Screenland Plus TV-Land (Nov 1953 - May 1955)

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While 37-year-old Gregory Peck is renewing his youth in an impressive conquest of European capitals — London, Rome, Paris, Madrid, Stockholm, Berlin to date — Hollywood speculates whether the charms of the old world cities are wholly responsible for the rift in his marriage to Greta Konen Peck, the bride of his struggling Broadway days. The film town is wondering if the shy, gentle actor, so firmly a family man over the years, so deeply devoted to his buoyant little blonde wife and their boys, has actually becume a cosmopolitan sophisticate, bowled over by the beauty and romance swirling about him, especially by the charms of Audrey Hepburn. Or is it simply that Greg does not want to return to Hollywood and continue with unsolvable domestic problems? Despite his overwhelming love for his home and children, it does seem that his marriage is beyond repair. In the more than 15 months he has been abroad he has had an opportunity to take stock of himself and of his life with Greta. Amid the great capitals and varied nationalities he has had a chance to consider the advantages and disadvantages of marriage in contrast to the freedom he now apparently seeks. According to the more discerning observers along the boulevards, the actor's marital (continued on pace 56) •4 Despite love of home and sons, it doe.' seem Greg's marriage is beyond repa;r. 37