This lavishly-illustrated tour through the film career of Greta Garbo (1905-1990) provides a biographical background of the star and an analysis of her very special mystique. Payne describes how Garbo's timeless beauty worked its magic in such films as Flesh and the Devil, Anna Christie, Mata Hari, Grand Hotel, Queen Christina, Camille, and Ninotchka. Remarkable photos show the transformation of working-class girl Greta Gustafsson into a Hollywood bit player, and later into an icon of cinema glamour.
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A candid, perceptive portrait of Hollywood's most mysterious star. (Publishers Weekly )
In The Great Garbo, biographer Robert Payne reveals the headstrong and intelligent woman whose face inspired the passions of countless moviegoers during the 1920s and 30s. (Online Turner Classic Movie News 1/24/03 )
In The Great Garbo, biographer Robert Payne reveals the headstrong and intelligent woman whose face inspired the passions of countless moviegoers during the 1920s and 30s. (Online Turner Classic Movie News 1/24/03 )
Researched and written by historian and biographer Robert Payne, The Great Garbo is a thoughtfully presented and informative biography of the great film actress Greta Garbo (1905-1990), a woman who mesmerized the movie-goers of the 1920's and 1930's. (The Northern Mariner )
Researched and written by historian and biographer Robert Payne, The Great Garbo is a thoughtfully presented and informative biography of the great film actress Greta Garbo (1905-1990), a woman who mesmerized the movie-goers of the 1920's and 1930's. (The Northern Mariner )
Payne has done a first rate job of uncovering the star's past , even including the grades from her report card (Home Entertainment Books ) --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
In The Great Garbo, biographer Robert Payne reveals the headstrong and intelligent woman whose face inspired the passions of countless moviegoers during the 1920s and 30s. (Online Turner Classic Movie News 1/24/03 )
In The Great Garbo, biographer Robert Payne reveals the headstrong and intelligent woman whose face inspired the passions of countless moviegoers during the 1920s and 30s. (Online Turner Classic Movie News 1/24/03 )
Researched and written by historian and biographer Robert Payne, The Great Garbo is a thoughtfully presented and informative biography of the great film actress Greta Garbo (1905-1990), a woman who mesmerized the movie-goers of the 1920's and 1930's. (The Northern Mariner )
Researched and written by historian and biographer Robert Payne, The Great Garbo is a thoughtfully presented and informative biography of the great film actress Greta Garbo (1905-1990), a woman who mesmerized the movie-goers of the 1920's and 1930's. (The Northern Mariner )
Payne has done a first rate job of uncovering the star's past , even including the grades from her report card (Home Entertainment Books ) --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
About the Author
Robert Payne (1911-1983) also wrote The Dream and the Tomb, The Life and Death of Hitler, and The Great God Pan, a biography of Charlie Chaplin.
Robert Payne (1911-1983) also wrote The Dream and the Tomb, The Life and Death of Hitler, and The Great God Pan, a biography of Charlie Chaplin. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
Robert Payne (1911-1983) also wrote The Dream and the Tomb, The Life and Death of Hitler, and The Great God Pan, a biography of Charlie Chaplin. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The life, work and legacy of a truly glamorous woman,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Great Garbo (Hardcover)
Researched and written by historian and biographer Robert Payne, The Great Garbo is a thoughtfully presented and informative biography of the great film actress Greta Garbo (1905-1990), a woman who mesmerized the movie-goers of the 1920's and 1930's. It was Garbo's silver screen stories helped America cope during the depths of the Great Depression and left a lasting impression on American popular culture that continues to this very day. The 120 black-and-white photographs add a superb visual touch to this very highly recommended tribute to the life, work and legacy of a truly glamorous woman.
10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
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Awful - just awful,
By Kathleen M. Anez (Woonsocket, RI United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Great Garbo (Hardcover)
THIS HAS TO BE THE MOST AWFUL "BOOK" ON MS. GARBO I HAVE EVER READ. THERE ARE SO MANY BLATANT LIES, ERRORS, MISTAKES, MIS-CAPTIONED PHOTOS, ETC. THAT I WOULD NOT KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN TO STATE THEM. I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN SUCH POOR RESEARCH!I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN - NEVER DID THIS AUTHOR WRITE ANYTHING CREDIBLE. HE NEVER WROTE ANYTHING OF MERIT IN HIS LIFE. TRUE ADMIRERS OF MS. GARBO--PLEASE--READ KAREN SWENSON'S EXCELLENT BIOGRAPHY "GARBO - A LIFE APART". THIS IS SUPERB IN EVERY WAY - TRUTH, RESEARCH, INSIGHT, LIFE STORY, LOVE FOR JOHN GILBERT, SCANDANAVIAN ANGLE, ETC., ETC. PLEASE - READ THIS EXCELLENT BIOGRAPHY OF THIS EXQUISITE, UNIQUE ACTRESS - ONE WE WILL NEVER SEE THE LIKES OF AGAIN!
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