Elizabeth Allan, Greta Garbo, Henry Daniell

Marguerite is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hope of a career and position by marrying Armand, ...( read more  read more... )she acquiesces and leaves her lover. However, when poverty and terminal illness overwhelm her, Marguerite discovers that Armand has not lost his love for her. Frances Marion contributed to the screenplay.

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Unrated, 109 min.

Directed by: George Cukor

Release Date: December 12, 1936

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DVD Release Date: September 6, 2005

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  • January 25, 2008
    Greta Garbo is fantastic in this film of a ill French courtesan in love with a younger man, played by the gorgeous Robert Taylor. Garbo tends towards her silent overacting at times, but in this she was beautiful and subtle and moving and just knocked my socks off. She got her onl...( read more)y Oscar nomination for this film, and deserved it. Robert Taylor wasn't a big star yet, but this film helped him on his way. This is one of my favorite romantic films, and it has everything -- love, lust, joy, touching moments, and a sad ending. *sniff* Sigh.
  • May 12, 2009
    Choosing passion over money? Or could be that love can be blind, but you owe it to yourself! This noir flim is a drama of contrast--of the luxury and love, the glitter of the city in stark contrast of the wholesomeness of the country.

    Greta Garbo, described by her fans as one ...( read more)of the greatest female screen legends, has given her most intensely moving performance as a consumptive courtesan Marguerite Gautier in mid-19th century Paris. As a Lady, whose love of camellias symbolizes her extravagance, she falls in love with a young suitor, Armand (Robert Taylor), much to the displeasure of her former lover and protector, the Baron (Henry Daniel).
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    Until Armand's father (Lionel Barrymore) visits Marguerite to persuade her to end her relationship with his son, and her illusion of happiness is shattered by the realization that she must give up Armand. "Ah...I knew I was too happy..." says Marguerite.

    As a result, she tells Armand that she no longer loves him and send him away. She returns to Paris and continues her reckless life with the Baron, and before long, Marguerite's ailment resurfaces and she becomes gravely ill. Learning of her plight and the truth of why she had rejected him, Armand visits her. After gaining forgiveness from him, she dies in his arms.

    Filled with romantic dialogues ("Ah...I knew I was too happy..." says Marguerite. "Perhaps it is better if I live in your heart where the world can't see me. If I am dead there will be no staying of our love."), this is really an exceptional 'soap opera' per se.

    Taylor, Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan and Daniel are all most assured in their performance. But could Garbo act? The jury is still out on that one. Sometimes she is very bad, but to Garbo fanatics, questions about her acting skills are totally irrelevant. They worship her as a transcendent symbol of beauty, of the human spirit and as an embodiment of love.

    If there is a single defining chick flick, it has to be a sob story. And this film, being a melodrama is not supposed to be realistic but reality heightened. Yet still, given the time it was made, Garbo's role established a benchmark for actresses portraying such ill-fated characters as queen bees ( Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Barbara Stanwyck) of the 30's and 40's, and was a particularly rich genre for actresses and audiences past their bloom of youth.
  • July 24, 2008
    A period melodrama from the late thirties. Well made, well acted, but you know... it's just not for me. honostly I was mostly surfing the web while I was watching this, which had more to do with my interest in reading Dark Knight reviews than my disinterest in the movie. It did g...( read more)et better in the last half hour.
  • July 28, 2009
    Pretty good coming-alive of the novel, though I wish there had been a scene between Armand and his father...
  • April 25, 2009
    No thanks - Not interested
  • March 17, 2009
    Garbo radiates! She does such a good job in this role that you feel everything she's feeling. It's almost like you are living the experiences through her. Robert Taylor does a great job as a young, tender man who falls in love with Garbo's Parisian Courtesan. A beautiful roma...( read more)ntic, tragic movie. They definitely don't make movies like this anymore.
  • January 11, 2009
    Good film, excelent Greta Garbo's performance, so pure love and tragic ending, perfect resamblance....
  • December 31, 2008
    it is a real good movie
  • December 23, 2008
    OMG i cried at the end sooo sad
  • November 1, 2008
    Marguerite receives money from gentlemen admirers and lives an avaricious life of self-indulgence, frivolity, and extravagance. When she falls in love with a penniless handsome youth, she feels that she does not deserve him because of her character so she reluctantly breaks his h...( read more)eart so that he will go away and find someone better than her. But his love is true and eternal...

    This movie challenges what Hollywood says the true meaning of love is. It is not selfish. It is sacrificial. It is everlasting. It puts others first, is patient, loyal, does not hold grudges, and is always forgiving. Your average romance picture is boy meets girl, love at first sight, break up, get back together, happily ever after. This movie leaves all those in the dust!!!

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