tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807469356676934317.post8680194023189387467..comments2024-03-25T10:50:11.187-07:00Comments on Gods and Foolish Grandeur: Greta Garbo, publicity for "Mata Hari", photographs by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1931Stephiliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08562830870365561419noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807469356676934317.post-32561172408806670092022-10-17T17:53:33.275-07:002022-10-17T17:53:33.275-07:00Just herself in this photoset, simple makeup and g...Just herself in this photoset, simple makeup and great lighting.<br />Garbo did not need the jewels big enough to choke a horse or glitzy gowns like Crawford and Dietrich<br />to shine. The brillance came fron within .<br />-Rj in the IEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807469356676934317.post-41488492267067962692015-12-20T14:20:56.130-08:002015-12-20T14:20:56.130-08:00Wonderfull images of the “Swedish Sphinx”.Wonderfull images of the “Swedish Sphinx”.Danian Darehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18015984451987590804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807469356676934317.post-45813358550078170032015-12-20T12:20:08.293-08:002015-12-20T12:20:08.293-08:00very dull movie, as you say, but one that's gr...very dull movie, as you say, but one that's great to have on to watch as 'background' while doing other things. Just the look of it is fantastic. sets / costumes -etc.ArchitectDesign™https://www.blogger.com/profile/01481754380363676771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807469356676934317.post-48323670824454123772015-12-20T09:21:40.580-08:002015-12-20T09:21:40.580-08:00Adrian as an opera singer - that seems such a stra...Adrian as an opera singer - that seems such a strange idea, somehow. Looks as though he linked up with a strong line of teachers; I certainly know of the García/Viardot-García/Malibran/de Bériot ménage. Stephiliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08562830870365561419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807469356676934317.post-8328951032907367562015-12-19T19:21:54.325-08:002015-12-19T19:21:54.325-08:00Wonderful images, which reminded me of the famous ...Wonderful images, which reminded me of the famous line from Sunset Boulevard: "We didn't need dialogue: we had faces!" Interestingly, Adrian had dreams of being an opera singer, and studied with Anna E. Schoen-Rene—considered a great voice teacher at Juilliard who was a student of Pauline Viardot-García and Manuel García—sister and brother in the old Italian school of singing. <br />""Daniel Shigohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12736080550398734909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807469356676934317.post-17853577918278393622015-12-19T16:20:17.647-08:002015-12-19T16:20:17.647-08:00Ah... but you - could - say I speak "American...Ah... but you - could - say I speak "American", Maria! Well, "American English", anyway. ; )<br /><br />Certainly, Novarro's accent isn't Castilian or Argentinian or Cuban. But I definitely get your point; you are quite correct. : )Stephiliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08562830870365561419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807469356676934317.post-52476886773917788282015-12-19T13:33:36.328-08:002015-12-19T13:33:36.328-08:00For your eyes only:
If Ramon Novarro speaks Mexic...For your eyes only:<br /><br />If Ramon Novarro speaks Mexican, you speak American?<br />If Ramon Novarro speaks Spanish, you speak English?<br />Maria Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12932126681237937406noreply@blogger.com