Deirdre, Johnny, and Jane

Vruwink’s sterility casts a pall on his marriage to Dolores, who desperately wants more children. For this and other reasons, she starts drinking heavily. Helene is offered permanent residence at the Motion Picture Country Home, and with Le Blanc now training with the Merchant Marines, Dolores’s custody of Deirdre is made official despite the fact that Le Blanc continues to welsh on his support agreements. Dolores makes her last film appearance in This Is the Army. John Blyth Barrymore, an unruly and difficult youth, tries his family’s patience. Le Blanc sues Helene for custody and a protracted legal battle begins.