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 #:
000129
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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115 THE PRIVATE LIFE OF GRETA GARBO When he was fifteen years old he persuaded his parents to let him enter the Royal Dramatic School in Stockholm. There were two branches to that famous school. In one branch, pupils who had passed the board of censors were given instruction at the expense of the state. This was the school Greta Garbo attended. In the other branch younger pupils could get instruction by paying tuition. Gustaf entered the branch for younger pupils. Not long after he entered, his parents lost nearly all of their money through investments that had collapsed during the war. His father gave him six hundred kroner, out of the little he had saved. Gustaf had long been attracted by the tales his parents told about the United States each time they returned from one of the many tours they made through it. Gustaf took his six hundred kroner and sailed for New York. His great ambition was to get on the stage in New York. But this youngster, who knew scarcely a word of English, had little chance. He worked at all kinds of jobs to make a living.