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Left: Jean in a pon-: sive mood by the sea-" side.

He is certainly not a man who is aftalti

Lion shooting is no line-shool with him. Ho enjoys big-game hunting, but paradoxically he .adores cautious little Jean, whose che flight Into the realms of recklessness was a car drive in Highgate which cost her £2- for speeding.

The summer rolled on without an engagement announcement. Fans

remembered that Jean once said she would not marry until she was 26. Perhaps che would bold to that?

But in the autumn she few to America, where Granger was

Romance Began For

Jean Simmons At

ILL Jean Simmons and Stewart Granger

W

wit

By A Special Correspondent

grow old together shar True, he helped to write the came the gentle animal-lovipe went to enormous ing a career and a home script for "Adam and Evelyne" man. He or will their marriage end with the idea of co-starring in it trouble to see that all the shoc was very polish why properly removed in the Divorce Court, like with Jean. But he

years be from his steed.." Granger's first attempt with conscious of the 16

a woman much nearer his own age?

A

tween them.

Granger.

by

Loved By All

the side

Juan played Evelyne, an orphan who wrongly believed

their friends, is Cairo fortune-teller once Adam to be her father. She THAT, Sny prophesied that Jean Simmons learnt that he was no relation,

of Granger Lat would have two romances, And, grew up and ended by loving appeals to Jean, the shy, quiet If you believe in umens, what Adam - played

Stewart girl, hailed as one of the most about her first part in a box

natural actresses the screen has ever known, and offer surcess? She was the girl

loved by Just as Adam watched Evelyne technicians, fellow stars, direc- who sang "Let him go, let him blossom into the girl he loved, tors, and all who come in con- Harry."

Stewart Granger watched

tact with her. And Granger, 37-year-old Jeun Simmons. mature actor who likes a home in the country and a fint in town-will he make a success of this fairy-tale romance?

For that is the way it went-- the tle girl from suburbia hern-worshipping the established star. and gradually that hero- worship turning to love as she

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The Arthur Runk Organisation fell right under her spell, and ite ban on champagne celebrate her 21st

Not that either of thern knew it at the time, for Granger, father of two children, was not lifted free. The divorce came in May pariles to 1948.

birthday.

Before they met again they had both flown half way round the world.

They Danced

at

Jean Simmons bestowed her. THEN they dined and danced first lingering, grown-up screen together

night and kiss on Stewart Granger,

denied their engagement next morning. Found Her Alone

THOUSANDS of flim fans, in the plush seats of Britain's cinemas, saw that kiss in "Adam and Evelyne."

But what they didn't know then was that in a couple of years these two would be an- nouncing their engagement.

They first met in 1942 at the Gainsborough Studios, London, where Jean was making her Arst Alm, "Give Us The Moon." She was playing Heidi, and Granger, to use his own expres- sion, was "stooging" about the studio.

He wandered on to the lot to see Margaret Lockwood, the star of the pleture. And, so the story goes, he canie upon Jean siting alone and forlorn,

The future bride and groom Introduced themselves. She was Just 13. He was 20.

That was the beginning of a

There

were drives in the country, and at

Granger's Lom- don flat Jean

was

usually in the Party of friends he en- tertained,

Jean gave Stewart a fla projection set for Christmas so there was no need to dress up and go out to a show,

Their friends noticed that day by day they were fali- ing more deep- ly in love.

For months their wedding was on-off-on- off. This was no publicity stunt it was the clashing of

Granger was not there, but there were 200 other guests, and Jean looked radiant. "But when she came to cut the opulent three-tiered cake the occasion proved too much for her. She rushed from the room in tears.

Her Birthday

THIS was only one of half a dozen 21st birthday parties she had. There was the little one she held at home for old

Sixteen years older than . Joan-Stewart Granger,

friendship that ripened with two very different personalities film, as she did

time. They met in the studios, in the canicens, and at the glitter-functions, the film pro- mieres and theatrical Arsi nights.

They shared a love of practical jokes. Once Granger gave Jean a beautiful iced cake for her birthday party-only when she came to cut it the cake turned out to be cardboard.

Hero-Worship

A Tyrant

TRANGER is a tyrant in the studio, dislikes pandering to fans, and is difficult to dirget. He storms at technicians, has a reputation for being tempera- mental, and doesn't like people "doubling" for him.

Lagoon."

friends, and there were the ories that ac- companied

every appear- ance she made that week.

The postman carried an ex- tra bag to de- Iver her mail. Birthday cards, letters, presents flowed in, but the one that meant the most was o brooch

und

from

Stewart Gran-

ger.

Jenn Sim-

mons

a go.

was of But

grown-up?

She

is L quite likely to Liggle in the

middle of a

serious part of a "The Blue in

Donald Houston, the one-time Bevin boy, and Jean were the young boy and girl on an island. When it came to the kissing part Jean started to giggle and the scenė had to be reshot.

She Refused

SKED in America if she

would

bathing pose in a

that

He was infuriated by an Irish- man claiming in the Dublia court that he was learning to rido to "double" for Stewart sult for a photograph, she rc- Granger in "Captain Boycott." fused, saying

people in Britain would be "surprised" to a bathing suit or Granger is proud of his riding, see her in Icft she

her

He rode in "Man in Grey" filmy negligee, for they still re- semi detached

In garded her as a "kaby," house in Cricklewood for a party "Caravan," as well, as in "Cap-

"Fanny by Gaslight," and or publicity show she hoped

tain Boycott." Granger would be there, too.

WHENEVER

V mother's

She knew he would go over in talk to her, laugh with her, and Introduce her to the rest of the islar world.

He had a paternal affection for the little girl whose father died before she rated as star in her

In June Granger took her to the White City to see the Wood- Part of this film was shot in cock-Savold fight, but she Ireland with Granger on a dark couldn't stand the blood that mare. Extra shots were taken, spurted from Woodcock's left against a background of the eye and hid her foco in her Sussex Downs standing-in for hands, the Irish hills and Granger on a which had been white horse, darkened with shoe polish.

Granger enjoyed the fight. He is no mean boxer himself, and cameramen have a headache in

own right. Arul Jean? She Immediately the filming was avoiding shots that show his hero worshipped Stewart Granger, the star who

over the headstrong actor be- broken nose. gracious to her.

Was

Gradually Jean "grow up, still basking in the friendship of her hero, But as she grew into, a i | lovely, glamorous young woman her feelings almost impercep- tibly changed:

Was it now love' rather than worship? Possibly.

They went out in the same parties, often with Michael Wilding-who was best man at their wedding and with many other celebrities.

But Granger felt that Joan should be friendly' with · more" young men of her own nge.

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Birthday Educated

Original

ambition First Alm

Height

Weight

Married

Children ¡¡Divorood

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Dancing teacher "Give Us Tho Moon" (1942) BIL. 411⁄2in. Bat, Cib.

The Groom

May d Epsom College

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"Bo. This Is London" (1938)

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working, and back across the Atlantic came the news that he had tied a plece of black cotton round the third finger, of her left hand.

The Answer

to t

THAT was three months ago. The piece of cotton became

a dlumond solitaire on which the British Customs demanded

£3,000 in duty and tax.

Fans and fellow stara could no longer speculate about the engagement, so they turned their attention to the wedding.

Where was it to be, and when? From Hollywood came the answer. "We will be married here this month," said Granger.

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Good-byes

JEAN did her round of good-

bycs,

And, talking 01 Granger before she took a plane to Hollywood and marriage, she sald:

"I asked him for his auto- graph when I was 14, and thought

Was be

the most wonderful person in the world.

"I have known him really well for three years now, and I still think that. One couldn't find a nicer, kinder man or better *friend."

Jean wants to have a family. "We haven't decided how many yet, but it won't be large.

"He loves added.

children,"

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