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Post by Andrea Doria on Jan 11, 2024 13:36:44 GMT
Now that we've had time to recover from the emotional sledge hammer of Rain, we can bravely face,
"The Painted Veil" with Greta Garbo and Herbert Marshall.
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Post by Andrea Doria on Jan 11, 2024 13:44:56 GMT
I have only seen the 2006 version, which I loved, so I'm really looking forward to this version.
I can't quite picture Garbo in her part, but Herbert Marshall is my favorite saintly husband (The Letter) so I think he'll be perfect.
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Post by topbilled on Jan 11, 2024 13:53:54 GMT
Yes, I haven't seen it either, Andrea. In fact, I don't even think I've seen half of Garbo's films. I have never been a huge fan of her. But I agree, Herbert Marshall is always good in these types of roles.
From what I read in the David Selznick book, Selznick produced ANNA KARENINA (1935) which was Garbo's next picture after THE PAINTED VEIL. Apparently VEIL had underperformed at the box office, and MGM bosses were worried that Garbo was becoming box office poison. So the pressure was on Selznick to ensure that ANNA KARENINA was a hit, to keep Garbo's career momentum intact.
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Post by Fading Fast on Jan 11, 2024 14:02:54 GMT
I, too, love the 2006 version. I saw the 1934 version a long time ago and remember it as being good, but slow going early on.
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Post by Fading Fast on Jan 13, 2024 15:59:29 GMT
I just checked around and this is the best copy of the movie I could find. It's a very clear print.
"The Painted Veil"
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Jan 13, 2024 22:06:32 GMT
The musical clip on the Warner Bros site looks amazing. Great literature - yes, of course. Giant gold dragon and dancing gods & goddesses, I'm entranced. Looks like a million dollars well spent imho. Herbert Marshall is W. Somerset Maugham in my movie mind because of The Moon and Sixpence and The Razor's Edge. And as for Ms. Garbo....from the NYT, neither TB nor me could sell this fully: "She is the most miraculous blend of personality and sheer dramatic talent the screen has ever known." If anyone comes across a non-Russian copy I can download, please post. Having my public library hacked & down for 4 months is really cramping my movie mania.
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Post by Fading Fast on Jan 13, 2024 22:46:30 GMT
The musical clip on the Warner Bros site looks amazing. Great literature - yes, of course. Giant gold dragon and dancing gods & goddesses, I'm entranced. Looks like a million dollars well spent imho. Herbert Marshall is W. Somerset Maugham in my movie mind because of The Moon and Sixpence and The Razor's Edge. And as for Ms. Garbo....from the NYT, neither TB nor me could sell this fully: "She is the most miraculous blend of personality and sheer dramatic talent the screen has ever known." If anyone comes across a non-Russian copy I can download, please post. Having my public library hacked & down for 4 months is really cramping my movie mania. I tried all the sources I know to find a copy away from the Russian site, and one might be out there, but I couldn't find it.
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Post by topbilled on Jan 14, 2024 19:23:14 GMT
A preview clip on YouTube:
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Post by Fading Fast on Jan 14, 2024 19:35:13 GMT
The Continuing Adventures of Fawn and Me
Me: "It was a great kickoff last week to the month of Maugham movies."
Fawn: "It was indeed. I'm still thinking about "Rain." Huston thought Crawford was a bad woman, but I didn't."
Me: "I agree. Umm, why do you think Huston thought she was a bad woman?"
Fawn: "Well, he thought she was a 'lady of night'."
Me: [surprised] "You know what that is?"
Fawn: "Of course, it's a woman who stays out past her bedtime, right?"
Me: "Umm, uh, yes, that's it."
Fawn: "That's not such a bad thing. It's certainly no reason to be kicked off the island and sent to jail for three years."
Me: "Agreed. You really see the layers in these stories."
Fawn: "I don't like to brag, but yes."
Me: "I'm looking forward to your take on today's movie."
Fawn: "Ask me anything if you are getting lost."
Me: "Thanks buddy."
Fawn: [after a pause and with a puzzled look on his face] "Why aren't there any 'men of the night'?"
Me: "Umm, uh, well, er, men tend to get tired easily and go to bed on time."
Fawn: [happily] "Well, that makes sense.”
Me: “Phew.”
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Post by topbilled on Jan 14, 2024 19:41:12 GMT
I am wondering what Fawn would choose if hosting a month of films. LOL
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Post by Fading Fast on Jan 14, 2024 19:48:38 GMT
I am wondering what Fawn would choose if hosting a month of films. LOL Good question. He and I have talked about that, it will be coming up some time.
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Post by Andrea Doria on Jan 14, 2024 19:49:34 GMT
LOL @ Fawn and Fading Fast. Fawn and I both still wonder why she was going to be sent to jail for three years. I'm imagining it was something like the prison sentence for Lizabeth Scott in "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers" -- she had been wearing a mink coat her boyfriend had given her, unaware that it had been stolen. In fact, I think that happened to several innocent women in the movies.
Thanks for finding a nice copy of the movie for us!
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Post by topbilled on Jan 14, 2024 19:58:59 GMT
Pressing play...
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Post by topbilled on Jan 14, 2024 20:02:13 GMT
In Maugham's book, the heroine is 25 and already considered an 'old maid.' LOL
When this MGM adaptation was produced, Greta Garbo was 29.
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Post by topbilled on Jan 14, 2024 20:04:37 GMT
How could a woman not be happy married to Herbert Marshall..?
He's debonair, refined, a perfect gentleman.
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