Greta Garbo, up close, 1939

Colorized a photo of Greta Garbo taken by Clarence Sinclair Bull for her penultimate Hollywood film, "Ninotchka" released in 1939. Her last film would be "Two-Faced Woman" released in 1941. By this time, Greta has been labeled "Box Office Poison" along with other celebrities like Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, Luise Rainer, Katherine Hepburn, Mae West, and Marline Dietrich in an article published by Harry Brandt on behalf of the Independent Theatre Owners of America, The critical failure of Two-Faced Woman was said to have devastated and humiliated her and blamed the dearth of good materials and the studio system that has been plaguing her career over the last 5 years. This has led her to finally abandoned her Hollywood career of 16 years and returned to Sweden.