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Garbo
The Signature Collection
(1926-1939)

Contents: The Temptress (1926), Flesh and the Devil (1927), The Mysterious Lady (1928), Anna Christie (1930) [English and German versions], Mata Hari (1931), Grand Hotel (1932), Queen Christina (1933), Anna Karenina (1935), Camille (1936) and Ninotchka (1939).

Warner Home Video
2005 DVD edition

Garbo: The Signature Collection (1926-1939), black & white, 1249 minutes total, not rated, including The Temptress (1926), black & white, 106 minutes, not rated, Flesh and the Devil (1927), black & white, 112 minutes, not rated, The Mysterious Lady (1928), black & white, 89 minutes, not rated, The Divine Woman (1928) [surviving footage], black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Anna Christie (1930) [English and German versions], black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Mata Hari (1931), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Grand Hotel (1932), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Queen Christina (1933), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Anna Karenina (1935), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Camille (1936), black & white, 109 minutes, not rated, and Ninotchka (1939), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Warner Home Video, unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
Ten single-sided and dual-sided, dual-layered, Region 1 NTSC DVD discs, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcases in cardboard slipcase; $99.98.
Release date: 6 September 2005.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD boxset features three Garbo MGM silents and seven sound films. Also included is surviving footage from the lost film The Divine Woman (1928), alternate endings to Flesh and the Devil and The Temptress, audio commentary on Flesh and the Devil by Barry Paris, on The Temptress by Mark A. Vieira, and on The Mysterious Lady by Tony Maietta and Jeffrey Vance, with documentaries.

For our comparative reviews of the individual films in this boxset, see our Flesh and the Devil on home video, The Mysterious Lady on home video and The Temptress on home video pages.

If you can still find it, we still recommend this boxset collection.

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