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 #:
00053
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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39 THE PRIVATE LIFE OF GRETA GARBO In September Mr. Stiller was ready to start for Hollywood. The trip from New York seemed endless. Greta had never realized that so much country existed in all the world. The part of the journey that interested her most was the desert, with its cool nights. She commenced to hope that California might not be such a hot place after all. When they arrived in Los Angeles (there is no railway station in Hollywood) they found a warm welcome awaiting them. A group of people from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio was there to greet these newcomers who had journeyed all the way from Sweden. As Greta stepped from the train she was presented with a big bouquet of California flowers. The cameraman leveled his camera on her. That day the first of the endless chain of Garbo publicity was set in motion. There were automobiles waiting to take them out to the studio. Hollywood knows how to welcome strangers to its midst and make them feel at home. Mr. Stiller’s old friend Victor Seastrom was