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WHAT'S BACK
OF THE CHEVALIER DIVORCE?
♦ ♦ ♦ All Hollywood is buzzing with rumors concerning the Chevalier break. Here's some inside information which puts a new and startling light on their separation
By WALTER RAMSEY
PARIS, July 22 — Maurice Chevalier, motion picture star, filed suit for divorce here today on the grounds of [incompatibility . It is understood that his wife, Yvonne Voile c Chevalier , will enter a counter suit.
Here was a divorce surprise for Hollywood! More surprising than the Ruth Chatterton-Ralph Forbes break, or the recent separation of King Vidor and Eleanor Boardman. Not since the Ann Harding-Harry Bannister affair has Hollywood been so jolted. And, as usual, when Hollywood is surprised, the rumors are flying thick and fast. As though to make up for lost, or overlooked time, the old town is remembering every woman Maurice has smiled upon in the last two years. Everywhere you hear the guesses :
"He is in love with Marlene Dietrich." "He is obtaining a divorce so that he may be free to marry one of his latest leading ladies, Genevieve Tobin, who sailed on the same boat with him. . . ."
"The girl he loves isn^t in Hollywood. She is a dancer in a Paris revue. . . ."
Having been fooled once into thinking the Chevaliers were happily wedded, Hollywood isn't leaving any single possibility unmentioned. . That seems to be Hollywood's way. But let's look a bit deeper into the matter. 18 .
IT is characteristic that no one puts any credence in Maurice's plea of "incompatibility." Nor is it the reason which a person very close to Maurice has given to Modern Screen. Though the incompatible one is truly important. This friend has this to say:
"The real reason back of the divorce is that the union of Maurice and Yvonne will always be childless !
"When you look closely into Maurice's life it is understandable why he is so terribly anxious to have a child of his own. That piece of shrapnel resting precariously close to his heart — which puts him in peril of sudden death — makes him anxious for a son to carry on his name as soon as possible. ' "As for Marlene Dietrich or Genevieve Tobin, or any other girl who has been gossiped into this affair, I believe the rumors to be entirely unfounded. Maurice has a great admiration for Marlene. He adores her little girl. To Chevalier, Dietrich rates as one of the loveliest women he has ever met. Perhaps, in the beginning, a mild flirtation ? Who knows ! But I am sure that as their friendship grew Maurice admired Marlene more for her fun and good humor ! I think we may safely believe the statement he made in Paris when he said it was ridiculous to drag Miss Dietrich's name into print. I am sure that no one regrets more than {Continued on page 113)