MGM came up with a great title for this 1928 filmed adaptation of Anna Karennia (sp.). Last night TCM screened the John Gilbert/Greta Garbo silent
film "Love". First time I've seen Garbo in a silent and she's so much better silent than talking and she's breattakingly beautiful. She and Gilbert were a hot couple
on screen and off. I'm not sure if Gilbert is all that handsome, but at
certain angles he's very attractive. He has the most beautiful and intense dark
eyes and he fills out a soldier's uniform really well. As a bonus,
TCM shows both endings to Love--the American "happy" ending and the
European "tragic" ending which is faithful to Tolstoy. Back in my days when I fantaszied about being a big movie star, I envisioned myself playing the title role in a biopic on John Gilbert. Ha! I sure had great commercial instincts. Still, his story would make a great movie--hammy silent screen lover done in by sound and becomes a self loathing and self destructive dipsomaniac.
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