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Garbo in Color

Introduction

For the people in the 1920s,1930s and 1940s, the “Garbo mystique” was only known in moody contrasts of black, white & gray. It was a long and very expensive process to do a color picture back in the 1930s and 1940s. Many don't know that some Garbo color pics exist, here is a list of the photos she officially made in color.

1. Candid shots made by Paparazzi's (shot from the late 1960s to 1980s)

2. Private Garbo pictures in color (shot from the late 1960s to 1980s)
Those pics are made by friends and Greta knew that she was photographed.

3. Two professional and official color pictures were taken in 1936 (Camille)
& 1941 (Two-Faced Woman).

4. A whole colour photo session was done in 1952 by p hotographer A. Beauchamp.

Camille 1936

This is the first picture that showed Garbo in colour. It wasn't plan ned at all. During a photo session for Camille in 1936,
photographer Clarence Sinclair Bull suggested a colour photo shot to Garbo. Making such a photo was hard work and Greta
had to sit still for a couple of minutes but the result was a sensation. The world could finally see Garbo's pale blue eyes.

Two-Faced Woman 1941

The second time Garbo was shot in colour was for the Two-Faced Woman photo session on October 3,1941.
This session was Greta's last photo session for MGM. Photographer Clarence Sinclair Bull asked Garbo to
do another photo in colour

Anthony Beauchamp 1951

Photographer Beauchamp asked Garbo to do her first photo session in colour.
The result were several stunning colour portraits, shot in California 1951.

Garbo Private in Color - Paris, July 1958

Garbo Private in Color - Europe 1966

Garbo Privat in color - Sweden 1972

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Garbo Candid in color - USA late 1970s

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Garbo Candid's in color - France 1981/82

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Garbo Candid's in color - New York, early 1980s.

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Real color or not?

Conquest
Some say this picture from the film is in real color and some say it is colorized.
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The photo is rumoured to be shoot during the big polka rehearsal of the film.

Special thanks to Greg.

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Real color or not?

Camille
Some say this picture from the film is in real color and some say it is colorized.
If you have any infos about the history of this photography, please mail us
GarboForever@web.de!

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