Off screen, Greta Garbo rarely courted attention. While living in Los Angeles, she often disguised herself in trousers, a blazer and a low-slung hat so she could take nighttime walks in peace. Born ...

Greta Garbo arrived in Hollywood as an unknown, unsophisticated actress from Sweden and left 16 years later a rich woman. “I have made enough faces,” said the Golden Age star, who successfully ...

Chronicle film critic emeritus Mick LaSalle breaks down why long standing ovations at festivals like Venice and Cannes don't ...

Screen legend Greta Garbo would have been 100 on Friday. Karen Grigsby Bates offers an appreciation of the enigmatic actress, famous for not giving interviews or signing autographs. I'm Alex Chadwick.

Luc Haasbroek is a writer and videographer from Durban, South Africa. He has been writing professionally about pop culture for eight years. Luc's areas of interest are broad: he's just as passionate ...

When Garbo arrived at Hollywood in the mid-1920s, she had slimmed down, losing as much as 20 pounds, because Mayer and other producers considered her too fat. They also thought that at 5 feet, 7 ...

Embankment Films has begun production on Garbo: Leave Me Alone, a feature documentary chronicling the life of Hollywood actor Greta Garbo. Slated for a theatrical release in winter 2024, the film ...

Legendary hollywood film star and ideal beauty Greta Garbo was born Greta Gustafsson in Stockholm, on September 15, 1905. Her parents were impoverished workers, still close to their peasant roots. In ...

The lines that form outside Manhattan’s Film Forum can sometimes be of the kind more associated with rock concerts. In fact, any time there is a screening involving a long-lost film or a special guest ...

Six lively people were gathered in someone’s Hollywood drawing room one rainy night when the doorbell rang and Miss Greta Garbo was announced. She came in wearing a beret over her straight blonde hair ...