Dedications: My four late friends Rory, Stan, Bryan, Jeff - shine on you crazy diamonds, they would have blogged too. Then theres Garry from Brisbane, Franco in Milan, Mike now in S.F. / my '60s-'80s gang: Ned & Joseph in Ireland; in England: Frank, Des, Guy, Clive, Joe & Joe, Ian, Ivan, Nick, David, Les, Stewart, the 3 Michaels / Catriona, Sally, Monica, Jean, Ella, Anne, Candie / and now: Daryl in N.Y., Jerry, John, Colin, Martin and Donal.

Tuesday 15 May 2012

Greta's Mata Hari ...

A nice shot of Greta Garbo (those legs...) as MATA HARI - 1931, an amazingly stylish film and just maybe my favourite Garbo - apart from QUEEN CHRISTINA and NINOTCHKA of course. I like her Rhumba in TWO FACED WOMAN too ! She wears some amazing costumes as Mata and Ramon Novarro is the ideal foil for her. A delirious drama then - how I love those Garbo's and Von Sternberg Dietrich films.
(Jeanne Moreau's 1963 MATA HARI is an interesting contrast too - and totally different, Moreau label.)
Now for some more 1930s highlights: De Mille's SIGN OF THE CROSS and Claudette as CLEOPATRA !, plus those Tyrone Power & Loretta Young co-starrers.
(I haven't done much on Garbo here, we will have to rectify that ...)

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