tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6577040367830712975.post2899629343342843945..comments2022-03-29T03:51:16.589-07:00Comments on Classic Films and Actors: John Gilbert and Greta Garbo: Hollywood HeartbreakDarla Sue Dollmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15295727215740074345noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6577040367830712975.post-6391088588649686872014-04-26T13:50:28.236-07:002014-04-26T13:50:28.236-07:00Yes, she looks very exotic! Yes, she looks very exotic! Darla Sue Dollmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15295727215740074345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6577040367830712975.post-47117765743512994062014-04-24T15:55:44.975-07:002014-04-24T15:55:44.975-07:00This is a really interesting bio on them. She is s...This is a really interesting bio on them. She is so pretty. Sonia Lalhttp://storytreasury.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6577040367830712975.post-56918280537890079922014-04-20T11:53:55.709-07:002014-04-20T11:53:55.709-07:00Ahh, we are on the same page! Yes, I agree--go wit...Ahh, we are on the same page! Yes, I agree--go with the interviews, the older documents, the people who were there at the time. It makes so much more sense! Thank you for reading! Darla Sue Dollmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15295727215740074345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6577040367830712975.post-8770352906153797222014-04-20T08:34:35.115-07:002014-04-20T08:34:35.115-07:00It was very sad and I believe they were each other...It was very sad and I believe they were each other's greatest loves. A great book on Gilbert is by his daughter Leatrice Gilbert Fountain. My great (notice I say my as it is my Holy Grail) is the 13 part documentary on Hollywood done in the 1970's and they interviewed people who were there at the time they were lovers so I go by that and what I have read. I find that some people, nowadays like to rewrite things to make it more like they wanted it or to hurt the actor/actress who can no longer defend themselves. Love your posts and will wait for K and the rest:)Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6577040367830712975.post-33579007513021696412014-04-18T11:43:04.315-07:002014-04-18T11:43:04.315-07:00I actually have many ideas for G--I was stuck on J...I actually have many ideas for G--I was stuck on J! I used John! Lol! Interesting--my sources are very detailed about the relationship between Gilbert and Garbo, but revisionist historians are saying it never happened. I always find it frustrating when 100 years later writers suddenly believe they can change history. I read about Mayer, as well, and that the punch in the face and his refusal to let go of Garbo was the reason for Gilbert's downfall. I can imagine his pride may have had something to do with it, as well. He was, in his time, more of a Hollywood romantic hero than Rudolph Valentino and when he met her, she was fresh out of acting school. It must have felt like a slap in the face to HIM when she repeatedly turned him down, and with his wounded pride, he probably kept trying, and trying, and trying until he became a nuisance and looked foolish in the eyes of Garbo, the public, and of course this would destroy his romantic hero image and career with the studios. A sad situation. Darla Sue Dollmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15295727215740074345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6577040367830712975.post-48884671193028592832014-04-18T11:28:28.493-07:002014-04-18T11:28:28.493-07:00I was wondering what happened and glad you are bac...I was wondering what happened and glad you are back. There are so many "G"'s to write about. From what I read she left him at the alter twice! The first was to be a double marriage with King Vidor and his wife Eleanor Boardman. In my favourite documentary series on Hollywood (still not on DVD) she was interviewed and told about the wedding and how Garbo never arrived. LB Mayer told Gilbert to "F" her don't marry her and John Gilbert punched him in the face. From that moment Mayer made sure he would ruin his career. There is controversy about that but I believe it. I love Leatrice Joy in the film series as she said John Gilbert wrote on a card "To m wife for whom God patterned the Angels" . Great that you highlighted these 2Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.com