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 #:
000127
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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113 THE PRIVATE LIFE OF GRETA GARBO patio. There were small tables standing at either side of the head of the bed, and heavy walnut dressers stood against the center of the two end walls. Across the corner of the room on the side that looked out into the patio was a fireplace. Near the fireplace stood a stiff little couch covered with cretonne. A window on either side of the couch opened into the patio. Two chairs stood near the bed. This was the room in which the mysterious Garbo was to sleep and dream for twelve months of her life. When Garbo leased this house she applied to the Scandinavian Employment Agency in Los Angeles for a Swedish couple to manage it. She wanted a cook who could prepare real Swedish food. She wanted the cook’s husband to take care of her lawn and swimming pool, drive her car, and act as a butler. A young couple, Gustaf and Sigrid Norm, applied for the position. Both of them were natives of Sweden. They had been in the United States only a few years.