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...France, a U.S. sailor, lunching with a shipmate at Juan-les-Pins' chic Municipal Casino, bet his buddy a dollar that the slim woman under the huge hat at a nearby table was Greta Garbo. The headwaiter relayed Greta's denial: "Sorry, the name is Brooks...
...Harper's Bazaar, Novelist-Playwright Truman (The Grass Harp) Capote recalled a touching secondhand memory of Greta Garbo: "I stopped by the apartment of a friend who previously that afternoon had entertained Garbo at tea. As I entered the room and started to sit down in an especially comfortable-looking chair piled with pillows, my friend, a very sane fellow, suddenly asked would I mind not using that particular chair. 'You see,' he said solemnly, 'she sat there: the dent in the little red pillow, that's where her hand rested-I should like...
...Tree of Life. Mosig calls first upon the 225 elect whom he subdivides into the Managers, the Influencers, and the Scientists. Among these are Douglas MacArthur, Henry Luce, Pandit Nehru, Hirohito, Joseph Stalin, Mao Tse-tung, Plus XII, General Ridgway, Eddie Rickenbacker, J. Edgar Hoover, King Farouk, Walt Disney, Greta Garbo, Evita Peron, Dashiell Hammett, and Dorothy Thompson. He claims that he sent a copy of his pamphlet to each one of these...
...asked for the next dance. Margaret was diplomatically delighted" to meet him, but, she said, "I'm terribly sorry, I seem to be booked up just now." The next evening at the home of Sir Alfred Duff Cooper, former British Ambassador to France, Margaret charmed the guests, including Greta Garbo, with an hour's session at the piano, playing and singing French songs. Next day, General Dwight D. Eisenhower and aides had to cool their heels for 40 minutes waiting to serve Margaret tea while her chauffeur tried to find SHAPE headquarters. The Princess was all apologies...
...Ninotchkas" is the satirical story of three old-style Bolshevik diplomats who go to Paris to sell a diamond tiara and necklace so that the Moscow government can buy much-needed farm machinery. When Moscow hears of their failure, a more efficient agent is sent-Greta Garbon, Envoy Extraordinary...