Title:
The Garbo silents collection.
ISBN:
9781419809583
Publication Information:
[United States] : Turner Entertainment Co. ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2005.
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (324 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Title from container.
Special features: "Flesh and the Devil" commentary by Garbo author Barry Paris; settling the score goes behind-the-scenes of the TCM Young Film Composers Competition; alternate ending; photo montage; " The Mysterious Lady" commentary by Jeffrey Vance and Tony Maietta; The Divine Woman: surviving 9-minute excerpt of this lost 1928 silent; photo montage; "The Temptress" commentary by Mark A. Vieria; alternate ending with commentary by Mark A. Vieria; photo montage.
Contents:
Disc 1. Flesh and the devil (1927) / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; directed by Clarence Brown with actors Greta Garbo, Lars Hanson and John Gilbert (112 min.) -- disc 2, side A. The mysterious lady (1928) / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; directed by Fred Niblo with actors Greta Garbo and Conrad Nagel (106 min.) -- disc 2, side B. The temptress (1926) / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; directed by Fred Niblo with actors Greta Garbo, Antonio Moreno and Lionel Barrymore (106 min.)
Subject Term:
Added Title:
Flesh and the devil.
Mysterious lady.
Temptress.
Summary:
Flesh and the devil: Best friends love the same woman and resort to a duel.
The mysterious lady: Garbo plays an alluring Russian spy who falls in love with her "target."
The temptress: An unhappy wife (Elena) falls in love with a Spanish engineer (Robledo). When it is revealed that Elena is not only married, but has also been the mistress of a banker (Fontenoy), Robledo returns to South America. Subsequently, Elena and her husband (the Marquis) also go to South America. Years later Robledo returns to Paris and runs into Elena who does not seem to recognize him. Elena has become a pathetic drunkard who is apparently beyond Robledo's help.
System Details:
DVD, REGION 1, STANDARD VERSION; DOLBY DIGITAL STEREO; DUAL-LAYER FORMAT (DISC 1).
Language Note:
SILENT FILMS WITH FULL ORCHESTRAL SCORES BY MICHAEL PICTON.
OPTIONAL SUBTITLES IN FRENCH OR SPANISH; CLOSED-CAPTIONED.
