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She was no mystery, certainly, when she first came to Hollywood, fresh from Ohio State, after winning a campus popularity contest — the prize of which was a trip to Hollywood and $200. All the mystery began when Jean’s first movie took her to the sleepy little Mexican village of Morelia. Only Morelia didn’t stay sleepy very long. Lana Turner arrived to visit Ty Power, a bachelor in those days. And Jean also had a visitor. One of the most eligible bachelors in this country landed his plane there. Whereupon the place swarmed with reporters and photographers — and the days of Jean’s free give-andtake ended abruptly. By the time Jean made “Deep Waters,” which took her to a little island off the coast of Maine, her private affairs were very private indeed. And for the next two years, during a lull in her career, no one saw much of her. OW, for all the mystery that has come to surround this girl, I’ve always liked the cut of her jib, her green eyes, her sti’aightforward manner and her complete lack of pretense. She’s refreshing in a town where the make-believe of the studios often becomes part of the stars’ personalities — until you can’t tell where the real individual leaves off and the reel one begins. “How do you manage to keep your private life your own?” I asked Jean. “Oh, that isn’t hard,” she said. “I concentrate on my work. And I don’t go to night clubs. My not going out now is probably a violent reaction to what I did in my college days. Then I went all the time — morning, noon and night. College was the most hectic time I ever spent — parties all the time. But out here I’ve gotten into the habit of avoiding night life, consequently people have come to think of me as a stand-offish kind of person.” “Just the same,” I told Jean, coming back to the mystery that surrounds her, “it is considered part of an actress’s duty to climb into her mink and show up at premieres. Doesn’t the studio demand that you appear on such occasions?” “I haven’t any mink,” she said, “and I’ve never formed a habit of going to premieres.” I told her, “Other stars tell me they have a dreadful time getting out of premieres and parties and such.” Jean, however, denied she’d had any bad moments. She’s a distant cousin of Welsh heavyweight champion Tommy Farr, but I led with my chin: “Isn’t it unusual when a beautiful girl like you goes out with another girl at night? A girl with all your sex appeal doesn’t have to do that unless she chooses.” “I don’t make a practice of going around at night with girls,” Jean said. “We once had a girls’ party at the opera. It came about when a few of us, who love opera, confided to one another that we’d love to go, but that the men we knew wouldn’t. So, not wanting to spend an evening with j escorts, who were escorts on sufferance, we decided to get ourselves some tickets and go. “It was as simple as that.” She has a way of taking the intrigue out of things as she discusses them. She iikes to dine at home with a few friends, she says. Or, she’ll go to a small dinner if she likes the company. On such occasions she arrives in her black sedan with her chauffeur. He waits outside for her. And she leaves alone. Currently Jean has a project which adds to her mystery. She went to see the beautiful rug made by the Dowager Queen Mary of England. “I can make a rug like that,” she announced, “and that’s what I’ll do! Only I’ll work into my rug some famous paintings of Renoir, Degas and other artists I like.” Such an undertaking of course demands great ability with petit point. It also means thousands of hours of time. It’s scarcely the sort of thing that would interest most girls of twenty-five, much less a single and lovely movie star. It is, in itself, another indication of the recluse Jean is ' when she is not working in the studio — and which obviously she plans to continue being. Jean lives presently with Cis Francomb, a grand-aunt who has been a resident of these parts for some twelve years. “Before that,” she said, “I lived with another ; aunt, Melba Doss.” Through Melba, whose i husband is in the real estate business, Jean has bought property at Laguna; a hard | headed investment against possible lean i years. “I bought two duplexes there,” she I told me, “not on the Cliff Drive which fronts the ocean but up from the main street.” These investments have replaced Jean’s , previous purchases of a variety of farm animals. “My mother, who is now on the farm in Canton, Ohio, is getting the wanderlust and I don’t want to complicate things for her in case she wants to get out from under it ail,” Jean explained. “However, I love farm animals and it’s hard not to invest when I see a fine one — I’m a real country girl.” MUCH of Jean’s independence stems from her early life. Her father died when she was ten and she and her mother ran a tourist camp in order to survive. Her sister Shirley was then only two years old, so Jean helped her mother and took care of Shirley too. It was then she learned that God helps those who help themselves. And she’s never forgotten it. She didn’t go off to college with a trunkful of pretty clothes and a generous allowance. She had a primitive little wardrobe compared to what the average college girl considers necessary. And she took a job and worked her way. Since sororities are both clannish and expensive, she never felt she could afford to consider one. She had a small apartment with another girl and school was strictly a matter of business with her. Once when I admired a gown Jean was wearing, she told me she had made it herself, that she made many of her clothes. On her first location trip, I remember “When someone seems the silent type — that doesn’t mean a thing. If the lights aren’t on in a house, it doesn’t mean that the current is turned off.” . . . MACDONALD CAREY 100