Picture Play Magazine (Mar-Jul 1929)

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56 LoVe the This story of Richard reveals the remarkable the young husband, B? Al The Arlens don't shout of their love, but theirs is considered an ideal marriage. SENTIMENTALISTS will tell you how much men are changed by love. A man may be frivolous, he may be irresponsible, and then suddenly he meets the Only Girl. And everything is changed. He has something to live for, some one to work for, some one to give his life a serious purpose. That is the case with Richard Arlen. You ask any one in Hollywood about Dick Arlen and Jobyna Ralston. Ask any one, and the answer is always the same. "The Arlens? Did you ever see such a charming couple ? Just darlings, both of them. An ideal marriage. And you'd never know Dick was the same man, Joby has changed himso." "How?"' you wonder. "How has she changed him?" But it's hard to get a definite answer. So subtly do people change. It seems that several years ago Dick wasn't very well liked around the studio. Now every one adores him. He's a different man. But how is he different? The question seems very hard to answer. But at last you get an explanation something like this. ma "Well, Dick kas Decome so much more sensible. He's settled down. Since his marriage he seems to be more reliable, more dependable. He doesn't fly off the handle the way he used i<x He's less frivolous — sweeter. Oh, it's hard to analyze the change in him, but every one agrees that Joby has certainly improved him." So it's interesting to see Dick and Joby together. To see how she has brought about this remarkable improvement. To watch her working at it, quietly, constantly, lovingly. "Dick, dear," she said one afternoon, "why haven't you taken your watch and your ring to the studio? They telephoned, and they're furious at you. They need them for close-ups this afternoon." Dick was slightly petulant. "Well, then, why didn't they tell me yesterday that they wanted them ?" "Darling, they did. You were supposed to leave them at the studio on your way into town this morning." Dick wasn't working that day. "Well, I'm not going back now." He was just like a stubborn, small boy refusing to go to Sunday school, or to mow the grass. And there we have the secret. Joby has a maternal attitude toward him. Joby, who, since she was fifteen, has supported her mother, and put her kid brother through school, has got the "mothering" habit. "All right," she said, with a shrug. She is much too clever to nag. "It's your own business. But I do think you ought to take those things to the studio." "I'll do it this afternoon," said Dick, suddenly quite amiable again. "But I can't find the watch." Jobyna quietly slipped into the bedroom and returned shortly with the watch. "It was in another suit." she said, i Yes, you could see how Jobyna was making him more dependable. You could see that the Dick of premarital days would have let the studio wa'ft* ' for" * its* close-ups Not long ago Dick was only an obscure actor hanging around the studios, and not well liked at that.: