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 #:
000253
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:
July 04, 2024
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239 THE PRIVATE LIFE OF GRETA GARBO in the morning. She had spent New Year’s Eve alone with her kittens, her dog, and her parrot. “On New Year’s Day Garbo went for a horseback ride. Sorensen came over in the afternoon and waited until she came home. When she arrived they had coffee and cookies in the patio and sat talking until dinner time. “After a gay time Garbo often lapsed into a moody spell. Then she would stay in her bedroom for days, coming out only to swim or take a walk at night. Sorensen was the only person she saw. Often she gave orders not to let him in, but he would insist on being admitted. He would stay only a few minutes, and then leave. Garbo didn’t want to talk to anyone when she was in one of her moods. “But she would always talk to Polly. Sometimes in German, sometimes in Swedish. Often she would say, ‘Polly, you are pretty smart!’ Polly would say nothing to that. “She commenced worrying about the next picture she was to make. The studio wanted her to do Romance. Garbo didn’t want to make it. Her business manager used to come over to the