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GARBO TESTS?

The above ‘test’ footage of Greta Garbo isn’t a screen test per se (don’t be ridiculous!) but a series of hair and lighting tests shot for a movie that wasn’t fated to be made. Garbo signed a contract in 1948 with producer Walter Wanger, who had produced Queen Christina, to shoot an

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February 9, 2024 No Comments

GARBO SQUAWKS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46ybS7cebuUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3mQA-DXg1o ‘Gimme a whisky, ginger ale on the side.” (Pause) ‘And don’ be stinchy baby.’ So went the first lines Greta Garbo ever uttered in a sound film, ‘Anna Christie’ from 1930. Above I’ve posted two versions of the opening whisky scene–one of them with ‘restored sound’. For my money

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February 8, 2024 No Comments

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