Object Details
- Artist
- A. M. Cay
- Sitter
- Greta Garbo, 18 Sep 1905 - 15 Apr 1990
- Exhibition Label
- Born Stockholm, Sweden
- Greta Garbo rose to Hollywood stardom in the 1920s, when silent film audiences flocked to see her torrid love scenes with leading man John Gilbert. Her star status remained undiminished when she made her talking picture debut in 1930.
- Garbo’s American films also found a popular market in Europe, as indicated by this richly hued German poster advertising her 1933 costume drama, Queen Christina. Fascinated by the tumultuous life of Sweden’s seventeenth-century monarch, Garbo was eager to portray her on the screen. To move the project forward with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, she enlisted her close friend, screenwriter Salka Viertel, to develop a script. When the film premiered, the New York Times called it “a skillful blend of history and fiction in which the Nordic star, looking as alluring as ever, gives a performance which merits nothing but the highest praise. She appears every inch a queen.”
- Nacida en Estocolmo, Suecia
- Greta Garbo alcanzó el estrellado en Hollywood en la década de 1920, cuando el público del cine
- silente acudía en tropel a ver sus tórridas escenas de amor con el galán John Gilbert. En 1930 pasó al cine hablado, y logró conservar su fama intacta.
- Las películas americanas de Garbo encontraron un mercado popular en Europa, como lo indica este colorido cartel alemán para su drama de época de 1933, La reina Cristina. Fascinada por la vida tumultuosa de la monarca sueca del siglo XVII, Garbo quiso interpretarla en la pantalla. A fin de promover el proyecto en la Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, reclutó a su buena amiga, la guionista Salka Viertel, para desarrollar el guion. Cuando se estrenó el filme, el New York Times comentó que era “una hábil mezcla de historia y ficción donde la estrella nórdica, tan seductora como siempre, nos ofrece una actuación merecedora de los más altos elogios. Es una reina de pies a cabeza”.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- 1934
- Object number
- NPG.94.56
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Medium
- Color lithographic poster
- Dimensions
- Image/Sheet: 139.8 x 92.4cm (55 1/16 x 36 3/8")
- Sheet: 144.8 x 97.5cm (57 x 38 3/8")
- Mount: 144.8 x 97.7cm (57 x 38 7/16")
- Board: 149.9 x 102.9cm (59 x 40 1/2")
- A to G depth: 1 1/2"
- See more items in
- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Exhibition
- 20th Century Americans: 1930-1960
- On View
- NPG, South Gallery 321
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Symbols & Motifs\Heraldic motif\Coat of arms
- Symbols & Motifs\Emblem\Escutcheon
- Poster\Movie
- Greta Garbo: Female
- Greta Garbo: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Film\Movie actor
- Greta Garbo: Performing arts awards\Academy Award
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.94.56
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm438c53c81-7c5b-4bb3-9520-a1ca9c8a9102
