A Woman of Affairs (1928) (1928)

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Release Date: Dec 15, 1928 Limited

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Michael Arlen's notorious novel The Green Hat was considered such a hot potato censor-wise that the property's title could not be used when it was adapted to film. Retitled A Woman of Affairs, this tale of a woman destroyed by syphilis was heavily laundered for the screen. Greta Garbo plays an impulsive British lass who, when denied permission to marry John Gilbert, hops from bed to bed with various partners. She marries a man who turns out to be a thief. When her husband commits suicide, Garbo

Unrated, 1 hr. 30 min.

Drama, Classics

Directed By: Clarence Brown

Written By: Michael Arlen Davis, Marian Ainslee

In Theaters: Dec 15, 1928 Limited

On DVD: Feb 20, 1991

MGM

Cast

Greta Garbo
Diana Merrick
John Gilbert
Neville Holderness
Lewis Stone
Dr. Hugh Trevelyan
Johnny Mack Brown
David Furness
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Geoffrey Merrick
Hobart Bosworth
Sir Morton Holderness
Dorothy Sebastian
Constance
Anita Louise
Fred Kelsey
Gertrude Astor

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An hysterical and an overacted soap opera story.

August 7, 2008 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Great film. I loved the story that seemed to capture the real life relationship between the leads.

April 17, 2008

Michelle Fitzsimonds

I've got no complaints when Clarence Brown directs Greta Garbo. There are many adult themes in this pre-code movie: homosexuality, alcoholism, sex outside of marriage, pregnancy, suicide, syphilis... actually syphilis had to be replaced with "embezzeling" in the movie, which was based on a book called "The Green Hat."

December 2, 2004