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 #:
00040
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 26 posure. He quickly called the other members of the company back on the set. In a few minutes Greta was plunged into the making of a picture that was to start her on the road to world fame. Greta found that she could not laugh and joke between scenes on this picture as she had in the others she had worked in. While making Gosta Berling’s Saga she felt that she actually was the Countess Dohna. Wrenching back and forth from Greta Gustafsson to Countess Dohna was more than she could stand. So between scenes she would wander away from the others and sit alone, without talking to anyone. The other players, who did not feel their roles so deeply, commenced to whisper that Greta was upstage. Greta knew they were gossiping about her, but she did not care. Her one thought was to make a good job of the part she was playing. She was there to work, and not to entertain herself or her friends. Mr. Stiller soon realized that he had found great talent in Greta Gustafsson. She was like clay in his hands. Clay that easily responded to his slightest touch. And Greta appreciated the ability of the great