Saturday, February 13, 2010

Garbo's 'Ninotchka' has me chuckling

I dunno what's the matter with me. Lately, I am getting to be a more and more enthused person on the subject of old movies and old-style movie stars. A case in point is my recent viewing of the fascinating 1939 film, 'Ninotchka' with Greta Garbo and the fine actor, Melvyn Douglas. This rather comic-romance is a charm in every way. The main line is the fact of Ninotchka (Greta Garbo) a Russian woman coming to Paris and falling for the clever man, Leon (Melvyn Douglas). This shrewd movie was directed by the talented Ernst Lubitsch and its sleek evidentiary style evokes the late 30s and early 40s France and Russia in a unique way for us film enthusiasts to "dig." This story with Greta Garbo and her friends has a bunch of laughs. Culture of the war years comes across as a large unusual experience and film buffs can have themselves a huge fun time with the merry story of 'Ninotchka.'

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