Garbo, by Joan Crawford

Nov 6, 1969

0h 47m

★ 4.0

Overview

Joan Crawford narrates this documentary about the career of Greta Garbo.

Genres

Documentary

TV Movie

Production Companies

BBC TV

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Cast

Self (archive footage)

Greta Garbo

Self - Host / Narrator (voice)

Joan Crawford

Self

George Cukor

Self

Rouben Mamoulian

Self (archive footage)

John Gilbert

Self (archive footage)

Robert Taylor

Self (archive footage)

Melvyn Douglas

Self (archive footage)

Erich von Stroheim

Self (archive footage)

Charles Boyer

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