Ideal Beauty : : The Life and Times of Greta Garbo / / Lois W. Banner.
One of the silver screen’s greatest beauties, Greta Garbo was also one of its most profound enigmas. A star in both silent pictures and talkies, Garbo kept viewers riveted with understated performances that suggested deep melancholy and strong desires roiling just under the surface. And offscreen, t...
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| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PROLOGUE
- PART I. THE STEICHEN PHOTO
- Edward Steichen, Garbo, 1928. © 2022 The Estate of Edward Steichen / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- 1 GARBO GLORIFIED AND DEMONIZED
- PART II. MATURING
- Greta Gustafsson, circa 1918. PictureLux / The Hollywood Archive / Alamy Stock Photo
- 2 CHILDHOOD
- 3 PUB, DRAMATEN, AND MIMI POLLAK
- 4 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
- PART III. THE STAR
- Genthe’s photo of Garbo. Bill Waterson / Alamy Stock Photo
- 5 HOLLYWOOD
- 6 THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY
- 7 FRIENDS AND LOVERS; ANNA CHRISTIE AND GARBO’S ACTING
- PART IV. CHOOSING SIDES
- Garbo as Diana Merrick, wearing the “Garbo hat.” Allstar Picture Library Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo
- 8 UNDERSTANDING ADRIAN
- 9 THE PRE-CODE ERA
- 10 BREAKING FREE
- 11 DENOUEMENT
- PART V. CELEBRITY
- 12 SUCCESS AND FAILURE
- 13 NEW YORK
- 14 SUMMING UP
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR