Evening Star Newspaper, October 29, 1931, Page 10

LI A and./Véll)‘ General $5 Delivers Your Set Balance on Easy Terms QGoldenberg’s—Radio Dept.—Fourth Floor. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1931 Greta Garbo’s Private Life Swedish Actress Reaches New Heights With John Gilbert as Leading Man—Wins Battle With Studio. GRETA GARBO WITH JOHN GILBERT. BY RILLA PAGE PALMBORG. After “The Temptress” the studio an- nounced that Greta Garbo and Jack | Gilbert were to play the leads in “Flesh and the Devil.” At that time Gilbert was one of the screen's most popular heroes. “The Parade,” in which Jack played the | " Here was Gilbert, & tempestuous per- | son, gay and daring, his tall, slender | figure, coal-black hair, black eyes and | flashing white teeth 'a striking con- trast to the tall, slender blonde Greta, | cool and serene as an iceberg. I These strange personalities, Jack Gilbert and Greta Garbo, were drawn to one another from the start. Realism Was Impressive. The beginning of “Flesh and the Devil” plunged them into scenes of pas- sionate love, One minute these two were casual acquaintances. The next they were holding each other in close embrace. * Soon after they started work on the | her calm retirement. His flashing | smile, blunt speech and emotional na- | ture stirred her out of her passiveness. jollywood. Jack, ccom) & home back of invited friends in to dine Garbo. peramental and fascinating. “One day she is childlike, naive, in- genious, & girl of 10. ‘The next day she is a woman a thoti- g bafing, . Garbo has more sides | to her personality than any ome I| have ever met.” | Romance Goes Wrong. | Meanwhile Maurits Stiller was recting Pola Negri in “Hotel Imperial.” | Lars Hanson once said that when | Stiller was working on a picture he would see no one, not ever Garbo. Possibly, because of that, Garbo was amusing hersell with Jack while T was .. At any Tate when | Stiller finished “Hotel Imperial” he | and Garbo were occasionally seen to- again. As soon as “Flesh and the Devll"l was finished Jack rushed off to New | York on & vacation. Something had | gone wrong with the Garbo-Gilbert romance. When asked in an interview if he was in love with Garbo he answered briefly: “She is a wonderful girl. We are merely pals.” “Flesh and the Devil” was a sensa- tion. Wherever it was shown crowds formed in line in front of the theaters, | waiting to see the c love-makin of the two celebrities. =l Soon_ after Jack returned from New | York the interrupted romance was on | again in full force. It was rumored that Jack had bought the wedding ring | and that before long he would marry Greta. Later there was a persistent rumor that these two had stolen out {of town secretly and married Merely Went Home. About this time the report got out | that Garbo was demanding a higher sal She knew Flesh and the Also Gained In Energy—So Happy Can’t Help But Write | Letter of Thanks—Read It AN wal before breakfast not gives you the trim, slender | you've eagerly craved but also | brings back a degree of health and beauty you haven't had since the first pounds of excess hl‘r:lfi their ap- pearance—strength energy you forgot existed refill your body—skin clears—you feel years younger and Jook it, too! And here in a nutshell is the “why” of the and heal | morning _{her way. | St. Louis Woman Loses 20 Pounds of Fat in 4 Weeks Devil” was making amasing sums. She knew that she was now considered one of the company’s best drawing cards. There arrived a day when Garbo and the studio could not come to terms. It was then that she introduced a new mode of warfare to the studio officials. Insteadsof raving and arguing at the top of her voice, as other stars had ne, Garbo got u d said quietly: t'ink I go home.” ‘And home she went and home she stayed. For nearly seven months there were no Garbo pictures made. For a time it looked as though Greta would return to Sweden. Garbo met all threats and arguments with silence. It scemed that she was quite ready to go back home. Finally the company weakered. The studio announced that their Swedish star gfili\)led‘mgu‘ :icnm a new picture. .Yu.: Tt's ess manager was repu edly the negotiator who had settled the differences, Garbo Has Her Way. Hollywood was enchanted to think that this foreign actress had gotten “Long live the queen!" laughed the film colony. Hollywood began to realize that Garbo's strange personality was not a pose. Here was a girl no one could fathom. Time and again, at the very moment the officials were congratulat- ing themselves that they were getting on beautifully with their star, she would get up, saying, “I tink I go home,” and home she would go. At times she baffled Jack Gilbert. During the height of her romance with Jack, Garbo would often lock herself away from every one, not permitting even Gilbert to see her. (Tomorrow: Garho Indifferent to Fine Clothes.) (Copyright 1931 by Rilla Page Palmbors.) EXPERT HEATING ROOFING SERVICE If you had a cranky grate in your "heater last Winter or & leaking roof that didn't work— phone us. Full Line of Coal Ranses and Healing Stoves W.S. JENKS & SON 723 7th St. N.W. NAt. 2092 Washington's Oldest Hardware and Stove Store CUTICURA For Rashes Eczema and All Forms of Itching, Burning Skin Irritations. Bathe with Cuticura Soap Anoint with Cuticura Ointment Relief comes at once and healing soon follows. Soap 2Sc. Ointment 25¢. and Sc. 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