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Jane Fonda states that just after Henry and Margaret separated, Margaret had taken up with producer Jed Harris. "Dad would stand outside her window, knowing Harris was inside with her."<blockquote>"That just destroyed me," he said a lifetime later to Howard Teichmann. "Never in my life have I felt so betrayed, so rejected, so alone."</blockquote> Could "Jed Harris" and Elmer Harris be the same person? | Jane Fonda states that just after Henry and Margaret separated, Margaret had taken up with producer Jed Harris. "Dad would stand outside her window, knowing Harris was inside with her."<blockquote>"That just destroyed me," he said a lifetime later to Howard Teichmann. "Never in my life have I felt so betrayed, so rejected, so alone."</blockquote> Could "Jed Harris" and Elmer Harris be the same person? | ||
− | Meanwhile for Henry Fonda, work was non-existent, Joshua Logan had already replaced him with a Princeton architectural graduate named [[Jimmy Stewart]]. Fonda was forced to take a menial summer job in Surrey, Maine. So what did Fonda do for money between say Feb and June of 1932 ? I haven't found anything yet. | + | Meanwhile for Henry Fonda, work was non-existent. He tried to go back to the University Players, but Joshua Logan had already replaced him with a Princeton architectural graduate named [[Jimmy Stewart]]. Fonda was forced to take a menial summer job in Surrey, Maine. So what did Fonda do for money between say Feb and June of 1932 ? I haven't found anything yet. |
At this same time, Henry's future wife, socialite Frances (Seymour) Brokaw who had married George Brokaw Jan 1931 was "...living in splendor as Mrs Brokaw, in a mansion with a moat on Fifth Avenue..." (''My Life'', p 36). | At this same time, Henry's future wife, socialite Frances (Seymour) Brokaw who had married George Brokaw Jan 1931 was "...living in splendor as Mrs Brokaw, in a mansion with a moat on Fifth Avenue..." (''My Life'', p 36). |