Modern Screen (Dec 1931 - Nov 1932 (assorted issues))

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+ DEAR Gloria, she has been very ill, and I am the first person she has been allowed to see, propped up with pillows in her charming green silk bed in the house she has rented from Lady Furness, whom many of you will remember in Hollywood as Thelma Converse. It is a wan and spiritual Gloria just emerging from the ordeal of acquiring that mysterious and awe-inspiring state called motherhood. First I will tell you about her surroundings. The house is one of those tucked away in the heart of Mayfair which are so fashionable now. In the eighteenth century when they were built they were probably part of the stables of some nobleman's mansion, but are now converted by modern taste into the most cunning and attractive dwellings. A snug hall leads to an old staircase and then up and up to the room where Gloria lies enthroned as a mother. It is a big room all pale green which suggests the spring time. It is very simple and in exquisite (Left) With Elinor Glyn when Gloria was making Mrs. Glyn's story, "The Great Moment"— ten years ago. They are still great friends. (Below) Flowers being delivered at the house where Gloria is living in Mayfair, London. 27