Top Ten Performance of Greta Garbo
Referred to as the "Swedish Sphinx," Garbo is one of the few celebrated actresses her generation to make the successful transition from Silent Films to sound. By the time sound came to films, Garbo had been acting for a decade. This list comprises of her greatest performances in her sound era, which is from 1930-1941.
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- RegisseurGeorge CukorFilmstarsGreta GarboRobert TaylorLionel BarrymoreEine schwerkranke Pariser Kurtisane muss sich zwischen dem jungen Mann, der sie liebt, und dem gefühllosen Baron, der sie begehrt, entscheiden.Garbo's performance in this film is so tragic.
- RegisseureClarence BrownGustav MachatýFilmstarsGreta GarboCharles BoyerReginald OwenA Polish countess becomes Napoleon Bonaparte's mistress at the urging of Polish leaders who feel she could influence him to make Poland independent.Here, even though Garbo's character was Polish in nationality, Garbo gives us the impression that Poland was her native land!
- RegisseurClarence BrownFilmstarsGreta GarboFredric MarchFreddie BartholomewThe married Anna Karenina falls in love with Count Vronsky despite her husband's refusal to grant a divorce, and both must contend with the social repercussions.Another of Garbo's tragic characters. This film also has Fredric March as her love interest!
- RegisseurRichard BoleslawskiFilmstarsGreta GarboHerbert MarshallGeorge BrentA wife neglected by her husband, a medical researcher in China, falls in love with a dashing diplomatic attaché.Here again, another one of Garbo's tragic characters and again, Garbo has a strong leading man, this time in Herbert Marshall.
- RegisseurRouben MamoulianFilmstarsGreta GarboJohn GilbertIan KeithKönigin Christina von Schweden ist eine beliebte Monarchin, die vollkommen loyal gegenüber ihrem eigenen Land ist. Als sie sich jedoch in einen spanischen Gesandten verliebt, muss sie sich zwischen Thron und Liebe entscheiden.This film goes down in cinema history for one of the best head shots of Garbo. However, this film is on the list because Garbo goes out of her comfort zone here playing a queen that must choose between her country and her man.
- RegisseurClarence BrownFilmstarsGreta GarboLewis StoneGavin GordonYoung Harry is in love and wants to marry an actress, much to the displeasure of his family. Harry thinks that Bishop Armstrong knows nothing about love, so Armstrong tells him the story of Rita and himself. Rita was an opera star singing in New York, who was at a party given by Cornelius. Armstrong was a 28-year-old rector. He fell for Rita when he saw her and after six weeks he wanted to marry her. Naive as he was, he thought that all of Rita's "relationships" were in the distant past, but Rita lives for the moment and knows that she can never marry Armstrong.One of Garbo's tragic ingenues that she's famous for portraying. Garbo makes it look easy!
- RegisseurClarence BrownFilmstarsGreta GarboRobert MontgomeryLewis StoneYvonne is a beautiful model who loves frequenting the Parisian bohemian life, because she loves hobnobbing with artists.Familiar Garbo narrative of the wrong girl falling for the good man. However, Garbo makes it work.
- RegisseurClarence BrownFilmstarsGreta GarboCharles BickfordGeorge F. MarionA young woman reunites with her estranged father and falls in love with a sailor, but struggles to tell them about her dark past.This film made cinematic history fore its the first time we hear Garbo speak. The classic line, "Gimme a whiskey, ginger ale on the side, and don't be stingy, baby," is for the ages.
- RegisseurErnst LubitschFilmstarsGreta GarboMelvyn DouglasIna ClaireEine strenge russische Frau auf offizieller Dienstreise in Paris fühlt sich zu einem Mann hingezogen, der alles repräsentiert, was sie verachten soll.The tagline for the advertisement for this film is, "Garbo laughs." For me, its the fact she's in a comedy and stars alongside Bela Lugosi! I can't make this stuff up!
- RegisseurGeorge FitzmauriceFilmstarsGreta GarboRamon NovarroLionel BarrymoreEine semifiktionale Erzählung über das Leben Mata Haris, einer exotischen Tänzerin, die im Ersten Weltkrieg der Spionage für Deutschland beschuldigt wurde.This film deserves a special place in Garbo's filmography because of all the real-life characters she portrayed on screen, this role truly shows her range.
