Modern Screen (Dec 1949 - Nov 1950)

shirley temple's divorce (Continued from page 22) to the bench. As he did, the courtroom was summoned to attention. Everyone roseShirley; Mary Alice; George Stahlman and Grant Cooper, Shirley's two crackerjack lawyers; Clore Warne, who was representing John Agar; the press and photographic corps — everyone. Court in session, Judge Herndon looked down at his calendar and then announced with great dignity: "Agar versus Agar." George Stahlman spoke quickly. "Ready, your Honor." He turned to Shirley and bowed slightly. "Will you please take the stand." Shirley Temple, playing a role in real life more dramatic than any she had ever played on-screen, rose and approached the court attendant. He extended the Bible. She lay one gloved hand on it and raised the other. She swore to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help her God. Thus commenced the beginning of the end — the end of the most publicized marriage the screen colony and the moviegoers of America have ever known. other side of the story . . . What Shirley had to tell of her married life — her thoughts of suicide, her anguish, her heartache, her humiliation — you will find in its entirety on the following pages. What you will not find, however, is Jack Agar's side of the story. Jack refuses to tell it. When I contacted him in Buffalo after Shirley had told her all, he said, "I still don't want to talk about it. There are always two sides to every story. All 1 can say is that I think the testimony she gave reflects our real differences incorrectly. There's a lot I might have said and there's a lot I can say now. But what's the point? Nothing would be accomplished by airing recriminations in public. Ever since our separation, I had my mind made up to say nothing about the case, and that's the course I'm going to follow despite the possibly wrongful implications which might result from what Shirley said. Naturally, I'm greatly concerned with the welfare of our little daughter. I only hope that what has happened will result in the best for everyone concerned." Many persons have asked, if Jack Agar's marital conduct was unhusbandly, what caused it? Why did he drink? Why did he go out? Why did he leave Shirley behind on occasions? They implied that there must have been a reason. In the January issue of Modern Screen, I believe the reason was given. Shirley and Jack were mismated from the very beginning of their marriage. They tried to make a go of it and they hoped against hope, but they were two young, attractive, charming people with different backgrounds, different tastes, different ideals, different objectives. Their marriage was based on a wartime infatuation and not on a mature, solid, reasoning love. What happens under those sad circumstances appears in the following testimony of agar versus agar: IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT NO. 51 HON. ROY L. HERNDON, JUDGE SHIRLEY TEMPLE AGAR, Plaintiff, vs. JOHN GEORGE AGAR, Defendant. „ No. D 388383 6lRD»-tS IO BONES STAYS UP WI1HOU1 ONLY PEM-LlfT girdles have the Magic Inset No Bones About It — Stays Up Without Stays Whether you're on a soci spree or a workaday whirl, you're the picture of fashion with a new "Perma-lift" * Girdle. Here's the brightest, lightest, smartest, smoothest girdle you ever wore and oh! so comfortable. Not a bone or stay to poke or pinch — just the lasting stay-up smartness of the Magic Inset delicately designed in the front panel. Your dainty "Perma-lift" Girdle can't roll over, wrinkle or bind — it stays up without stays. Select the style just right for you at your favorite corset department — $5.00 to $12.50. Also enjoy a "Perma^ lift" Bra — America's best loved bra with "The Lift that never lets you down." #" Perma-lift" atrade-mark of A . Stein & Company {Reo. U.S. Pat. Off.)