Greta Garbo famously declared “I want to be alone” in the 1932 film “Grand Hotel,” but one author claims the screen siren was far from a recluse when cameras stopped rolling. “I was surprised to find ...

Greta Garbo would've celebrated her 113th birthday on September 18. Born in 1905, the Swedish-born actress became a star with a string of hit films throughout the 1920s and 1930s before disappearing ...

Few icons are more ubiquitous in the cultural landscape, yet more mysterious than queer icon Greta Garbo. Even if you’ve never seen “Grand Hotel,” you likely know that in this 1932 film, Garbo ...

She seems in pain, yet amused by her misery, when she confesses to John Barrymore, “I want to be alone.” That line, from the 1932 Grand Hotel, was often taken as Greta Garbo’s autobiographical ...