Probably the most popular of her silent films FLESH AND THE DEVIL is about two
life long friends who unknowingly fall for the same woman and all the shit that
goes down between them because of this. According to rumor the first time John
Gilbert ever saw Garbo in real life was during the train station scene where his
character sees Garbo's character for the first time. He fell in love with her,
or at least Garbo the movie star, instantly and even left his wife for her. Who
knows how true that story is, but they did have a heated romance while filming
this movie and it really shows. In their kissing scenes shes grabbing him with
both hand like she's a vampire. Pretty hot stuff, especially for 1926!I liked the idea for the story, but the movie is too long and the narrative too lumpy and some of the acting (by supporting characters) is way too over dramatic. None of that really matters though cause when Garbo is on the screen I'm in absolute Heaven. At this stage in her career they could have made a three hour movie about her grocery shopping and I'd be glued to the screen the entire time.
Enjoyable silent film, but mainly just to see Garbo and Gilbert gettin' steamy.
