MANNERS & MORALS: The Pursuit of Happiness

MANNERS & MORALS

For most of his 46 years, Franchot Tone, a well-bred man and an able actor, pursued happiness, usually in the form of blondes. Last week, pursuit of a blonde landed him in a Los Angeles hospital with a brain concussion, a broken nose, and a fractured cheekbone. Against doctor's orders, the blonde climbed a fire escape, spent two hours with Tone, then announced that she would stick by him. From what newspaper readers had learned of the blonde during the preceding 24 hours, this would seem to be a fate somewhat...

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