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Remembering Nils Asther
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Dan Carino
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Jan 31, 2009
Remembering Nils Asther
Hollywood Historian Alex Ben Block profiles the Swedish leading man whose career bridged silent movies and talkies, and who endured blacklisting in the 1940s.
Everybody called Nils Asther, "The Male Garbo." Everybody, that is, except his boyfriend. His star faded, but there's new appreciation for "The Bitter Tea of General Yen" (1933).
Everybody called Nils Asther, "The Male Garbo." Everybody, that is, except his boyfriend. His star faded, but there's new appreciation for "The Bitter Tea of General Yen" (1933).
(
John Rabe
)

Hollywood Historian Alex Ben Block profiles the Swedish leading man whose career bridged silent movies and talkies, and who endured blacklisting in the 1940s.

Hollywood Historian Alex Ben Block profiles the Swedish leading man whose career bridged silent movies and talkies, and who endured blacklisting in the 1940s.