Boldly penned ALS signed “G. G.,” one page, 5.25 x 7, Hotel de Crillon letterhead. Letter to Sidney Guilaroff, in part: “I am going to Klosters, Switzerland…Perhaps you would like to come a little later for a visit. Perhaps one will feel better in mountains. After that London if all goes well.” She notes her alias at the hotel, “My name is Harriet Brown. I will be staying with Mrs. Viertel” and, in the address field, adds “Don’t know address yet. Will let you know later.” Matted with a portrait of Garbo and the original mailing envelope (addressed in Garbo’s own hand and postmarked Paris, October 1, 1960) and framed to an overall size of 21 x 20.25. In fine condition. Having filmed her last movie—Two-Faced Woman—in 1941, the reclusive Garbo found comfort and refuge in her wealth and, in order to mask her whereabouts, she used the aliases Jane Smith, Gussie Berger, Joan Gustafsson and, her favorite: Harriet Brown. The letter’s recipient, Sidney Guilaroff, was a well-loved MGM hairdresser whose creativity made him a must-have stylist for Hollywood starlets like Marilyn Monroe, Greer Garson, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Crawford, and Garbo, who Guilaroff claimed, in his memoirs Crowning Glories, he had shared a romantic affair. An intimate glance into the cloistered life of the retired actress, made even more desirable by her uncommon use of the pen, a medium she only seldom implemented in letter form. The James Collings Collection. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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