- Title Pages
- Title Pages
- Title Pages
- Illustrations
- To Iris Barry (1895–1969)
- Credits
- Previews
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1 Early Years -
2 “We Enjoyed the War” -
3 “Dear Miss Barry” -
4 The Other Bloomsbury -
5 Life with Lewis -
6 Children -
7 Alan Porter -
8 The Spectator -
9 Splashing into Film Society -
10 Cinema Paragons, Hollywood, and Lady Mary -
11 Let’s Go to the Pictures -
12 Victory and Defeat -
13 America -
14 The Askew Salon -
15 Museum Men -
16 Remarriage -
17 Settling In -
18 Cracking Hollywood -
19 Art High and Low -
20 On to Europe -
21 Going Public -
22 The Slow Martyrdom of Alfred Barr -
23 Meanwhile, Back at the Library -
24 New Work, Old Acquaintances -
25 “The Master” and his Minions -
26 Temora Farm -
27 The Museum Enlists -
28 Mr. Rockefeller’s Office -
29 L’Affair Buñuel -
30 The Other Library -
31 Divorce -
32 Postwar Blues -
33 Abbott’s Fall -
34 Hospital -
35 Departure -
36 La Bonne Font -
37 Things Past -
38 The Austin House -
39 Readjustments -
40 New York and London -
41 Final Breaks -
42 The End - Sequel
- Sources
- Index
Final Breaks
Final Breaks
- Chapter:
- (p.397) 41 Final Breaks
- Source:
- Lady in the Dark
- Author(s):
Robert Sitton
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
This chapter describes Iris Barry's life following her return to the Austin house in Fayence. No longer able to get along with her son and daughter-in-law in London, Iris returned to the Austin house in 1964 where she embarked on a final effort to get along with Pierre, at least insofar as he might be useful in maintaining the Austin house. They lingered together in a loose liaison. Kerroux also attempted to use French law to take possession of the first two floors of the Austin house. He invoked a French legalism known as “droit de commerce,” by which the operator of a business has prima facie claim to occupancy of business premises. Kerroux's claim proved baseless, but it threatened a relationship with the Austin family that Iris had come to rely upon. The Austin house had been her refuge since 1954, and at the moment no alternatives presented themselves. This dilemma, however, was only followed by a greater one, Iris's final illness.
Keywords: Iris Barry, Pierre Kerroux, Austin house, droit de commerce
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- Title Pages
- Title Pages
- Title Pages
- Illustrations
- To Iris Barry (1895–1969)
- Credits
- Previews
-
1 Early Years -
2 “We Enjoyed the War” -
3 “Dear Miss Barry” -
4 The Other Bloomsbury -
5 Life with Lewis -
6 Children -
7 Alan Porter -
8 The Spectator -
9 Splashing into Film Society -
10 Cinema Paragons, Hollywood, and Lady Mary -
11 Let’s Go to the Pictures -
12 Victory and Defeat -
13 America -
14 The Askew Salon -
15 Museum Men -
16 Remarriage -
17 Settling In -
18 Cracking Hollywood -
19 Art High and Low -
20 On to Europe -
21 Going Public -
22 The Slow Martyrdom of Alfred Barr -
23 Meanwhile, Back at the Library -
24 New Work, Old Acquaintances -
25 “The Master” and his Minions -
26 Temora Farm -
27 The Museum Enlists -
28 Mr. Rockefeller’s Office -
29 L’Affair Buñuel -
30 The Other Library -
31 Divorce -
32 Postwar Blues -
33 Abbott’s Fall -
34 Hospital -
35 Departure -
36 La Bonne Font -
37 Things Past -
38 The Austin House -
39 Readjustments -
40 New York and London -
41 Final Breaks -
42 The End - Sequel
- Sources
- Index
