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In 1951 she was loaned out to [[Paramount Pictures]] and gave a memorable comic turn in [[Mitchell Leisen]]'s classic [[screwball comedy]] ''[[The Mating Season (film)|The Mating Season]]'' with her co-stars [[John Lund]], [[Thelma Ritter]] and [[Miriam Hopkins]].This was also the year Gene Tierney gave a tender performance as Midge Sheridan opposite [[Ray Milland]] in ''[[Close to my Heart (film)|Close to my Heart]]'' ([[1951 in film|1951]]) ([[Warner Bros.]]). The film is about a couple trying to adopt. Gene felt this was her best role in a half dozen years which touched the chords of her own experience. The film adresses the isssue of "[[nature vs nurture]]" and opened a early conversation about the adoption process. Later in her career she would be reunited with Milland in ''[[Daughter of the Mind]]'' ([[1969]]), which has a cult following.
After appearing opposite [[Rory Calhoun]] in ''[[The Way of the Gaucho(film)|The Way of the Gaucho]]'' ([[1952 in film|1952]]), which was filmed on ___location in [[Argentina]], her contract at 20th Century Fox expired. That same year, she starred as Dorothy Bradford in ''[[Plymouth Adventure]]'' opposite [[Spencer Tracy]] at MGM, which was followed by her role as Marya Lamarkina Sutherland opposite [[Clark Gable]] in ''[[Never Let Me Go (film)|Never Let Me Go]]'' ([[1953 in film|1953]]). Gene thought Gable patient and considerate, but lonely and vulnerable,still missing [[Carole Lombard]]. She remained at the studio to play Kay Barlow in ''[[Personal Affair (film)|Personal Affair]]'' ([[1953 in film|1953]]), which was released that same year. During 1953 Tierney's mental health problems were becoming harder for her to hide, consequently she dropped out of ''[[Mogambo]]'' and was replaced by [[Grace Kelly]].
While Tierney was in Europe, she began an affair with [[Prince Aly Khan]], but their marriage plans met with fierce opposition from his father, the [[Aga Khan III|Aga Khan]]. She returned to the U.S., where she played Iris Denver in ''[[Black Widow (film)|Black Widow]]'' (1954), co-starring [[Ginger Rogers]], [[Van Heflin]], [[George Raft]], with [[Peggy Ann Garner]].
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