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Heartbreaks
but for Chata Wayne recent years of her marriage have brought only sorrow
With Esperanza (Chata) Baur, John at first found the quiet home life he had so desperately desired in marriage
BY EYE FORD
• When Chata and John Wayne were married on January 17, 1946, there was no doubt that they were deeply in love. Their tastes were similar; they shared a mutual desire for the quiet contentment of a happy home life.
Chata was, in fact, ready to give up her career as a motion picture actress in Mexico to devote herself to being just Mrs. John Wayne. Shortly after their wedding Chata said, “I don’t ever wish for acting again. But I am glad for the Duke that I did act for a while, for it makes me know, without his having to explain anything at all, when he is tired or cross. Then I either baby him or I just turn my back and go away and let him gloom quietly, all by himself.”
And there is no doubt that the moody Duke did gloom by himself much of the time. But Chata and John did, at first, share a lot of fun together. They loved their home, and they loved occasional evenings out too. Both enjoy dancing, and Chata particularly enjoyed dancing with John because of his height. “When I first see Duke in Mexico, where most of the men are so short, I know it is good for me,” she admitted shTortly after their marriage. “I know that when I, who am so long, dance with him his head will be above me, which’ never happened to me before.”
Chata and John had much in common. They both had come from middle-class families where working for a living was the accepted ( Continued on page 101)
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