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Introduction
The following pieces of footage were taken when Garbo was at her most uninhibited. In some of these pictures she appears quite vulnerable due to the nature of how these photos were captured, as she strenuously tried to avoid customers taking snapshots of her.
As Garbo entered unofficial retirement these Garbospotters became larger in numbers; caused mainly by her increasing absence from public life, as well as the advancement in technology, which made cameras more accessible to the general public.
There is also footage in this collection that is of a more personal nature; those taken by friends and family members, which show Garbo at her most relaxed. These give us perhaps, the clearest insight into what Garbo was like as a person from a first-hand account.
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Newsreel Footage: Stiller’s and Garbo’s arrival in Los Angeles (USA 1925)
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Stiller and Garbo arrived in Los Angeles on September 10, 1925. When they alighted from the train, many Scandinavian friends welcomed the couple.
The brought bouquets of flowers along with the speeches and hugs. She told journalists she was happy to be there and complimented the American people on their high spirits. Stiller and Garbo lived in a suite at the Biltmore Hotel.
Soon after, Garbo and Stiller were brought to Louis B. Mayer's office. They also were introduced to Irving Thalberg and his partners.
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Unknown Filmtest: Test of Garbo for The Temptress (USA 1926)
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At first, Stiller was assigned to direct the film. He started filming on March 24 but was fired on April 29 and replaced by director Fred Niblo. Not much is known about Stiller's filmed material. A strange camera test of Stiller’s Temptress is known. Garbo in her black wig.
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Homemovie Footage: Garbo playing with a child (Hollywood 1928)
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Those pictures are from a, one-minute piece of film – the fragment of a 1928 home movie.
It shows her laughing and playing at the home of Conrad Veidt during his daughter Kicki's birthday party, in the company of Dolores del Rio, Camilla Horn and Emil Jannings.
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Newsreel Footage: Garbo’s arrival in Sweden (Sweden 1928)
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Newsreel Footage: Garbo on the SS Kungsholm (Sweden or USA 1928)
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Garbo on the SS Kungsholm on her way to Sweden, early December, 1928.
Forecasts of the first snowstorm of the season did not dissuade its impressive list of VIPs from Among the sailing Swedish aristocracy were two sons of the Crown Prince, Gustav Adolf and Sigvard; Count and Countess Carl Bernadotte, cousins of King Gustav V; Count and Countess Wachtmeister; and Baron and Baroness von Platen.
All had just attended the Long Island wedding of Count Folke Bernadotte to an American woman.
Prince Sigvard was clearly taken with her. On evenings when she didn't eat in her cabin, Greta often dined and danced with the twenty-one-year-old prince.
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Newsreel Footage: Garbo’s leaving Sweden (Sweden 1929)
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Newsreel Footage: Garbo’s arrival in New York (USA 1929)
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