Modern Screen (Dec 1954 - Dec 1955)

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Nightclubbing was Linda's idea; she had little in common with Ty, who took life seriously, concentrated on career though it meant separation. THE POWERS HAVE FINALLY ADMITTED WHAT HAS BEEN SUSPECTED FOR YEARS-THE STORYBOOK MAR ■ The five-year-old marriage of Tyrone Power and Linda Christian has been held together only by their children for the last four years. And most of Hollywood knew it. Twice, as the marriage approached the precipice of disaster, Linda, gay, free-living and sparkling, announced a pregnancy and Ty told the world that he was the happiest man on earth. When Romina Francesca, three, and Taryn Stephanie, two, came into the world, there was a feeling that things would now be different in the Power household, that the birth of a child would help to wipe clean the slate of past disputes. Ty and Linda would start all over again, and everything would be peaceful, placid and pleasant. It didn't work out that way. By nature, Ty and Linda are too different. Ty is conservative, intellectual, serious, artistic and quiet. Linda likes to live it up. The statement issued by 20th Century-Fox to the effect that "a conflict of careers" was responsible for the separation is not taken too seriously by most of Hollywood's insiders On many occasions Ty had said, "I have absolutely no objections to Linda's pursuit of a career, any career she wants." And it is true that Ty never did object to his wife's ambition. Whether he objected to her casual friendship with the young English actor Edmund Purdom, with whom Linda worked in Athena, he doesn't say. "Just say," Ty conceded, "that Linda and I have come to the end of the road." A month before the separation was announced, Ty and Linda, despite their denials, had agreed to disagree. Ty had gone to his lawyer, Judge Lester Roth, and Linda had consulted Richard Bergen, an attorney for the firm of O'Melveny and Myers. The lawyers were told that the handsome actor and his Dutch-Mexican wife were separating. They were ordered to draw up a property settlement. After working on a settlement for a month, the attorneys discovered that it was unacceptable to both parties. The question of a divorce was also raised. Both Ty and Linda 48