Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28
Intimate RecoIIecfions
of Mae Murray

disillusion which followed later
brings an ache TO my soul.
OF course. my running away
from the studio caused terrific
excitement! I'M
Although David and l had
fully believed we had hidden our
route of travel, we could not, so
we soon learned. Because the
studio managed to obtain my
bank address in Europe through
my Los Angeles bank. And
such a barrage of cables has
never before or since been re-
ceived by one girl who had run
away from her job.
The messages varied in their
degree of persuasion and COM
mand They came in punches at
first, then more slowly. Here is
one of the first to reach me:
PARATIONS ARE
READY FOR YOU TO PRO-
CEED AT ONCE TO STUDIO
WILL EXPECT YOU TO RE-
TURN BY RETURN BOAT PIC
TURES ARE SOLD AND MUST
BE DELIVERED TO EXHIBI-
TORS
What did I care? was in
love and loved. What else could
be so important? 1 was going
to proceed to do only the things
David wanted me to do. ] had
made my decision and nothing
could make me think of doing
anything else. David and ! were
not to be disturbed in our fairy
land. No reality could penetrate
TO us with it's materialistic mean
ing. We were living in the most
luxurious hotels on the continent,
buying everything our hearts de-
sired! Let the messages come!
Let them say what they would.
Then this cable came, and it's
ominous words also failed to i'm
press me. They were to scar
their meaning on my heart later.
They were to burn themselves
into my brain.
THE ONLY THING FOR YOU
TO DO is TO COME BACK
AND WORK ACCORDING To
YOUR SIGNED AGREEMENT
OTHERWISE YOU WILL SUI
FER LARGE LOSSES AND
RUIN YOUR REPUTATION
They were right. The only
thing for me to have done was
to come back. How often ]
was to wish had listened. How
often 1 was to long for for
giveness. Then, l did not come
back. And this was to bring me
unending displeasure from all the
powerful groups in the Hollywood
motion picture industry that
could be influenced by those who
held my unfulfilled contract.
But them believed that no
one could ever cause me a mo-
ment's worry. Nothing could
hurt me. l was too happy.
was with my husband! In our
world. l would never need any
thing or anyone, except David.
And, when l attempted to rea-
son, l went no further than to
justify what l was doing. l
just dismissed the whole thing
with II can't go against my hus-
bands wishes" David did not
wish me to tell them why l had
run away or that, to me, he came
first in Importance and last. We
knew that they would soon fig
ure all this out for themselves,
and it need not be spoken or
written.
If only they had known how
innocently l showed indifference
to their offers, their pleas, their
threats
! thought if I ever needed pro
lection, David would protect me
You see, l had only love in my
heart. and confidence that 'hoso
who had worked with me and had
shown in so many ways they re-
spected and believed in me would
still remain my friends. that no
matter what / did they would
go on loving me.
Now, surely. just because
wanted TO make the fairyland
had acted become a reality.
surely they would understand, be
tolerant and forgive me when
they knew the truth, which they
soon would
/ was entirely guided by hui
man emotions then, and mistak-
emily l was placing divinity in
person-in David
His delirium of gladness was
reflected in me and there was no
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