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Author:

Gottlieb, Robert, 1931- author.

Title:

Garbo / Robert Gottlieb.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

FarrarStraus and Giroux,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

437 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Garbo, Greta,--1905-1990.
Garbo, Greta,--1905-1990--Influence.
Motion picture actors and actresses--Sweden--Biography.
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.
Motion pictures--History--20th century.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index.

Contents:

Why Garbo? -- Garbo before Stiller -- Garbo and Stiller in Europe -- Garbo and Stiller in America -- Garbo and Gilbert -- Garbo and MGM : the silent years -- Garbo talks -- Garbo off-screen -- Garbo, Salka, and Mercedes -- Garbo goes on talking -- Garbo gone -- Garbo on her own -- Garbo and some men in her life -- Garbo, money, and art -- Garbo and Beaton -- Garbo at home and abroad -- Garbo -- Why Garbo -- A Garbo gallery -- Extras -- Kenneth tynan's profile of Garbo -- Garbo, the Harrisons, and the Windsors -- Hours with Greta Garbo -- James Harvey on Camille -- From David Thomson's The new biographical dictionary of film, sixth edition -- Glimpses of Garbo -- Colleagues on Garbo -- Comments on Garbo -- Garbo in books -- Songs.

Summary:

"Award-winning master critic Robert Gottlieb takes a singular and multifaceted look at the life of silver screen legend Greta Garbo, and the culture that worshiped her"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0374298351
9780374298357

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1261773228

LCCN:

2021032233

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