EN LYCKORIDDARE (SWEDEN 1921)

This is a Historical drama which features Gösta Ekman. In the early 20s, Gösta Ekman was one of Sweden's most popular actors.

Greta and Alva Gustafsson appear as extras in a tavern scene. Greta played a maid and Alva was a girl in the Tavern. The Film is lost.

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KONSUMTIONSFÖRENINGEN STOCKHOLM MEDOM NEIJD (SWEDEN 1921)

The full version of this 27 minute long small Promotional Film, for Swedens Baker Industry is lost.

Greta's part is only 8 Minutes long and has survived.  The film is mostly known as Our Daily Bread, as this was the title of the segment with Greta.

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KARLEKENS ÖGON (SWEDEN 1922)

Svensk Filmindustri production, starring Gösta Ekman. Greta appeared as an extra.

The Film is lost.

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SVERIGE OCH SVENSKA INDUSTRIER (SWEDEN 1922)

In this short, 1922 released, Swedish film, Greta points at the town of Malmö on a wall map. Sweden and Swedish Industries (English Title), was Greta's third advertising/promotional film.

The Film is lost.

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MAURITZ STILLER – “SCREENTEST” (SWEDEN 1923)

Greta's screen-test with Stiller for Gösta Berling Saga, was made in early summer of 1923.

In May 1923, after Greta's Easter vacation, she heard news from director Gustaf Molander. He told her that Swedish master director Mauritz Stiller wanted Greta do an audition for his next planned film – Gösta Berling Saga.

The director was impressed when he saw her. He was impressed with her eyes and face. Stiller stared at her, for a very long time.

"There is something quite extraordinary about that girl. I must discover what it is,” Mauritz Stiller declared after Greta left.

A few days later, the director asked her to come out to the studios in Råsunda at 10:00 A.M. for a screen test. He wanted her to do a screen-test for the part of Elisabeth Dohna.

She met Mona Mårtenson on the streetcar and they walked together through the gates of Filmstaden, the film city set in a wooded area just off Råsunda's main boulevard. Making a test for her first major film under the keen eye of Sweden 's top director was a curious experience for Greta.

Again, Stiller made both actresses wait as a way of testing their resolve, and perhaps their courage, as well as disarming them in front of the camera; he wanted to see what made them tick. Confidentially, cameraman Julius Jaenzon, and artist of some reputation himself, told the girls not to let Stiller's flamboyant manner frighten them. “His bark is worse than his bite,” he assured them.

Greta's screen-test with Stiller for Gösta Berling Saga, was made in early summer of 1923. Stiller told her to lie into the bed and play “sick”. Greta thought that this was a big joke and was ashamed to try and put herself over.

Stiller waited for her to find her rhythm and when she didn't, he yelled at her in frustration: “My God, don't you know what it is to be sick?” Greta later stated that after Stiller yelled at her, she became a very sick lady.

Stiller's Screen-test with Garbo is lost. Finally, the director ordered the test to begin . “I was all shaky,” Greta admitted . “I come off the street ... and they make me up and then they take me [inside] and tell me to lie in a bed and be sick. Very sick. I didn't know what it was all about. It seemed to me like a big joke, to come off the street and be right away sick. And I was ashamed [to] try and put myself over ...”

Stiller's Screen-test with Garbo is lost.

Stiller waited for her to find her rhythm, and when she didn't, yelled at her in frustration: “My God, don't you know what it is to be sick?”

Then, Greta stated, “I became a very sick lady.” Before she left, Jaenzon told Greta privately that he didn't think she had done very well. Once again, she went home in defeat; it had been another bewildering encounter with the great director.

Back at Råsunda, however, Mauritz Stiller had determined that he had indeed found the actress to play Elisabeth Dohna in Gösta Berlings saga.

He argued with screenwriter Ragnar Hyltén-Cavallius and other Filmindustri executives – all of whom wondered whether Greta would be able to deliver a solid screen performance. “She has an technique,” Stiller explained, “ she can't show what she is feeling, but she will be all right. I'll see to that.”
Ultimately, they deferred to the director because it was a supporting role and Greta Gustafsson at least looked the part; Stiller would take care of the nuances.

Stiller's Screen-test with Garbo is lost.

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TVA KONUNGAR (SWEDEN 1925) - GARBO RELATED

This Swedish film was Greta's sister, Alva Gustafson, first starring role.

The English title was Two Kings. It is rumored that Garbo may have appeared, as an extra,  in the film too.

Infos are hard to find. Alva played  Magdalena Rudenschöld and the film was directed by Elis Ellis for  Ellis-Film.

The film is lost.

KONSTGJORDA SVENSSON (SWEDEN 1929) - GARBO RELATED

This Swedish film was starring Greta's brother Sven Gustafson.

It was his first film. He was credited as Sven Garbo. Infos are hard to find. Sven played  Harald Smith and the film was directed by Gustaf Edgren for Minerva Film AB and Svensk Filmindustri (SF).

The film is lost.

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