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Gloria Swanson: Wallace Beery
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When the ceremony was denied because Gloria could not prove she was of legal age, they picked up her mother and took her along for permission. On their wedding night, Wallace got drunk at a bar, went back to their hotel room, and brutally raped Gloria. He tore her nightgown, ripped her skin with his beard, and left her a cold, hurting, bloody mess. Though scared and horrified, Gloria was ecstatic when she found out she was pregnant. One day she awoke with severe abdominal pain and asked Wallace to get her some medicine from the local pharmacy. Her husband returned with a bottle, placed it on her nightstand, and suggested she take five capfulls.
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Gloria was elated a few months later... when she discovered that she was pregnant. One morning she awoke with severe cramps and asked Beery to go get her something for the pain. After a whispered consultation with his mother, Berry left only to return a few minutes later with a bottle of medication. Gloria took it without asking any questions and later became nauseous and passed out. She awoke to find a nurse in her room who told her that she had lost her baby. She later discovered that Beery had obtained the medicine from a local pharmacy and that it was a type of poison.
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An Associated Materials List appended to this guide lists other Swanson materials available in the HRHRC. Other manuscript collections at the HRHRC which contain Swanson materials include those of Merle Armitage (Recipient), Harpers (Letters), and Mike Wallace (Miscellaneous).
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