FILM STAR'S LOVES

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19125, 21 September 1936, Page 10

FILM STAR'S LOVES

- DIARY REVELATIONS LONG LEGAL BATTLE JUDGE REBUKES COUNSEL LOP ANGELES. An-. 11. Lawyers on l.otli. .-'ides' in the legal ■ Shuttle "between Miss -Maiv Astor, the film star, and 1 ier former ltuband, Dr. I'ianldyn Thorpe., for the custody of their daughter Marylyn, aged 4, were -•'Sternly rebuked by Judge Knight when ''the ’hearing was resumed this morning. ..“Go back to your offices,” he said. :J,';‘*and : prepare this ease as_ a child -custody case and not as a re-trial of the I‘paHicipaiits. Prepare it so that the matter cap be cleared up in a. day and a-half or three days at the most. You are .* wasting too much time.” Thereupon he adjourned the. court 'until late to-night. This dramatic infer*ludo followed the disclosure that the, ■ Public Prosecutor was investigating with A,'view to deciding whether any of the witnesses had committed perjury. The search for Mr. George Kaufman, the dramatist, for whom a bench warrant..was issued yesterday* when lie tailed --to appear in court, after being sub- | pocnaed, continued to-day in vain, j ' Miss Astor Will do* everything possible . to secure the admission of the whole of . her diary as evidence. She contends that

I the material in it already made public, damages her reputation far less than Lome things she wrote reflect upon l)r. ! Thorpe. One of the first relevant extracts is dated Jan. 15, 1934, six months after she trad met Mr. Kaufman. It says :—• “His last letter finished with ‘Think of me. my darling, because I certainly think of you.' ” DIARY EXTRACTS Typical extracts from the diary arc : “Oct. I.—l run still in a haze—nice-, rotv, glpw. fit* 1 thought that the business with George was half-hearted 1 am crazy. It is beautiful, glorious and I hope it’s my last love—l cannot, top it with anything in my experience. “As 1 read these two books 1 am filled with a sense of almost, embarrassing annoyance with myself—how 1 have, ever been able to write these tilings down phrases leap to my, eyes—‘Love of m.Y life,’ ‘Enduring,’ ‘Sense of something important/—piffle. “Dee. 31.—50 this year ends. The only real happiness I have had has been with > George. I seem to he very low t his evening. Kenneth—her first husband, Kenneth Hawkes, killed in an aeroplane brash—dead five years now sense, of loss ; as, always when I think of him—l did not appreciate, him—l was too young. “Franklvn, who loves me and leans on. me, whom I like to he with sometimes 1 because of that love, because of certain hiceuess and warmth and used-t.O-ness, who loves me to death most of the time but who lias no sense of humour whatsoever. George—a piece of mercury completely—must be something pretty good —-too good to let drop. “.May 6. —I am sure 1 will know George as long as I live, and that ho will always . be a grand friend. 1 doubt if the present

sex angle will ever amount to anything —there are times, of course, when I feel myaelf terribly in love with him. "“Aug. 11 : Have had no romantic, interludes ami do not want them—l cannot see a person out, here (Hollywood) that I can even force any interest in whatsoever. George has, spoiled mo lor anyone, 1 suppose. “I can still got a deep thrill even with this lapse of time, and at a distance of SCCO miles from just thinking about him. Maybo I am still .in love with him—wouldn’t that he funny? I know I am in love with. George, hut, I am airaid of doing anything about it. “1 know what I want now, and if is the usual thing—l would like to be with him for ever —to marry him and. have children—hut the step frightens me to death. “How do 1 know I would bo any happier with George than 1 am with if ranklynV He is a fascinating, elusive person who line power to make me. so happy when J am with him. And yet I am afraid 1 could never count on him or lean on him!” “Feh. 6, 1935: Once George, said, ‘1 wish I were, madly in love with you —but Lll ( >ko. things jusi. cannot lie, arranged. 1 would like him to love me. Poor Franklvn ! It- is bad for him ; he feels his house, is toppling.” “Feb. 0: Got very drunk Wednesday night and about 4 a.m. had to ealM.be house doctor to give me a sedative.” “March 20: A week ago to-night. 1 s aid good-bye to 'George for at least, another six months,. It is a thoroughly satisfying -relationship—no ties, no promises', no vows, nothing holds us together except, our own desires.” “Sept,. 17 : To-morrow I leave for New York. It will he six months, since I have seen George. What a strange love affair.

I cannot say it is very satisfactory. George’s letters, always friendly, always unexciting, dampen my ardour a bit. I love George and I know he does not: love me. "I am fond of Franklvn —would hate hurting him because 1 know he loves me and needs me. And I cannot see myself leaving a man who loves me for one who does not. instead 1 shall probably have another baby and be, half happy once more.”