Divorce Decree

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 96, 26 April 1939, Page 11

Divorce Decree

JOAN CRAWFORD’S CASE The film actress, Joan Crawford, aftei having been refused a “mail order’ divorce recently, appeared personally in Court yesterday, and obtained a decree against her husband, Franchot Tone, the actor. She said in evidence that her husband had been mentally cruel. His anger and sullenness hud caused her to become nervous, aud this had interfered with her cinema work. Before awarding tbe decree, the Judge remarked that she owed an explanation to the Court and to the public of the publicity which had been given her effort to Sbtain a divorce by proxy. Showing a trace of defiance, the actress replied: “I hope I am intelligent enough to be friendly with my husband. ’ ’ Franchot Tone did not contest the suit. James Flavin, all-American player who made football history for West Point a few years back, coached the lads representing the military academy In football sequences in “The Duke of West Point,” the Edward Small production, featuring Louis Hayward, Joau Fontaine, Tom Brown, Richard Carlson and Alan Curtis. Another famous football player, Nick Lukats of Notre Dame, was cast by producer Small in the role of an ice hockey coach at West Point.