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 #:
000170
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 156 frequently chatting with him. Every day he would ask her for an autographed photograph. Instead of turning around and walking away, as she usually did when such a request was made, Garbo would look at him laughingly and say, “Some day you will get one.” She was always telling Lew what good-looking shirts he wore. One day, when he came in wearing one in a soft green, she walked over and remarked, “I like that. I wish I had one like it.” The next afternoon when she got home from the studio there was a box waiting for her. Inside were two shirts: one like the shirt she had admired on Lew; the other a soft shade of pink. Lew had hurried out and bought them when Garbo expressed a wish to have a shirt like his. A few days later he reminded her that she had not given him her photograph. “I gave you my shirts. You should give me your picture,” he pointed out. A queer little expression came over Garbo’s face. She walked away, and after that she was not quite so friendly with Lew. If he had given her the shirts with the idea of making a trade for