The Private Life of Greta Garbo (1931)

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Record Details:

Title:
The Private Life of Greta Garbo
Date:
1931
Publisher:
New York: Doubleday
Volume:
The Private Life of Greta Garbo
Leaf #:
00093
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
May 15, 2025
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79 THE PRIVATE LIFE OF GRETA GARBO land looking like a famous motion-picture star. Lilyan Tashman, who is called one of the best dressed actresses of the screen, was helping her select her wardrobe. Greta and Lilyan had become friends, as Lilyan and her husband, Edmund Lowe, were close friends of Jack Gilbert. “She really has bought some divine things,” said Lilyan to me during this time. “Several smart tweed traveling suits, two lovely velvet dresses, heavenly evening gowns in which Garbo will look — well, as only Garbo can look. She bought a gorgeous gray fur coat. Greta says she will live in fur over there. “We have had a lot of fun shopping. She can’t tell real lace from machine made. She will turn to me and ask, ‘How do you know it is hand made, Tashman?’ “When she sees something that strikes her fancy she will say, ‘That is going back to Sweden.’” Three days after I had talked to Garbo she received a telegram announcing the death of Mauritz Stiller. It was delivered to her just as