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 #:
00033
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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19 THE PRIVATE LIFE OF GRETA GARBO she would have a three-year scholarship in one of the finest dramatic schools in the world, with every promise to fulfill her dream of going on the stage. If she failed, a life of doing everyday things in the everyday world lay before her. She was determined that she would not fail. Greta was not the only nervous person when the day for her test arrived. The boys and girls who met at the school for the same purpose were just as anxious as she. They were all whispering about the newspaper critics, dramatic teachers, and famous actors who had gathered out in front to act as their judges. When Greta’s turn came to speak her lines, her knees trembled so, she scarcely had strength enough to carry herself out on the stage. She went through her act as though she were in a trance. As she left the stage after it was over, she nearly collapsed. But she soon pulled herself together and hurried home and into bed, where she lay awake all night long, hoping and praying that she had proved herself worthy to enter the school. The next day passed, and there was no word