Double Feature
A Woman of Affairs
Greta Garbo is the “unlucky in love” heroine in this silent-screen adaptation of Michael Arlen’s highly controversial novel The Green Hat. After losing the man of her dreams (John Gilbert) due to the meddling of his disapproving father, Diana Merrick (Garbo) reluctantly weds another admirer (John Mack Brown). These dubious marital beginnings become even more questionable when her new husband takes his own life. Immediately, all eyes turn to Diana, and her free-spirited lifestyle is deemed his unofficial cause of death. Socially chastised, Diana decides to live up to her reputation and ventures on a series of foreign affairs, amorously globe hopping with dignitaries from London to Cairo. This bittersweet tale of love really begins to unfold when Diana is at last reunited with her one true love – only to learn of his recent engagement. Garbo’s all-star supporting cast includes Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in an early screen appearance as Diana’s alcoholic brother and Hobart Bosworth as the meddling father. (Warner Bros)
- Director
- Clarence Brown
- Starring
- Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Lewis Stone, John Mack Brown, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
- Year
- 1928
- Country
- USA
- Format
- 35mm
- Running Time
- 98 minutes
The Single Standard
For a number of generations, men have done as they please – and women have done as men pleased. Not so for San Francisco socialite Arden Stuart (Greta Garbo). To be fulfilled, she wants the freedom men have to take – or leave – love where they find it. So she embarks on a sensual seafaring odyssey with a boxer-turned-artist who declares, “There are many theories about love, but only one answer: Equality and perfect freedom.” But can any woman be free without paying a terrible price? In this daring late silent, the divine Garbo is ideally cast playing a character in many ways like herself: unconventional, independent, desired. (Warner Bros)
- Director
- John S. Robertson
- Starring
- Greta Garbo, Nils Asther, John Mack Brown, Dorothy Sebastian
- Year
- 1929
- Country
- USA
- Format
- 35mm
- Running Time
- 73 minutes