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 #:
000167
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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153 THE PRIVATE LIFE OF GRETA GARBO wife and daughter Ruth. Both my wife and I had known Emil in Europe. Later we met Garbo at their home many times. “Not long after my arrival in Hollywood a mutual friend of Jannings’ and mine arrived from Europe to make a picture for MetroGoldwyn-Mayer. He was Jacques Feyder, who had done some fine work directing pictures in Europe. “We were all anxious to see him get a good break in Hollywood. He had written an original story for the screen called The Kiss. Emil and Jacques both considered it an ideal screen play for Garbo. We knew that she had a great deal to say about the pictures she made. We felt sure that if she read The Kiss she would want to make it. “So Emil arranged to have Jacques Feyder and his wife, my wife, and I at his house when Garbo dropped in on one of her informal calls. One day, when he expected her for a game of tennis, we were all there. Usually, if strangers were present, she would turn around and go home. But as she knew my wife and me, this time we persuaded her to remain.