The Queen

6.4
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 68 min
  • Premiere: 1968. June 17.

In 1967, New York City is host to the Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant. This documentary takes a look behind the scenes, transporting the viewer into rehearsals and dressing rooms as the drag queen subculture prepares for this big national beauty contest. Jack/Sabrina is the mistress of ceremonies, and their protégé, Miss Harlow, is in the competition. But, as the pageant approaches, the glamorous contestants veer from camaraderie to tension.

Discover

Jack Doroshow

Flawless Sabrina

Bernard Giquel

Interviewer

Mario Montez

Self - Singer

Crystal LaBeija

Self - Competitor

Rachel Harlow

Self - Competitor

Andy Warhol

Self - Jury Member

Edie Sedgwick

Self - Jury Member

Jim Dine

Self - Jury Member

Bruce Jay Friedman

Self - Jury Member

Larry Rivers

Self - Jury Member

Terry Southern

Self - Jury Member

Jerry Leiber

Self - Jury Member

Jackie Curtis

Self

Pepper LaBeija

Self

Dorian Corey

Self

Jill Krementz

Self

Mary Ellen Mark

Self

George Plimpton

Self

Camera

Robert Elfstrom

Director of Photography

Frank Simon

Director of Photography

Kenneth Van Sickle

Director of Photography

Alfons Schilling

Additional Photography

Joseph Zysman

Additional Photography

Directing

Frank Simon

Director

Editing

Geraldine Fabrikant

Editor

Fred Shore

Editor

Production

Lewis M. Allen

Executive Producer

Don Herbert

Producer

Si Litvinoff

Producer

John Maxtone-Graham

Executive Producer

Don Buchsbaum

Production Manager

Sidney Meyers

Consulting Producer

Sound

Sven Lukin

Sound

Gwen Brown

Sound

Nigel Noble

Sound