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Greta Garbo in The Temptress (Fred Niblo, 1926)
Greta Garbo as continuance of Vamp Author Roger Manvell, in his volume The Film and the Public notes that after World War I, the genres that were already in place began to take a new turn with the new...
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Greta Garbo in Love
Photoplay magazine reviewed Love, "Anna Karenina? Not so's you could notice it. But John Gilbert and Greta Garbo melt the Russian snow with their love scenes. Will it be popular? Don't be silly." The...
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Greta Garbo in The Torrent (Monta Bell, 1926)
A suitable story for director Mauritz Stiller, famous Swedish director who just began work under M.G.M. contract is now being sought and will be announced at an early date. Greta Garbo, who has also...
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Greta Garbo in The Mysterious Lady (Fred Niblo, 1928)
While editor of Film Comment magazine, Richard Corliss signed the dedication of his biography of Greta Garbo"To My Own Mysterious Lady, who taught me all I know." Apparently, he had met his wife at a...
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Greta Garbo in Wild Orchids (Sidney Franklin, 1929)
Motion Picture News during 1929 quietly reported, "Clarence Brown will direct Greta Garbo in Heat for M. G.M.", later that month it adding, "Greta Garbo...has just completed The Divine Woman and will...
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Greta Garbo in The Single Standard (1929, Marsh)
John Bainbridge gives an account of Greta Garbo having returned from Sweden in which the studio and public had expected her to arrive in Los Angeles and her instead having gotten off the train early...
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Greta Garbo in The Kiss (Feyder/Daniels, 1929)
Greta Garbo The Film Daily ran an announcement during 1929 titled "Feyder Directing Garbo" It related, "Greta Garbo has begun work on a new picture under the direction of Jacques Feyder, French...
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Greta Garbo in Flesh and the Devil (Clarence Brown, 1926)
After listing "Tower of Lies as a reunion of Victor Sjostrom, Norma Shearer and Lon Chaney from the film "He Who Gets Slapped", and that Lon Chaney would "appear in another stunning vehicle..Title and...
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Greta Garbo photographed by Ruth Harriet Loiuse
Not incidentally, to show the amount of exposure in the printed media that Greta Garbo the recluse did recieve, during 1931 an new fan magazine entitled Movie Mirror launched its first issue, Volume...
View ArticleScott Lord Silent Film: One is Buisness, the Other Is Crime (D.W. Griffi...
D.W Griffith directed "One is Buisness, the Other is Crime", photographed by G.W. Bitzer, for the Biograph Film Company during 1912. The film stars actresses Blanche Sweet and Kate Bruce. D. W. Griffith
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Scott Lord Silent Film: The Love Flower (D.W. Griffith, 1920)
In their volume The Films of D?W. Griffith, Edward Wagenkneckt and Anthony Slide summarize the theme of "The Love Flower" as being "the paradox of reprehensible deeds committed by "the fair hand of...
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Scott Lord Silent Film: True Heart Susie (D. W. Griffith, 1919)
Directed D W Griffith during 1919 for ArtcraftPictures Corporation, "True Heart Susie" (six reels) was photographed by G.W. Bitzer and paired Lillian Gish in the titular role with Robert Harron with...
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Scott Lord Silent Film: The Girl Who Stayed Home (D.W. Griffith, 1919)
Directed by D.W.Griffith and photographed by G.W. Bitzer for the Famous Players Lasky Corporation "The Girl Who Stayed at Home" (seven reels) showcased actress Carol Dempster. In their volume The...
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The Golden Age of Swedish Silent Film: Victor Sjostrom and Mauritz Stiller
"The Image Makers see their images emerge out of the story. And then suddenly: darkness."- Per Olov Enquist in Bildmakarna, a fictional account of Victor Sjostrom, Julius Jaenzon, Tora Teje and Selma...
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