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In happier days, Jane, Geary at Expectant Father party with the Spike Joneses, Liz Taylor and hubby, Michael Wilding.
FALLEN IDOL?
Will Jane Powell's marital breakup and her romance with Gene Nelson seriously imperil her career?
By TOM CARLSON
It was during the filming of "Three Sailors And A Girl" that Janie and Gene really fell in love. Yet it was not until later on at her birthday party at Ciro's that their intense feelings for each other became known. It does seem, however, that if it were not Gene it would have been some other man Jane would have become interested in, for her marriage with Geary definitely had long been on the rocks.
In spite of all that's been said, it was inevitable — Jane Powell is filing for divorce from Geary Steffen. For weeks rumors about their divorce, trial separation and reconciliation appeared in the press. Statements by friends, relatives, insiders and outsiders, as well as of the two principals, involved, tended to confuse rather than clarify the situation.
From the day of Janie's birthday party at Ciro's, which brought to light her interest in Gene Nelson, till the hour Janie announced her divorce six weeks later, Geary kept insisting that everything was going to work out all right.
When the press first reported their quarrel, Geary said it was no more than a personal disagreement and had it happened to John and Mary Truesdayle in Oklahoma City or Larry and Jean McKintcsh in Little Rock, Arkansas, no one would have paid any attention. It would have blown over in 24 hours. Because they were prominent in the public eye, a great deal of fuss was made about nothing.
Geary's explanation sounded logical ... so much so that he not only convinced most of his friends, but himself as well, and nearly Janie. He might have, if a simple "misunderstanding" had been the sole cause. It wasn't.
In the following weeks, Geary did a great deal more than tell himself that reconciliation was inevitable. When his letters and phone calls to Janie (CONTINUED ON PACE 571
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