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The Savvy Sphinx : how Garbo conquered Hollywood / Robert Dance.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dance, Robert, 1955- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Garbo, Greta, 1905-1990.
- Garbo, Greta.
- Motion picture actors and actresses--Sweden--Biography.
- Motion picture actors and actresses.
- Sweden.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Including over a hundred beautiful images, The Savvy Sphinx charts Greta Garbos rise and her long self-imposed exile as the queen who abdicated her Hollywood throne. Garbo was the paramount star produced by the Hollywood studio system, and by the time of her death her legendary status was assured.
- Contents:
- Preface
- Chapter one: The Garbo legend
- Chapter two: Movie stardom before Garbo
- Chapter three: Sweden
- Chapter four: The studio system
- Chapter five: Sound
- Chapter six: Intermission
- Chapter seven: Triumph
- Chapter eight: Drifting
- $t Chapter nine: Myth
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Filmography
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 08, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Dance, Robert, 1955- Savvy Sphinx
- ISBN:
- 9781496836595
- 1496836596
- 9781496836564
- 1496836561
- 9781496836571
- 149683657X
- 9781496836588
- 1496836588
- Publisher Number:
- 40030809079
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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