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Prodigious pesto! Magnificent marinara! Glorious ghee! Best of Garbo talkies and a few classic silents. Extras, docs, and good transfers make this set a must-have for any classic film fan. Best of all is "Settling the Score," a documentary about the Young Film Composers competition finalists and their being mentored in the scoring process by the great Elmer Bernstein. You won't vant to be alone for this one!
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Greta Garbo's beauty is timeless. And her acting skills are evident even in the early silent films, which are still remarkable entertaining. Her skill as a comedienne is a wonderful surprise in Ninotchka. What I found especially interesting about her first "talkie" - Anna Christie - is that the movie was filmed twice; once in English with an English-speaking cast and once in German (for the European market) with leading men who could speak German. No dubbing or subtitles in those days. Garbo's performance was, I think, much better in the German language version, since she was clearly more comfortable with that language than with English. Of course, casting her as a young girl from Minnesota made her Swedish accent fit the part perfectly. In any case, she made the transition from silent films to talkies very successfully. Grand Hotel is truly a grand film, and don't miss her signature line "I youst vant to be alone." She later became a recluse living on the upper East Side of NYC. I wanted this collection since it was issued, but waited for the price to drop on eBay. When the usual trash comes up on commercial TV, I just pop one of Garbo's films in the DVD player for real entertainment.Read full review
Ends up cheaper to get the box set. I mean you get the touted "Garbo talks" and "Garbo laughs" films. Plus the beautiful "Camille" etc.. Including the Brownlow bio and silents is a nice bonus.
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Greta Garbo was a star all of her life from the silent days to as late as the 1940’s. There was a timelessness about her face and her style that works well even today. This set shows us all of it and lets us see her progression through the years.
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Great movies....great star!!!
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