Romance (1930)

Romance (1930)As an Italian opera diva, Greta Garbo is luminous, haunting, desirable, mysterious and transcendentally lovely. No wonder she personifies romance for both an aging millionaire (Lewis Stone) and a boyish rector (Gavin Gordon) caught in the tortured throes of a forbidden love. Garbo followed up her smash talkie debut Anna Christie with this tale of a woman whose tender relationship with the younger clergyman is crushed by her remorse over her illicit

Al Dubin and Johnny Mercer

and he asks her to accompany her to Niagara Falls to celebrate their winnings

is one charming musical that will get you going

When the men's machinations backfire

In its ebb and flow you'll find a moving eloquence close to the heart of the film's leading man

works in the prison garage and steers clear of trouble

Spending his time playing games with his host

Wallace Beery and Johnny Mack Brown star in this hard-hitting gangster drama of the turf war between two rival mob gangs

Busby Berkeley directs the splashy musical numbers

the answer to Stooges lovers' prayers

who was on his way to a successful solo career in Vitaphone movies comedies

where he becomes reacquainted with his underworld contacts and gets involved in a scam to steal an inherited fortune from a young widow