#HOUSE OF VELEZ PART 2 ALL DEATHS SERIES#

#HOUSE OF VELEZ PART 2 ALL DEATHS SERIES#

Gilbert and Miss Garbo long remained friends, however, and his was often credited with being the person who advised her to assume a hermit-like life in Hollywood-due to a series of bad interviews-and it was her seclusion that brought her so much fame and made her the most sought after actress in the news columns. They played together on the screen and often there were rumors they had been married, but this never occurred. They met soon after she came to the United States from Sweden and established herself as a coming star. One of this outstanding romances was with Greta Garbo. Gilbert owned the home in which he died and which he remodeled on the occasion of his marriages to Ina Claire and to Virginia Bruce. Moore was reluctant to discuss a will or disposal of the actor’s properties at this time. Moore supplied an interesting high light of Gilbert’s life in reporting that he was in good financial circumstances when he died.ĭespite losses in the crash of the stock market and the closing of banks in which he had money, Gilbert invested heavily in annuities and stocks and bonds, and derived sufficient funds from the income of these to live in the manner to which he was accustomed, Moore stated. Moore, Cedric Gibbons, husband of Delores Del Rio and art director at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Edmund Goulding, the director Willis Goldbeck, the scenarist, and Howard Strickling. These included, besides, Greene, Gilbert’s attorney, Peyton H. His closet friends assembled at his home to take charge of affairs. The room was furnished in modernistic style. The bedroom in which he died is located at the rear of Gilbert’s home overlooking a patio. Madsen and the two firemen worked with the pulmotor and restoratives were administered for about an hour but to no avail. “His last words were: ‘Gee but I’m awfully sleepy,’” the nurse said.Īlthough 7:44 a.m. Two weeks ago he felt well enough to attend a luncheon.”Ībout dawn he began an incoherent mumbling of speech. “He appeared to get better and was able to get up and walk around the house. “The last attack came on January 2,” she said. Miss Jordan had attended Gilbert on and off for the past several months for the ailment which took his life. In the house at the time also was Don Veto, faithful Filipino butler who had served Gilbert for years, and the two firemen.

He had gone into his last sleep, peacefully, quietly. A call was sent for the West Los Angeles fire department’s pulmotor and Acting Captain Alex Peterson and Fireman Jerry Tramutto responded, but it was too late. Madsen used every resource in his power to revive Gilbert. She also summoned Gilbert’s business manager, Charles Greene.ĭr. Madsen and he arrived fifteen minutes later. Miss Jordan administered a stimulant which had been left by Dr. She noted his pulse again and found it quite low. he awakened, Miss Jordan said, and tried to lift his hands as though to ask for something. she recorded his pulse and found it about the same as it had been in the past few days and there seemed no caused for alarm. At that hour he awakened and went to the kitchen to get a drink of water. He was apparently well until about 2 a.m. His stamina carried him through the first one, however, although he was never strong afterward and spent most of his remaining days close to his home. This was a bad attack, too, equally as severe as the last one which ended his life. His first warning that his heart was affected came while he was swimming in his pool at his home, 1400 Tower Grove Road, Beverly Hills. Gilbert had been ill for about two months. His third wife was Ina Claire, New York stage actress.Īnd on the romantic side of the ledger are written such names as Greta Garbo, who he once almost married, and the vivacious Lupe Velez, Mexican actress, who is now the wife of Johnny Weissmuller. His first marriage was to the former Olivia Burwell, a Mississippi society girl, which was cut short by divorce due to reverses in his career. To his second wife, Leatrice Joy, was also born a daughter named after her mother, Leatrice, who since remarried William Spencer Hook, Jr., wealthy business man. His last was Virginia Bruce, to whom he left a daughter, Susan Ann, now about 2 years of age. He knew the ultimate of success and failure in matrimony.

House of velez part 2 all deaths