The Private Life of Greta Garbo (1931)

Record Details:

Title:
The Private Life of Greta Garbo
Date:
1931
Publisher:
New York: Doubleday
Volume:
The Private Life of Greta Garbo
Leaf #:
000251
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
June 13, 2024
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237 THE PRIVATE LIFE OF GRETA GARBO “After dinner, when we were so stuffed that we could hardly move, Garbo challenged us to go in the pool,” laughed John, “and we took her up on it. It was nearly eight o’clock. We had sat around the table eating and talking for over three hours. Garbo thought we needed some exercise.” “There was plenty of excitement and noise in Garbo’s pool that night,” said Gustaf. “You would have thought there were twenty people out there instead of only five. They were glad to gather in front of the blazing fireplace after they had dressed. “Garbo was very fond of her victrola. She had some songs by Sophie Tucker that she used to play when she was in low spirits to cheer herself up, and when she was in high spirits to make herself feel gayer. They were something about ‘Low Down’ and ‘Oh, What a Man!’ She got these out Christmas night and played them over and over.” Then she started playing the Swedish records that Sorensen had brought over with him. One was about Garbo. It was an act taken from a