The Great Garbo

by Pierre Stephen Robert Payne and Robert Payne

Book Overview

This candid and perceptive biography of the quintessential film star, Greta Garbo, evokes the real actress with scholarship and grace. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815412231
• ISBN13: 9780815412236
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Cooper Square Press
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.3" x 10.2"

Customer Reviews

The life, work and legacy of a truly glamorous woman

Researched and written by historian and biographer Robert Payne, The Great Garbo is a thoughtfully presented and informative biography of the great film actress Greta Garbo (1905-1990), a woman who mesmerized the movie-goers of the 1920's and 1930's. It was Garbo's silver screen stories helped America cope during the depths of the Great Depression and left a lasting impression on American popular culture that continues to this very day. The 120 black-and-white photographs add a superb visual touch to this very highly recommended tribute to the life, work and legacy of a truly glamorous woman.