As You Desire Me: Living or Dead?

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By Graves Hopper

Updated 18 March 2023

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1932 film by George Fitzmaurice

As You Desire Me

Released	1932 (90 years, 9 months ago)

Director	George Fitzmaurice
Duration	71 minutes
Genre	drama film
Composer	Herbert Stothart
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Country of origin	United States of America
Screenwriter	Luigi Pirandello
Producer	George Fitzmaurice, Irving Thalberg and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

About As You Desire Me

As You Desire Me is a 1932 American Pre-Code film adaptation of the play by Luigi Pirandello released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was produced and directed by George Fitzmaurice with Irving Thalberg as co-producer. The adaptation was by Gene Markey, the cinematography by William H. Daniels, the art direction by Cedric Gibbons and the costume design by Adrian.

The film stars Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas with Erich von Stroheim, Owen Moore and Hedda Hopper. Its running time is less than 71 minutes, making it the shortest of all Garbo's Hollywood films.

This is also the only film in which Garbo appears as a blonde. It made $1,362,000.