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As Mrs. Letch Feeley, was it any wonder that I, once the social arbiter of Filmdom, was excluded from the smart entertainments given by the Astaires, the Coopers, the Gables, the Colmans, the Rathbones, the Taylors, the Thalbergs and such devout, closely knit families as the Barrymores and the Crosbys? | given | {
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As Letch 's antisocial conduct increased, our invitations decreased and my heart was in my mouth whenever I played hostess at a fashionable `` screenland '' gathering. | increased | {
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As Letch 's antisocial conduct increased, our invitations decreased and my heart was in my mouth whenever I played hostess at a fashionable `` screenland '' gathering. | played | {
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Between 1935 and 1939 Letch and I made ten films together, each less successful, both artistically and commercially, than the one before it. | made | {
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Our last joint venture, Sainted Lady, a deeply religious film based on the life of Mother Cabrini, and timed so that its release date would coincide with the beatification of America 's first saint in November, 1938, was a fiasco from start to finish. | based | {
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As I was playing Mother Cabrini, the picture was actually `` all mine '', with nearly every scene built around me. | playing | {
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But in order to keep Letch in the public eye and out of trouble, I wrote in a part especially for him - that of a dashing ruffian who `` sees the light '' and is saved by the inspiring example of Mother Cabrini. | keep | {
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And did he appreciate my efforts on his behalf? | appreciate | {
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Did he trouble to memorize the very small part which I had `` tailor-made '' to his specifications, a role eventually cut down to three short speeches? | trouble | {
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The `` shooting '' went on for eight months! | went on | {
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Most of our working days were spent on the telephone calling `` bookies '', illegal gambling dens, a certain `` residential club for young actresses '', more than a hundred different bars or the steam room of the athletic club. | spent | {
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Most of our working days were spent on the telephone calling `` bookies '', illegal gambling dens, a certain `` residential club for young actresses '', more than a hundred different bars or the steam room of the athletic club. | calling | {
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Whenever he deigned to appear at the studio he was `` hung over '', uncooperative, rude and insulting. | deigned | {
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He made many tasteless, irreverent and unfunny remarks, not only about me in the title role, but about religion in general. | made | {
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By the time the film was released we were three million dollars over-spent, war was imminent and the public apparently had forgotten all about Mother Cabrini. | released | {
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By the time the film was released we were three million dollars over-spent, war was imminent and the public apparently had forgotten all about Mother Cabrini. | were | {
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By the time the film was released we were three million dollars over-spent, war was imminent and the public apparently had forgotten all about Mother Cabrini. | forgotten | {
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Thanks to Letch Feeley and the terrible strain he imposed on me, the notices were few and unfavorable. | imposed | {
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Only George Santayana seemed to understand and appreciate the film when he wrote : `` Miss Poitrine has perpetrated the most eloquent argument for the Protestant faith yet unleashed by Hollywood ''. | seemed | {
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Only George Santayana seemed to understand and appreciate the film when he wrote : `` Miss Poitrine has perpetrated the most eloquent argument for the Protestant faith yet unleashed by Hollywood ''. | wrote | {
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Only George Santayana seemed to understand and appreciate the film when he wrote : `` Miss Poitrine has perpetrated the most eloquent argument for the Protestant faith yet unleashed by Hollywood ''. | unleashed | {
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But it was small consolation. | was | {
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In a rare fit of anger and spite, I `` farmed out '' my own husband to a small and most undistinguished studio to make one picture as a form of punishment. | farmed out | {
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( An actor must have discipline. ) | have | {
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The film was called The Diet of Worms, which I felt was just what Letch deserved. | called | {
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It turned out to be a life of Martin Luther, of all things! | turned out | {
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It turned out to be a life of Martin Luther, of all things! | be | {
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It was a disaster! | was | {
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In clothes, Letch simply did not project. | project | {
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He was laughed off the screen. | laughed off | {
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At the same time, however, I availed myself of the services of that great English actor and master of make-up, Sir Gauntley Pratt, to do a `` quickie '' called The Mystery of the Mad Marquess, in which I played a young American girl who inherits a haunted castle on the English moors which is filled with secret passages... | availed | {
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At the same time, however, I availed myself of the services of that great English actor and master of make-up, Sir Gauntley Pratt, to do a `` quickie '' called The Mystery of the Mad Marquess, in which I played a young American girl who inherits a haunted castle on the English moors which is filled with secret passages... | do | {
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At the same time, however, I availed myself of the services of that great English actor and master of make-up, Sir Gauntley Pratt, to do a `` quickie '' called The Mystery of the Mad Marquess, in which I played a young American girl who inherits a haunted castle on the English moors which is filled with secret passages... | played | {
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At the same time, however, I availed myself of the services of that great English actor and master of make-up, Sir Gauntley Pratt, to do a `` quickie '' called The Mystery of the Mad Marquess, in which I played a young American girl who inherits a haunted castle on the English moors which is filled with secret passages... | inherits | {
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At the same time, however, I availed myself of the services of that great English actor and master of make-up, Sir Gauntley Pratt, to do a `` quickie '' called The Mystery of the Mad Marquess, in which I played a young American girl who inherits a haunted castle on the English moors which is filled with secret passages... | filled | {
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At the same time, however, I availed myself of the services of that great English actor and master of make-up, Sir Gauntley Pratt, to do a `` quickie '' called The Mystery of the Mad Marquess, in which I played a young American girl who inherits a haunted castle on the English moors which is filled with secret passages... | occupied | {
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It was a `` potboiler '' made on a `` shoestring '' and not the sort of film I like, as all I had to do was look blank and scream a great deal. | was | {
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It was a `` potboiler '' made on a `` shoestring '' and not the sort of film I like, as all I had to do was look blank and scream a great deal. | made | {
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It was a `` potboiler '' made on a `` shoestring '' and not the sort of film I like, as all I had to do was look blank and scream a great deal. | like | {
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It was a `` potboiler '' made on a `` shoestring '' and not the sort of film I like, as all I had to do was look blank and scream a great deal. | was | {
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It was a `` potboiler '' made on a `` shoestring '' and not the sort of film I like, as all I had to do was look blank and scream a great deal. | look | {
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It was a `` potboiler '' made on a `` shoestring '' and not the sort of film I like, as all I had to do was look blank and scream a great deal. | scream | {
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My heart was not in it, but, oddly enough, it remains the most financially successful picture of my career. | was | {
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My heart was not in it, but, oddly enough, it remains the most financially successful picture of my career. | remains | {
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( I watched it on television late one night last week and it `` stands up '' remarkably well, even twenty years later. ) | watched | {
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( I watched it on television late one night last week and it `` stands up '' remarkably well, even twenty years later. ) | stands up | {
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Letch had returned from his debacle unrepentant and more badly behaved than before. | returned | {
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I really loved that boy, and, in a feverish attempt to preserve our marriage and to try to revive the wonderful, wonderful person Letch had once been, I took my troubles to Momma, hoping that her earthy advice would help me. | loved | {
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I really loved that boy, and, in a feverish attempt to preserve our marriage and to try to revive the wonderful, wonderful person Letch had once been, I took my troubles to Momma, hoping that her earthy advice would help me. | preserve | {
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I really loved that boy, and, in a feverish attempt to preserve our marriage and to try to revive the wonderful, wonderful person Letch had once been, I took my troubles to Momma, hoping that her earthy advice would help me. | try | {
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I really loved that boy, and, in a feverish attempt to preserve our marriage and to try to revive the wonderful, wonderful person Letch had once been, I took my troubles to Momma, hoping that her earthy advice would help me. | revive | {
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I really loved that boy, and, in a feverish attempt to preserve our marriage and to try to revive the wonderful, wonderful person Letch had once been, I took my troubles to Momma, hoping that her earthy advice would help me. | been | {
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I really loved that boy, and, in a feverish attempt to preserve our marriage and to try to revive the wonderful, wonderful person Letch had once been, I took my troubles to Momma, hoping that her earthy advice would help me. | took | {
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I really loved that boy, and, in a feverish attempt to preserve our marriage and to try to revive the wonderful, wonderful person Letch had once been, I took my troubles to Momma, hoping that her earthy advice would help me. | hoping | {
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I really loved that boy, and, in a feverish attempt to preserve our marriage and to try to revive the wonderful, wonderful person Letch had once been, I took my troubles to Momma, hoping that her earthy advice would help me. | help | {
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`` If I could only think of something at the studio, near me, to absorb his boundless energy '', I said. | think of | {
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`` If I could only think of something at the studio, near me, to absorb his boundless energy '', I said. | absorb | {
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`` If I could only think of something at the studio, near me, to absorb his boundless energy '', I said. | said | {
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`` What is Letch interested in ''? | is | {
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`` Bookies, booze and babes '', Momma said bluntly. | said | {
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Her reply stung me, but this was too important to let my hurt make any difference. | stung | {
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Her reply stung me, but this was too important to let my hurt make any difference. | was | {
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Her reply stung me, but this was too important to let my hurt make any difference. | let | {
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Her reply stung me, but this was too important to let my hurt make any difference. | make | {
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`` I can n't turn the studio into a gambling hell or a saloon '', I said. | said | {
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Hotei is 23 feet long with an 8 - 1 2 - foot beam and every inch a family boat. | is | {
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Menfolk can ride in the forward cockpit where the helmsman has a clear view. | ride | {
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Menfolk can ride in the forward cockpit where the helmsman has a clear view. | has | {
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Youngsters can sleep or amuse themselves safely in the large cabin which has 5 - foot 11 - inch headroom, bunks for three, galley and marine toilet. | sleep | {
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Youngsters can sleep or amuse themselves safely in the large cabin which has 5 - foot 11 - inch headroom, bunks for three, galley and marine toilet. | amuse | {
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Youngsters can sleep or amuse themselves safely in the large cabin which has 5 - foot 11 - inch headroom, bunks for three, galley and marine toilet. | has | {
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The gals can sun themselves in the roomy aft cockpit. | sun | {
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All are well distributed, not crowded together near the stern. | are | {
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And with passenger weight shifted forward, Hotei levels off for speed under power of a Merc 800. | shifted | {
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