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“SHELLEY’S A GOOD kid— not nearly as crazy as some people think,” says Farley. They co-star in “Behave Yourself”
BY EDITH GWYNN
yhe dictionary defines “engage” like this: “To bind or obtain by promise. To affect favorably.” Of course, “engage” also means,
“to join in conflict with.” Nobody with eyes or ears, who has read of, heard
of, or been present when Farley Granger and Shelley Winters have intoned lasting devotion to each other, gazed dreamily into space
for hours while out in public together, staged word-battles that could be heard for miles, followed by resumption of cooing,
could possibly deny that these two have more than lived up to the dictionary’s definitions of the word “engagement”!
The first time Farley was asked if he believed in long engagements was ’way back in November, 1950. With Shelley holding on to his arm, he said, “If you mean us — we’re not thinking about marriage. We just like each other’s company.” With that, Shelley broke loose, gave her glamamour a resounding slap on the back and laughed
uproariously. (What she meant by that loud guffaw, I dunno.)
Quite recently Farley was again asked the same question. He said, “It certainly looks like it, doesn’t it?” Obviously he knew he was being queried about himself and la Winters — so his answer can only
be taken as an admission that they’ve considered themselves engaged for a long, long time. Shelley was at his side this time, too, mugging like mad. Then she dropped this gem, “Marriage is pretty serious business. We’re just horsing around.”
Despite Shelley’s “denial,” Farley told a close friend last
spring, “We talked it all over. I love Shelley and we’ll surely marry in June.” They didn’t. ( Continued on page 80)
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