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...days & nights later. Tone was out and Neal was in. Neal spent the next month and a half lolling around Barbara's patio doing nip-ups with bar bells while Barbara gazed adoringly. The gallant Neal later told friends: "Barbara asked me to marry her. It wasn't the other way round. She said she was in love with...
Franchot Tone, however, is no man to step aside for an actor who plays supporting roles to range ponies. A triangle was in the making. Though most such triangles tend to be lopsided, this one was isosceles, the two men apparently equal in Barbara's heart. Isosceles love triangles can be static or dynamic. This was dynamic. Barbara made up her mind differently every day, and sometimes several times a day. As Neal tells the story: "We all met at a party and it was Franchot again with her." A few nights later, Neal said he got a phone...
...weeks ago, said Neal, he went to a party, floored a big Texan who got talking tough, and then went over to see Barbara. Tone was there. With Neal on the scene, said Neal, "Barbara went right to Tone and said, Franchot, this is the way it's got to be; it's Tom.'" Tone left, and the happy couple decided to get married on Sept. 15, two days after Barbara's divorce became final...
...morning last week, when Neal arrived at Barbara's house, she was on her way out "to an appointment." Neal stuck around, heard Barbara call her maid, ask that her mink coat and overnight bag be sent to the Beverly Hills Hotel. Right then, Neal got suspicious. "I knew," he said, "that Tone was back in her life again...
Neal waited at Barbara's home. She returned with Tone. "Tom," she chirped, "it's got to be like this. It's Franchot now and you'll have to get out." Tom didn't get out. He called some friends and a party began. Barbara and Franchot left. At 1:30 a.m., when everybody had gone home except Neal, Barbara and Franchot returned. Tone offered to throw Neal out. They went outside. Neal (180 Ibs.) said he tried to reason with Tone (155 Ibs.). Barbara fluttered out. "She runs up to Tone," said Neal...