The Modern Screen Magazine (Jun-Sep 1931)

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All Hollywood was thrilled when Loretta Young and Grant Withers chartered an airplane and made their sensational elopement. Only Loretta has changed. NO longer does she laugh and smile as vivaciously as she used to in the clays when she danced every night at the Cocoanut Grove. All the time she was talking to me, her hands rested gently in her lap. Her eyes held mine steadily ... as though she wanted me to see this thing that has happened in her nineteen-year-old life as seriously and sanely as she does. "*™"™ "My mind is quite definitely made up now," she said evenly. "At first I wasn't sure. You see, the things that came between us were so indefinite. You couldn't put your finger on any one thing in particular. I don't believe Grant realizes at this moment quite how far things have gone with us. Just the other night he called me long distance on the telephone. He made me promise him three things : that I wouldn't go out with anyone else until he returned ; that I wouldn't do anything in court until he comes back from his stage tour; that I would give him a 'break'. "Well, I've kept those promises. I haven't yet seen a lawyer about a divorce. I haven't been out with a single person. But I know deep down in my heart that there never will be 'another chance for us'. There can't be. "I am no longer in love with Grant! "When I stop to look back on that impulsive elopement of ours, I wonder if I ever was in love with him. 40 I was deeply infatuated, yes. I thought he was the most attractive and interesting boy I had ever met. But I was too young to realize that the strong physical attraction we held for each other could possibly be anything but love. I thought the exciting emotion I felt for Grant was the kind that meant marriage, home and a life partnership. I was mistaken. If I had been a little older and more experienced I would have realized the feeling for what it was — a deep infatuation. The first and only important one in my life. You see, I had always been so sure that I would never marry an actor . . . and so when I actually did marry one, it surprised me as much as anyone. MY mother tried to explain my mistake to me as she begged me to have the marriage annulled. But I didn't believe her at the time. I thought I knew what I was doing. I really believe I got just the least bit stubborn about what mother was attempting to do for me. I said to myself that I was married . . . and I was going to stay married." Here Loretta paused a moment to again fix me with those steady, calm eyes of hers. "Before I go any further, I want you to know that I am presenting only my side of the case. I haven't the slightest doubt but that there is another. OnlyGrant can tell you his side. And I want to be as fair to him as I can possibly be. He is a dear, sweet boy and I am truly fond of him. I wouldn't want anything I might say to hurt him — not seriously. The story I want to tell you is just the story of a very youthful mistake between two young people who were not meant to be married to one another. "I don't exactly remember any definite thing that first came between us. It was just a series of little things. Little things that might sound terribly trivial to anyone else . . . but they meant the world to me. And please don't mistake me, I'm sure that those first small arguments were just as much my fault as Grant's. You see, I think I had been spoiled at home. Although I have a younger baby sister, I have al (Continued on page 110)