Movie still photographs, plot synopsis and credits for the silent film the mysterious lady, released in 1928. The mysterious lady would be a good entry point for those unfamiliar with silent cinema. This is a list of feature films originally released andor distributed by metrogoldwynmayer to include mgmua entertainment co. Remember though, this was a garbo film and the camera knew better than to wander too far from her for too long. Based on a lugubrious novel by ludwig wolff, the mysterious lady is a romanceespionage tailored to the talents of greta garbo. Buy mysterious lady, the movie posters from movie poster shop. She is exquisite in this film allowing to expose her playful nature is endearing. Garbo is on the left in this shot, and the woman on the right with hands clasped is apparently dvorak. Apr 19, 2017 the sprocket vault announces its dvd release of the 1928 silent serial the mysterious airman, a tenpart super chapterplay of the air starring silent eraserial superstar walter miller and eugenia gilbert produced by the longlasting poverty row producers, the weiss brothers. My wife nancy was a speaker of pearls of wisdom and seeker of a better life. The mysterious lady is a rather dull spybased melodrama based on ludwig wolffs novel war in the dark. This movie is available but a description has not yet been entered. They argue then embrace and, when the clock strikes midnight, he is. Some say the mysterious lady served as a blueprint for mata hari which is basically the same story.
She falls in love with him, but steals the plans anyway. It is not customary for conrad nagel to play an idiot and hes. She was the biggest star coming out of the silent era of film and made it even bigger in talkies until she quit films. Made in 1928, the mysterious lady is a combination spy thriller and romance. The director of the mysterious lady was fred niblo, who had a reputation for being able to handle complicated and expensive projects, like the mark of zorro 1920, blood and sand 1922, and benhur 1926. The mysterious lady usa 1928 illustrierter film kurier, nr. The divine woman 1928 full movie download full hd youtube. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the mysterious lady near you. Two versions of the film were prepared, as most theaters in 1928 had yet to convert to sound. He had also tackled another difficult task taking over the direction of garbos the temptress 1926 after mgm fired mauritz stiller. Russian spy tania fedorova greta garbo uses her seductive charms to steal precious secrets for the motherland.
Film casting list, boxoffice, free download movie hdposter and buy bluray dvd mm52. Few saboteurs can compete with her skills, as her handler, gen. Telecharger the mysterious lady film complet en francais. Please consider splitting content into subarticles, condensing it, or adding subheadings. Some silent films are incredibly dated, complete with heavy makeup and overacting. The mysterious lady 1928 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Until macgyver and alf season box sets hit stores, gen xers will get a nostalgia kick out of this v. For 9 minute surviving fragment lucian, a soldier in paris, is to ship out for algiers at 9 that evening. As a last note, i was genuinely shocked by a joke made early in the film. A mysterious lady in skegness short story by bob attewell this story is about two women. The mysterious lady could have used some action scenes of karl kicking some russian ass. Carl davis the mysterious lady lunedi 3 ottobre le. But at least the mysterious lady exists, unlike victor sjostroms the divine woman, a garbo film that survives only in an intriguing 9minute scene, which is included on the. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. It was photographed largely in twocolor technicolor and released by metrogoldwynmayer as a parttalkie, with some scenes that featured audible dialog and some that had only synchronized music and sound effects. With greta garbo, nils asther, johnny mack brown, dorothy sebastian. The mysterious affair at styles is a detective novel by british writer agatha christie. An attractive russian spy seduces an austrian officer in order to get some important plans, but when she actually falls in love with him, both of them are placed in a dangerous situation. By 1928, studios could produce soundsynchronized film, though not many theatres could play it.
Garbo had to decide between the mysterious lady and a film called dream of love. He stops by for a last meal with his love, marianne. Complete segment from howard hawks a girl in every port. Daniels art direction cedric gibbons film editor margaret booth 2002 score by vivek maddala. The stills were made during the production by james manatt. If you didnt already know, or gather from the 1928 release year of the film, the mysterious lady is a silent film. The divine miss g plays an alluring russian spy, directly answerable. Watch the mysterious lady full movie in hd visit a beautiful russian spy seduces an austrian military officer in orde.
No damsels saved from the clutches of a thirsty villain. See the full list of the mysterious lady cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. You can watch the mysterious lady online on videoondemand services netflix, paytv or movie theatres with original audio in english. He first appeared on broadway in the musical comedy the belle of new york 1900 and made his screen. The parttalkie 1928 mgm pastiche remains one of the weirdest and most costly hollywood fantasy films, and there was a soviet effort made during ww2 thats wellremembered. Film complet francais home aventure drame hd the mysterious lady 1928 streaming vf vostfr hd the mysterious lady 1928 streaming vf vostfr a 10.
Versatile character player of stage and silent films. Mysterious lady, the movie posters from movie poster shop. Each film contributed mightily in building the garbo legend that still manages to fascinate audiences almost 80 years later. In 1999, the american film institute ranked garbo fifth on their list of the greatest female stars of classic hollywood cinema.
The mysterious lady is a 1928 film directed by fred niblo, starring greta garbo. Artist orchestra of la scala opera house, chorus of la scala opera house, maria callas, giuseppe di stefano, tito gobbi, victor de sabata. This movie has been premiered in australian hd theatres in 1928 movies 1928. Despite the paperthin plot, the film is notable for its cinematography and garbos performance. Columbia filmed mysterious island as a serial ten years previous, somehow adding a female alien from mercury to the mix. I find it hard to believe this was created in 1928 which is very distracting rather than assisting in the emotions of the script.
It was written in the middle of the first world war, in 1916, and first published by john lane in the united states in october 1920 and in the united kingdom by the bodley head john lanes uk company on 21 january 1921. For those that could, the man who laughs provided an orchestral score, some lyrical music sung offscreen and the occasional laugh or yell. His uncle albert pollet helps him to escape, and karl goes to russia to find tania. The mysterious lady 1928 full movie download full hd youtube.
He may be worried that when he leaves she will find another soldier to love. Inspiration 1931 greta garbo robert montgomery precode film duration. The mysterious lady 1928 movie picture download mm52. Born in manhattan, he was a reporter for the new york sun before he caught the acting bug and ran off to join a kansas citybased theatre troupe in 1884. In this film, the thirst is ours, and the tall, cool drink we hope will slake us, is greta garbo. The site claims that dvorak doubled for garbo in public during her sixmonth hideout in addition to being her costume double on a woman of affairs 1928. She literally fell into my life while i was on holiday in skegness. Vienna, some time before the outbreak of world war i. Watch the mysterious lady full movie in hd visit movie 108923 a beautiful russian spy seduces an austrian military officer in orde.
Mgm was the last of the big studios to be wired for sound. At her most seductive and alluring thanks to the largely faultless direction from underrated. Nov 30, 2014 the mysterious lady 1928 film starring greta garbo vintage movie poster stay safe and healthy. The mysterious lady 1928 the mysterious lady has the hottest sex scene in all of silent film. Its minimal espionage story imagines a lady spy falling in love with her intended target.
The story concerns an austrian officer in vienna just before the great war who becomes involved with a mysterious lady he meets at the opera. In flesh and the devil 1927, disc 1, she is an irresistible vixen who comes between lifelong friends john gilbert and lars hanson, and in the mysterious lady 1928, disc 2, a russian spy who seduces her victims. The alltalking sound version, featuring a vitaphone soundondisc soundtrack, was released on september 6, 1928, and a silent version, which used screenfilling printed titles as they were then commonly called to supply the essential dialog, was. The mysterious lady 1928 full movie download full hd. The mysterious lady is one of the three movies in the tcm garbo silent movie package that is also included in the garbo signature collection. The greta garbo silent the mysterious lady 1928 is the definition of a romantic star vehicle. Sep 15, 2014 the divine woman 1928, victor sjostrom silent movies era. Filmed after the first alltalking film had been released, the mysterious lady is, in terms of story, a fairly routine silent spy melodrama that is immeasurably enhanced by the presence of greta garbo in the title role.
This article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably. The mysterious lady 1928 is an even better vehicle for her, a tight lady spy number that emphasizes garbos sultry, remote appeal. Jane badler, june chadwick, jennifer cooke, robert englund, faye grant, michael ironside, marc singer, lane smith, blair tefkin, michael wright, jeff yagher, duncan regehr, aki aleong, nicky katt, howard k. The mysterious lady mgm, 1928, directed by fred niblo, stars the seductive greta garbo as tania federova, a woman of mystery who in reality, is a russian spy who seduces her victims. Greta garbo in the mysterious lady fred niblo, 1928. Jan 23, 2009 the man who laughs even has sound, of a sort. The mysterious island is a 1929 american science fiction film directed by lucien hubbard based on jules vernes 1874 novel lile mysterieuse the mysterious island. General question about the swedish film database there are fact errors on the page i would like to add information we strengthen and promote film the swedish film institute has a duty to support production, distribution and screening of valuable film, to preserve and make accessible the swedish film heritage and to represent swedish film abroad. A celebration of the american silent film is a 1980 documentary series produced by thames television which explored the establishment and development of the hollywood studios and their impact on 1920s culture. Several men orbit around the temptress but there are no other significant female roles.
The mysterious lady 1928 0804 1928 us adventure, drama 1h 29m user score. A mail train was traveling from leeds to bristol with 50 passengers aboard, but because of the thick fog, the crew failed to see a red signal before reaching charfield railway station. In the early morning hours of october, 1928, the village of charfield, england became the site of a terrible tragedy. The mysterious lady 1928 film starring greta garbo. Oct 06, 2008 the mysterios lady is more or less a run of the mill mgm production of 1928 with the exception that it was mgms first movie to be released with a synchronized score. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Dvorak is said to have been a dress extra in two scenes of the mysterious lady 1928. With greta garbo, lars hanson, lowell sherman, polly moran.
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