Garbo and the night watchmen: a selection made in 1937 from the writings of British and American film critics

Reprint of the original 1937 collection, with illustrations. A collection of criticism assembled by BBC critic Alistair Cooke. Contributions from Graham Greene, John Marks, Robert Herring, Cecilia Ager, Meyer Levin, Don Herold, Robert Forsythe, Otis Ferguson. Particular references to Charlie Chaplin, the Marx Brothers, Greta Garbo, The Four Feathers, Dante's Inferno, The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, Things to Come (Alexander Korda, H.G. Wells), Top Hat (Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers), Anna Karenina, Belle of the Nineties (Mae West), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, King Kong (SFX), Camille, A Day at the Races

Part of the Bill Douglas and Peter Jewell Collection