Modern Screen (Jan-Dec 1960)

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Through her own career in showbusiness, as well as her husband's position as head of the motion picture section for General Motors, Mrs. Johnson had been close enough to the entertainment business to be aware of the disappointments it could bring. She didn't want Troy to face a life full of doubts and insecurities. From riches to rags On the other hand, once his knee injury prevented his appointment to West Point, Troy had made up his mind to become an actor anyway. He took up dramatics in school and when he still couldn't get his mother's support, after his graduation, he saw no choice but to walk out of the family home, almost penniless. For almost two years he subsisted on whatever he could make as a messenger boy, construction laborer, waiter, counselor at boys camp and other odd jobs which enabled him to study acting under Ezra Stone and get further experience in summer stock. He lived in cold water walk-up flats, the YMCA. He often got along on one meal a day, determined to succeed without asking his mother for help. Once he was so broke that he had to walk seventy-six blocks to save a dime subway fare. It was Darrell Brady, an old friend of his father's who brought him to Hollywood by offering him a job with his commercial film company. It was another friend, actress Fran Bennett, who introduced Troy to her agent, Henry Willson, who in turn was responsible for getting Troy a test at Universal-International, which eventually led to the lead opposite Sandra Dee in A Summer Place, and as a result of it, a starring part in The Crowded Sky. Once Troy was on his way to becoming established — professionally, personally, and financially — his relationship to his family changed abruptly. Troy suddenly became so conscious of his responsibilities as head of the family, that he was determined to do something about it. He sent for his mother and younger sister. He found them a place to stay. When his mother needed financial assistance, when her income from her investments did not come in on time, he was always ready to assist. He now attends P.T.A. meetings for his sister, Eve, and has adopted other parental prerogatives — without giving her a chance to rebel, as he once did. "I won't tell her what to do. I simply suggest what's best for her, and then let her make up her own mind," he insists. For instance, she used to date quite a wise guy, at least in Troy's eyes. He was particularly upset when Eve told him that he always carried a bottle in his car, and tried to talk her into taking a drink. "Had I forbidden Eve to see him, she might have done it behind my back," he reasoned. "So we just had a heart-to-heart talk. I emphasized the trouble she could get into with this boy, then left the decision up to her. She stopped seeing him." Whereas at one time Troy would leave the house under almost any pretense, he now makes a point of getting together with his family several times a week — and likes it. Looking back at the last few years, Troy still feels that his abrupt decision to leave home was best for all concerned. It helped establish his independence — and made a man out of him. He feels constant compromises and halfway measures lead to nothing but trouble in any relationship — which is also the reason he had earned both the good and bad reputation with women! Nan Morris was by no means his first love. When he was nineteen, he got engaged to a beautiful New York model. But as she grew more successful, Troy's meager earnings couldn't provide her with her constantly more expensive tastes, till the gulf between them grew to a point where it split them apart. "I saw it coming for a long time, yet didn't have the courage to admit it to myself. Luckily one evening she made it quite clear what was happening. Although I was hurt at the time, it was best for both of us to recognize realities. It would have been much harder on both of us if I'd played the hurt lover indefinitely!" His next infatuation was for a girl under contract to Universal-International, the same time he was tied to the studio. Her success came about much faster than his, and the New York episode repeated itself almost verbatim when she told him quite frankly one day that they weren't right for one another any longer. Again Troy preferred the abruptnness that wrote 'finis' to their romance to a long, dragged out affair. This is, he told himself, how he would finish a relationship if he were ever caught on the other end of the line — which is exactly what happened with Nan Morris. Although they were not officially engaged, they had gone steady for two years. When Troy became interested in another girl, he tried to tell Nan as gently as possible. She refused to believe it. The woy it looked! One evening, not long ago, he took out this other girl. But he was so tired after a long day at the studio that he asked if she minded driving herself home in his car, after dropping him off at his house. She didn't mind. The next day was Sunday. When she returned Troy's Porsche, she arrived just as he got ready to leave to meet his mother and sister for church. She too was tired from the night before, and asked if she could rest on his couch till he came back. He didn't object. Troy returned two hours later. He was just taking off his coat and loosening his tie when Nan arrived unexpectedly, says Troy. Through a peephole in his door, she could see a girl lying on the couch, covered by Troy's bathrobe, and Troy taking off his jacket and loosening his tie. "She put two and two together, and made twenty-five out of it," Troy said. Nan frantically knocked on the door. The other girl hastily put on her coat, and ran out of the apartment, right past her. Nan started to yell. When she kept it up, Troy took her inside and shook her hard by the shoulders, till she stopped. When she refused to believe what he told her, he angrily asked her to leave, insisting it was all over between them! While this seemed abrupt and ungentlemanly to Nan, under the circumstances Troy felt it was the only sensible thing to do. Apparently he was right, for two weeks later Nan called uneasily, and asked to see him. He agreed, though still fearful of another scene. Instead she wanted his advice on a professional matter. Several weeks have passed since then. Today, Nan and Troy still get together occasionally. They are no longer a ro