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Show How I Broke Into The Movies CoZc!y By GRETA GARBO tF YOU think it Is hard to break 1 into motion pictures In America you should try it in my native country. coun-try. The Swedish government encourages encour-ages young boys and girls in their theatrical aspirations and endeavors endeav-ors to remove as many obstacles from their path as possible. This, In itself, is an encouragement to the ambitious, but, by giving nearly everybody an equal chance, makes the competition even sharper than It Is In the United States. Ever since I can remember I wanted want-ed to be an actress and would have quit school at an early age to take up theatricals had It not been for the wishes of my parents to see my education completed. Neither my father nor mother were professional people, but when they saw I was determined to achieve histrionic success, they did all they could to help me. My first public appearance on the stage was in a spectacular scene in one of the old Swedish plays. I was only one of the many young fplk who appeared in it for the experience experi-ence and to observe the technique of the finished artists who headed the cast. By working In such play3 with many other young folk, I began to learn the rudiments of technical :;- ; l V - l i . i L. T J Greta Grabo. grace as well as to develop stage presence. It came to my mind that I misrht make good on the screen, but since there are so few motion picture studios stu-dios in Stockholm, I thought I really would not have a chance, because so many other girls were applying for film work. Sweden has a traditional character charac-ter whose life has been dramatized Into "Gosta Berling's Saga,- which, In English, means the story of Gosta Berling. I was familiar with the play, so when I heard that Director Ma'uritz Stiller was to produce It as a picture pic-ture at the Swedish Film Industry, Inc., I determined to seek a role in the cast I didn't have much hope of success, but I put on my newest dress and sought an Interview with Mr. Stiller. When I talked with him I was much surprised to learn he had noticed no-ticed nie on the stage. The result of the interview was that I was given one of tke three important feminine roles in ti. s..f I'.iiut; tu which Lars Larson, who Is now well known to screen audiences, was the star. The picture was well received throughout Europe and many critics spoke of It as one of the best ever Produced in Sweden, the country which for some years led the Kurtv pean producing Hold. Louis B. Mayor, head of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio in California, Cal-ifornia, happened to see the picture while abroad throe years ago, and oftereti me a contract to come to America and appear In pictures produced pro-duced at the H O J studio. I se- iuHi ami have since boon with that company. My only secret of beauty Is scrubbing scrub-bing the face with complexion brush and soap and water Inniycounlry, Sweden, w0 do not ise cold cream so much as In Amor- " s,omu,s 8iKo to Amorlcan nl n't ,k"0W B P. "'"t.v of water and , scrub-1 Jolmeuf' " U, "0St BWn m"' which Tf, ,,U mv,,t 111. I lonel r.nrrymoiv.John Harrv-"jo. Harrv-"jo. Wallace Beery. ., Crawford luul pro,(M,t ,m)vl0 , |