I consider anybody who weighs over 200 pounds fat, and time was when I could not refrain from telling such people so.

DeMille made dozens of silents and was nominated for the first Academy Award in the Best Actress category. Though the European scenes were full of innuendo and featured a philandering prince and a sex-crazed queen the scenes set in Africa were grim and Swanson felt distasteful. After the marriage to Henri and her affair with Kennedy were over Gloria Swanson married Michael Farmer (1902–1975) in August 1931.

Gloria Swanson (March 27 1899 – April 4 1983) was an American actress singer and producer who is best known for her role as Norma Desmond a faded silent film star in the critically acclaimed film Sunset Boulevard (1950). She had also produced her own films such as Sadie Thompson and The Love of Sunya. DeMille made dozens of silents and was nominated for the first Academy Award in the Best Actress category.