Young Harry is in love and wants to marry an actress, much to the displeasure
of his posh family. He consults Bishop Armstrong.Harry thinks that Bishop Armstrong
knows nothing about love.But this turn out to be completely wrong, and
the Bishop tells Harry about his one true love. Rita was an Opera Star singing
in New York , and the Bishop met her at a party. Armstrong was a 28 year old rector.
He fell for Rita when he saw her and after six weeks he wanted to marry her.
Naive as he was, he thought that all of Rita's "relationships" were in the
distant past, but Rita lived a different way than him, and he finally realised
that she would never marry him. |
Today "Romance" is a forgotten movie. But that is really a shame, as this is Garbo
at her most beautiful and glamorous. It's a classy role, and the script is intelligent
and moving. Garbos acting is more secure in "Romance" than in her earlier
movies. An early Camille.... |
Greta Garbo : Rita Cavallini Lewis Stone : Cornelius Van Tyul Gavin Gordon: Bishop Armstrong Elliot Nugent : Harry Armstrong Florence Lake: Susan van Tyul Director: Clarence Brown Written by: Bess Meredith MGM 1930 |
One thing that appears strange in this movie is Garbo's Swedish- English. Noone can
be fooled to belive she's actually Italian. Clarence Brown directed Garbo in seven movies. they had a good, but purely professional realtionship. MGM was afraid Garbo would refuse to speak...To do any more talkies. That would have been her style.... The famous photographer George Hurrell took some of the publicity stills for "Romance". However, this was to be the first and only time he got to photograph Garbo, as they didn't get along very well. Hurrell was however a popular man, as both Norma Shearer and Joan Crawford counted him as their favourite photographer. Garbo was nominated for an Oscar for "Romance". Norma Shearer |
