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in such a state of nerves before his arrival she couldn't work. One reason that Greta is always sending flowers to those whom she admires is because she is incapable of expressing appreciation verbally. She sent them to Marie Dressier when they finished "Anna Christie," as an appreciation for what Marie had done for that production. She sent some to Adrian when she saw the clothes he had designed for "Romance." She even sent them to Ernst Lubitsch because she could not tell him, her intimate friend, how much she enjoyed his "Love Parade."
THINK of the sorrow of this timorous girl when she completed " The Temptress" without her benefactor, Mauri tz Stiller, and went into " Flesh and the Devil." If only she had someone to lead, to teach, to enlighten! Then she met Jack Gilbert.
Jack Gilbert and Mauritz Stiller had one thing in common besides their affection for this woman. They each recognized the weird trick which Fate had played when it combined in Garbo the physique of a peasant with the talent of a Bernhardt. What Stiller had done for her in Europe, Gilbert decided to do in this country. He appointed himself her mentor and guide.
He told her not to pose for pictures which she did not understand and did not like; not to talk to interviewers if it made her nervous. Whenever an interviewer was brought onto the set, Jack planted himself there as a protector. "Don't say that!" he would tell her. He instilled in Greta Garbo distrust of the writing profession.
Greta listened and believed. Why shouldn't she? Here was the screen's greatest hero taking unlimited time, spending large
Imagine that Swede trying to get into pictures!" that's what they said about Garbo
amounts of his great energy to help a green newcomer. Her appreciation cannot be estimated by those who do not know the depths of her nature. I do not think Greta was ever in love with Jack. And I think his love for her caused her more embarrassment and sincere regret than any experience she has had in Hollywood, with the exception of the failure of Mauritz Stiller
She may have loved Stiller. I do not know. I do know she enshrined him. When she talked to me of Stiller her eyes filled with tears, her entire body trembled with emotion. But with both of these men, gratitude was a predominating emotion.
The love of both men at the same time was unfortunate. You remember the time that Jack Gilbert was thrown into the Beverly Hills' jail. The cause was given, in the newspapers, as disorderly conduct. The truth was, Mauritz Stiller was calling on Greta Garbo. Jack arrived [ please turn to page 102 ]
The publicity department made Garbo do many things before she was powerful
enough to refuse. Posing with this baby lion was a task she didn't relish and she
hated wearing running trunks to be photographed with a university track coach.
But she had no choice ! Those were the orders given
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