10/27/2012

Garbo & Dietrich

Greta Garbo was the top star of MGM. Marlene Dietrich was her rival from Paramount. Both of them were the queens of Hollywood at the end of the 1930's. Garbo retired from the public eye at the age of 36, becoming a giant myth of the art of cinema, while Dietrich continued to film and sing as a living legend until she was almost 80 years old...

Marilyn & Liz

Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor were the two most famous actresses of America at the end of the 1950's. Marilyn died in 1962 and became a myth. Elizabeth became a legend while being alive and reinvented herself over the decades, surviving until 2011.