture) Container of (expression): Queen of the deuce (Motion picture). Modern Greek.
Notes:
Originally released as a motion picture in 2024. Wide screen. Extras: Trailers. Chelly Wilson.
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.
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