Camille, 1936, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore. Directed by George Cukor. B&W, 109 minutes. Marguerite Gautier (Greta Garbo) is a French courtesan living a sumptuous life in mid-19th century Paris. Her extravagent lifestyle is maintained by the …
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Ninotchka (1939)
Ninotchka, 1939, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. B&W, 110 minutes. After her three comrades are taken in by the pleasures of Paris, Nina Ivanovna “Ninotchka” Yakushova (Greta Garbo) is sent by the Russian government …
Anna Karénina (1935)
Anna Karénina, 1935, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring Greta Garbo, Fredric March, Basil Rathbone. Directed by Clarence Brown. B&W, 93 minutes. Anna Karénina (Greta Garbo) is bound in a financially and socially comfortable, yet deeply unsatisfying, life at home with her husband of …
Grand Hotel
Grand Hotel, 1932, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring Greta Garbo, Lionel Barrymore, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Joan Crawford. Directed by Edmund Goulding. B&W, 112 minutes. Five diverse individuals, each battling his or her own demons, are staying at the Grand Hotel where their …
