Loving Garbo

Informationen zum Autor Hugo Vickers Klappentext Greta Garbo's enduring legend derives from her incandescent performances as a woman in love in such classics as Camille, Queen Christina and Grand Hotel. Zusammenfassung Greta Garbo's enduring legend derives from her incandescent performances as a woman in love in such classics as Camille , Queen Christina and Grand Hotel . For half a century her apparently reclusive existence enhanced her reputation as a remote and enigmatic screen goddess. Now, in this beautifully illustrated book, Hugo Vickers tells the remarkable story of Greta Garbo and of the two love affairs that dominated her life: with Cecil Beaton and the notorious Mercedes de Acosta. It is a highly revealing portait of an exotic world - at its centre, an enthrallign and demanding star who gave little in return.

Product details

• Authors: Hugo Vickers
• Publisher: Pimlico
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.03.1995
• EAN: 9780712659499
• ISBN: 978-0-7126-5949-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Individual actors & performers, Films, cinema, Individual actors and performers, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General