Garbo

Gottlieb, Robert 1931- (author.).

Summary: "Award-winning master critic Robert Gottlieb takes a singular and multifaceted look at the life of silver screen legend Greta Garbo, and the culture that worshiped her"--

Record details

ISBN: 9780374298357 (hardcover)
Physical Description: print
437 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Why Garbo? -- Garbo before Stiller -- Garbo and Stiller in Europe -- Garbo and Stiller in America -- Garbo and Gilbert -- Garbo and MGM : the silent years -- Garbo talks -- Garbo off-screen -- Garbo, Salka, and Mercedes -- Garbo goes on talking -- Garbo gone -- Garbo on her own -- Garbo and some men in her life -- Garbo, money, and art -- Garbo and Beaton -- Garbo at home and abroad -- Garbo -- Why Garbo -- A Garbo gallery -- Extras -- Kenneth tynan's profile of Garbo -- Garbo, the Harrisons, and the Windsors -- Hours with Greta Garbo -- James Harvey on Camille -- From David Thomson's The new biographical dictionary of film, sixth edition -- Glimpses of Garbo -- Colleagues on Garbo -- Comments on Garbo -- Garbo in books -- Songs.