The USA has added 25 movies to the National Film Registry, which seeks to ensure the classics will be preserved for future generations. The 2007 list also includes Grand Hotel with Garbo, Library of Congress head, James Billington said in a news release.
The Librarian of Congress — Billington's official title — picks the movies on advice from the National Film Preservation Board because they are deemed to be "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant. Once named, the library moves to preserve them, either through its own preservation program or by collaborating with other archives, studios and independent filmmakers. The preservation effort is necessary because old movies are deteriorating.
"Up to half the films produced in this country before 1950 — and as much as 90 per cent of those made before 1920 — are lost forever," Billington said.
We wanted to pass along our best Christmas wishes to all Greta fans. We value your support and thank you for your continued readership, support and friendship of this website. We look forward to serving you in the new year. Happy holidays to all Greta fans.
Lets "Elf" and "Scrooge" with David Lee's special Greta! Click the pictures.
Expert from a “Christmas letter” Garbo wrote in 1935 to her friends in Tristad (Sweden)
“...it is Christmas and I would like to wish you all a very specially happy Christmas, since I can't be with you.
When you go off to drink the first mulled wine of the season, don't forget that I want you to drink my health. Don't forget ……..because even if I'm not watching you, the heavens are.
Only one God. He created everything out Of one spirit – we are all one. And God is love. Don't laugh (I'll explain when we see each other). Happy Christmas to everyone...."
Click HERE and leave some words or flowers for Greta!
Garbo festival at the À l'action Christine in Paris
Nakis, our GarboNews man, just found out there is a Garbo festival (unfortunately only this week: December 19 - December 22, 2007) in Paris (France) at the cinema Action Christine. The festival is called: Garbo “La Divine”.
They show the following films:
Dec 19 - Ninotchka
Dec 20 - Mata Hari
Dec 21 - As You Desire Me
Dec 22 - Susan Lenox : Her Fall and Rise
Garbo “La Divine” - Extrait du Dictionnaire du Cinéma (Éditions Larousse)
Greta Lovisa Gustafsson, dite Greta (Stockholm 1905 – New York 1990). Naturalisée américaine en 1951, elle est, avec Chaplin sans doute, la personnalité la plus universellement célèbre du cinéma.
Garbo demeure l'archétype absolu de cet étonnant phénomène sociologique que fut la star , si exactement définie par André Malraux: une star est "une personne dont le visage exprime, symbolise, incarne un instinct collectif" , "une femme capable de faire naître un grand nombre de scénarios convergents...comme les créateurs de mythes inventèrent l'un après l'autre les travaux d'Hercule".
Sa beauté fut légendaire (on vérifia sur ses traits le nombre d'or) et sa “mythologie”, issue de ses films, alimentée tant par la publicité des studios, les rêves des admirateurs, les fables des journalistes, que par le soin farouche qu'elle mit à tenir secrète sa vie privée, fit d'elle aussi une figure de légende, un symbole vivant: Sphinge du Nord, Divine, Femme fantôme, Mademoiselle Hamlet.
Son éloignement volontaire des écrans à 36 ans, en pleine lumière, a préservé jusqu'à nous l'aura magique de son personnage. Magie d'autant moins contestable que, trois fois sur quatre, elle transfigure des scénarios, et parfois des mises en scène, qui sans Garbo seraient au bord de l'inepte.
We love little Garbo-ish games and plays on the Garbo-Board. Two weeks ago our Annie (aka Garbo20) started a Garbo fan art comeptition. The theme was: Garbo and Pepsi Cola. More Info HERE!
Here are some of the results:
The winner of Annie's first competition is announced:
The fans voted and the winner is this picture made by RubyRed (aka Anna Maria from Italy).
Next Competition:
Write a story about GG traveling in time to this year.
Thanks to Garbo 20 (Annie)
December 16, 2007
Garbo tribute song gets remixed and re-released!
The 2005 released song My Greatest Greta, by French Pop group 3 Cold Man will be re-released in Januray 2008.
3 Cold Men were formed in late 1999. Their major influences are running from the britannic Cold-Wave down to the French and German Electro-Gothic styles from the 80's and 90's. Their musical style is known nowadays as Retro Wave.
The song My Greatest Greta first appeared on their 2005 released album Urban Rmxs. From 2005-2007, they performed the song several times live and the audience loved it. In the lyrics they mention words like Divine, Flesh, Torrent, As you desire me, Queen Christina and the song sounds a bit like New Order's Blue Monday.
In November 2007 the A merican band DATA-BANK-A, did a special remix for My Greatest Greta (Garbot Radio Days Edit). This remix is exclusive track for download only and will be released in January 2008 and is the first single from their new album Photogram.
You can hear a remix (The 3cm's Dubious Dancing King 54 Rmx) HERE!
December 14, 2007
Garbo wins online voting!
Some weeks ago, the German magazine Bunte asked their online readers which Hollywood actress they want to see pictures from?
It was a very exciting voting poll: 36,3% voted Garbo on number one, 35,2% voted Marilyn on place number two and Laetitia Casta, with 22,5%, got the third place.
For her new film, Atonement (USA 2007), English film and television actress, Keira Knightley "studied" Garbo's smokin' style.
Garbo smokin' in Anna Christie
Garbo's Smokin' style
Knightley's character is almost always smoking in her new movie. "What we were trying to do was really go back to that very 1940s style of filmmaking, and you go back to any of those films and it's a cigarette on the go the whole time," she said. "Greta Garbo, I watched a lot for her cigarette action. She has a great way of holding it. And there was some fantastic Bette Davis butt action as well."
We thought you would like to know that London auction house Christie's is going to sell this famous Garbo drawing ink on paper by French artist Rene Gruau (1909-2004).
The drawing is called Greta Garbo en reine Christine was made around 1950 and they estimate 12,000 - 18,000 USA $.
Our Annie (Garbo20), has updated and re-created her Garbo Links section. Its full of interresting websites, blogs, channels and more, all dedicated to the Divine one. See HERE!
Thanks to Annie
December 8, 2007
New „Garbo“ inspired fashion line by Wolfgang Joop!
For his new autumn/winter (2007/2008) fashion collection, the internationally successful German fashion designer Wolfgang Joop takes a journey to the Berlin era of the 1920s.
Joop said that his new collection is inspired by Garbo and director Pabst 1925 classic, The Joyless Street. More Info HERE!
The look of tomorrow!
"Its the look of tomorrow", said Joop. The collection is inspired by Pabst classic silent film The Joyless Street with Greta and Asta Nielsen. "Thats how the 'City Girls' of yesterday looked", said Joop.
A big Greta fan, Niéri, send me this great piece of work, mixed with Madonna's 1994 tune, Inside of me. I think its very intimate and sensual and i had to post it here.
Tribute to Garbo with music by Madonna
Thanks Niéri
December 4, 2007
A "Garbo Angel" package, for the christmas season.
A special edition of Grand Hotel has been released in Germany on November 11th, 2007. It is called Menschen im Hotel - Best Picture Edition (Special Edition).
In 1933 Grand Hotel won an Oskar for Best Picture! More Info about the film HERE!
Molly of Molly and Sonny Boy send us her impression of Garbo singing this classic American christmas song. What if Garbo sang Frosty the Snowman? Molly realizes it in her imagination and in this YouTube video.
Frosty the Snowman
Molly and Sonny Boy
Molly and Sonny Boy are a unique singing-songwriting and podcasting duo from New Ulm, Minnesota (USA). Their musical niche is one that they have dubbed "Rhythm and Blues-Grass. Sonny Boy is A medical Doctor (ER) and a Molly is a Radio DJ.
The highly-skilled Minnesota recording artists and multi-instrumental singer-songwriters who love to share their creative voice in a unique and unusual way. They hope you will enjoy their music during the holiday season whether you purchase one or both of their CD's.
Enjoy the Molly and Sonny Boy Christmas Show CD this holiday season. They feel all music-lovers will savor their unique interpretation on some old familiar favorites.
Many more little but interresting things have been added this very cold and depressing month. Special thanks to Werner, Gianni, Nakis, Isaura, Annie, Theo, Meri, Miss G, Patrick, Jean-Charles & Fabbienne and all the crazy Garbomanicas for their contributing support, friendship, critic and info.
As always, TJ & J.
December 1, 2007
New Queen Christina DVD released!
Garbo's 1933 released film, Queen Christina, will be released as a new exclusive DVD-Edition for the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung.
The film is part of a series called: SZ Cinemathek Traumfrauen and will feature female legends such as Ava Gardner, Romy Schneider, Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly and many more.
Well, not really. This DVD cover is "fan art by TJ " but it could be possible that the film will be released on DVD in the near future but we need your help!
Two-Faced Woman DVD
Please help and sign our two Garbo fan petitions to get Two-Faced Woman and more Garbo films on DVD!
Click HERE and HERE!
Thanks to Nakis and Mark
November 28, 2007
Never-before-screened Flesh and the Devil version?
Just an info about a screening of Flesh and the Devil at the San Fransisco Silent Film Festival. They talk about a new, never-before-screened 35 mm print, from the Library of Congress. What could this be? If you have any more details please get in contact with us.
Our friend Audrey has a new "Garbo MySpace page" called The Swedish Sphinx.
I think its worth to check out the work of Garbo's Number one fan! Anyone who is interested in finding out about "the divine vortex" hang around and you might get sucked in.
New scene from Greta's advertising film How not to Dress discovered!
We just discovered that another scene from Garbo's small advertising film Herrskapet Stockholm ute på inkop excist.
This was a small advertising film for the Stockholmer department store - PUB. The film is mostly known as How not to Dress, as this was the title of the segment with Greta. You can find more Info HERE!
Greta models for the PUB - Video
Den gudomliga (The Divine) short film!
"How not to Dress" and "Our daily Bread"
The Swedish Cooperative Union (KF) is the member association for Sweden's over 60 consumer associations and their 2.9 million members. They added a short film on their website called Den gudomliga (The Divine).
Den gudomliga does include three scenes of Garbo's 1920 and 1921 Swedish promotional/advertising films. See HERE!
November 18, 2007
New Mata Hari movie in production!
Ninety years after her execution for espionage, Mata Hari remains a byword for female treachery. Garbo played Mata in 1931 and it was one of her most successful American films. English director Martha Fiennes is going to make a new film, starring Dita Von Teese, about this notorious seductress in a very different light.
Garbo as Mata (USA 1931)
Mata Hari's - real name was Margaretha Geertruida Zelle - she was originally a spy for the French during the war and acted as a courtesan to many high-ranking allied military officers. In 1917, she was accused of providing information to the Germans and was subsequently executed in France.
The real Mata Hari
American style icon and burlesque queen Dita Von Teese will star as exotic dancer and World War I double agent Mata Hari. The 35-year-old Teese has signed up for the lead role in this biopic about the tragic Dutch star, who was executed by a firing squad after being exposed as a double agent during World War I.
Popular dancer and pin-up model - Dita Von Teese
Martha Fiennes said that Teese is perfect for the part and that she has written the script but it will probably need some developing, so we can not expect filming to start for another eight to ten months. You can can find more Info about the project HERE!
November 17, 2007
Wonderful Garbo screen-saver!
This is a special gift, Susan from classicsavers.com, made for the GarboForevers. I hope you will like it. It's an amazing piece of work, with beautyful Garbo Portraits and touching piano music!!
Sweden 's oldest department store, known as the PUB, gets a new image this winter. Nina Persson, lead singer form Swedish pop-group, The Cardigans, helped to turn the store into a hip fashion house.
Greta at the PUB
PUB, named after the initials of its founder Paul U. Bergström, first opened its doors in 1882 and Garbo worked there as a sales girl in the 1920s before becoming the Hollywood legend. More Info HERE!
Alle wollen Greta Garbo sehen! Funny new Garbo stage play in Germany
From all the many Garbo stage plays (New York, Paris, Budapest etc) we had and will have this year, the beautyful, 1920s & 1930s Jazz inspired, German Theater "Glorreich" (in Düsseldorf), is giving us the funniest one.
Garbo lives!
Alle wollen Greta Garbo sehen! (They all want to see Greta Garbo!) is the orginal title and will premiere on November 8. The Synopsis is very funny and cute. I am working on the text by now.
The theater is in Düsseldorf down town
The show starts at 19.45 (German time) and will repeat on 15th and 23rd of November. More Info HERE!
Thanks to Juliane Strizewski
November 6, 2007
Garbo at TCM - November 2007 schedule!
Turner classic movies will screen three Garbo's films and the great 2005 Documentary in November!
Garbo Facts - in Italian by Anna Maria
(Trivia) Click HERE! (thanks to RubyRed)
Unrealized Projects 1945-1949: The Black Narcissus, etc
(Trivia) Click HERE! (thanks to Patrick)
Garbo's film partners: Constance Bennet and Henry Daniell
(Trivia) Click HERE! (thanks to Greg)
Garbo's Grave: Video file of Garbo's funeral added
(Trivia) Click HERE! (thanks to Bea)
Garbo Stories: Garbo' s Taormina vacation
(Trivia) Click HERE! (Gianni)
Garbo's Musical's and Stage plays
(Trivia) Click HERE! (thanks to Zoltan, Jean-Charles and Peggy)
Garbo Candids and Private picture Gallery
(Gallery) Click HEREand HERE! (thanks to Eddie and Dave Lee)
Garbo Video's: many new candid clips, reports added in the Video section
(Media) Click HERE! (thanks to Javier)
About 200 large Garbo movie stills: A gift from Dr. Macro
(Gallery) Click HERE! (special thanks to Jerry)
Garbo's childhood and family pictures
(Gallery) Click HEREand HERE! (thanks to Fabbiene)
Garbo Press articles: Many new press articles are added
(Media) Click HERE! (thanks to Eddie)
with love TJ & J.
November 3, 2007
Please vote for Garbo's films to be released on DVD!
Check the Turner Classic Movies website and see the polls. TCM sends its poll results to DVD distributors, and with enough votes selected titles get distribution.
Please click the picture and vote for Garbo at TCM!
The Joyless Street
Current Rank: 420
Votes: 3
The Torrent
Current Rank: 243
Votes: 183
Love
Current Rank: 264
Votes: 160
A Woman of Affairs
Current Rank: 312
Votes: 111
Wild Orchids
Current Rank: 318
Votes: 105
The Single Standard
Current Rank: 321
Votes: 105
The Kiss
Current Rank: 296
Votes: 127
Romance
Current Rank: 300
Votes: 123
Susan Lenox: Her Rise And Fall
Current Rank: 313
Votes: 110
As You Desire Me
Current Rank: 156
Votes: 342
The Painted Veil
Current Rank: 215
Votes: 216
Conquest
Current Rank: 273
Votes: 151
Two-Faced Woman
Current Rank: 121
Votes: 436
Please also do not forget to sign our DVD petitions HERE and HERE!
Thanks to Swingdancingred
November 1, 2007
Very rare Garbo movie stills from Hollywood by GarboWerner!
Joyeux Noël Mademoiselle Garbo (Merry Christmas Miss Garbo) is a new French stage play written by H. Bernard Omnes and Ph. Villiers.
The play focuses on Garbo's life after her career and on the telephone conversations between Garbo and her friend teh art dealer Sam Green.
This amazing piece of work will premiere in Paris/France at the SACD - House of the Authors, on November 19, 2007.
Zazie Delem plays Greta Garbo, Anna Gaylor as Garbo's maid Claire Koger Nicolas Djermag as Sam Green.
More Info about Joyeux Noël Mademoiselle GarboHERE!
Garbo's Phone Conversations with Sam Green
The phone Conversations by Garbo and her friend, the art dealer Sam Green are taken from the Barry Paris book "Garbo".
Those conversations, from the early 1970s to mid 1980s were tape-recorded and transcripted. In the early 1990s writer Barry Paris started working on his book "Garbo".
It was the first time that the tape-recorded conversations were published in a book. The rights belong to Sam Green and the Greta Garbo Estate.
It is said that there are 100 hours of taped phone conversations between Garbo and Green and some other interesting persons. All of all of those conversations were transcribed and are in possession of Barry Paris. The high points and the important conversations are included in his book.
Not included in the book are rather "boring" conversations like conversations about food. Green informed Garbo that, as an art dealer working out of his home, he routinely recorded all phone calls.
Garbo made no protest. The original tapes are placed at the Cinema Archives of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut/USA.
One Million Dollar Auction of classic Glamour Photographs!
For the first time in public a uction history, over $1,000,000 of "Pre-code" 1920s and 1930s Hollywood glamour photography will be made available for auction.
On November 7 and 8, Profiles in History, the world's leading dealer of authentic Hollywood artifacts presents over 1,000 fine art photographs featuring history's most legendary actresses including Greta Garbo.
These classic photographs – the greatest assemblage of its kind – were shot by legends in their own right including George Hurrell, Clarence Sinclair Bull (head of MGM's still department for nearly 40 years) and Ruth Harriet Louise, who as the first woman photographer active in Hollywood, ran Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's portrait studio from 1925-1930, bringing to life the most glamorous and sexy female stars of their era.
This will undoubtedly be part of the worldwide bidding which begins at 12:00 noon both days. Bids can be placed either in person, in advance via mail, phone, fax or live over the Internet via eBay Live Auctions
Cause Halloween is soon, I thought I'll make this month a more "dramatic" package... oh, and forgive my funart thing there, which means this month no colored picture.. and I also didn't make a banner anymore, cause I think it's really useless to create them.
Another legend of the classic cinema has left us. Deborah Kerr (1921–2007) was a Golden Globe award winning and six-time Academy Award nominated Scottish actress. Kerr suffered from Parkinson 's disease and died on October 16th, 2007.
Deborah Kerr
Kerr and Garbo
Kerr was married to Peter Viertel, the son of Garbo's best friend Salka Viertel. Kerr and Viertel even contributed to the Barry Paris book - Garbo.
Garbo was very fond of Peter and Kerr. They married in Klosters (1960) and lived in a big hillside house, surrounded by fir trees, south of town.
Kerr was a friend, Garbo never lost. Kerr's quiet, thoughtful ways always charmed her. She was married to Peter Viertel, the son of Garbo's best friend Salka Viertel.
Rest in peace Ms. Kerr.
Kerr about Garbo
"She could be so funny and had such a wonderful way of knocking herself," remembered Kerr, whose lilting soprano voice downshifts at will into a perfect imitation of Garbo's baritone.
"Once in the late afternoon, we were about to have a glass of wine and I asked, 'Miss G, would you like red or white?' She gave me the most tragic look and said, 'Ooooh, De-bo-rah – that is a terrrrible decision!'”
"You never knew with her, whether she was sending you up or not. Peter, on the other hand, was never deferential. He would say, 'C'mon, Greta – just make up your mind!'"
Greta died 1990, in New York. Part of Garbo's estate was sold in an 1990 Sotheby Auction. It was called: The Greta Garbo Collection. The Auction was held on November 15, 1990 and t wo of her Renoirs alone brought $11.6 million.
Three paintings out of Garbo's collection are for sale again. The auction starts on Nov 8, in New York. Click HERE for more Info!
New Garbo stage play based on Greta and her friend Mimi Pollak
This new stageplay,Garbó, is based on Tin Andersén Axell 2005 released book, Djävla älskade unge! Andrea Fullajtár, one of the most popular Hungarian actresses, is playing the role of Garbo.
Andrea Fullajtár
The play will premiere in Budapest/Hungary on 21th of December and is directed by Erika Szántó.
In 2005, the book Djävla älskade unge! by Tin Andersén Axell and Mimi Pollak was released in Sweden. The book is about Garbo's letters to her friend Mimi.
The book
More info about Garbo and Mimi HERE and more Garbo musicals and stage plays HERE!
Thanks to Zoltan Zubornyak and Elisabeth
October 1, 2007
Very rare Garbo movie stills from Hollywood by GarboWerner!
An USA radio program special was held for Garbo's 102th birthday. There is an extensive interview with Garbo's nephew Scott Reisfield and lots of insights on Garbo the actress and icon.
Get Nici's great Garbo package of the month, dedicated to The Tempress. A great piece of work. It does include: banner, scan, avatars, wallpaper and a big colorized photo!
Our divine woman would have turned 102 years old today. Click HERE for a great article about Garbo's birthday!
One Hundred and Two years ago.... On September 18, a Monday evening at 7:30 PM in Stockholm/Sweden, Greta Lovisa Gustafsson was born at the Södra Maternity Hospital. Baby Greta was 52 centimeters long and weighted 3.5 kilograms. The family had many financial problems....Read more HERE!
Visit Garbo at Find-a-Grave.com!
Click HERE and leave some words or flowers for Greta! R.I.P. GG
September 18, 2007
"Garbo: The Bio-Pic": Coming in 2008?
A big Garbo feature film? Many Garbo fans wonder if it will really happen. IMDb (Internet Movie Database), listed the project as "in production".
Allround talent Buddy Bregman will write, direct and produce the big feature project. It's the behind-the-scenes, personal sexually driven story of this incredible lady as seen through her romances with John Gilbert, Marlene Dietrich (??), Cecil Beaton (homosexual), and a mysterious Latin female screenwriter.
Buddy Bregman
This is going to be a look at one of the world's most emotionally complicated, individualistic and self contained personalities of all time. Her whole life was dedicated to her personal freedom and independence to the confusion of all. She explored her inner world through her unique love life.
My Moment of Intimacy with Greta Garbo - by Susanna Estrella
Susanna Estrella is an accomplished writer, translator and poet who has received different awards for her writing achievements. In the late 1970s or early 1980s, she had one encounter with the woman that fascinated millions…Garbo.
Garbo Facts - in Dutch by Isaura Kerkhofs
(Trivia) Click HERE! (thanks to Isaura)
The Films of Alva and Sven "Garbo"
(Trivia) Click HERE! (thanks to Werner)
Garbo Doubles
(Trivia) Click HERE! (thanks to Greg)
Garbo related Films and Documentaries
(Trivia) Click HERE! (thanks to Fabbie)
Camille and Ninotchka colorized
(Trivia) Click HERE! (thanks to Jean-Charles and dreamer)
Garbo's Beauty
(Trivia) Click HERE! (thanks to Werner)
Garbo's Musicals and Stage Plays
(Trivia) Click HERE! (thanks to Michelangelo Alasa, Festat and Rahel A. Fischer)
Garbo's bibliography
(Media) Click HERE! (thanks to Dreamer)
Garbo Video art - by Jean-Charles
(Trivia/ Garbo Art) Click HERE! (thanks to Ciccione)
Garbo museum
(Trivia) Click HERE! (special thanks to Rune Hellquist and Nakis)
Garbo Videos
(Media) Click HERE! (thanks to Louis)
Garbo IRIS postcards
(Media) Click HERE! (thanks to Werner)
Garbo collectables
(Media) Click HERE! (thanks to Annie and Werner)
with TJ & J.
September 11, 2007
New Swedish Garbo book: Greta Garbo och den döde mexikanen
It's a fictitious novel and was released in June or July 2007. You can get the book HERE!
The book
Written by Olov Svedelid for Bokförlaget Forum (publishing company) Visit Garbo's bibliography HERE!
Thanks to dreamer
September 11, 2007
The Single Sstandard screening at Filmstaden in Sweden
On November 19, 2007, the Gamla Filmstaden i Solna (Svensk Filmindustri's multiplex theatre) will screen En kvinnas moral (The Single standard), with Garbo and Nils Asther.
Actress and entertainer Debbie Reynolds opens this season's Friend of the Institute ecture series at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Ms. Reynolds will speak about her remarkable collection of film costumes.
Reynolds is quite known for one of her greatest interests: Collection Hollywood costumes. Ms. Reynolds has been collecting for more than 30 years and has amassed more than 3,200 costumes.
The collection also includes an ensemble worn by Garbo. It is not known which one.
The lecture opens October 11, 2007, Minneapolis at the Institute of Arts The Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA).
Garbo - the history about her name
(Trivia) Click HERE! (thanks to Annie)
Garbo and Katharine Hepburn
(Trivia/ Lovers & Friends) Click HERE! (thanks to dreamer)
Nici's Garbo Wallpapers
(Media) Click HERE! (thanks to Nici)
Garbo Interviews - from the Picture Show magazine 1927
(Trivia/ Interviews) Click HERE! (thanks to Annie)
Garbo and her leading men
(Trivia/Garbo's filmpartners) Click HERE! (thanks to Greg)
Garbo and Joan Crawford
(Trivia) Click HERE! (thanks to Annie)
Garbo in Berlin
(Trivia) Click HERE! (thanks to Patrick)
Cooking and eating à la Garbo
(Trivia) Click HERE! (thanks to Danica)
Garbo Video art - by Jean-Charles
(Trivia/ Garbo Art) Click HERE! (thanks to Ciccione)
Garbo a spy in WW II ?
(Trivia) Click HERE! (special thanks to Bea & Kata)
Garbo and Marlene Dietrich
(Trivia/ Garbo's Lovers & Friends) Click HERE! (thanks to Nici)
TJ & J.
August, 5 2007
The return of "Garbo's Last Walk" at Broadway
The poster art
The dark comedy play, starring Kathleen Chalfant as Garbo, was already premiered in March 2007. Now it is back!
Kathleen Chalfant
The play is about Garbo's last days in New York, called "Garbo's Last Walk". It stars Broadway stars Kathleen Chalfant as the 84 year old Garbo, Laila Robins as her screen image, and Taina Elg as Claire, her maid.
Press release
It will open on August 27, Monday, 7 pm, at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Broadway at 82nd St. in New York City, there's going to be a one hour abbreviated version of the play read before the public. It's a witty play that captures the real Garbo behind the screen image.
Grand Hotel screening at Orange Coast College, California
On Thursday, August 2, 2007 - 3:00 pm, the Orange Coast College at the Fine Arts Building, Room 119, 2701 Fairview Rd., Costa Mesa in Californina, will screen Grand Hotel.
Collecting Greta Garbo is a very wide field. Every serious collector will be aware of one special kind of memorabilia which is really unique: VINTAGE FILMPOSTCARDS.
Among all countries with an evident tradition of printing those cards, it was Germany in particular publishing thousands of postcards dedicated to film actors and actresses, stage artists, directors and all film related subjects.
Garbo's first Ross card
The biggest and most well known company in Germany was ROSS VERLAG. Ross was the best and and most renowned company which was successfully dealing during some decades of the 20th century.
Garbo's colorized Ross cards
We now present to you the really unique Garbo Ross cards collection by our Werner H. (GarboWerner). All together he presents us more than 600 Garbo Ross cards!
Garbo's rare K-cards
Garbo Ross cards items can be offered by official dealers between 3 and 100 Euros.
Welcome to the world of Greta Garbo Ross cards from a German publishing company which has erected a monument to honour a divine goddess of the silver screen.
"The Movie Icon" series: People talk about Hollywood glamour, about studios that had more stars than there are in heaven, about actors who weren't actors but were icons. Other people talk about these things, TASCHEN shows you. "Movie Icons" is a series of photo books that feature the most famous personalities in the history of cinema. These 192-page books are visual biographies of the stars. For each title, series editor Paul Duncan has painstaking selected approximately 150 high quality enigmatic and sumptuous portraits, colorful posters and lobby cards, rare film stills, and previously unpublished candid photos showing the stars as they really are. These images are accompanied by concise introductory essays by leading film writers; each book also includes a chronology, a filmography, and a bibliography, and is peppered with apposite quotes from the movies and from life.
This great video is called: Women in film - 80 years of female portraits in cinema.
The morphing montage of female film star portraits from the last 80 years is made by an unknown artist. I will try tro find out more infos.
In order - Mary Pickford, Lillian Gish, Gloria Swanson, Marlene Dietrich, Norma Shearer, Ruth Chatterton, Jean Harlow, Katharine Hepburn, Carole Lombard, Bette Davis, Greta Garbo, Barbara Stanwyck, Vivien Leigh, Greer Garson, Hedy Lamarr, Rita Hayworth, Gene Tierney, Olivia de Havilland, Ingrid Bergman, Joan Crawford, Ginger Rogers, Loretta Young, Deborah Kerr, Judy Garland, Anne Baxter, Lauren Bacall, Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner, Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly, Lana Turner, Elizabeth Taylor, Kim Novak, Audrey Hepburn, Joanne Woodward, Shirley MacLaine, Natalie Wood, Angie Dickinson, Janet Leigh, Brigitte Bardot, Sophia Loren, Ann-Margret, Julie Andrews, Raquel Welch, Tuesday Weld, Jane Fonda, Julie Christie, Faye Dunaway, Catherine Deneuve, Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen, Isabella Rossellini, Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn, Meryl Streep, Susan Sarandon, Jessica Lange, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sigourney Weaver, Kathleen Turner, Holly Hunter, Jodie Foster, Melanie Griffith, Sharon Stone, Meg Ryan, Demi Moore, Julia Roberts, Uma Thurman, Sandra Bullock, Julianne Moore, Diane Lane, Nicole Kidman, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Angelina Jolie, Charlize Theron, Reese Witherspoon, Gwyneth Paltrow.
Thanks to Vi.
July 14, 2007
Rare Garbo signed photograph on sale!
This rare Garbo signed photograph, inscribed to photographer Ruth Harriet Louise, is going to be to sold at Ebay right now. The price is up to $12,000 - $15,000.
Inscribed in bold black ink on the image, "I am not always yours Greta Garbo To Louase isn't right most terrible pose in the world I am mad!" The inscribee, "Louase", is none other than famed MGM photographer Ruth Harriet Louise, who took this photograph.
American fans could join this summer for Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo double features. The New Yorker movie theatre "Symphony Space" will be screening 8 of each diva's best films, giving us an extraordinary opportunity to experience the mystery and attraction of these luminous screen goddesses. the first double -feature was shown on July 8. The Tickets are $7
Scarlet Empress & Queen Christina
6 pm Dietrich in Josef von Sternberg's Scarlet Empress
8 pm Garbo in Rouben Mamoulian's Queen Christina
Showtimes: Jul 7 & 8, 2007, 6 pm
A Foreign Affair & Ninotchka
6 pm Dietrich in Billy Wilder's A Foreign Affair
8:15 pm Garbo in Ernst Lubitsch's Ninotchka
Showtimes: Jul 14 & 15, 2007, 6 pm
Blonde Venus & Camille
6 pm Dietrich in Josef von Sternberg's Blonde Venus
7:45 pm Garbo in George Cukor's Camille
Showtimes: Jul 21 & 22 , 2007, 6 pm
Shanghai Express & Anna Karenina
6 pm Dietrich in Josef von Sternberg's Shanghai Express
7:30 pm Garbo in Clarence Brown's Anna Karenina
Showtimes: Jul 28 & 29, 2007, 6 pm
Morocco & A Woman of Affairs
6 pm Dietrich in Josef von Sternberg's Morocco
7:45 pm Garbo in Clarence Brown's A Woman of Affairs
Showtimes: Aug 4 & 5 , 2007, 6 pm
Dishonored & Mata Hari
6 pm Dietrich in Josef von Sternberg's Dishonored
7:45 pm Garbo in George Fitzmaurice's Mata Hari
Showtimes: Aug 11 & 12, 2007, 6 pm
The Blue Angel & Flesh and the Devil
6 pm Dietrich in Josef von Sternberg's The Blue Angel
8 pm Garbo in Clarence Brown's Flesh and the Devil
Showtimes: Aug 18 & 19, 2007, 6 pm
The Devil is a Woman & Conquest
6 pm Dietrich in Josef von Sternberg's The Devil is a Woman
7:30 pm Garbo in Clarence Brown's Conquest
Showtimes: Aug 25, Sep 1 & 2, 2007, 6 pm
New film version about Balzac's La Duchesse de Langeais
On 13 July, a new movie version about Balzac's La Duchesse de Langeais, will be released to European cinemas.
The original French title is Ne touchez pas la and stars Guillaume Depardieu and Jeanne Balibar and was premiered at the Berlinale in February 2007.
La Duchess de Langelais - The Garbo Comeback that never was
The Duchess was of course the project which Garbo and producer Walter Wanger tried to turn, 1949, into a cinematographic translation. Wanger wanted to shot the film in Italy and James Mason was signed to play the lover and Garbo made three famous black & white screen-tests for the film.
Sadly, due of many problems, post-phoning's and finally loosing the all important financiers, the film was stopped. Wanger hoped to start a-new but in February 1950, Garbo lost interrest and returned to New York.
Fan Art Movie "Promo" Poster
After the failure of Duchess, Garbo got many new offerings for Comeback Films but the possibility of such a realization was never so close as it was in 1949 with La Duchess de Langelais.
All-round talent Ture Sjolander may will release a unique Garbo Video-File!
In early 1970, Swedish film producer, photographer and writer Ture Sjolander shot many great candids of Garbo. Most of them were published in his 1971 released book Garbo by Ture Sjölander & Oscar Hedlund.
Ture and his book
70 Unreleased Candids in colour
Ture said he still has over 70 unreleased colour pics of Garbo. He made those while Garbo was on vacation in Klosters.
He told us: "In 1970 I was doing big artwork on the Space flight program for Swedish Television called 'Space in the Brain', a 30 minutes Space Opera and all the best selling poster from space trips sold worldwide and this Tapestry I got an order of from Zurich in Switzerland. When I was there in that business I made a weekend holiday and went up to Kloster and by a slump find out that this place was Garbos fav. hiding place....."
The rest is history. Many of those photos were published in his 1971 book "Garbo". Only four from seventy unreleased photos were released so far and can be found at his website.
Ture allowed us to use those wonderful big candids for GarboForever and share them with the other Garbo fans. Thanks Ture ;-)
Garbo by Ture
The infamous 3 minute Super8 Film
Ture also told us that he also has this infamous 3 minute Super8 Film, which shows ..... Garbo walking in Klosters ! From all the unreleased or lost Garbo footage, this little film turned into a fan favourite "Must see" and many hoped that Ture will publish the little film one day.
Read more about Garbo's Lost & Unreleased material HERE!
Thanks to Ture
June 24, 2007
Rock Band Plastic Parachute wrote a song about Garbo
The band Plastic Parachute has been likened to the vintage Hollywood stylings of Garbo meshed with the stage antics & unrelenting energy of The Stones.
Plastic Parachute
For the Garbo fans who didn't know, on their 2007 album Swell, which was re-released in February, they have a song called One Greta Garbo Love. You can hear the song at their MySpace website HERE!
The Bands front lady - Deb
Plastic Parachute has shared the stage with such notable acts as Nelly Furtado, Debbie Harry, The Go-Go's, Vaeda, Rick Springfield, many many more. Visit their offical website HERE!
Here are the lyrics to the Garbo song:
Second hand designer shoes
the finest French perfume a working girl can afford to use
A stunning dress under draped white light
High heels in Hollywood, but you're the star
I want tonight
Looking in this big brass mirror
35 millimeter
I want to see you clearer
I'm here to make it clear to you
I wish that you would want me too
Like a silent movie beauty queen
On the big screen
One Greta Garbo love
Vintage Lace & A velvet heart
Bevelled window panes
Silhouettes after dark
a stunning dress, under draped white light
High heels in Hollywood & your
The star I want tonight
Shrouded in mystery
Oh what you do to me
I need to see you
Clearer
I'm here to make it clear to you
I wish that you would want me too
Like I silent movie beauty queen
on the big screen
One Greta Garbo Love
You can get the album "Swell" with the Garbo song at cdbaby.com & at amazon.com
Thanks to Kata & Deb.
June 21, 2007
When Garbo met John F. Kennedy
A new book about JFK's friendship with Kirk LeMoyne (Lem) Billings, written by Journalist David Pitts, was released some month ago. Lem Billings met Jack when they were teenagers at Choate School for Boys in 1933. The book does also include the funny story when Greta Garbo met John F. Kennedy on Nov. 13, 1963.
The book is called: "Jack and Lem: John F. Kennedy and Lem Billings: The Untold Story of an Extraordinary Friendship." You can get the book HERE!
Book cover
Garbo & JFK
Author Pitts describes how Lem once returned from a visit to Europe, bubbling over with the news that he had become chummy with Garbo. The two had actually toured the Italian Riviera by car together.
Lem's bragging on his friendship with Garbo finally got under Jack's skin, and he decided to get even. He invited both Garbo and Lem to an intimate dinner at the White House with just him and Jackie. But he arranged for the actress to arrive first, so he could enlist her in a little plot he had hatched to take his pal down a peg or two.
So when Lem arrived, feeling rather full of himself, Garbo pretended that she had never met him before. Abashed, Lem spent practically the whole dinner desperately trying to remind the actress of the times the two had spent together, only to have each effort met by a frosty denial from Garbo.
Finally, the three conspirators Jack, Jackie and Greta could contain their amusement no longer and burst out laughing. Lem was let in on the joke and, although shaken, he pulled himself together and managed to enjoy the rest of the party.
The date was November 13, 1963. JFK was killed a week later in Dallas. The murder of John F. Kennedy just weeks later, on 22 November, upset Garbo terribly .
On June 6, the Orpheum Theatre at 842 S. Broadway (Downtown L.A.) screened Flesh and the Devil. It was a full success. Read a great review of the evening by columnist Howard Leff - HERE!
Orpheum Theatre
Thanks to Nakis
June 13, 2007
Madonna v/s Greta Garbo
I uploaded a video of Garbo's sexy Mata Hari dance mixed with a cool Madonna song (made by the talented Ellectrika) to get attention that the orginal Uncensored Version of Mata Hari still excist!
Please sign the Petition to get the orginal Versions of Mata Hari & the uncensorered version Two-Faced Woman on DVD! Please sign HERE!
Garbo's Sexy Mata Hari dance mixed with Madonna's Like it or not - Video
The Mata Hari Uncensored on DVD petition!
Many scenes of the uncensorerdMata Hari from 1931, were cut or edited, due of a re-release in 1938 (blame the Breen Office). Please help us sign the Petition. We need more signs! Feltenstein of Warner Home Video is aware of it but still no plans to restore this treasure and put it out on DVD. Please sign HERE!
What has been cut or edited and why?
Various books wrote how the film was a victim of censorship when it was re-released in 1938/1939. Some scenes were cut out to satisfy the Hays Office. In spring 2005 the uncensored version of the film was shown in Brussels/Belgium at the Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique. Warner is aware of it and it is now up to them to restore the film and release it on DVD.
The Uncensored Version does contain the following scenes and takes:
The Mata Hari Dance Scene The Mata Hari's dance scene at the beginning is much longer. The original dance scene goes on and on. Most revealing as Garbo continues in a frenetic dance to approach the statue of Shiva. She does is in such a suggestive way, that she seems to imply that she actually makes love with it. In the last shot she takes the top off and we see her from behind - totally nude.
The most revealing Negligee Scene In this version we see the scene where Garbo goes into her bedroom. After closing a satin curtain and then changes into a most revealing negligee. Novarro left behind and hesitate and then we see that wonderful close up of Garbo with the orchids. Than she emerges to initiate a wonderful love scene.
The Madonna Light Scene Another scene included, follows after the scene where Garbo tells Novarro to put off the candle on the Madonna icon and Novarro obeys. After the light goes out, there is a fade out in the cencored version. In this one, there is much more. We see a wonderful close up of Garbo, the two lovers embrace. Novarro micks her up in his arms and carries her to his room.
If you want to see Garbo in her most revealing Negligee, or when she takes her top off and you can see her from behind - totally nude, or if you wanna see what happens between Garbo and Novarro after the lights go out .....please sign.
I finally completed the section i made for Photographer Beauchamp and added the sixth and final colour picture of the famous session he made with Garbo in 1951. Click HERE!
Photographer Beauchamp asked Garbo to do her first photosession in colour. The result were several stunning colour portraits, shot in California 1951. Garbo met Anthony Beauchamp through her friend Harry Crocker and that she met Beauchamp several times before she accepted to be photographed by him in 1951. Garbo agreed to be shot by Beauchamp because he wanted to work in colour and this would have been a new development in her art. Only six negatives were shot. One of these picture appeared on the cover of the famous magazine McCall's, in June 1951.
Thanks to Gianni and Borhes
June 11, 2007
Garbo's Queen Christina Movie Speech on CD?
A speech from a Garbo film is part of the (offical?) CD Silent Movie Stars Speak - The lost recordings. This is a compilation of rare recordings of the actual voices of 21 of the greatest stars of the silent film era.
The tracklising is:
Track 1
2:00
Ramon Novarro
Track 2
0.59
Blanche Sweet
Track 3
6:47
Harold Lloyd
Track 4
5:52
Mary Pickford
Track 5
4:56
Stan Laurel
Track 6
2:55
Jackie Coogan (with his father)
Track 7
5:19
Buster Keaton
Track 8
2:47
Charlie Chaplin
Track 9
0:54
Ethel Barrymore
Track 10
1:36
Lionel Barrymore
Track 11
2:00
John Barrymore
Track 12
3:29
Laurette Taylor
Track 13
0:58
Bronco Billy Anderson
Track 14
4:03
Sarah Bernhardt
Track 15
2:23
D. W. Griffith (with Walter Houston)
Track 16
2:23
Lillian Gish
Track 17
2:08
Douglas Fairbanks
Track 18
3:30
Gloria Swanson
Track 19
4:02
John Gilbert
Track 20
3:59
Greta Garbo
Track 21
7:28
William S. Hart
The compilation was put together by a company called RAVE, and professionally manufactured by a sound studio here Dallas, Texas. A group of men and women who are silent film fans donated their wax cylinders, 78 rpm records, wire recordings, and radio transcriptions in order to make it possible.There is also a Volume 2 in the works that will include the voices of Norma Talmadge, Theda Bara, Francis X. Bushman, Alla Nazimova, and many others.
Thanks to Dave Menefee.
June 9, 2007
About 180 Garbo Lobby Cards added
(Media) Click HERE!
Over 200 Garbo Film Poster added
(Media) Click HERE!
Thanks to Nici
June 4, 2007
News about "Garbo - the Bio-Pic"
Some days ago i posted that Dr. Mia Sperber (a female doctor who wants to swap medicine for Hollywood) wrote the screenplay for a Garbo Bio - Pic and that Uma Thurman had expressed an interest in being cast as Greta Garbo in this (?) film. I wrote Sperber's Agent (Alex Sullivan of The Leo Media Entertainment Group) and he wanted to clarify straight away that the papers made a slight mistake and Dr Sperber is not directly involved in the Garbo project.
On the other hand, he told me, a feature film project is definitely in the works based on Greta Garbo's life, and it is written and to be directed by another client of his, the legendary Buddy Bregman. The Leo Media Entertainment Group is representing the project for him.
Buddy Bregman
Buddy has countless producer and director credits including An Evening With Ethel Merman on BBC, The Danny Thomas Special on CBS, International Cabaret series starring Juliet Prowse, Mel Torm, Shirley Bassey, Diahann Carroll, Nancy Wilson, on the BBC, An Evening With Jule Styne (ITV-London) (Styne was Buddy 's uncle - his mother's brother!) Newport Jazz Festival on NBC-TV, and The American Civil War Film starring Donald Sutherland on BBC-TV, for which Buddy received director of the year and show of the year awards.
Garbo - The Film
Allround talent Buddy Bregman will write, direct and produce the project. It's the behind-the-scenes, personal sexually driven story of this incredible lady as seen through her romances with John Gilbert, Marlene Dietrich (??), Cecil Beaton (homosexual), and a mysterious Latin female screenwriter.
This is going to be a look at one of the world's most emotionally complicated, individualistic and self contained personalities of all time. Her whole life was dedicated to her personal freedom and independence to the confusion of all. She explored her inner world through her unique love life.
More infos coming soon!
June 4, 2007
Greta Garbo's Star on the Walk of Fame in 2007!
To those who are interrested in it:
It is still not known when Garbo got her "star" at the Walk of fame but i found some NEW (Spring 2007) Pictures from her "Star". It still looks like new :-)
A female doctor is swapping medicine for Hollywood after learning that her first screenplay (Love and Virtueis) poised to go into production with an A-list cast. Dr Mia Sperber, the author of seven medical books, said that she had always wanted to write. Love and Virtue is the first of five screenplays by Sperber which are attracting the attention of film industry names.
Sperber said that Uma Thurman had expressed an interest in being cast as Greta Garbo in a film about the reclusive star based on a screenplay written by Sperber. It was rumored that Uma already showed interrest in playing Garbo in the mid 90s. More about Mia Sperber HERE!
We really hope that this will happen ;-)
Thanks to Kata
May 28, 2007
Garbo Personal owned or worn "Garbo's Duesenberg?"
(Trivia) Click HERE! (thanks to Kata)
Garbo Press Articles "Young miss article from 2005"
(Media) Click HERE!
Garbo's Gowns " Queen Silvia of Sweden next to Garbo's Queen Christina costume"
(Trivia) Click HERE!
Garbo Musicals and Stage Plays "GARBO...the Musical"
(Trivia) Click HERE! (thanks to Richard D. Kaye)
Garbo in CBS THIS IS SHOW BUSINESSTV?
(Unrealized Projects 1950-1954) Click HERE!
Garbo Audios "The Greta Garbo Centenary 1905-2005"
(Media) Click HERE! (thanks to Ingvar)
Garbo Name inspired and used "Garbo the spy, the pop-singer, the Bar, etc"
(Media) Click HERE!
Garbo's Half-Sister?
(Trivia/Garbo'sFamily) Click HERE! (special thanks to Bea)
For the May Issue of the French ELLE magazine, Mischa Barton (American actress and fashion model) "transformed" herself into Greta for a special photoshoot. Barton was also dressed up as many other classic Hollywood stars like Rita Hayworth, Dietrich, Monroe and Louise Brooks. Click HERE for more.
New Cover and release Date for the ICON Garbo book by Paul Duncan
The publisher changed the cover art for the book and the release date was also changed again (!!!). The book will now come out on September 1 and it will be released in French, German and English language.
The Movie Icon series: People talk about Hollywood glamour, about studios that had more stars than there are in heaven, about actors who weren't actors but were icons. Other people talk about these things, TASCHEN shows you. "Movie Icons" is a series of photo books that feature the most famous personalities in the history of cinema. These 192-page books are visual biographies of the stars. For each title, series editor Paul Duncan has painstaking selected approximately 150 high quality enigmatic and sumptuous portraits, colorful posters and lobby cards, rare film stills, and previously unpublished candid photos showing the stars as they really are. These images are accompanied by concise introductory essays by leading film writers; each book also includes a chronology, a filmography, and a bibliography, and is peppered with apposite quotes from the movies and from life.
The book is: Ich bin nicht gone Hollywood! Salka Viertel - Ein Leben in Theater und Film.
Cover
It is written by Katharina Prager and was released in March 2007 for a Vienna Publisher. Salka was of course one of Greta's closest friends and she wrote several screenplays for our Divine woman. Salka also starred next to Greta in the German language version of Anna Christie. You can find some interresting Garbo references in the 275 pages book. The publisher claims that the book draws a new picture of Garbo - free of the usual "mystery fake", how Salka called it.
New Date for the Frankfurth screening of Die Freudlose Gasse
I have just been informed that the screening of Die Freudlose Gasse (A joyless Street) at the German Filmmuseum in Frankfurth, has a new date. The film will now be shown on June 6. The film is part of a Asta Nielsen retrospective. The film starts at 20.00 PM ( European time). More Info HERE!
Piano Accompaniment by Eunice Martins
The film will be accompaniment on piano by composer pianist Eunice Martins.
More about Martins HERE!
May 22, 2007
George Cukor talked with Ingrid Bergman about Garbo's Retirement
A New book about Ingrid Bergman, 'Ingrid: A Personal Biography.' includes some Garbo references.
The Grand Surprise: Marlene Dietrich about Garbo's underwear?
A collection of previously unseen journals of Leo Lerman - the late, flamboyant Vanity Fair magazine editor who was a lifelong pal of Dietrich - in his book, from Knopf, Lerman reveals an unappetizing secret about the hygiene of sex icon, Greta Garbo:
"Marlene says Garbo has only two suits of underwear. They are made of men's shirting. She wears one for three days, then washes it, does not iron it. Then she wears the other," Lerman writes.
"Marlene says she doesn't mind the not ironing, but three days! Garbo uses only paper towels in her bathroom, has two pairs of men's trousers, two shirts, and little else in her wardrobe. She is very stingy."
The book
The Book,The Grand Surprise: The Journals of Leo Lerman, was released in late April 2007 and is available at Amazon. There is much more (fictive?) gossip about artists like Marlene Dietrich, Maria Callas, Yul Brynner, Truman Capote, Onassis , Lillian Gish etc.
Thanks to Kata
May 21, 2007
Garbo Film Screencaps
We added many Screencaps from Garbo Films into the Filmography. More willl follow soon.
Ninotchka screening at the Filmmuseum in Netherlands
Ninotchka will be shown, in a Ernst Lubitch retrospective, at the Filmmuseum in Vondelpark (Netherlands), on May 24. The movie starts at 17:00 PM ( European time).
This is the polnish version of the 1994 released Garbo book, GARBO by Barry Paris. It has finally been released in Poland now. It is published by TWÓJ STYL and translated by Mazan Maciejka.The book was released on April 28, 2007. It has 643 pages and many pictures.
We are currently updating her "GarboForever Gallery". We already uploaded 3000 Garbo pictures. Last week, we had some trouble with the Picture Uploader. So we decided to upload all pictures to a better server. Sorry about that. Hopefully, everything will be under control soon again.
An important sale of film and entertainment memorabilia will be hold at Christie's in New York, Rockefeller Plaza on May 30th 2007. I think you'd like to know that Garbo is among the celebrities included in this wonderful auction.
Garbo's Housecoat from Camille
Among the lots concerning Garbo, we can find a full-lenght housecoat of cream taffeta with Metro Goldwyn Meyer Inc. lebel inside inscribed Garbo 938. It was made for Garbo as Marguerite Gauthier in the 1936 production of Camille . Estimate 700 - 900 U.S. dollars. See more Garbo Gowns HERE!
The housecoat
Garbo's 1942 Passport
Here is another item from the same auction. A typescript receipt for a passport "Received Passport Ua6479 issued by Sweden to Greta Garbo..., signed in pencil Greta Garbo and dated 9/3/1942; Accompaigned by a black and white head and shoulders photograph of Garbo, circa 1942. Estimate 500 - 700 U.S. dollars.
We waited so long ;-) Amazon has finally revealed the Cover art for the book. It was already announced to be realeased in late 2006. The release date had been pushed back a couple of times. Amazon writes that it will be released in December 2007. It will be released in French, German and English. You can get it at Amazon: France, GermanyandEngland.
The Movie Icon series:
People talk about Hollywood glamour, about studios that had more stars than there are in heaven, about actors who weren't actors but were icons. Other people talk about these things, TASCHEN shows you. "Movie Icons" is a series of photo books that feature the most famous personalities in the history of cinema. These 192-page books are visual biographies of the stars. For each title, series editor Paul Duncan has painstaking selected approximately 150 high quality enigmatic and sumptuous portraits, colorful posters and lobby cards, rare film stills, and previously unpublished candid photos showing the stars as they really are. These images are accompanied by concise introductory essays by leading film writers; each book also includes a chronology, a filmography, and a bibliography, and is peppered with apposite quotes from the movies and from life.
On June 6, the German Filmmuseum in Frankfurth/main is showing Die Freudlose Gasse (The Joyless Street) in a retrospective on silent film actress Asta Nielsen. The film starts at 20.30 PM (European time).
On June 8 & 9, there will be a special tribute to Garbo at the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
They will screen three of her greatest films:
Queen Christina, Camille and Ninotschka.
Lecture by Robert Dance
Robert Dance (left) and GG's grand-nephew, Scott Reisfield (right)
Robert Dance, art dealer and writer, will do the lecture for the Garbo tribute. Dance worked with Garbo's grand-nephew, Scott Reisfield, on the 2005 released Garbo Book - Garbo: Portraits From Her Private Collection.
The book
Film screenings: Friday, June 8, at 7:00: Queen Christina
Saturday, June 9, at 2:00: Camille
Saturday, June 9, at 5:00: Ninotchka
Single tickets: $25 (ticket price includes all film screenings)
Mr Mark A. Vieira, the man who gave us the great Greta Garbo: A Cinematic Legacy, is curently working on a new book about the legendary MGM producer Irving Thalberg.
Irving Thalberg
MGM's top producer
Thalberg produced most of Garbo's MGM films. The working title for the book is Irving Thalberg's M-G-M and i think it will have many interresting Infos about the films he produced for Garbo. We guess it will come out in early 2008. The book will be released by Harry N. Abrams, Incorporated/New York.
Mark A. Vieira
The autor
I also would love to ad that Mr Vieira is really suppporting "us" (The Fans) to get the uncensored Version of Mata Hari (and Two-Faced Woman ) on DVD and i think he is the one who delivered the "News", that the uncensored Mata Hari excist, to TCM/Warner. He even signed the Petition and i have the feeling that he really cares for the Garbo fans.
The Thalberg produced uncensored Mata Hari
Various books wrote how the film was a victim of censorship when it was re-released in 1938/1939. Some scenes were cut out to satisfy the Hays Office. In spring 2005 the uncensored version of the film was shown in Brussels/Belgium at the Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique. Warner is aware of it and it is now up to them to restore the film and release it on DVD.
Mr Mark A. Vieira, the man behind Greta Garbo: A Cinematic Legacy, send us this beautyful Garbo picture and told me to feel free to post it. I'm sure this will make us all very happy ;-) The cute candid shows Garbo and Gaylord Hauser, ca.
1939/1940.
An important sale of european forniture, works of art and carpets was held at Christie's, in New York Rockfeller Plaza the 20th April 2007. Among the items there was a "consulat ormolu-mounted mahogany day bed", circa 1800 (estimated 40,000 - 60,000 US dollars) - provenance: Greta Garbo, her New York residence.
Sorry but there was no picture from the bed and we don't know if it was sold or not.
According to Barrie Maxwell's column at The Digital Bits, Garbo's version of The Painted Veil, is to be included as a bonus on the forthcoming DVD of the recent Naomi Watts 2006 version of the famous novel.
This was long rumored and now it seems that it really will happen. Cross fingers! The DVD comes out (zone 1) on May 8th.
New Screenings of Garbo's films at the Cinémathèque
In April (14th) the French Cinémathèque in Paris is showing Queen Christina in a retrospective on director R. Mamoulian.
In May there will be a big concert with full orchestra in Denmark with Flesh and the Devil.
Carl Davis will do the music.
In end of June or early July, Flesh and the Devil will also be shown at the International Film Festival in the city La Rochelle. The program is not yet established but they will have this tribute to the "erotic silents) and there will be a lot of silents, among others Flesh and the Devil and Stiller's Erotikon.
Thanks to Nakis
April 2007
Garbo's Letters to Mimi Pollak - re-release?
cover art
In 2005, the book Djävla älskade unge! by Tin Andersén Axell and Mimi Pollak was released in Sweden. The book, about Garbo's letters to her friend Mimi, is out of stock now. I heard that it will get a re-release this year and maybe will even be translated into english.
By the way, the swedish title means: "F*cking darling Kid!" or "Bloody Beloved Kid!" Axell's, book, is based on Garbo's letters to Pollak.
The title of Axell's book is based on the first words of a 1924 letter from Garbo to Pollak - whom she calls Mimosa - in which she writes: "The letter from you has aroused a storm of longing within me." Garbo, is said to have been invented by Pollak.
The Original uncensored version of Mata Hari does still exists. A version was shown in Belgium 2005. The original version was edited in late 1938 by the Breen Office, for a re-release.
The 1938 version is the one we know from TCM and VIDEO or DVD. TCM may will re-store it and release it in a DVD Box in 2009.
Our friend Nakis, is part of this and made it happen ;-) I'm so happy that we can finally spread the news.
Read more and see pics from the deleted scenes: See HERE!
Two-Faced Woman uncensored on DVD!
TCM also has the rights to the alternative version. Many scenes were cut in late 1941 and new scenes were added.
This version was released in January 1941 and is the one which we know from TCM and Video. A DVD of Two-Faced Woman is not officially in progress but its rather likely that we will finally see the original film one day.
Read more and see pics from the deleted scenes: See HERE!
March 2007
A Woman Of Affairs on DVD ?
VHS cover
It is rumored that it will come out on DVD this year. I'm not sure if this is true but it may will happen. The Painted Veil is still rumored to be released in Europe on DVD, similar to the European Maria Walweska release.
Thanks to Danny.
February 2007
Garbo's Last Walk
New play about Garbo by Kristof Bathory. Acclaimed american theatre stars will star in this reading. This play will p remiere on March 5 ,2007, at the Arthur Seelen Theatre at the Drama Book Shop (250 West 40th Street), New York. Kathleen Chalfant, Taina Elg, and Laila Robins will star in this staged reading of Garbo's Next Walk. Written by K.Bathory and directed by Paul Mullins.
Kathleen Chalfant will play Garbo on Stage.
The play focuses on the last walk taken in New York City by n actress Greta Garbo, who left a thriving career in Hollywood in the 1940s to move to New York City, where she spent the rest of her life as a virtual recluse.
On May 13 a new Garbo exhibition will be held in Minneapolis (American Swedish Institute). They will screen three of Greta's films, memorabilia and photos.
Ingrid: Ingrid Bergman, A Personal Biography by Charlotte Chandler will be released Simon & Schuster on February 20, 2007. W heard that it contains plenty of ‘Garbo’.
- Greta Garbo Hermits -
This is recipe for some kind of cookies named Greta Garbo. I love this so much that I added this over here.
- the recipe is actually called "Hermits Galore" and the Garbo Hermits are one of the variations -
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. cinnamon
3/4 tsp. each nutmeg and ground allspice
1/2 tsp. ground cardamom
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 cups chopped candied fruit
1 1/2 cups chopped toasted almonds
2 tsp. each grated orange and lemon rind
In large bowl, beat together butter, shortening, brown and granulated sugars until light and fluffy;
beat in eggs, one at a time. Beat in vanilla.
In separate bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice,
cardamom, baking soda and salt; stir into butter mixture in two additions.
Stir in candied fruit, chopped almonds and zests.
Drop by tablespoonfuls, about 2-inches apart ontp parchment paper-lined or greased cookie sheets.
Bake in 350 (degrees Fahrenheit) oven for about 15 minutes or until golden. Let cool on pans for 5 minutes.
Transfer to racks; let cool completely.
(Store at room temperature for up to 5 days or freeze for up to 2 weeks)
Makes about 80 cookies
Thanks to Danica.
January 2007
Our dear Ciccione created this lovely Garbo Blog @MySpace. Its worth to check cos its done with love and respect.
The music, gifs and films are wonderful. See HERE!
Thank you Ciccione.
January 2007
New DVD's ??
Some time ago I got some information's regarding NEW Greta Films on DVD. After my DVD petition I got in contact with a very nice Person from Warner.
Well, no new DVDs are officially confirmed b ut I can tell you that maybe some DVDs may pop out one day soon this year: The Painted Veil and Two-Faced Woman (un-restored European production).
Another rumor was that Susan Lennox would appear in a DVD BOX planned for Clark Gable Gable and his leading ladies).
Also rumored, is a European DVD production for A Joyless Street but I haven't found any infos to prove this right yet.
