Mata Hari

After a seductive rebuff the night before, lust-driven Russian pilot Alexis (Ramon Novarro) visits dancer and spy Greta Garbo (title character) at her rooms in wartime Paris, in MGM’s Mata Hari, 1931.

Title character Greta Garbo at a casino in WWI Paris, Ramon Novarro an amorous Russian pilot hoping to impress her, then she visits her controller Andriani (Lewis Stone), establishing their mistrust, in MGM’s Mata Hari, 1931.

Opening with a victim (Mischa Auer) of the title character (Greta Garbo, not seen here) and introducing key supporting men, C. Henry Gordon as the French spy catcher, Lionel Barrymore as Russian general Shubin, and Ramon Novarro as dashing flyer Alexis, in MGM’s Mata Hari, 1931.

Russian pilot Alexis (Ramon Novarro) and general Shubin (Lionel Barrymore) are among the eager audience for the first appearance of the title character, Greta Garbo as the dancer and reputed spy in WWI Paris, Karen Morley her contact, C. Henry Gordon the French spy hunter, early in Mata Hari, 1931.

Greta Garbo stars in Mata Hari (1931), a romanticized biography of the notorious World War I spy.