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Greetings from Gurra

Greetings from Gurra

Garbo wrote to friends in Sweden and conveyed impressions from her first years in the new continent. On the Canadian post card she wrote
This is just one of the many wonderful places you‘ll see on your way to C.
Many many greetings to Lasse,
Gurra

Garbo seldom signed her letters “Greta“. “Gurra“ was a common signature; she also used “Poor Tage“. Stiller with Garbo on his right among friends in Los Angeles during the first stay in Hollywood. Several friends from Stockholm were already in Hollywood. On the following two pages Garbo and Stiller have been snapped with actress Karin Molander and actor Lars Hansson with whom Greta had co-starred in Gösta Berling‘s Saga.

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1-5: Cover  |  6-7  |  8-9  |  10-11  |  12-13: Family  |  14-15: Grandmother  |  16-17: Early Silence  |  18-19: Mother / Father · Confirmation  |  20-21: Primary School  |  22-23: School days · sister / brother  |  24-25: Garbo's childhood home  |  26-27: The girl in the barber shop  |  28-29: The girl in the hat department  |  30-31: Darbo-Gábor-Garbo  |  32-33  |  34-35: Arrived!  |  36-37  |  38-39: Greetings from Gurra  |  40-41  |  42-43: Waiting  |  44-45  |  46-47  |  48-49: Launching  |  50-51  |  52-53  |  54-55  |  56-57  |  58-59: Garbo's car  |  60-61: Garbo and the prince  |  62-63: Handwriting  |  64-65: Home to Mother  |  66-67  |  68-69  |  70-71: The Sphinx  |  72-73: Homage  |  74-75: Caricature  |  76-77  |  78-79: The idol  |  80-81: Leave me alone  |  82-83: On board  |  84-85  |  86-87: In Sweden  |  88-89  |  90-91: Conquest  |  92-93: Fashion · Con garbo · Garbo's diet  |  94-95  |  96-97: Garbo talks  |  98-99  |  100-101: Just friends  |  102-103: Four angles of Garbo  |  104-105  |  106-107: Garbo on camera  |  108-109: The stars predict  |  110-111  |  112-113: Dark glasses  |  114-115: Suddenly  |  116-117: High Society  |  118-119: Garbo laughs  |  120-121: Walks  |  122-123: Big game  |  124-125: Passport  |  126-127: Miss G  |  128-129  |  130-131  |  132-133: The casual visitor · Get-away  |  134-135: Garbo above the surface · On the screen  |  136-137  |  138-139  |

 

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