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The Temptress

Play trailer Poster for The Temptress 1926,  1h 57m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist - - 3 Reviews Tomatometer 67% 250+ Ratings Popcornmeter
Tomatometer 3 Reviews 67% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
At a Parisian costume ball, Argentinian Manuel Robledo (Antonio Moreno) falls for the lovely Elena (Greta Garbo). The next day he discovers that she is already married to his friend the Marquis de Torre Bianca (Armand Kaliz). Later, a wealthy banker who was having an affair with Elena announces that she has ruined him and commits suicide publicly. To avoid scandal, the marquis moves to Argentina, where the love triangle is renewed, with fatal consequences.

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Mordaunt Hall New York Times Oct 28, 2006
4/5
In many respects this picture is a distinguished piece of work, wherein Fred Niblo, the director, keeps the audience on the qui vive. Go to Full Review
Robert E. Sherwood LIFE Oct 5, 2021
The Temptress is a lavish, luxurious picture, with all known forms of audience appeal; some of its scenes, as directed by Fred Niblo, are good. It would, however, be pretty dreadful were it not for the individual and unassisted efforts of Greta Garbo. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Jan 25, 2005
C
Outdated and overly melodramatic. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Fred Niblo

Director

Greta Garbo

Elena

Antonio Moreno

Manuel Robledo

Roy D'Arcy

Manos Duras

Marc McDermott

M. Fontenoy

Lionel Barrymore

Canterac

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The Temptress

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Movie Info

Synopsis At a Parisian costume ball, Argentinian Manuel Robledo (Antonio Moreno) falls for the lovely Elena (Greta Garbo). The next day he discovers that she is already married to his friend the Marquis de Torre Bianca (Armand Kaliz). Later, a wealthy banker who was having an affair with Elena announces that she has ruined him and commits suicide publicly. To avoid scandal, the marquis moves to Argentina, where the love triangle is renewed, with fatal consequences.
Director
Fred Niblo
Screenwriter
Dorothy Farnum
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp.
Production Co
Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Cosmopolitan Productions
Genre
Drama
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 3, 1926, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 25, 2015
Runtime
1h 57m
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