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 #:
00041
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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27 THE PRIVATE LIFE OF GRETA GARBO director. Each day she threw herself heart and soul into her scenes. At night she went home exhausted from having given every ounce of energy that she possessed. It was nearly a year before the picture was completed. There were winter scenes and summer scenes all made on so grand a scale that they could not be done in the studio. It was necessary to wait for the change in season so that nature could be used as the setting. Mauritz Stiller, a genuinely great director, was giving rein to his ambition to make this picture the greatest film that had ever been made. Never before had there been such a scene as the one where Greta and her lover, played by Lars Hanson, fled for their lives miles over the frozen lake with a pack of hungry wolves at their heels. And the burning of the big farmhouse was one of the most spectacular scenes ever portrayed on the screen. When the picture was finished and shown to the public the critics pronounced it the greatest screen play ever made. Special notice was called to the unknown actress Greta Gustafsson.