Ninotchka is the 1930’s comedy where ‘Garbo laughs!’ as a stern communist official whose romanced by suave Melvyn Douglas in Paris. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch.
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Conquest/Marie Walewska (1937). Tragic romance starring Greta Garbo.
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Film review of director Clarence Brown’s period romantic drama with Greta Garbo as a Polish Countess romanced by Napoleon (Charles Boyer).
Continue readingGrand Hotel (1932). Film review of the lavish melodrama starring Greta Garbo
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Continue readingCamille (1937). Film review of the romance movie starring Greta Garbo as a doomed courtesan
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Continue readingQueen Christina (1933). Film review of the historical romance starring Greta Garbo
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Continue readingSingin’ in the Rain (1952). Film review of the classic musical
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Continue readingAnna Karenina (1935). Film review of the adaptation of Tolstoy’s tragic-romance starring Greta Garbo.
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Continue readingThe Good Earth (1937). 4/5 stars for this haunting, emotional Chinese epic.
StandardFilm review by Jason Day of The Good Earth, based on the novel by Pearl Buck, about turn of the century peasants in China. Starring Paul Muni and Oscar winning Luise Rainer.
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