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Gloria Swanson: Gloria Swanson Somborn
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After one year of marriage, Swanson and Somborn separated but did not immediately discuss divorce. Gloria began to see director Marshall Neilan but was aware of the increasingly puritanical attitude that was pervading Hollywood especially from the Hays Office which was created to maintain a standard of decency in the film industry. Somborn, apparently aware of a good scheme when he found it, had his lawyers serve Gloria with divorce papers on the basis of an extramarital affair not only with Neilan but with 13 other men! Most of the accusations were ridiculous (Cecil B. De Mille was one of the men named) but since the Neilan affair was indeed true, Gloria was advised to settle with Somborn out of court to avoid a scandal. At first she refused to succumb to blackmail but eventually agreed to a settlement in order to avoid harming her career. She never forgave Somborn for his outrageous tactics but he did remain close to his daughter.
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Swanson releases for Paramount were as follows: Madame Sans-Gêne (rel. Apr.); The Coast of Folly (rel. Sep.); Stage Struck (rel. Nov.); while on location in France for Madame Sans-Gêne, Swanson met Marquis Henri de la Falaise, whom she married January 28 (after the Somborn divorce became final) in Passy; they returned to the United States in Apr.; Swanson signed with United Artists on Jul. 15
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Somborn was the president of Equity Pictures Corporation when he introduced himself to Gloria one night at a Hollywood restaurant. He later invited her to a dinner party at the home of actress Clara Kimball Young. At the time, Swanson had been seeing a Pasadena millionaire playboy named Craney Gratz but she had become disillusioned by his inability to commit to a marital relationship. Somborn flattered Gloria with flowers and dinner party invitations and proposed after only a few weeks. Gloria waited one week to see if the proposal would have any effect on Gratz and when it did not, she accepted Somborn's proposal.
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