Greta Garbo, The Painted Veil
Given that I spend so much time in Old Hollywood (whether it’s watching and rewatching old movies or reading old Hollywood memoirs and biographies), I come across a lot of photos of the stars. Every now and again I come across one that I’ve never seen before and it stops me in my tracks.
That’s very much what happened when I saw this powerful photo of Greta Garbo a few weeks ago. It’s a publicity picture for her 1934 movie The Painted Veil (directed by Richard Boleslawski). The drama also stars George Brent, Herbert Marshall, and Warner Oland.
You can buy The Painted Veil on dvd for your collection or watch on Prime Video. I was so very pleasantly surprised to see that it’s on Prime.