A Woman of Affairs (1928)

very unrealistic that greta garbo would only have affairs with men.

eely

i've been reading a lot about stars of the silent era for class and today i came across this excellent quote from clarence brown about the experience of directing garbo and gilbert in this and flesh and the devil: “It seemed like an intrusion to yell ‘cut!’ ... I used to…

nora

O cinema guarda inúmeras histórias de amores impossíveis ou interrompidos, e A Woman of Affairs é uma delas. Produzido em 1928, traz Greta Garbo no papel central. Sua presença magnética confere à personagem Diana uma intensidade que independe de palavras. Seu olhar e…

Flávia

“Your ring is loose.” Garbo winks! Paired with one of her best directors, Clarence Brown (Flesh and the Devil), in her last silent film with John Gilbert, we finally get something close to a modern Garbo. Albeit a British one? Rich, bored kids doing rich, bored kid…

Gentry Austin

Apparently tonight’s double feature was “Movies starring the most insanely attractive people to ever live with titles starting A Woman…”  While Flesh & the Devil will always be my favorite Garbo-Gilbert, I really forgot just how good this film is, even setting aside the…

Bre

"David died for --- decency." Surely, that's such a 1928 thing to say. And boy, is this Melodrama. Of the good kind. The kind that sucks me into its vortex of emotions and doesn't let up. I was expecting little of this collab between Greta Garbo and John Gilbert,…

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Greta Garbo was never more beautiful, radiant, or tragic. And there was never a better leading man for Garbo than John Gilbert.

Emily

Greta Garbo made me love silent films

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This Gilbert and Garbo joint (would you believe it! I only have one left!) isn’t very good. The plots so convoluted and hard to keep track of. It’s weirdly paced. Entire reels seem to be missing It takes an absurd amount of concentration to keep track of (three!) white…

DarkChocolate