Greta Garbo than $1 million at the box office, becoming one of the studio's biggest failures of the decade. Garbo's popularity had considerably dropped, and when her contract expired soon thereafter, she returned briefly to Sweden. On 3 May 1938, Garbo was among the many stars—including Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, Luise Rainer, Katharine Hepburn, Mae West, Marlene Dietrich, Fred Astaire, Dolores del Río and others—dubbed to be "Box Office Poison" in an article published by Harry Brandt on behalf of the Independent Theatre Owners of America. After the box office failure of "Conquest", MGM decided a change of pace was needed to
Greta Scarano Greta Scarano Greta Scarano (born 27 August 1986) is an Italian television, stage and film actress. Born in Rome, Scarano made her professional debut in the TV-series "R.I.S. - Delitti imperfetti". Between 2008 and 2009, she played Sabrina Guarini in the Rai 3 soap opera "Un Posto al Sole", and between 2012 and 2015, she played the Inspector Francesca Leoni in the Canale 5 crime series "Squadra antimafia – Palermo oggi". For her performance in the film "Without Pity", in 2015 Scarano won the Guglielmo Biraghi Award at the 70th Silver Ribbon Awards. In 2016 she was awarded the Nastro