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Conquest (Greta Garbo, Charles Boyer...
Conquest (Greta Garbo, Charles Boyer...
Conquest (Greta Garbo, Charles Boyer...
Conquest (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). For several years Greta Garbo has been toying with the notion of doing a screen play based on the love affair between Napoleon Bonaparte and Marie Countess Walewska of Poland. The notion was in the Hollywood tradition, for most producers like royal historical episodes for an important star. They give the star dignity. If dignity is its purpose, Conquest admirably succeeds. It moves with the fateful and august tread of history itself. Its huge, expensive panorama (running time: 2½ hours, cost: $2,000,000) embraces a quarter of a century and three-quarters of Europe...
Hence, although she is nominally costarred, Garbo appears for the first time in 15 years in a supporting role. The real star of the picture is Charles Boyer as Napoleon...