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 #:
000169
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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155 THE PRIVATE LIFE OF GRETA GARBO Garbo picture. He must not only have looks and appeal to attract the type of women she portrays, but he must be popular with the public. The fans would resent Garbo loving a man they did not like. The story of The Kiss involved the love of three men and one woman. Garbo, of course, was the woman. The husband is shot, and the wife goes on trial for her life. Conrad Nagel was chosen as the “honorable” lover. But there was another role almost as important as the part played by Conrad. That was of the youth who falls in love with the woman. Jacques Feyder was interested in a young boy who played in the orchestra at the Montmarte Cafe. He believed this lad would do very well as this youth. He was tall and dark — a little on the Jack Gilbert type. He was finally chosen to play the part. And that part made Lew Ayres. Later he was to make a sensation as the boy in All Quiet on the Western Front. During the filming of the picture it was apparent that Garbo liked young Lew. She was