September 18 iis the birthday of Swedish actress GRETA GARBO (1905-1990). Many critics and film historians consider her performance as the doomed courtesan Marguerite Gautier in Camille (1936) to be her finest and the role gained her a second Academy Award nomination. However, Garbo's career soon declined and she became one of many stars labelled box office poison in 1938. Her career revived with a turn to comedy in Ninotchka. To see a clip of Garbo and William Powell in “Ninotchka,” CLICK HERE.

September 18 is the birthday of American choreographer AGNES DE MILLE (1905-1993). At present, the only commercially available examples of de Mille's choreography are parts one and two of Rodeo by the American Ballet Theatre,] Fall River Legend (filmed in 1989 by the Dance Theatre of Harlem) and Oklahoma! To see a slipof De Mille’s brilliant choreography, CLICK HERE.