Greta Garbo Centennial Celebration at Scandinavia House

Sweden's glamorous and famously enigmatic Greta Garbo epitomized Nordic beauty and allure for generations of filmgoers.  Celebrating the centennial of the birth of Greta Garbo on September 18, 1905, the exhibition provides an unusual opportunity to see original vintage prints of magnificent large-scale portraits from Garbo's private collection taken by some of the greatest photographers of the era.  Posters, lobby placards, magazines and other memorabilia will also be on view.  Garbo's Garbos is organized by the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and is curated by Robert Dance.

In conjunction with the exhibition, Scandinavia House also presents the film retrospective Forever Garbo, featuring her early Swedish and silent films, Hollywood blockbusters, as well as some of the teenage Garbo's very first film appearances.

The Museum of Modern Art will also screen two films as part of the Greta Garbo centennial celebration: Gösta Berlings saga (The Saga of Gösta Berling) and Die Freudlose Gasse (Joyless Street) on September 18-19, 2005.

In addition, the U.S. Postal Service and Sweden Post will both issue a commemorative Greta Garbo stamp on September 23, 2005 
 
Garbo's Garbos: Portraits from Her Private Collection
September 17 - November 12, 2005

Forever Garbo: A Film Retrospective
September 17 - December 17, 2005

Scandinavia House
58 Park Avenue at 38th Street
New York City

For more information: www.scandinaviahouse.org

Photo: © Clarence Sinclair Bull, Inspiration, 1930 
Courtesy of Santa Barbara Museum of Art