• Garbo Laughs is a 2003 Canadian novel by Elizabeth Hay. Set in Ottawa the novel focuses on Harriet Browning, a writer in her 40s who is obsessed with movies...
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    Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; 18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American actress and a premier star during Hollywood's silent...
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  • musst Caligari werden!") – The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari "Garbo talks!" – Anna Christie "Garbo laughs!" – Ninotchka "Be afraid. Be very afraid." – The Fly...
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    famous "Garbo Talks!" ad campaign used for her "talkie" debut in Anna Christie (1930), Ninotchka was marketed with the catchphrase "Garbo Laughs!", commenting...
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    which the famously serious actress' laughing scene was promoted by studio publicists with the tagline "Garbo Laughs!" In 1940, he directed The Shop Around...
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    Greta Garbo (generally known as a tragic heroine in film melodramas), and was popularly and critically acclaimed. With the byline "Garbo Laughs!", it...
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    twice, for her short-story collection Small Change in 1997 and her novel Garbo Laughs in 2003. His Whole Life (2015) was shortlisted for the Rogers Writers'...
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    typified by his performance in the romantic comedy Ninotchka (1939) with Greta Garbo. Douglas later played mature and fatherly characters, as in his Academy...
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    (1935) with Greta Garbo. Brownlow 1979, p. 201: Garbo "looked for approval from Gilbert after every scene. If he failed to nod, Garbo refused to continue...
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    play La dame aux camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils. The film stars Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Jessie Ralph, Henry Daniell...
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  • György Ligeti) In sensu, Stuttgart Ballet (Solo. Music: Vivaldi) 2012 Garbo Laughs, Nederlands Dans Theatre (Music: György Ligeti, Ray Charles) Black Breath...
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  • Burridge Unbound 2003 - Brian Doyle, Mary Ann Alice 2004 - Elizabeth Hay, Garbo Laughs 2005 - Frances Itani, Poached Egg on Toast 2006 - John-James Ford, Bonk...
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    World War I. The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film stars Greta Garbo in the title role. It was Garbo's most commercially successful vehicle. Only a censored version...
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  • Douglas Glover, Elle Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake Elizabeth Hay, Garbo Laughs Jean McNeil, Private View Edeet Ravel, Ten Thousand Lovers Non-fiction...
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  • film Ninotchka starring Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas was released. The film was marketed with the tagline, "Garbo Laughs!" Born: Melvyn Bragg, broadcaster...
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    released The Wizard of Oz, Babes in Arms, At the Circus, and The Women. Garbo laughed in Ninotchka; Goodbye, Mr. Chips won an Oscar (it was nominated for...
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  • December 16, 2010. Nissenson, Hugh (January 18, 1987). "He Almost Made Garbo Laugh". The New York Times. Retrieved December 16, 2010. Murphy, Mekado. "Movie...
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  • December 17, 2010. Nissenson, Hugh (January 18, 1987). "He Almost Made Garbo Laugh". The New York Times. Retrieved December 17, 2010. Murphy, Mekado. "Movie...
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    groomed their screen images. Among them were Lon Chaney, Ramon Novarro, Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Lionel Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Jean Harlow...
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    active in Hollywood from 1926 to the mid-1950s, known as "the male Greta Garbo". Between 1916 and 1963 he appeared in over seventy feature films, sixteen...
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    com. "In Gunsmoke, we never see Matt have a good belly laugh," GunsmokeNet.com "The Greta Garbo of Dodge City," GunsmokeNet.com "Buck Taylor's son Matthew"...
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  • The Autograph Hound (category Cultural depictions of Greta Garbo)
    Donald manages to sneak inside by climbing on the limousine with Greta Garbo so that it seems he's riding along with her. The security guard discovers...
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    of Nazareth (1977), The Elephant Man (1980), To Be or Not to Be (1983), Garbo Talks (1984), 84 Charing Cross Road (1987), Torch Song Trilogy (1988), Home...
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    and author Tomas Ross published the thriller Kvinnan som liknade Greta Garbo. Sjöwall married her first husband, magazine editor Gunnar Isaksson, in...
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  • others—like Ingrid Bergman, Maurice Chevalier, Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, John Huston, Liv Ullmann and Billy Wilder—of the golden age of Hollywood...
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    (1953) Bausch & Lomb Optical Company / Danny Kaye / Kemp Niver / Greta Garbo / Jon Whiteley / Vincent Winter / Gate of Hell (1954) Samurai I: Musashi...
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    revue are Greta Garbo, Ramon Novarro, and Lon Chaney, although Chaney is referred to by name in one of the songs performed and Garbo is spoken of during...
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    Valli was the only actress in Europe to equal Marlene Dietrich or Greta Garbo. Valli worked with many significant directors both in Italy and abroad,...
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    with women. Her popularity rivaled fellow MGM actresses, including Greta Garbo, Norma Shearer, and Jean Harlow. She appeared in eight movies with Clark...
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