The Private Life of Greta Garbo (1931)

Record Details:

Title:
The Private Life of Greta Garbo
Date:
1931
Publisher:
New York: Doubleday
Volume:
The Private Life of Greta Garbo
Leaf #:
00030
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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THE PRIVATE LIFE OF GRETA GARBO 16 was. When she was told that he was Erick Petschler, a film director, she decided to ask him for a chance in one of his pictures. That evening Greta telephoned him for an appointment which he made for the following afternoon. "When she came into Mr. Petschler’s office he immediately recognized her as the girl he had seen looking in the shoe-store window. He didn’t hesitate to engage her for a comedy bit in Peter the Tramp. It was a small part and would take only a few days of her time. He thought she could arrange with the store to change her vacation date so that she could make the picture during that time. Greta went home that night thinking that at last she was on the road to becoming a motion-picture actress. But the store refused to change the date they had set aside for Miss Gustafsson’s vacation. They had no objection to her making the picture if it did not interfere with her store work. But her vacation date could not be changed. Greta didn’t know what to do. She feared to lose her steady job at the store, but she was more afraid to lose this chance in pictures for which