![]() ![]() He achieved great success on the Broadway stage and four of the plays in which he starred were filmed with him in the lead: Outward Bound(1924), Berkeley Square (1929), The Animal Kingdom (1932) and The Petrified Forest (1934). Leslie Howard ( 1893-1943) Genteel British actor of stage and screen. When she appeared in one of her greatest successes, Ninotchka, in 1939, the movie ads proclaimed "Garbo Laughs"' Her next film, Two-Faced Woman (1941) was such a bomb that she retired forever from the screen. Her success and fame continued in such hits as Mata Hari, Grand Hotel, Queen Christina, Anna Karenina and Camille. When she made her first talkie- Anna Christie in 1930-the movie ads proclaimed "Garbo Talks." Her husky voice and Swedish accent mesmerized people and comics imitated her comment "I vant to be alone" (a line she claimed she never uttered). She caused a sensation in her first silent MGM movie, The Torrent (1926) and in several films with her lover, John Gilbert, notably, Flesh and the Devil (1927). Her reclusive personality chilled the press and earned her the title of "The Swedish Sphinx." Critics, however, hailed her as one of the screen's most alluring ornaments. Greta Garbo (1905-1990) The screen's immortal actress, born in Sweden and brought to Hollywood in 1925 by director Mauritz Stiller and MGM production chief-Louis B. While filming Saratoga with Clark Gable in 1937, she died at age 26 of cerebral edema. Her sultry sexiness made her a standout in such films as The Public Enemy and Platinum Blonde (1931) and in Red-Headed Woman (which was banned in Great Britain).Her most notable films were Red Dust (1932), Bombshell (1933), Dinner At Eight (1934) and Libeled Lady (1936). She started acting in movies in 1929 and attracted great attention in her second film-Howard-Hughes's Hell's Angels (1930). Jean Harlow: (1911-1937) Famous platinum blonde actress in 1930s films. "It isn't Jean Harlow, it isn't Greta Garbo, "It's you, it's you, it'syou."įollowing is a glossary of all the names mentioned in the song, which was sung originally by Bernadette Peters and David Christmas (as Ruby and Dick). The score contained a parody of a typical Cole Porter catalogue song, "It's You," listing familiar celebrity names of that era. ![]() The 1968 Off-Broadway musical, Dames At Sea,was a delightful parody of the 1930s Dick Powell/Ruby Keeper movie musicals ( 42nd Street, Footlight Parade, Shipmates Forever, etc.) with music by Jim Wise, book and lyrics by George Haimsohn and Robin Miller. ![]()
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