One of the most mysterious and alluring stars ever to emerge from Hollywood, Greta Garbo, is being featured during May in the series “Cinematheque: Garbo” at the Wexner Center for the Arts.For five nights beginning this Friday, 10 of Garbo’s most beloved and well-known movies will be shown. Dave Filipi, associate curator of media arts at the Wexner Center, said that each night, one of the two movies shown will be some of Garbo’s strongest performances.” ‘Queen Christina,’ ‘Ninotchka,’ ‘Camille’ and ‘Grand Hotel’ are her four strongest films,” Filipi said.In “Queen Christina” (1933), Garbo plays the Queen of Sweden who dresses as a man to get away for a few days. Garbo’s character falls in love with a Spanish ambassador, played by John Gilbert, her on-and off-screen lover.”At the end of ‘Queen Christina,’ there’s a famous shot of Greta Garbo with a blank look on her face. The director told her to ‘think of nothing.’ It’s a really long shot of just her face, and it just captures her essence on film,” Filipi said. The comedy “Ninotchka” (1939), is considered by critics the best film of Garbo’s career. She plays a Russian Communist who goes to Paris on a mission and falls in love. “The whole movie pokes fun at her cold persona. She doesn’t show much emotion, and the film exaggerates that,” Filipi said.In “Grand Hotel” (1932), Garbo plays a fading ballerina who is looking for love. She co-stars with other famous Hollywood actors such as Joan Crawford, John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore.Two of her early silent films, “Flesh and the Devil” and “The Kiss” will be accompanied by pianist Brian Casey of the local jazz combo Honk, Wail and Moan. Garbo was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1905. After a brief film career in Europe, she moved to the United States to further her career. Garbo’s early success was based on her late 1920s silent films, but she later soared to stardom once sound was added to films. Throughout Garbo’s Hollywood career (1926-1941), she made 24 movies. Her characters were always interesting – she was the temptress, the femme fatale.Garbo refused to give interviews when she was at the height of her fame. This intensified her mysterious aura. The public wanted to know about her private life, but she never granted its wish. Her famous quote from “Grand Hotel” was “I want to be left alone.” Garbo’s last film, “Two-Faced Woman,” was not successful, and after 1941, she never returned to the screen nor gave an explanation for her sudden retirement.Although Garbo was romantically linked to many men in her career, she never married. After her retirement, Garbo moved to New York City where she lived until her death in 1990.All shows start at 7 p.m. Tickets for the Greta Garbo double-features may be purchased at the Wexner Center or TicketMaster. Prices are $5 for the general public and $4 for students. For more information, call the Wexner Center ticket office/information desk at 292-3535.