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Not long before Arbuckle had asked her to be his leading lady in a comedy, but Virginia had told him she wanted the satisfaction of making it on her own. Incidentally, Arbuckle's offer had come in the form of a note wrapped around a gold wrist watch. Virginia wanted to return it but Lehrman thought it would be rude to do that. The wrist watch was inscribed, "To the most beautiful girl in the world." Virginia did wear it from time to time.
-In late August of 1921, Lehrman and Virginia had a series of arguments. Both were riding high now, and it is possible that temperament had a lot to do with their fights. At a studio party Virginia walked out in a temper because she felt Lehrman was being too attentive to Dolly Fairman, a young actress. The newspapers had a lot of fun with the story next day. Virginia was quite forthright with a reporter who questioned her. She said grimly, T don't have to take that kind of treatment any more. I love him but he demands the kind of homage I refuse to offer."
Lehrman laughed it off with, "She's a star now and she's entitled to these little blowups."
But on the evening of September 1, the two had a violent quarrel. Virginia thought it was high time they were married. This subject was now the constant source of irritation between them. This time Lehrman reasoned that he wasn't solvent enough yet for marriage. Virginia thought that was nonsense. She was earning $1,500 a week when she worked, which was often now.
Lehrman hit the roof, saying that her money was her own and that he would support them in style as soon as he was able to. It was a typical argument between a man who wasn't quite sure and a girl who wanted to be married, with a home and children. The argument reached a ridiculous stage when Virginia showed Mack Sennett, her producer, a rash on her neck which she claimed was the result of aggravation caused by Lehrman.
At this period in her life, Virginia was in a position to pick her own man. But she wanted Irving Lehrman.
After this blow-up there was an hour of calm, then the
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