by admin | Dec 13, 2025 | Greta Garbo and Hollywood
How Greta Garbo Got Her Name Research for my February 2026 book Greta Garbo and the Rise of the Modern Woman revealed some amazing facts. Here is one. How did Greta Gustafson become Greta Garbo?Several people have offered up stories about her change from the most...
by admin | Dec 14, 2023 | Greta Garbo and Hollywood, Photography
After arriving in New York, Garbo would sit for photographer Arnold Genthe for three different portrait sessions. Their work would transform photography. the first session generated a single standard portrait. The next two sessions would generate fifteen...
by admin | Sep 22, 2023 | Greta Garbo and Hollywood
The Swedish Film Institute Sweden is justly proud of its film history. The Golden Age films of Mauritz Stiller and Victor Sjöström between 1917 and 1924 were some of the finest films produced at that time anywhere in the world. Directors like John Brunius, his wife...
