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By MAXINE LAFARGE
Beating
There’s little doubt that they love each other; unfortunately their personalities clash violently.
Audie doesn’t believe the Hollywood social game is important. But Wanda has other ideas.
* By the time you read this, Audie Murphy, the most decorated hero of World War II, and Wanda Hendrix, his little wisp of a bride, will be living apart.
How come?
Audie says, “It’s all my fault. She tried very hard. I just think that if we live under separate roofs for a little while, perhaps we can work things out,”
Wanda says tearfully: “He’s not well. He’s all mixed up. He’s so tormented by all he’s gone through. I think he tries very hard and he doesn’t mean to be irritable and I know I get on his nerves when I sympathize with him.”
What does this sound like?
Well, it has all the familiar trademarks of the shell-shocked veteran who comes home, tortured by the thoughts, the scenes, the mental re-enactments of death on the battlefield; and it has all the familiar ring of the sweet, understanding wife who cannot compete with these haunting memories of war and bombings and infantry charges.
But is this actually the case with these two hand¬ some young people?
Is it as simple as that?
Is Audie really a mentally disturbed war veteran who cannot re-adjust himself to the civilian way of life?
No, I’m afraid not. I know Audie Murphy, and I can tell you that his re-adjustment to civilian life has been complete.
He is twenty-four, adult, and experienced beyond the measure of most men, and he has because of this experience, adopted a sense of values which Wanda, bless her little heart, just cannot see.
Audie, for example, does not believe that the sun of life rises and sets on money. He does not believe that in order to be a success, a married couple must play the social game to the hilt. He does not be¬ lieve that night club publicity is essential to screen fame. He does not believe in using people, in con¬ tacts, in being seen with the right personalities at the right restaurants.
Wanda cannot understand this. She wants very much to be a famous and celebrated actress. She likes money and what it will do for her. She likes to play the Hollywood ( Please turn to page 87)
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