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 #:
000159
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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14.5 THE PRIVATE LIFE OF GRETA GARBO ing Gustaf to get rid of him. When the dog insisted on staying, Gustaf gave him to the plumber. Hollywood has heard many stories about the sleepless nights of Greta Garbo. It is said that Garbo often called her business manager at two and three o’clock in the morning when nervous and worn out from lack of sleep, when she felt she had to talk to someone or go insane. It has also been said that, when tortured by insomnia, she would get up and go for long walks in the dead of night. Gustaf says that, like so many others about her, these stories are untrue. When Garbo could not sleep she would read. Often he would see her light burning all through the night. “She did lie awake a lot at night. But anyone staying in bed as much as she did during the day couldn’t expect to sleep all through the night. When Garbo wasn’t swimming or walking or exercising she was usually lying down. “And no one eating late at night the way she does can sleep soundly. When she didn’t eat she often asked for a big glass of glogg, a Swedish