The Private Life of Greta Garbo (1931)

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THE PRIVATE LIFE OF GRETA GARBO ^ Greta Garbo has never forgotten those first long, trying days she had in Hollywood when, homesick and discouraged, she hardly had enough strength left in her body to carry herself home for the few hours of rest allowed her before she had to face the camera again. Soon after The Torrent was under way, MetroGold wyn-Mayer discovered they had a “find” in Greta Garbo. “Here is real star dust,” they said. “She will be a sensation when she is seen on the screen.” The “rushes” — each day’s pictures that are run off in a projection room at the studio — gave the officials a glimpse of the subtle, glamorous Garbo lure that was soon to captivate the world. After the preview of The Torrent, Hollywood commenced to sit up and take notice. Previews are the first showing of pictures unexpectedly slipped in with the regular program at some small theater in or near Los Angeles. The producers do this to get an average audience’s reaction to the story and the actors. Often entire sequences are changed or remade when they do not “get across.” The popularity