Why is Garbo ignored by today's Hollywood?
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winonaforever2 — 11 years ago(September 11, 2014 05:30 PM)
I don't think she is ignored. Quite the opposite. She is one of the most iconic actresses that ever lived.And probably on the top 5 of Hollywood's golden era. However she died in 1990 and her last film is from 1941, obviously people from current generations most likely will not have heard of her unless they have an interest in classic film. Deanna Durbin is a different case, she was a child/teen star. She chose to retire and stay out of the limelight. I think it's the fact that when she retired she was not that popular anymore, despite being very young, I think she was 27. Then she never made any interviews, she completely disappeared. Unfortunately she never made a movie that is considered a classic, something like Grand Hotel or Camille for instance. Something similar happened with Shirley Temple, but she made public appearances and made a second career in politics which kept her on people's minds. Comparing Garland and Durbin makes no sense. Garland went on to have a career as an adult, she has a popularity that is also propelled by her tragic early death, and she was in the Wizard of Oz. Even if she had not made any further films she would have been popular with just that one film.