Sunday, December 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Los Feliz Theatre, Los Angeles
### **ABOUT THE FILM:** *Garbo Talks!* proclaimed ads when silent star Greta Garbo debuted in talkies. Nine years and 12 classic screen dramas later, the gifted movie legend was ready for another change*. Garbo Laughs!* cheered the publicity for her first comedy, a frothy tale of a dour Russian envoy sublimating her womanhood for Soviet brotherhood until she falls for a suave Parisian man-about-town (Melvyn Douglas). Working from a cleverly barbed script written in part by Billy Wilder, director Ernst Lubitsch knew better than anyone how to marry refinement with sublime wit. “At least twice a day the most dignified human being is ridiculous,” he explained about his acclaimed Lubitsch Touch. That’s how we see Garbo’s lovestruck Ninotchka: serenely dignified yet endearingly ridiculous. FORMAT: 35mm DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus COUNTRY: USA