The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-10
JEAN HARLOW HAD :. LIFE TRAGEDY
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lieved at the time she was "througn with Hollywood forever"
 Returns As Star 7,

!. lieved at the time she was through ' with Hollywood forever"
 ? Returns As Star < But she returned to star in Red 7 Headed Woman" for Metro o-GoldWn- { Mayer and Bern was the associate { producer. During that production 2 she fell in love with Bern. "Neyer 7 will I forget the long, happy eVen- , ings with Paul after our friendship 7 had matured into love-" she said. ' We suddenly decided to be married. < The ceremony was performed in | the living room of my home July A 2. 1882. She was q then. Two !. months and three days after their z marriage, Miss Harlow was notified ' by telephone at her mothers home . that Bern was dead. There had been Ia quarrel, which she never discussed, { that sent her from home. She was,
 at the time, working on the plc- 2 ture Red Dust" with Clark Gable. = Butler Finds Body
 Bern's butler found his masters : body nude on the dressing room 5 floor. Bern had been dead 12 hours. I A revolver was in his hand. There fwaa a note for Miss Harlow that z never was explained. It read: f"Dearest Dear-Unfortunately this 2 is the only way to make good the !, ,frightful wrong I have done you and to wipe out my abject humill- ration. I love you. (Signed) Paui. eThe bullet that the mild-mannered sproducer fired into his head ended = his own first marriage and Miss . Harlow's second. "1n the midst aof my happiness came this tragedy . Miss Harlow said. T felt as if my <. life dreams had ended for me. The { only thing that saved me was my E. work"
 z In Love Again
 r- She made the pictures Dinner {. At Eight" Hold Your Man., and . then "Blonde Bon1bshell." During the production of the last one she : met the cameraman, Hal RosSon and one morning after round oi ! golf. Miss Harlow found herself Tn love again. They eloped to Yuma ' Ariz.. but a divorce followed quickly. V Although the romance ended, our . friendship remained" Miss Harlow said later, "Hal did not fail me. l . like him and I respect him as much ' as I did when we were married. IL is hard to explain the failure oi o1r match other than to say It : didn't work out as we expected (Tomorrow-The concluding in- stallment of Miss Harlow's life, talk ing her through one of the mos5 , brillian chapters of her life, up to 2 her death0
 Cremation Discussed
 Hollywood, June 10-(UP)-lhe
 mother. father and former step- father of Jean Harlow conferred to- day on whether to have the actress hodv cremated. Death of the blonde star had reuniteo theSe . three into a family council al
 though the mother, Mrs. Jean Bel To. was divorced from both men. pr.
 M. 0. Carpenter. Kansas City den- !. fist who was Miss HarloW's father,
 came here by airplane for the tu- neral. Marine Bello was Miss Har- lows step-father until he, too, was divorced by the mother year ago. Most Cordial Terms
 They were on most cordial terms
 and sat together in the family's
 reserved section at the funeral 1n
 Little Wee Kirk O the Heater cha
 pel yesterday. Bello was particular
 ly devoted to Miss Harlow. Bello
 also met Dr. Carpenters plane and the two men greeted each oth- CT warmly. Mrs. Bello was to be given her preference in the matter of cremation and she had not de- cided. The body lay today in crypt at Forest Lawn Park where It
 was escorted in five-mile prsces-
 sion after the funeral. The crypt
 was banked high with flowers that came by truckloads even after last rites had started.
 25O Were Admitted
 Only 250 were admitted to the ! chapel and cemetery. They includ-
 ed mostly Hollywood celebrities and
 studio workers who had been
 friendly with Miss Harlow. The ac-
 tress' stand-in, Barbara Brown, col
 lapsed in the chapel. William Pow
 ell, Miss Harlow,s newest suitor,
 who, according to rumor, was soon to have been her fourth husband,
 sat with cleRched fists in tho strug-
 NIe fn control his emotion He wore |