Looking for Garbo
Author: Jon James Miller
Category: Other
Published: 2019
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Read Online"Blending hard-boiled noir and romance into a compelling historical tale, Looking for Garbo is filled with heart and action." ~ Foreword ReviewsJames Main has a film to make.Seth Moseley has a story to tell.Neither have any idea how looking for Garbo would change their lives.When documentary filmmaker James Main places an ad looking for anyone still above ground who knew movie goddess Greta Garbo, he's delighted when Seth Moseley, a salty old reporter, replies with the promise of an untold story of why the reclusive star left Hollywood at the height of her fame.Dying of emphysema, Seth tells the story of when he was a cut-throat paparazzo stow away aboard the S.S. Athenia, intent on getting a candid photo of Garbo to pay off his gambling debts. Instead, the newshound falls hard for the enigmatic star as soon as he meets her face to face. But all is not what it seems and when war in Europe unexpectedly breaks out while the...