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CROSS DRESSING ROYAL LOVE AFFAIR LONG TIME FAV! Directed by: Rouben Mamoulian Written by: H.M. Harwood, S.N. Behrman Starring: Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Lewis Stone, C. Aubrey Smith Rating: 8.5 out of 10 stars IMDB ROTTEN TOMATOES FILMSITE 353 links: GUN CRAZY (1949) BRIEF

Wealth and fame have always had their privileges, like, for example, misbehaving with impunity. Perhaps nowhere has this been truer than in the gay demimonde. Historically, the gilded enclave of Hollywood has always been rife with homosexuals.

Jean Arthur In the 30's9/1/1933 HCN Elizabeth Yeaman Nothing pleases a columnist so much as to see faith in a performer justified by a studio contract. From time to time I have shouted about the talents of Nydia Westman. I might have shouted oftener and more loudly if I had had the opportunity to see her more frequently.

I've decided that every Monday(s), I'm gonna awkwardly scribble down some thoughts on the movies I watched over the past week, except those which I've already reviewed. Good idea, right? So original too, OMG.

18th August 1930: Swedish born actress Greta Garbo (1905 - 1990). Photo by Clarence Sinclair Bull

8/28/1933 HCN Elizabeth Yeaman When Diana Wynyard returns to Hollywood she will find an assignment waiting for her at Radio Pictures. MGM has verbally agreed to lend Miss Wynyard to Radio for one picture, and although the contract has not been actually signed, the deal is expected to go through within a very short time.

Turner Classic Movies Summer Under the Stars festival features a different movie star each day — a star's major films and documentaries are presented, so don't miss out. Today's star is none other than one of the original Glamour Girls, Greta Garbo. If you're home, grab a bag of popcorn.

While I have failed to write on her here as of yet, Greta Garbo is one of my favorite all time actors. There was actually a period in my life when I was quite obsessed and I devoured every bit of information on her that I could. Tomorrow Turner Classic Movies is having an impressive Garbo marathon as part of their Summer Under The Stars Month.

  Over the years we’ve all bought into Madonna’s style, her music, her ability to reinvent herself, her crude, over the top behaviour on stage and in the pages of her book, Sex, which incidently she wrote as a character named Mistress Dita, inspired by the silent film actress Dita Parlo, illustrating that her whole career has been built on a cacophony of stolen images and ideas?

When I started this little writing experiment last Fall it was because I wanted to document my first gig as a back-up vocalist.  On the biggest concert tour in history.  Also, Greg Garbo from the Jonas Brothers and Miley’s keyboard player, Mike Schmid were both blogging so I felt it was my responsibility