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The word "Garbo" is the first thing that appears on the screen during The Painted Veil (1934), and it remains as a background motif throughout the other credits. The idea for this came from Greta Garbo's agent, Harry Eddington, who wanted to place his famous client in the company of Eleonora Duse and Sarah Bernhardt -- actresses for whom only a surname was necessary.
Jan 29, 2015 · The film’s visuals are backed up by a truly great score– a rarity for this time– and one that carefully enhances the magic of the film’s setting. Garbo’s expressive face. The most interesting thing about The Painted Veil is how much it resembles so many of a certain kind of drama that would come after it.
In Austria, Katrin is lonely after her sister’s marriage and she agrees to marry her father’s research associate Dr. Walter Fane. Fane takes her to China but constantly ignors her in favour of his medical research. Lonely Katrin has an affair with Jack Townsend of the British Embassy.
Jun 11, 2013 · MGM backed The Painted Veil with a then-opulent $1 million budget, but the real attraction remains Garbo and her incomparable mystique. Said The New York Times in a review of the film: "She is the most miraculous blend of personality and sheer dramatic talent the screen has ever known."
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Based on the classic novel by W. Somerset Maugham, "The Painted Veil" is a love story set in the 1920s that tells the story of a young English couple, Walter...
Jan 19, 2007 · The Painted Veil: Directed by John Curran. With Catherine An, Bin Li, Bin Wu, Alan David. Dr Walter gets married to the beautiful Kitty but soon finds out that she is cheating on him.
The Painted Veil. Greta Garbo headlines this moving romantic drama based on W. Somerset Maugham's acclaimed novel about a lonely woman who strays from her husband then fights to redeem herself. In a loveless marriage to Dr. Walter Fane, Katrin has an affair with politician Jack Townsend. After Fane travels to the interior regions of China to ...
