Picture Play Magazine (1938)

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36 Fi'iiiifliot / ft /It / •» Franchot Tone to-day (Mf jfea/uf, riMten, standS on the threshold of a changed career. His recent separation from Joan Crawford and his intention not to sign another long-term Hollywood contract are evidence that he is planning a completely new life. Five eventful years have passed for Franchot Tone since his arrival in Hollywood. It is a more mellowed, friendlier, more communicative Tone who succeeds the assured young man who came to Hollywood and gave himself one year to make a lot of money, who changed his plans and stayed in Hollywood when he fell in love and married Joan Crawford. Somewhere along the way the impression has been created that Franchot has disliked Hollywood. It was said that he was counting the moments until he could get away, and that he'd never return! Perhaps it would have been better had Franchot denied these rumors or explained his real feelings. He never did. His reluctance always to talk of personal things is the reason why Franchot has many times been misunderstood. It is foolish to say that he has been perfectly happy in his Hollywood career. But he didn't live in a perpetual state of despair, as some have said. Nor is he bitter over his disappointments. Franchot just did not fit into the Hollywood scene. Simple in his tastes, modest in his desires, being used to the good things of life, he found no great exultation in Hollywood "acclaim." To be able to do good work, to advance and improve himself along the way was all he expected. And then when his day's work was done to be able to live in his own way. Hollywood gasped, blinked, said, "I don't believe it!" when Joan and Franchot announced their separation. But it's true. .