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...Douglas' continuous bestseller, The Robe (about early Christians in ancient Rome), was again announced for production; Maxwell Anderson would write the script; Gregory Peck would surely play the lead. In London, Producer Anthony Havelock-Allan (Great Expectations') thought of filming the life of St. Paul. Both Greta Garbo and Lana Turner were reportedly under serious consideration for Madame Bovary...
...hard to recreate a bygone period in a foreign studio and to achieve much lyrical eloquence when silence is almost as taboo on the screen as in radio. The role of the heroine would have been an ideal light workout for an actress of great sensitivity: Garbo, for instance. Miss Fontaine is intelligent and industrious, but she is never a magician. Since nearly 90% of the picture depends on her, the whole show suffers accordingly. Louis Jourdan is more convincing in his easier role. Letter is a good try, but a disappointing film...
...Greta Garbo turned down a chance to be the next Miss Hush in radio's Truth or Consequences guessing game. Her agent sent a message to M.C. Ralph Edwards: "Miss Garbo never heard of you . . . and the one & only time she ever listened to the radio was to hear President Roosevelt announce the war against the Axis...
...better ones: Love (1927) and Anna Karenina (1935), both starring Greta Garbo...
Crowds thronged to see a film on the Pope's anti-war activities. Many were attracted by the title: War Against War. Other crowds saw Garbo's Ninotchka, newly released in Italy; it gave them a chance to laugh, briefly, at Communism. In Naples, the minstrels were singing...