Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-31
Creta GarbO's Private Life
Public Can't Keep Up With Actress Romance With
John GRbert-Ldrs Hanson Becomes
Leading Man.
BY RrLLA PAGE PALMBoRG.

CHAPTER TX
II was announced that Greta Carlo
and Jack Gilbert would not co-star in
their next picture
Perhaps the studio was afraid these
temperamen,sl and strong-willed stars
would have fficulty finishing picture
together. particularly If Trey happened
70 have emotional difficulties before 1t
vas completed.
Gretas countryman. the famous Lars
Hanson. direct from the Royal ORA
matte Thester in Stockholm, had been
chosen as CARLOS leading man. in her
next picture Divine Women" Lars,
who had worked with Greta in Costa
Behring'S Saga" had finally been per-
suaded to come TO Hollywood TO go into
pictures
went out to the studio to inter
view Carlo. wanted to find out. II
possible. whether she Intended 10 marry
Jack Gilbert. l began by asking what
she thought of American men.
Compliments Gilbert.
II will be very frank with you" she
said. clasping her knees with her hands.
THE only American l have gone out
with at all is Mr. Gilbert. Many things
have been written about my friendship
with Mr. Gilbert But IL is only
friendship I will never marry. NY
work absorbs me. I nave time Tor
nothing else.
But I think Jack Gilbert is one Of
the finest men L have ever known. He
is a real gentleman. re has tempera-
ment. He gets excited. Sometimes ne
has much to say"
Greta smiled as she said this.
But that is good. ! am very happy
when I am told that am to do pic
ture with Mr.. Gilbert. He is great
artist. He lifts me up and carries me
along with him. It Is not scenes am
doing-I am living"
AS far as ] know, that is the nearest
C;reta Carlo ever came to discussing
her feelings toward Jack Gilbert.
About this time an article was pub
lished in which the author said he psy-
choanalvzed Carlo He said that by
nature she was shy, withdrawn, aloof.
lonely: that it was not pose. 1t was
something with which she had been
born.
Worked Well Alone.
AT any rate. Carlo appeared to be
one-nan woman For years she devoted
herself to Mauritz Stiller. Then Jack
Gilbert seemed to be the only person
with whom she cared to associate.
But Jack was friendly soul. There
were times when he wanted some OF his
old friends around him.
Then Greta Carlo would sometimes
refuse to Join his parties. That caused
argument. Days would pass and JACK
would neither see nor hear from the
star.
When THE Divine Woman" was re-
leased. audiences adored Greta Carlo
as the little French girl who showered
passionate kisses on her soldier lover
She proved that she could WELD the
Carlo magic without the inspiration OF
Jack Gilbert But the public was clam
oring for another Garbo-Gilbert picture.
The producers announced that in
Greta's picture "A Woman of Affairs,
taken from Michael Arlen'S story The
Green Hat" Jack Gilbert would be her
leading man. That was to be the last
picture Greta and he were to make to-
gether.
OF Again, On Again.
Carlo was eager to make "A Woman
OF Affairs" 1t was to be her first por-
travail of a modern American girl
While the story had romance running
through it, it was not filed with the
passionate, exotic type of love-making
that had been seen all through her
ether pictures.
Carlo and Gilbert had several scenes
heavy with romance. But the fact that
their own relations were in perpetual
state of turmoil seemed to detract from
the glamour of their love-making. The
public appeared to sense that the Gar
bo- Gilbert romance was coming to an
end.
Hollywood could not keep track OF the
affair. 1t was case OF OF again, on
again"
Greta soon started work in wild
Orchids" with the Swedish actor, Nils