• The Divine Woman



Greta Garbo Rarities



Copresented with the San Francisco Silent Film Festival

 

  • Illustrated Lecture
    Jon Wengström

    Jon Wengström is curator of the archival film collections at the Svenska Filminstitutet, Stockholm.

  • On Piano
    Stephen Horne

These rarely screened 35mm film fragments, commercials, and newsreels from the archives of the Swedish Film Institute depict Greta Garbo at various points throughout her career. Our guest presenter Jon Wengström, who will receive an award for his exceptional work as a film archivist from the San Francisco Silent Film Festival (May 31–June 3), offers context for the works.

Films in this Screening

Reklamfilm PUB Greta Garbo

Lasse Ring, Sweden, 1921

FILM DETAILS 
Language
  • Silent
  • Swedish intertitles with English e-titling
Print Info
  • B&W
  • 35mm
  • Silent
  • 4 mins
  • 18fps
source
  • Svenska Filminstitutet

Luffar-Petter (fragment)

Erik A. Petschler, Sweden, 1922

FILM DETAILS 
Language
  • Silent
  • Swedish intertitles with English e-titling
Print Info
  • B&W
  • 35mm
  • Silent
  • 9 mins
  • 18fps
source
  • Svenska Filminstitutet

Greta Garbo on the Swedish American Line

Sweden, 1929

FILM DETAILS 
Language
  • Silent
  • Swedish intertitles with English e-titling
Print Info
  • B&W
  • 35mm
  • Silent
  • 1 mins
  • 22fps
source
  • Svenska Filminstitutet

The Divine Woman (fragments)

Victor Seastrom, United States, 1928

FILM DETAILS 
Language
  • Silent
  • Russian intertitles (10 min fragment) and Swedish intertitles (1 min fragment) with English e-titling
Print Info
  • B&W
  • 35mm
  • Silent
  • 11 mins
  • 22fps
source
  • Svenska Filminstitutet

The Swedish Crown Prince in Hollywood

Sweden, 1926

FILM DETAILS 
Language
  • Silent
  • Swedish intertitles with English e-titling
Print Info
  • B&W/Color
  • 35mm
  • Silent
  • 12 mins
  • 20fps
source
  • Svenska Filminstitutet

Test Film Greta Garbo

United States, 1948

FILM DETAILS 
Print Info
  • B&W
  • 35mm
  • Silent
  • 5 mins
  • 24fps
source
  • Svenska Filminstitutet