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 #:
000168
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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THE PRIVATE LIFE OF GRETA GARBO 15 If Garbo was soon chatting in German with Feyder about Europe. After that it was easy for Mr. Jannings to persuade her to stay to dinner. “I can see Emil now,” laughed John, “when, after a delicious dinner of German dishes, he came over to me rubbing his hands together and smiling. ‘Everything is going fine. Garbo is listening to Jacques’s story. She likes it. I think she will make it and that Feyder will be the director.’” Not long after this dinner party the studio announced that the next picture their Swedish star would make was The Kiss and that the famous European director Jacques Feyder would direct it. Garbo was anxious to start work on The Kiss under this new director. Since she had worked with Mauritz Stiller she had never before met a man with such keen insight into how a story should be handled. She felt that at last she had found a real genius. As usual there was much discussion as to who would play the leading male roles. A great deal always depends upon the masculine lead in a