Modern Screen (Dec 1949 - Nov 1950)

^1 i There'll be only »£/ one man in my life I who really matters — and I know my heart will tell me when it finds that lasting love. But until it does . . . WON'T GO STEADY ■ There's an expression that I wish they wouldn't apply to me. It's "going steady." The way I look at it. the term should be used about a girl only when she's so serious about a man that she's seeing him exclusively. Yet, since I've been free, there have been only two boys I've dated con stantly. This may sound like a contradiction, but I'll try to explain, as I go along, why it isn't. At 18, I married a boy in my home town of Stockton. We were divorced a year or so ago, and it's just been made final. Hollywood had nothing to do with our separation. I'd like to make a point of that, because Hollywood's been blamed for so many things. We were simply both too young for marriage. We hadn't taken time to learn enough about each other. What broke us up was incompatibility — which, trite though it may be to say so. I still think is responsible for nine out of 10 unhappy marriages. The point is, we'd have found ourselves just as incompatible in Stockton as in Hollywood. Since then, as I said, there are just two boys I've dated constantly — Barry Nelson and Arthur Loew. Jr. But constantly isn't the same as exclusively. I've never tied myself down to any pattern. I've always left myself free to date as I choose. And I'm the kind of person who enjoys going out a lot with one boy. I find it less confusing. You don't have to keep adjusting yourself to new personalities. When you know someone Janet Leigh s tavorite Hollywood escort , , , j r ■ i j r r ■ these days is Arthur Loew, Jr. He s a bright well> >'ou build UP a common background of jokes and fun. you fall into an young MGM executive and rapidly rising. easy, comfortable routine, you can be more natural. {Continued on page 75) 39 M