The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-07-25
By ALANSoN EDWARDS
limited Press Staff Correspondent

/ HOLLYWOOD, July 25. tUP6
"A slight, blonde woman o. ~
set in a mansion atop holly-
woods highest knoll last nlenC re-
living q thousand and one mem
cries of a broken perfect ro-
nance that in it's heydey was
thc most pubhcized IN America.
The love of Mary Pickford and
Douglas Fairbanks is ended. Only
divorce court decree remains
TO separate even further the lives
Of these two famed cinema stars,
who for n decade were regarded
as the nations ideal of a perfect
love match.
Fairbanks, middle-aged and
restless, is roaming Europe with
his friends of nobility and socle-
ty. Americas sweetheart
the only Mary"-remains here
amid the surroundings that mean
more to her, now, than anything
else in the world.
Probably never before had two
persons in the public eye loved
each other so fervently and un-
ashamedly. Their love survived
for a decade of almost unbeliev~
able devotion.
In Hollywood, a land of jeal-
ously and envy, this romance OF
the moody, tempestuOus Irish
Canadian girl and her acrobatie
American was selflessness person
flied.
The horseshoe nail that decided
"a Kingdoms fate had its counter
part, for them, in the World war
that resulted in their marriage.
Loan authorities needed to focus
public attention on their drives,
and as the reigning trio of the
movies, Mary Pickford, Doug
Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin
were recruited for the job.
Mary and Doug had worked to-
gether on the Famous-Players
lot for some time, she as the
$4,000 a week darling, he as the
athletic, jovial idol of millions.
They were "box office" and pro-
ducers profited no less than the
stars.
But their work was always in
different sections of the studio.
1t was not utnil they began
travelling about the country that
they learned to know each other.
The formre $40 a week Bio
graph girl found a strong attrac-
ton for the boyish actor who
scaled walls and turned hand
| springs to express his emotions.
For two years more, while
their stars continued in the as
tendency, their friendship bios
somed.
In 1918 Fairbanks was divorc-
cd from Anna Beth Sully, dauga-
ter of a southern cotton king" ,
and mother of his only child,
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. In 1920,
Mary won a Nevoda divorce from
! Owen Moore, the actor.
Mary and Doug secretly were
married in Los Angeles, March
%, 1880. They were supremely
happy. At the top of their pro-
fcssion and deeply in love, they
were on the crest of a wave that
carried them along together Cor
the 10 best years of their lives.
They returned to the Lasky lot
to complete the pictures inter-
rupted by their wedding. Both
agreed to keep the ceremony
a secret. but word leaked out and
even Fairbanks agility could not
long maintain the silence.
Once they were chased through
the streets by reporters trying to
find where they were going.
Their sets were closed to every
one until a girl reporter, unified
by an invitation to depart, walk
ed across the street and told their
publicity man that Miss Pickford
wanted her to have a picture of
Mary and Doug together. The
press agent handed it over, it
was promptly published and
thereafter a cheering nation
learned officially that filmdom's
two most famous performers were
one.
Doug finished 1.-THE Mollycod-
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