Screenland (May-Oct 1931)

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58 SCREENLAND WOMEN LESS WE'VE heard so much of gay Lotharios, of men who love 'em and leave 'em, that it's a shock to read the statement of Sir Ellis Hume Williams, eminent London divorce court lawyer, to the effect that his long experience has convinced him that women are less faithful than men. Can it be true ? Hollywood stars, consulted, agree and disagree. Among the heads nodding "Yes !" to this vital question are those of Lupe Velez and Genevieve Tobin, two of the loveliest of the younger players. "I think women are less faithful than men,'' declares Lupe, her black eyes snapping, "but that is because men make them so. "A man comes along, young, goodlooking, very attractive — see? He sees a girl. She looks swell — see? He thinks, 'Oh my golly, what a fine girl that is !' So he starts in and he gives her a swell time, lots of presents and flowers ; he takes her places, sticks around underfoot all the time until she is just gone crazy over him. "And then what happens? "Why, another girl comes along, a little bit maybe prettier than the first one — or anyway different — and the Always the gentleman! Dick Arlen says men hold the record for being unfaithful. Irene Dunne says that faith is based on confidence — the first breach destroys faith. What do you think? Read the screen stars' views on this much discussed question and see if you agree man thinks, 'Oh my golly, what a fine girl that is !' And the man forgets about the first girl and runs after the second. "Then the first girl, what does she do, poor thing? She is jealous, I tell you ! She can hardly stand it, how she is jealous ! So she must do something. And what does she do, she is not faithful any more. She try to pay back all men for what this one man do to her. "Sometimes such a girl marries and has little children because she hopes she can get happiness from being a mother, but even then she is not faithful, for she is not in love." "Statistics probably show that women are more faithful than men, but I personally doubt it," says Genevieve Tobin, thoughtfully. "Outwardly, women may live more seemingly faithful lives than men, but in their hearts most women are fickle. "If this were not true, more wo The charming Genevieve Tobin says that in their hearts most women are fickle. John Barry more believes women are the dominant sex; men are easily molded. "Women are less faithful than men," says Lupe Velez, "but only because men make them so."