This film seems a lot like a warm-up for The Painted Veil, another Garbo ego picture which would be released in 1934. The story is similar, the locale is in Asia, she has a much older, boring husband, a new, exciting lover...
I could go on and on about how similar they are.
It's not technically a silent movie, rather a sound movie without dialogue, and perhaps that's its only redeeming quality. The sets are nice, but the intertitles do get a little corny (and aren't overly inventive).
Garbo would go onto better things, but for now she was still making silent pictures in an era where even Gloria Swanson had transferred to sound.
Greta Garbo is quite pretty in this film, and she gets to wear a lot of nice costumes, but she isn't given much to do other than that.
I was rooting for the husband more than I was rooting for the lover, so the Hollywood happy ending was welcome. The tiger hunt was probably the best part of the film.
I preferred The Painted Veil, not because I'm a silent movie-phobe (because I am not), but because her leads are more colorful and she's given more to do than be a window decoration.
