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 Scacchi she posed nude with a codfish to promote the documentary "End of the Line", a film exposing the effects of overfishing. She continues to lead the linked Fishlove campaign, which has seen a host of well known actors pose for photographs with a variety of fish. In October 2013, for her services to the arts she was made a knight in the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. Greta Scacchi Greta Scacchi (; born 18 February 1960) is an Italian-Australian actress known for her roles in the films "White Mischief", "Presumed Innocent", "The Player" and "Looking for Alibrandi". She