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 #:
00050
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 36 He knew that she would some day be a great actress. He refused to go to Hollywood without her. He was ready to pay her salary out of his, so certain was he of her success. It was finally agreed that Miss Garbo should accompany Mr. Stiller to the film capital. Greta admits that Mr. Mayer scarcely looked at her while the contract was being signed. Life was moving very swiftly for this young girl. She and Mr. Stiller gave up all plans for pictures in Germany and hurried to Stockholm to prepare for their long journey to America. Mrs. Gustafsson was very proud of her daughter’s success. The money Greta was sending home made life much easier for them all, but she did not like to have her youngest child away from home so much of the time. She was stunned when Greta came home and announced that she was going to Hollywood. It seemed like another world to her. But she knew her daughter well enough to know that it would be useless to try to stop her. She realized that this little girl of hers who had always been so different from her other children had grown beyond them all. She felt that she