MGM Parade Episode #1.30 (Season 1, Episode 30)
TV Episode | 30 min | Documentary

MGM Parade

Episode #1.30 (Season 1, Episode 30)

TV Episode | 30 min | Documentary

Host Walter Pidgeon admits that he made himself available to host this episode if only to be able to discuss the film career of the legendary Greta Garbo. He mentions her short stint of making movies in Europe before coming to the United ...See moreHost Walter Pidgeon admits that he made himself available to host this episode if only to be able to discuss the film career of the legendary Greta Garbo. He mentions her short stint of making movies in Europe before coming to the United States, where, in American movies, she became an instant star in silent films in the mid-1920s. She was arguably the biggest movie star in the world by the end of the silent era. There was some speculation on whether she could sustain that stardom into the talkies, especially as she had a strong Swedish accent, but those fears were laid to rest with her memorable screen entrance in her first talkie, Anna Christie. Pidgeon takes her film retrospective up to the mid-1930s, when her stardom was brighter than ever. Film newcomer Irene Papas discusses filming the movie Tribute to a Bad Man starring James Cagney. Next week's show will conclude the retrospective on Garbo's film career, and will have as a guest another European transplant to American movies, Leslie Caron. Written by Huggo See less

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11 cast members

Name	Known for
Lew Ayres Self - Pierre Lassalle in 'The Kiss' (archive footage) Self - Pierre Lassalle in 'The Kiss' (archive footage) See fewer	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
James Cagney Self - Jeremy Rodock in 'Tribute to a Bad Man' (archive footage) Self - Jeremy Rodock in 'Tribute to a Bad Man' (archive footage) See fewer	Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Marie Dressler Self - Marthy in 'Anna Christie' (archive footage) Self - Marthy in 'Anna Christie' (archive footage) See fewer	Dinner at Eight (1933)
Conrad Nagel Self - André Dubail in 'The Kiss' (archive footage) Self - André Dubail in 'The Kiss' (archive footage) See fewer	Quality Street (1927)
Irene Papas Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	The Guns of Navarone (1961)
Walter Pidgeon Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Lewis Stone Self - Cornelius Van Tuyl in 'Romance' (archive footage) Self - Cornelius Van Tuyl in 'Romance' (archive footage) See fewer	The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)
Charles Boyer Self - Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte in 'Conquest' (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte in 'Conquest' (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Gaslight (1944)
Melvyn Douglas Self - Leon in 'Ninotchka' (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Leon in 'Ninotchka' (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Being There (1979)
John Gilbert Self - Antonio in 'Queen Christina' (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Antonio in 'Queen Christina' (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Downstairs (1932)
Robert Taylor Self - Armand Duval in 'Camille' (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Armand Duval in 'Camille' (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Quo Vadis (1951)