Greta Garbo documentary reveals star as ‘a relaxed, silly, funny person’

I want to be alone.

The documentary is coming to Netflix this month.

It's on Netflix now

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I was surprised she was offered the role of the Mother Superior in The Trouble With Angels. She was also offered a role in one of the Airport movies.

Am currently reading a 2021 bio of her. It confirms how the documentary shows her as humorous and playful. Also was good with children. But there was another side of her. Skittish, unfeeling, selfish and not willing to spend money. Left her $32 million estate to her niece.

Who else would she leave it to, R6? She didn't have her own children.

I always assumed Noel Coward's witty song "Louisa" was about Garbo, whom he knew personally. If not, no clue who.

It’s a terrible documentary. Ridiculous ‘narrator’ in a platinum Marilyn Monroe wig, actress holding a tres creepy Garbo mask in front of her face while Garbo’s letter are read aloud.

Said letters and interviews with descendants of people who knew her in Sweden contain nuggets of interest, and the interview with her nephew or great nephew who was the primary beneficiary of her will, was interesting, though he could have revealed more about his personal relationship with her. But there’s little new here.

How many documentaries have there been on Greta Garbo and which is the best one?

There’s no there there and she wasn’t a recluse. She just left show business.

Joan Crawford was obsessed with her even though they reportedly didn’t get along when they worked together. Joan probably wanted her snatch.

The director of this also did a Katharine Hepburn doc which is also on Netflix.

Best biography on Garbo?

Mein Fuehrer

R1, she never said that. She said, "I want to be left alone."

R14 has a sense of humor or is severely lacking in reading comprehension skills.

R15 She did say "I want to be alone." several times in Grand Hotel.

Yes R16, her character may have spoken that line of dialogue in the film, but in real life she said she wanted to be left alone.

R16, in film, not in life, as it has been attributed.

I mean.. no one really cares about this person, right?

R17 Someone's post was:

[quote] I want to be alone

That was the entire post. Then you wrote,

[quote] she never said that. She said, "I want to be left alone."

But she did say it. The original post never claimed she said it in real life, not on the screen.

the former, r15.

Garbo had incredible eyes

That move Garbo Talks with a young Harvey Fierstein is real crap. But I watched it anyway.

Cecil Beaton tore her ass up. Or so he wanted us to believe.

It’s awful. What’s with the platinum blond narrator and the monster old lady mask throughout- very weird.. I used to see Garbo all the time in her neighborhood because my family lived across the street on E 52nd. She was a very handsome old woman- simply dressed and well groomed. No sign of the modern cosmetic and surgical alterations.

R25, charlie, I'm so happy to see you!

What is a handome woman, anyway?

*handsome

Garbo never said, "I want to be left alone" in real life or otherwise, but her character in GRAND HOTEL (1932) who was an actress did say "I want to be alone."

I think people confused her with that character and thus the myth of the reclusive Garbo was born after she retired from Hollywood prematurely.

Two low class, unworthy mooks if I ever saw any. The look on her face every time she's photographed in public shows a trashy woman who has become extremely haughty broad with no dignity who wants people to think she's always been rich and famous. She always tries to look so above-it-all, as if she's taking time out of her luxurious day and graciously allowing people to see into her ultra privileged life.

Bitch please, you're still just a common puta, with money. I'm starting the countdown to when Jeffy boy decides you've gotten too old for him and sends you packing.

And from the looks of things, Jeffy has reached peak sag stage himself. Those perky pecs are rapidly turning into saggy tits. Time to ditch all the tight shirts pal. They're doing you no favors.

The blonde-wigged host was ridiculous. Reading clippings and making thoughtful faces while taking notes - while we just WATCHED - is the most boring and ineffective use of film since Plan 9 From Outer Space. The editing is horrible, just lingering on this bullsh*t. A real wasted opportunity.

Oops, R30 got posted in the wrong thread. Sorry.

Greta Garbo is unique in the fact that she walked away from Hollywood when she was still young, gorgeous and a major star, and lived a completely private life afterwards. Nobody else has ever done that.