INSPIRATION may not be one of Garbo's better films, but like most of her films, it's basically a "women's picture".
I will agree that Robert Montgomery (not a favorite of mine) should not have been cast in this picture but is OK. A more likely actor would have been somebody like Conrad Nagel. If one really wants to re-cast the picture, how about Baclanova in the Garbo role? The look of the film is very good. Films of this period with European backgrounds always interest me, and Garbo's persona fits very well in it.
Even though this was 1931, there was still some silent film techniques in many of the movies made at this relatively late date: the way Karen Morley's suicide was filmed, for instance.
Liked this one better than ROMANCE and liked it a lot better than any of her films made after the PAINTED VEIL. But I don't think any of her sound films quite stack up to her silent films (she always looked ter- rific and that William Daniels photography!).
I will agree that Robert Montgomery (not a favorite of mine) should not have been cast in this picture but is OK. A more likely actor would have been somebody like Conrad Nagel. If one really wants to re-cast the picture, how about Baclanova in the Garbo role? The look of the film is very good. Films of this period with European backgrounds always interest me, and Garbo's persona fits very well in it.
Even though this was 1931, there was still some silent film techniques in many of the movies made at this relatively late date: the way Karen Morley's suicide was filmed, for instance.
Liked this one better than ROMANCE and liked it a lot better than any of her films made after the PAINTED VEIL. But I don't think any of her sound films quite stack up to her silent films (she always looked ter- rific and that William Daniels photography!).