screen presence of the 18-year-old actress led to him bringing her and Hanson to the United States after he accepted an offer from Louis B. Mayer to direct for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In Hollywood, Mauritz Stiller was assigned to direct The Temptress (1926), Garbo's second film with MGM, but he could not deal with the studio structure. After repeated arguments with MGM executives, he was replaced on the film by Fred Niblo, and his contract with the studio terminated. Stiller immediately was hired by Paramount Pictures, where he made three successful films, but he was let go a second time while directing his fourth film because of his continuing disagreements with studio bosses. Death and legacy Stiller returned to Sweden in 1927 and died the following year from pleurisy at the age of 45. He was interred in the Norra begravningsplatsen in Stockholm. Stiller's contribution to the motion picture industry was recognized in 1960 with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1713 Vine Street. Originally his star was listed erroneously as "Maurice Diller" and was not corrected until the late 1980s. In Kristianstad, a monument was erected in his honor. In the Badehotellet episode "Feriebarnet", Kitty tells Frigh that Stiller wrote her a letter and wants to take her to Hollywood. When Fright admits he doesn't know who he is, Kitty replies that Stiller discovered Garbo and shows him a newspaper clipping of the photo of Garbo and Stiller posing on the deck of the SS Drottningholm. Filmography References External links Original Photoplay Interview with Greta Garbo, where she talks about her first meeting with Stiller: "I started trembling all over." Literature on Mauritz Stiller 1883 births 1928 deaths Artists from Helsinki People from Uusimaa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Finnish Jews Finnish people of Polish-Jewish descent Finnish people of Russian-Jewish descent Swedish people of Finnish-Jewish descent Finnish film directors Swedish film directors LGBT Jews LGBT film directors Finnish emigrants to Sweden Burials at Norra begravningsplatsen Swedish Ashkenazi Jews