Rouben Mamoulian's pre-code biopic QUEEN CHRISTINA ('33) is a groundbreaking work of queer representation. Greta Garbo stars as the titular bisexual ruler of Sweden in this film that features a kiss between two women. #PrideMonth | Turner Classic Movies: TCM

Greta Garbo and John Gilbert. Queen Christina (1933) New Trailer The wise and peace-loving Queen Christina (Greta Garbo) has ruled Sweden since the age of 6, when her heroic father died in battle. Pressured to marry her cousin Karl Gustav (Reginald Owen) and produce an heir, the queen slips away incognito and ends up at a country inn, where she meets and falls in love with Antonio (John Gilbert), a Spanish envoy on his way to the palace. However, Count Magnus, himself in love with the queen, doe

Garbo Talks! Silent screen actress Greta Garbo’s first spoken lines on screen ✨ The Swedish born actress’s first talkie “Anna Christie” from 1930. The new medium of talkies allowed audiences to hear silent screen stars for the first time. The next day, newspaper reviews said.. “Miss Garbo’s voice from the screen is deep toned, somewhat deeper than when one hears her in real life. The low enunciation of her initial lines, with a packed theatre waiting expectantly to hear her first utterance, came