Tribute review for actor Greta Garbo. Happy Birthday today!
NINOTCHKA, 1939
Movie Reviews
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Starring: Greta Garbo, Elvyn Douglas, Bela Lugosi
Review by Patrick Askin
SYNOPSIS:
A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.
REVIEW:
“Ninotchka” from MGM released in 1939 and directed by the incomparable Ersnt Lubitsch is one of the great all -time comedies from the classic film era. This movie is like a fine champagne, it is delicate, bubbly and gets better with each viewing. The movie stars GRETA GARBO and is famous for the tag line “GARBO LAUGHS.” She is simply marvelous as a dour Soviet official with no sense of humor sent to Paris to oversee her incompetent but lovable co-workers who have bungled selling Soviet goods to the French.
The movie is basically a subtle…
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