From the archive the story of how Greta Garbo became a star
almost 6 years in The guardian
It’s 1970, and the Observer has an interview with the film director who claims to have made Garbo one of the world’s most famous women
For the Observer Magazine of 12 April 1970, Norman Zeirold told the story of the film director Mauritz Stiller and Greta Garbo’s incredible partnership, or as the cover summed it up: ‘How she was changed from a tubby, overweight shopgirl into the world’s greatest star.’
Whenever I hear Garbo’s name it’s impossible not to recall Peter Cook’s impression in an open-top car melodramatically shouting, ‘I want to be alone!’ through a megaphone (a line from the 1932 film Grand Hotel), mocking some of the paradox in such a famous actor wanting total privacy. In fact, only very recently have we found out just how alone she felt when some of her private letters were auctioned, revealing in one: ‘I go nowhere, see no one.’ Continue reading...
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