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...Mata Hari (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). One of the legends about Mata Hari, a Parisian cabaret dancer who was executed for espionage during the War, says that she was unable to break herself of the habit of taking off her clothes at crucial moments and was therefore naked when she faced a French firing squad. This episode is omitted from the Greta Garbo version of the affair, which ends as Miss Garbo, majestic in black, is walking down a long corridor between two lines of soldiers. Her lover (Ramon Novarro) is a blind aviator who has said good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jan. 11, 1932 | 1/11/1932 | See Source »

...must inevitably arrive at a harsh and gloomy finish. Always there seems to be that roll of drums; the bleak yard where executions take place. Even the glamorous and passionate spoken Greta Garbo is unable to lend the happy tinge of romance and action to the story of "Mata Hari" now showing at Loew's State Theatre. Few of us will deny the remarkable charm of this great Swedish actress, but the producers of her films are strangely inept...

Author: By E. W. R., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 1/7/1932 | See Source »

Following with naive exactitude the plot of Marlene Dietrich's "Dishonored", "Mata Hari" tells the story of the fascinating secret agent of the Central Powers who is employed to extract priceless secrets from allied officers but eventually sacrifices honor and country for love. Afterwards comes the scene in the sombre prison. As in "Dishonored", the heroine in one sequence seats herself at the piano, plays stirring tunes while her lover watches. Ramon Navarro is the young officer who falls victim...

Author: By E. W. R., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 1/7/1932 | See Source »

Three modern language tables will be inaugurated at Winthrop House this week. French will be under the direction of J. Perrin, German of H. C. von Einsiedel and Spanish of C. G. Mata. B. A. De Voto '18 will lecture this evening on Mark Twain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Languages at Winthrop | 11/16/1931 | See Source »

Married. Miss Nora Alvarado, daughter of Felipe J. Alvarado, vice president of Costa Rica; to one Roberto S. Mata of Manhattan; in Manhattan. Her father was present...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Oct. 10, 1927 | 10/10/1927 | See Source »

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