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Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). In searching for a story which would suitably exhibit the stoic fascinations of Greta Garbo, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer stumbled upon an extraordinary novel. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise is the work of David Graham Phillips who wrote best-sellers 25 years ago, when best-sellers were even more likely to be trash than they are now. But Susan Lenox, though it contains cliches which make Theodore Dreiser seem epigrammatic, is no trash. Its story of hardships, financial and amorous, in the career of a woman who becomes a celebrated actress...
...cinema heroes. Susan Lenox hunts for Rodney in cafes in St. Louis, New Orleans, San Francisco, finally finds him in a cabaret in South America. This time, she succeeds in convincing him that she is a good girl at heart, that they really love each other. Good shot: Garbo registering almost childishly complete happiness when, while fishing with Gable, she pulls in a small, slippery trout...
...naval officer, by outwitting the enemy spy. Few spy stories vary this formula greatly. A 'Woman of Experience varies it not at all. Spy stories are currently favored by producers as a measuring stick for actresses who seem capable of being built up into a resemblance to Greta Garbo (Mysterious Lady). Helen Twelvetrees is charming, low-voiced, auburn-haired, but she lacks the exotic numbness of Garbo, Marlene Dietrich et al. Her quiet and intelli gent acting leaves the melodrama plausible but not exciting...
...given information to an enemy agent. Emotional tensity is emphasized by dropping articles on the floor: a champagne glass, later a revolver. Presently Pom-Pom is vindicated. Worst shot: a group of flyers teasing Farrell when they find him writing a letter to his girl. The vogue of Greta Garbo has been such that no important company considers itself to have a quorum of talent without one blonde actress capable of narrowing her eyelids inscrutably and talking alto. Elissa Landi is obviously the Fox Garbo. She also possesses important qualifications which are her own. Her face is attractive from certain...
Inspiration (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). The decadent, artificial perfume which, springing from La Dame Aux Camelias, saturated with its nostalgia the boudoir literature of four decades, is revived strongly for Greta Garbo's third talking picture. She is a studio model, mistress of many men, who falls in love with a colorless young socialite. Robert Montgomery leaves her when he finds out about her bygone irregularities, but after a break he takes her back again. When his family decides that it is time for him to marry, Garbo goes away. The way this tale is told...