Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28
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quite enough for you 10 be-"
Il will give up my profession
David. when ! finish this con
tract. = l promised. Then ] will
devote my life TO only one task
just 10 making you happy. We
will go wherever you say, do
whatever you want TO do-any-
where in the world"
All through the making of
Valencia" 1 not only carried one
baby-but two. Because David
had now become as demanding as
a small child The fact that !
was with child and still continued
working regularly al the studio
seemed almost more than he
could bear
He expressed another and al
most greater concern over the
fact that anyone beside himself
should know that / was to have
a child.
In his country this could not
be It had never been SO in his
etpH family he SAID, pointing out
that was debasing the GUS
toms Of his land He fretted con-
Stantly about this.
Could / not believe what an
guish he was going through
knowing that the woman who
bore his name, whose body car
ried his child, would work and
allow the world to know his and
her most intimate secret!
Everything within him rebelled
against the customs ] was fore
ing him to accept and counten-
ance.
AT this time, a wife's life
should be entirely in the hands
of her husband" David told me
one night as he lay sobbing like
a child beside me- My wife
should belong TO me-only to me,
and depend entirely on me-but
you--you, my wife, belong to the
world, l can't bear it,"
His sobs were so deep. They
seemed 20 tear from the depths
of his body.
Couldn't / give up my work,
give it up for the sake Of his
love, for his happiness, and for
our baby for us?
held his head on my shoulder
and talked to him, promised him
all the things he wanted and for
which he Wept. This made him
stop crying.
Since going away and having
a new life in new country
means so much TO you, I'll leave
Hollywood as soon as Valencia
Is finished"
Promise me you'll leave every
thing, never look back and that
from then on your life will be
my life"
You can be the head Of the
family, David our family"
my wife" David said. ITO do
with just as / please"
loved David Mdivani so sin
cerely that placed my life in his
hands. / trusted him because
he was my husband.
kept my word to David, and
when Valencia" was complete,
sure enough, David and his wife
not David and Mae Murray,
who won her place in the world
because her mind worked clearly
and was never clouded with emo
tion-David and his wife slipped
out OF Hollywood and before any
one knew what had happened, we
had crossed the Atlantic!
l had worked out everything
Just as David had wanted me TO,
even keeping our destination
secret from the servants in my
own house. had Travelled with
out even a maid. Because David
wanted no one who had ever been
near me before to be near now.
Such were his wishes and since
they apparently meant so much
to him l did not go against them.
even worked out the plan OF
paying the servants sufficient
wages TO carry them until they
found other employment - by
having their wages reach them
after we had reached our destina-
ton.
There was no detail overlooked
in perfecting Davids desire 10
have me away all to himself.
II was truly wonderful to give
myself over SO completely to his