Modern Screen (Dec 1937 - Nov 1938)

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Dion Anthony Fay, Barbara's adopted son, has been the center of a battle. ASS'N. BY KATHARINE HARTLEY span of happiness and activity, and that her place in the world, no longer existed. In drawing her portrait at this period it is impossible to do so accurately without bringing in the dire effect that her past life with her husband, a long period of seven years, had etched on her. But since Barbara has only recently gone to court to say that her ex-husband is not a desirable companion for their young adopted son, and since she offered numerous signed affidavits to prove her contention, we are not overstepping the bounds of kindness and decency in touching on that subject. What goes into the courts and into the newspapers is public domain of a sort. Whatever Frank Fay's importance and worth as an entertainer and a man is, it is a fact that as Barbara Stanwyck's husband he wreaked a very great harm on her. Barbara lost the first round of her recent suit; the judge ruled that Fay should be allowed to see the sixyear-old Dion at appointed times, but there are still those affidavits to be reckoned with and the case is being appealed. More than that, to go back to our point, there was Barbara Stanwyck, at the time the divorce was granted. We say she was drab-hearted. A lot of things had contributed to it. For seven years Barbara had not known what it was to be a personality, a personality with ideas of her own, work of her own, friends of her own. Under the constant pressure of the egotism of a man who referred to himself as "The Fay" {Continued on page 110) TAYLOR HAS HELPED HER CAREER-GIVEN HIM IT'S DONE TO THEM AS PEOPLE, NOT STARS Hurrying to keep that date with Babsl And she isn't the only one to benefit from their romance, either. It's had a far-reaching effect on Bob, tool