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Glamorous Garbo
Wednesday 21 February @ 17:07:43 |
 by CHRISTOPHER KOZA
The media constantly fuels the notion that celebrity “party girls” influence the ever-impressionable preteen consumers. Newsweek recently ran a story asking, "What Are Celebs Teaching Kids?" that focuses on the over-the-top and tasteless antics of Britney Spears, Paris Hilton and the hordes of inelegant cohorts. These celebrities are the angels of acceptance whose prized advice is a smack in the face to anyone watching them exit limousines. But class hasn’t always been on the fringe—it goes in and out of vogue.
Renowned as one of the first female superstars of film, Greta Garbo influenced young women of her time—her charisma, beauty and grace were models for etiquette and poise.
 In Glamourous Garbo: International Film Star, the American Swedish Institute offers a photography retrospective of her illustrious film career that’s interspersed with a few images of the pre-movie star girl, who quit school at a young age to care for her ailing father, and made her foray into show business by working as a hat model for a department store. The early pictures are interesting and revealing; the shots of her parents illustrate how she inherited her mother’s eyes and father’s jaw-line.
Most of the exhibit consists of photo stills from Garbo’s films, but there are also some larger, canvas-print renderings. The image from “Queen Christina” displays her flawless beauty in an oversized fashion. Along with the images from her films are captions and blurbs that offer colorful insights from and about co-stars, and touch on the larger social context of Garbo’s work.
Like a real-life Charles Foster Kane, Garbo didn’t fade away, but just sort of spontaneously combusted. After starring in 32 films from 1920 to 1941, the movie star faced a commercial disaster with “Two-Faced Woman,” causing her to abruptly halt her career and never work in show business again. But even though her film career ended, her reign of influence didn’t, and her cultural relevance has lasted beyond her death in 1990.
In addition to the exhibition, ASI is screening three of Garbo’s movies as part of a film lecture series: The ill-fated “Two-Faced Women” and classics "Ninotchka" and “Queen Christina.”
Glamorous Garbo runs through May 13. The American Swedish Institute is located at 2600 Park Ave. S., Mpls. 612-871-4907. Museum hours are Tue., Thu., Fri. & Sat. from noon–4 p.m.; Wed. noon–8 p.m. & Sun. 1–5 p.m.
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