New on Blu-ray: QUEEN CHRISTINA (1933) Starring Greta Garbo

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Product Description: 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 military power, defeating the armies of the Vatican and threatening Russia, and she has agreed to wed the King of Spain--not for love, but to guarantee her country's peace and security. But Christina loses her heart to the King's ambassador (John Gilbert)--and she must choose between her duty to her country and the man she loves.

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New on Blu-ray: THE BIG PARADE (1925) Starring John Gilbert and Renee Adoree

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Product Description: One of the most moving and impactful depictions of war, director box-office hit, set the bar first and set it high. King Vidors remarkable silent classic is presented here in a revelatory 4K digital restoration from the rediscovered original camera negative. Wealthy James Apperson (John Gilbert) deploys as a soldier in World War I France and grows from a naive kid into a battle-hardened veteran as he and his two buddies are paraded toward the front. The film fiercely captures the heroism of the ordinary foot soldier struggling to survive, and how James determination to return to the village girl (Renée Adorée) he loves faces the ultimate test. Other great war epics would follow, but The Big Parade, a bracingly human and brutally vivid

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