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 #:
00057
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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1+3 THE PRIVATE LIFE OF GRETA GARBO tures of his protegee. She never would have come had she thought that anyone but the great Stiller was to guide her through a picture. It was he who had faith in her ability as an actress. It was he who had given her her first big chance before the camera. He was her inspiration. But Monta Bell and not Stiller was given the job of directing Garbo’s first picture in Hollywood. Greta could neither speak nor understand English. Svend Borg, an interpreter, transmitted all directions from Monta Bell to the Swedish actress. Garbo thought she would never live through the struggle of making that first picture. She was not used to such long hours. The company often worked far into the night. She did not like to have strange and unfriendly people shouting directions at her in a language that was wholly incomprehensible to her. She did not want strangers to stand about the set staring at her. Many times she was ready to quit and go home. But Mauritz Stiller, who realized all this picture meant for his protegee, made her carry on.