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When I love, it goes very deep. “Now, I want and hope to find happiness in my friends. I used to be very gay and I had so many amusing friends in England. In Hollywood, I have been virtually a recluse. Believe me, that was a mistake. Now I want friends and vital and interesting people around me.” “Such as,” I suggested slyly, “ — George Sanders?” I knew Greer had been dining and dancing with the fascinating Mr. Sanders a number of times. Greer threw back her head and laughed gaily. “Oh, not you, Louella. The truth about that is, I knew George in England and we are old friends. He has been very unhappy and lonely. Personally I believe he is still in love with his wife. But we find each other good company. I enjoy going out with him. But as for any romance — it’s just too ridiculous to discuss.” And I believe her! We spoke of Greer’s career. “I HATE the word career,” Greer said. 1 “Why do people use it as though it were something you bought at the store? I love acting. I couldn’t be anything else but an actress — but it is nothing so intangible as a career I’m seeking. I want good acting roles — good, bad, old, young characters, it makes no difference. But, if an actress doesn’t get that opportunity, well, what can she do?” Before I could interrupt, Greer went on quickly: “I don’t mean that I am ungrateful to M-G-M. They couldn’t help ‘Adventure’ any more than I could. They, too, were disappointed that it didn’t come out the way everyone hoped. I would be ungrateful, indeed, if I didn’t appreciate the fine pictures Louis B. Mayer has given me. I have had ‘Madame Curie,’ ‘Random Harvest,’ ‘Blossoms in the Dust,’ ‘Mrs. Miniver,’ ‘Goodbye Mr. Chips’ and ‘Valley of Decision’ — all fine and successful pictures. “So, let’s forget ‘Adventure’ — it wasn’t any better for Clark Gable than it was for me. It was as bad for him as ‘Parnell.’ ” There was mischief in her eyes when she said that. There had been rumors that Clark and Greer did not hit it off so well during the making of “Adventure” and that their personalities didn’t click. My hostess scoffed at this. “Nonsense. I like Clark very much. If the right story came along for both of us, of course we would make another film together. “As I look back, Louella,” she went on, “I think that most of my misery of the past year came from bad health. I really hurt myself when I fell and was almost drowned at Carmel. I am just now getting over it. When you are ill, nothing is right. Even trivial things assume nightmare proportions. Being depressed mentally and physically, combined with emotional upsets and my eagerness to make a good picture, gave me months of unhappiness. Now I have a new philosophy.” “Which is — ?” I prompted. ‘‘Liberty — and the pursuit of happiness,” she replied with a challenging ring in her voice. “There is no happiness without personal liberty. I mean to have that. I will never tie myself down again to the point where I am overburdened with obligations. I want to be gay, and above all, cheerful, and find happiness in each and every event in my everyday life.” Greer, who has supported her widowed mother from the time she was a little girl, striving to give her beloved Nina everything, is a wonderful daughter and is getting an enormous kick out of Mrs. Garson’s career as a movie actress. As Nina Ross, Mrs. Garson is having the time of her life accepting small but interesting character roles. In spite of “turning actress,” Nina still has time to run Greer’s home delightfully and to take the responsibilities of domesticity off her daughter’s shoulders. People who do not know Mrs. Garson have been unkind enough to intimate that it was her dislike of Richard Ney that brought about the trouble. This, I know, is not true. I believe Nina Garson made a sincere effort to like and understand Richard. He is a difficult boy, supersensitive and always conscious of his wife’s position as an important star. More than anything, Richard wants success himself. When that comes, I believe he will no longer be so unhappy. “I am convinced there is a future for Richard,” Greer said. “Whether he realizes it now or not, our separation is good for him. He wasn’t happy with me. Now I believe he will find himself. When matters between us were uncertain, he couldn’t settle down to his work. But it is over and done with now. He knows any chance of a reconciliation is hopeless.” “Is that why you went to court and made the separation legal?” I asked. “I made up my mind in a hurry to get a divorce,” she replied. “I realized it was wrong for me not to make a clean break. I like to dine with other men, and it wasn’t in accord with my ideas of propriety to accept dinner and dancing engagements when I was married. I knew, too, if Richard once realized the whole thing was definitely over, he would not be so miserable. He would calm down. “You see, I am fond of him and I do want his happiness. I knew there wasn’t happiness for either of us while we were together. There could never be — no matter how many times we tried to make a go of it. There is much I don’t want to discuss. It is unfair to both of us. Making the break cleanly and swiftly may hurt for a little while, but this way I can keep Richard’s friendship.” Of this I am sure — there is no semblance of Greer’s carrying a torch in her break with young Ney. Where she is concerned, their marriage that lasted four years is a closed chapter. He still has her best wishes, her sympathy and her friendship, but not her love. Greer is definitely facing forward from here on in. If her last two pictures have not been to her liking — they, too, are being relegated to the past while the lady, herself, looks ahead. “There are good things in the future,” she told me with that self-assurance I admire so much about Greer. “I love the stories lined up for me this coming year — ‘The Chimes of Bruges,’ ‘The Nutmeg Tree’ and a sequel to ‘Mrs. Miniver’ — all stories I like. “But best of all, I like feeling like myself again — and belonging to myself again.” And belonging to all of us again, I might add, the same vivid, intense, independent Miss Greer Garson who first won our movie hearts seven years ago. The End ions 87 78