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 #:
00037
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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23 THE PRIVATE LIFE OF GRETA GARBO hour in making up her face: quite a different process from the method used for the stage. Then she was sent to a set where Mauritz Stiller was waiting for her. After looking her over he abruptly pointed to a bed and ordered, “Lie down and be sick.” She lay down on the bed, but it seemed so silly to her she couldn’t for the life of her pretend that she was sick. Suddenly Mr. Stiller stood over her. “For God’s sake, don’t you know what it is to be sick?” he asked. Greta realized that this was a serious business. Although very confused and self-conscious she tried her best to imagine that she was desperately ill. After that was over she waited for something else. But that was all. Mr. Stiller told her she could go home. A few days later she received word that she had been chosen to play the part of Countess Elizabeth Dohna, in Gosta Berling’s Saga. She learned that her friend Mona Mortenson had been chosen for another part in the same picture.