MATA HARI (1931) ¢ ¢ 1/2
D: George Fitzmaurice
Greta Garbo, Ramon Novarro,
Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone
Greta Garbo in one of her signature roles, as the notorious World War One spy, the woman no man could resist. Overwrought melodrama, but it's from MGM, so it looks real good. The real Mata Hari didn't look an awful lot like Garbo, but I guess that's what movies are for. Ramon Novarro plays Mata's chief love interest, a dashing Russian pilot with an accent by way of Guadalajara, not St. Petersburg.
