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Greta Garbo

A Cinematic Legacy (book in English)

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by Mark A. Vieira

Type: Biographies
Subject: Actor > Greta Garbo
Keywords: Greta Garbo, actress, filmography
Publishing Date: 2005
Publisher: Abrams
Collection: (no collection)
Language: English

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Physical desc.

Hardcover • 288 pages
9 x 12 ¼ inches (23 x 31 cm)

ISBN-10 ISBN-13

0-8109-5897-X
978-0-8109-5897-5

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Book Presentation:
With her astounding beauty and enigmatic persona, Greta Garbo is the ultimate Hollywood icon. Critic Kenneth Tynan once declared, "What, when drunk, one sees in other women, one sees in Garbo sober." Though many books have tried to unlock the mystique of the "Swedish Sphinx" by focusing primarily on her personal life, Greta Garbo: A Cinematic Legacy is the first book to pay serious attention to what made her an icon - her twenty-four Hollywood films. As MGM's highest-paid star, Garbo had approval over story, co-star, director, and cinematographer, wielding power that few others could match - yet she was often at odds with the system that made her such a phenomenon. Lavishly illustrated with luminous portraits, film stills, and behind-the-scenes photographs - many previously unpublished - and drawing extensively on interviews, letters, and studio production files, the book chronicles Garbo's stellar, yet turbulent, career. One hundred years after her birth, Garbo's captivating legend endures.

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