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  Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Greta Garbo.
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A Woman of Affairs
(1928) United States of America
B&W : [?] Ten? reels / 8319 feet
Directed by Clarence Brown

Cast: Greta Garbo [Diana], John Gilbert [Neville], Lewis Stone [Hugh], John Mack Brown (Johnny Mack Brown) [David], Douglas Fairbanks Jr. [Jeffrey], Hobart Bosworth [Sir Morton], Dorothy Sebastian [Constance]

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation. / Scenario by Bess Meredyth, from the novel The Green Hat by Michael Arlen. Song “Love’s First Kiss” by William Axt, David Mendoza (music) and Raymond Klages (lyrics). Art direction by Cedric Gibbons. Gowns (costume design) by Adrian (Gilbert Adrian). Assistant director, Charles Dorian. Cinematography by William Daniels. Film editor, Hugh Wynn. Intertitles written by Marian Ainslee and Ruth Cummings. / © 10 December 1928 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation [LP25980]. Released 15 December 1928. Premiered 19 January 1929 in New York, New York. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Garbo’s seventh MGM film. / Silent film, [?] with synchronized music and sound effects?

Drama: Romance.

Survival status: Print exists in the Turner Entertainment Company film archive [35mm positive]; and in the George Eastman Museum film archive [35mm positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Abortion - Accidents - Art Deco - Crime: Embezzlement - Death: Suicide - Miniatures - Synchronized sound film - Tobacco: Cigarettes - Transportation: Automobiles

Listing updated: 7 March 2011.

References: Film viewing : Brownlow-Behind pp. 22, 23; Brownlow-Parade pp. 139, 150, 151; Dardis-Keaton p. 175; Everson-American p. 298; Higashi-Virgins pp. 89, 91-92, 148; Kael-Kiss p. 285; Lahue-Gentlemen pp. 100, 107; Limbacher-Feature p. 279; Mandelbaum-Screen pp. 25, 32; Shipman-Cinema p. 102; Sinyard-Silent p. 84; Sklar-Movie p. 102; Vermilye-Twenties pp. 220-223; Walker-Garbo pp. 83-84, 85, 124, 184; Weaver-Twenty p. 143 : Website-AFI; Website-GEM.

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