Review of Flesh and the Devil (1926) by Mark S — 08 Dec 2013

A genuine surprise. Seemingly forgotten by contemporary critics, I'd never heard of this before yet now I've seen it I'd rank it in my top 10 films of the 1920s. It doesn't show its age in the slightest and while giving one of her best performances, Greta Garbo is still upstaged by her soon to be real-life love and frequent co-star John Gilbert, who here shows he had real talent as a silent film actor, giving a subtle display in a melodramatic film.