NEW POLL:The COMEBACK film that never was...45-55

[JOHN]

I wonder in what film you all would have loved to be GGs comeback film??

a film about Sarah Bernardth??
George Sand or the Tennessee Williams play STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE??

OR along with Gregory Peck or Clark Gable in a high budget History makin film ODYSSEUS?? the greece hero.in colour ?? and GG in 3 different roles??

well that was always my fave.


or would you prefer her as a CLOWN?? a sad beautyfull clown??? you know that GG wanted to do something like this.

what are your ideas??

[MGM]

I wanna see her doing Clown because it seem so different from the roles that she had done before. Billy Wilder had ask Garbo what kind of roles she would like to do and Garbo say Clown and Wilder thought she was kidding. Apparently, she wasn't.

[david]

HI ALL G.G. FANS...HERE'S HER COMEBACK WERE THESE SUGGESTIONS...FEW LESSONS:
1942="THE GIRL FROM LENINGRAD"
1943="THE VIOLENT SEAS"
1944="MADAME CURIE"
1945="THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY'
1945="FLESH AND THE DEVIL" RETAKE SOUND
1946="SARAH BERNHARDT'
1946="SAINT JOAN"
1947="THE PARADINE CASE"
1947="I REMEMBER MAMA"
1947="A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE"
1948="THE EAGLE WITH TWO HEADS"
1948="INCONNUE DE LA SEINE"
1949="LA DUCHESSE DE LANGEAIS"
1949="THE LADY IN THE IRON MASK"
1949="GEORGE SAND"
1950="INSPIRATION"
1951="STRICTLY DISHONOURABLE"
1951="ST.TERESA"
1952="MY COUSIN RACHEL"
1956="MODJESKA: HER LIFE AND LOVES"
1957="PHEDRA'
1958="THE MIRACLE'
1959="LE TESTAMENT D'ORPHEE"
1960="THE DEEP BLUE SEA"
1963="DEATH BE NOT PROUD"
1963="THE SILENCE"
1969="THE PHYNX"
1971="REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST"
1980="MOTHER THERESA"
THIS IS A BOOK CALLED "THE LEGEND OF GARBO" BY PETER HAINING...THESE LISTS THAT EXCEPT HER COMEBACK BUT NOTHING HAPPENED...SADLY! I THINK "LA DUCHESSE DE LANGEAIS" (LOVER AND FRIEND) WAS LOVE AND SAD STORY....PROBABLY GREAT ONE BUT SAD...NOT SUCCESSFUL FINIANCIAL...NOT GARBO'S FAULT....HER ETERNAL YOUTH IN HER OLD FILMS FOREVER....NOT OLD AGE ANYWAY! THANK YOU, ALL WONDERUL G.G. FANS!!!!!

[JOHN]

I love this book too;) by the way i colletected over 100 movie roles that she wanted, considered, refused or was rumored to do!! ;D

[JOHN]

1942="THE GIRL FROM LENINGRAD" was planned after TFW.GG refused.the plot was about a russian nurse and a soldier.

1943="THE VIOLENT SEAS" aka WOMAN OF SEA.about a female norway captain of a big war ship.

1944="MADAME CURIE"
was scripted /written in late 30s by salka.she even talked with Curies family.
anyway, GG filmed Ninotchka instead.
the film was made years later with Greer Garson and a complete re-written script.


1945="THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY'
This one and Madame Bovary were on GGs list about roles that she would love to play.

1945="FLESH AND THE DEVIL" RETAKE SOUND
... later the producers wanted Ava Gardner and a south american feel for the film.

1946="SARAH BERNHARDT'
i think it was selznick.he also wanted i.Bergman for the film.The projekt was never made , same as DUSE.

1946="SAINT JOAN"
was already planned to be GGs first talkie but mayer couldn´t afford the rights for Shaws play.
later Mercedes wrote a scipt too but nothing happened.
I think the 1946 version was an english priduction.Bergman made a film a year later in colour which flopped.

1947="THE PARADINE CASE"
1947="I REMEMBER MAMA"

Well we all know the story: "no MAMAS n NO MURDERESSES!!"
However i saw both film and they suck;(

1947="A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE"
T.Willimas.what a great film but i can´t see GG in it.He was such a big fan.even wrote her a script : THE PINK BEDROOM.Nothing happened too....;(


1948="THE EAGLE WITH TWO HEADS"
Bad film about Empress Elizabeth (a role which SCREAMS GG!!) by Cocteu.
I wished GG made a film about SISI but about her later years.....with orson welles.

1948="INCONNUE DE LA SEINE"
well this is about the death mask..the unknown Girl who was found dead in the seine.wilder wnated to write aplot around this.


1949="LA DUCHESSE DE LANGEAIS"
We know this one;)

1949="THE LADY IN THE IRON MASK"
this film was made in the early 50s.b-film.very bad.i think it was a french production.

1949="GEORGE SAND"
was on the COMEBACK list by Selznick along with SAPHO, DUSE and SARAH.
This was to star GG with L.Oliviere.

1950="INSPIRATION"
A remake starring Monty Clift but it is unknown if this isn´t a mistake from the book.i think they meant SAPHO which the original version of the GG film is based on..partly;) of course...


1951="STRICTLY DISHONOURABLE"
romatic screwball comedy made in 51.

1951="ST.TERESA"
this was the Salavdor Dali GG dreamrole;) He wanted GG to play Saint Teresa of Avila.also Mercdes wanted her tp play this woman in the 30s.

1952="MY COUSIN RACHEL"
Olivia de Haviland played the part.

1956="MODJESKA: HER LIFE AND LOVES"
was planned as a stage play.

1957="PHEDRA'
also a stage play.

1958="THE MIRACLE'
GG as the Virgin Mary.

1959="LE TESTAMENT D'ORPHEE"
Gg in a very small cameo.she refused.

1960="THE DEEP BLUE SEA"
1963="DEATH BE NOT PROUD"
1963="THE SILENCE"

1969="THE PHYNX"
(GG in a cameo)



1971="REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST"
GG as the Queen of Neapel.

1980="MOTHER THERESA"
(some wrote that GG once said that she would love to play her life story;)
We will never know if she really said it!!)




Theres so much more OUT OF AFRIKA ,ISADORA DUNCON and and and...
maybe i will post all of them one day in a real good article;)

[MGM]

Wow, that's pretty lot of roles, my friends.

[david]

HI MGM...YEAH ALOT OF SCRIPTS FOR GARBO BUT SADLY...SHE TURNED IT DOWN ALOT ... BECAUSE SHE DON'T LIKE SILLY SCRIPTS, BAD WOMAN, MURDER, LIARS, ETC....SHE LOVES TO BE A MALE CLOWN BECAUSE IT COVER HER FACE WITH WHITE PAINT SO NO ONE SEE HER FACE HIDE...BILLY WILDER SAID SO ...SHE PLAYED FEW VAMPS AND SOMETHING SILLY SEDUCTRESS...SHE WAS UNHAPPY! SHE WANTED TO BE GOOD WOMAN LIKE A SWEET CLOWN?

[david]

HI JOHN, I READ A BOOK "GARBO" BY BARRY PARIS...HER IDEA OF A COMEBACK ROLE WAS NOT AN AGING SOUTHERN BELLE ON THE VERGE OF MADNESS. SHE WANTED A SEXLESS, ANDROGYNOUS ROLE ON THE ORDER OF PETER PAN OR DORIAN GRAY. TENNESSE WILLIAMS SAID "SHE IS REALLY HERMAPHRODITIC, WITH THE COLD QUALITY OF A MERMAID."

[JOHN]

DAVID said:

HI JOHN, I READ A BOOK "GARBO" BY BARRY PARIS...HER IDEA OF A COMEBACK ROLE WAS NOT AN AGING SOUTHERN BELLE ON THE VERGE OF MADNESS. SHE WANTED A SEXLESS, ANDROGYNOUS ROLE ON THE ORDER OF PETER PAN OR DORIAN GRAY. TENNESSE WILLIAMS SAID "SHE IS REALLY HERMAPHRODITIC, WITH THE COLD QUALITY OF A MERMAID."

I JUST LOVE THIS!!

DAVID said:

"SHE IS REALLY HERMAPHRODITIC, WITH THE COLD QUALITY OF A MERMAID."

Man, that is so special..what a great lady she was..like from another star..or world,,,

you know the film THE LAST UNICORN???

tahts soooooooo GG;)

[david]

HOW SAD TO SAY IN A BOOK SAID...PG. 229..WILLIAM DANIELS: IN 1969, he lamented: "The saddest thing in my career is that I was never able to photograph her in COLOR. He begged the studio. He felt he had to get those incredible blue eyes in COLOR but they said NO. The process at the time was cumbersome and EXPENSIVE , and the pictures were already making money. He still feel sad about it. HOW SAD!!!! :(COLOR IN PICTURES OF HER WOULD BE VERY, VERY, VERY GORGEOUS AND SOOOO BEAUTIFUL!!!!! ;D SOMETIME I SAW SOME COLOR PICTURES OF "CAMILLE" IN THE BOOK...I WISH RE-COLORIZED OF ALL GARBO'S FILMS IN DVD IN THE FUTURE?

[JOHN]

absolutly but thats the truth.

at least she made one REAL colour picture for Camille.its a very famous pics.i hope you know what pic i´m talking about,.

[david]

:)OOOOH I WISH ALL OF GARBO'S FILMS SILENT AND TALKIES WOULD BE RE-COLORIZED, TOO....WHO KNOWS? I HEARD THAT "CAMILLE' WAS RE-COLORIZED ONCE IN THE T.V. LONG, LONG AGO BUT NOT SEEN IT ....OH I HOPE IN THE FUTURE WILL BE BRIGHT AND SUCCESSFUL FOR FULL COLORS HELP THRILLING AND HAPPY!!!!! I SAW SOME COLOR PICTURES OF GARBO'S EYES WERE SOOOOO TERRIBLY BEAUTIFUL BLUEEEEEEES LIKE BLUE SKY IN HEAVENLY OH BLACK LOVELY EYELASHES!!!! I CHERISH SOME COLOR PICTURES OF G.G. FOREVER!!!!