Queen Christina: Angst on the Silver Throne
Greta Garbo. Photo: MGM In January 1934, Greta Garbo’s latest picture had not yet opened in her native country. Queen Christina depicted a Swedish 17th-century queen who abdicated the throne,…
Grand Hotel: Where Nothing Ever Happens
Greta Garbo and John Barrymore. Photo: MGM In the 1930s, the Nazis decided that the Austrian author Vicki Baum’s novels were amoral and had to be banned. By then, Baum…