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 Bellamacina was spotted on a bus in Camden at 14 by a major modelling agency and is signed to VIVA Model Management in London and Paris. Bellamacina made her acting debut at thirteen playing a Slytherin school girl in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire". Greta is represented by Tavistock Wood as an actress. She has starred in a variety of independent feature films as an actress. Most recently in 2017 she played the lead Maria in the Romanov adaption "The Last Birthdays" alongside actress Anna Popplewell which has won a number of awards including the European Independent Film Award.