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Classic Films

Staph

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2. I loooooove Ninotchka!

Reply to oldtime dfl_er (Reply #1)

Thu Nov 25, 2021, 02:25 PM

Nov 2021

IMDB has a great bit of trivia about how the movie came to be:

The tagline "Garbo laughs!" came before the screenplay was written; the film was built around that single, now legendary, slogan. This slogan was itself a reference to another legendary advertising slogan about Greta Garbo. Garbo, a famous leading lady of the silent film era, made her first talking picture, Anna Christie (1930). That film was advertised, to great success, with the slogan "Garbo Talks!" When she made this comedy the "Garbo Laughs!" tagline resonated with her fans.

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NINOTCHKA oldtime dfl_er Nov 2021 #1

I loooooove Ninotchka! Staph Nov 2021 #2