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Greta Garbo: Overruling Mgm
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MGM head Louis B. Mayer was unimpressed by Garbo's two starring roles, but Stiller insisted on bringing her to America; ... Mayer had to contract her, as well. The actress spent most of 1925 posing for nonsensical publicity photos which endeavored to create a mystery woman image for her (a campaign that had worked for previous foreign film actresses like Pola Negri), but it was only after shooting commenced on Garbo's first American film, The Torrent (1926), that MGM realized it had a potential gold mine on its hands.
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Synopsis: MGM's paranoid fear of audience reaction to Greta Garbo's speaking voice must have been the only reason for this plodding courtroom melodrama to have been made as a silent. Released with a synchronized score and two important sound effects, The Kiss would prove to be Garbo's, and Metro's, finalRead More
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Louis B. Mayer of MGM Studios invited Garbo and Stiller to Hollywood after seeing her in Gosta Berling. Apparently, Mayer was thoroughly enraptured by the unspoken language in Garbo's eyes. He must have seen something in those soulful eyes to realise her immense potential as an actress.
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Garbo inexplicably showed interest in playing the title character in this 1945 MGM film, as a comeback role. Billy Wilder used this idea for his film Fedora, the story of a seemingly ageless actress.
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