The Private Life of Greta Garbo (1931)

Page scan 00034 from The Private Life of Greta Garbo

Record Details:

Title:
The Private Life of Greta Garbo
Date:
1931
Publisher:
New York: Doubleday
Volume:
The Private Life of Greta Garbo
Leaf #:
00034
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:
July 04, 2024
Something wrong or inaccurate about this page? Let us Know!

Thanks for helping us continually improve the quality of the Lantern search engine for all of our users! We have millions of scanned pages, so user reports are incredibly helpful for us to identify places where we can improve and update the metadata.

Please describe the issue below, and click "Submit" to send your comments to our team! If you'd prefer, you can also send us an email to mhdl@commarts.wisc.edu with your comments.




We use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) during our scanning and processing workflow to make the content of each page searchable. You can view the automatically generated text below as well as copy and paste individual pieces of text to quote in your own work.

Text recognition is never 100% accurate. Many parts of the scanned page may not be reflected in the OCR text output, including: images, page layout, certain fonts or handwriting.

THE PRIVATE LIFE OF GRETA GARBO 20 from the theater. The second day passed without a sign. Greta had commenced to give up hope when there was a telephone call saying that her name was among those entered on the rolls as one of the pupils of the Royal Dramatic School for the seasons of 1922-1923 and 1923-1924. Although there was no tuition fee, attendance at the school involved expense. Naturally, Greta needed suitable clothes. There was make-up to buy. There were certain books necessary. Her sister, who was working in an office, helped meet these expenses. When Greta started to this new school she didn’t know life could be so happy. Here she studied elocution instead of arithmetic; fencing instead of geography. She was presented with passes to the best theaters, for it was a part of her education to study and watch the great actors and actresses. She met friends who were interested in the things in which she was interested. Life was taking on a new meaning for her. This kind of studying wasn’t work, it was play. The instructors soon recognized the talent lying dormant in Miss Gustafsson. The directors