Foreign News: Barthou's Orders

Many a U. S. theatregoer thinks of Miss Marilyn Miller as a pair of pirouetting toes plus a face as fresh & frank as a buttercup. Contrarily, in France, it is the frankness of her tongue that is remembered, resented. Last summer she declared, "Paris is the easiest place in the world to get a divorce—better even than Reno!" Last autumn she got herself a Versailles divorce from Cinemactor Jack Pickford. The result was that when tidings of her frank flippancy, and that of other U. S. divorce seekers in Paris, reached the ears...

Want the full story?

Subscribe Now

Subscribe
Subscribe

Learn more about the benefits of being a TIME subscriber

If you are already a subscriber sign up — registration is free!