This is home movie shot by Alistair Cooke of a yachting trip he spent with Charlie Chaplin. Chaplin is seen impersonating Jean Harlow, Garbo and the Prince of Wales, as well as others.
Pete and Dud's classic quote - 'Bloody Greta Garbo'
Pete and Dud were characters played by the comedians and entertainers Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. The dialogue format originated in 1964 when Dudley Moore invited Peter Cook to appear in a television performance, whereupon Peter Cook scripted a conversation between two men from Dagenham in flat caps. This proved to be very popular with television audiences and the partnership was continued during the series Not Only... But Also.
The "Dagenham dialogues" between the two ranged from paintings in toilets (Dud finds the Mona Lisa snooty whilst he is using the toilets), how the bottoms of Rubens' nudes seem to follow you around the room, reasons as to why geckos don't live long and being annoyed by film-stars (including "bloody Greta Garbo" and "bloody Anna Magnani") pestering them for romance.
The "Bloody Greta Garbo!" line is one of their most famous moments.
Greta Garbo spoof in The Match Game
The Match Game was an American television game show, most often hosted by Gene Rayburn. The show featured celebrities and contestants answering fill-in-the-blank questions.
The most famous versions of the 1970s and 1980s, starting with Match Game '73, were remembered for their bawdy and sometimes rowdy humor and involved contestants trying to match six celebrities. In one show Fannie Flagg (American author and actress) appeared as Garbo in a 1970 released show.
Greta Garbo referring and spoof in Death Becomes her
Death Becomes Her is a 1992 black comedy fantasy film directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Goldie Hawn, Meryl Streep and Bruce Willis. It won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. In one scene Isabella Rosselini refers to Garbo and impersoniate her famous "I vant to be alooooone!".
In another scene actress Bonnie Cahoon is playing Garbo in the big party scene. In the film, Greta was also one of the secret people who drunk a miracle cure for aging. Its quite funny.
This a scene from Billy Wilder's film Fedora (USA 1978). The character and career of Fedora in the original Thomas Tryon short story is based on elements from the lives and careers of Dietrich & Garbo.
This scene if from the MGM (The Little Rascals) film, Love Business. The Rascals, was a series of American comedy short films about a group of poor neighborhood children and the adventures they had together. This is the film that provides the famous shot of Chubby kissing 'Garbo'.
