![]() ![]() ![]() When it hit theaters, Garbo was an immediate sensation.įor his part, Stiller had been prevented by Mayer from directing The Torrent, and clashed with the studio repeatedly during the filming of a follow-up picture, The Temptress.įired mid-production, he had an unhappy stint at Paramount before being forced to return to Sweden, where he died in 1945. ![]() Her charisma, beauty and acting talent made an immediate impact on the filmmakers, so much so that they raised her salary even before the movie was released. In The Torrent, a silent film co-starring the Latin heartthrob Ricardo Cortez, Garbo played a Spanish peasant girl who becomes an opera star. Mayer agreed, although he reportedly considered Garbo too full-figured to succeed as an actress in America at the time. ![]() Stiller only accepted the job on the condition that MGM contract Garbo as well. Mayer of Hollywood’s powerful Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio hired Stiller on contract and brought him to the United States. He also gave her the now-famous stage name, Garbo. He cast her as the Countess Elizabeth Dohna in his critically acclaimed 1924 film, The Legend of Gosta Berling, which ran some four hours. Pleased with her success, she applied for and won a scholarship to the Royal Dramatic Theater’s acting school, where she was discovered by director, Mauritz Stiller, one of the most powerful directors in Swedish cinema. Later, she appeared in a publicity film for a bakery. At age 13, she started working as a lather girl at a barbershop and later moved to a department store, where she was asked to appear in a publicity film for the store. screen debut in The Torrent on this day in 1926 - 96 years ago today.īorn Greta Louisa Gustaffson in 1905, Garbo grew up in a poor family in Stockholm. The glamorous, husky-voiced Swedish actress Greta Garbo, known for her almost unearthly beauty and intense desire for privacy, made her U.S. ![]()
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