GRETA GARBO, RAMON NOVARRO ARE ROMANTIC | MATA HARI (1931) Oversized portrait

[Los Angeles]: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, [1931]. Vintage original 10 x 13″ (25 x 32 cm.) black-and-white double weight semi-glossy silver gelatin photo. Attached informational paper blurb on verso. Handwritten in pencil is code “579-118”. Fine.

Romantic images such as this of Greta Garbo and Ramon Novarro were popular in marketing the fictionalized story of the exotic dancer-turned-spy during World War I. Her hand-beaded dancing costume was designed by Adrian.