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JOAN BENNETT ELEANOR HOLM JOAN CRAWFORD JUNE LANG

SAm MABITZA Looking at Hollywood with Ed Sullivan Hollywood, Cal. There is no doubt in this re- "IN SICKNESS and health Film Career porter's mind that Hollywood is -till death do us part." not the ideal setting for mar- The solemn vow doesn't riage. The ambitions, the over- make sense in Hollywood this Is Rough on night successes, the overnight year, with close to twenty dl- failures, the clash of careers, the vorces or separations already on fabulous salaries, and the temp- file, and more to come if the Marriage tations of Hollywood are not gossipers are correct, and unror- the soil in which marriage grows tunately they generally are. By ED SUIJJVAN best. The performers are, over- powered by publicity that turns Martha Raye, Joan Crawford, and got her mind off such punt- Mrs. Frank Shields, Joan Ben- tive measures. their heads. They are subjected to a continuous nervous strain nett, Mrs. Everett Crosby, Lupe Frances Langford and Jon that makes them irritable and Velez, Sari Maritza, Fay Wray, Hall, the "Hurricane" husky, unreasonable and petty. Barbara Stanwyck, Sigrid Gurie, added the final mockery of mar- Mrs. Randolph Scott, Mrs. Jack riage. As a publicity stunt Miss • Oakie, Renee Torres, Luise Ral- Langford and Hall were remar- • • For those who haven't a well ner, Fannie Brice, June Lang, ried in New York City when she defined sense of moral balance Mrs. Dick Arlen, Mary Kirk arrived there to play a vaude- this movie colony is a tight rope Brown, Mrs. Dennis O'Keefe, ville date, It won page one at- fraught with peril. They are Mrs. John Barrymore's mother, tention because both of them had tossed this way and that, and and Mrs. Billy Wilkerson al- to submit to the physical exami- those who walk it without fall- ready have appeared in the dl- nation which the board of health ing into a divorce court are to vorce courts or have directed in New York now demands. be more respected for the haz- their lawyers to draw up papers, Yet before using these Holly- ards they overcome. wood divorce statistics as a • • • The scarcity of eligible males springboard to the conclusion in Hollywood is one potent rea- As if this were not sufficient that California's cllmate exerts son for the divorce rate. Eligible grist for the Reno mills, there a baneful Influence on Dan Cupid males are scarcer than hens' have bee n persistent rumors it might be well to consider that teeth out here. As a result the about Dorothy Lamour; Renee in the 1930 divorce census five De Marco served separation pa- girls are not above fiirting with pel's on Tony De Marco; Paulette married men, and that starts a Goddard has been taking regu- procession of heartaches that too lar trips to Reno; Art Jarrett often winds up in the divorce (Aaoclated Preu photo.) lost Eleanor Holm; the Bert courts. CLARICGABLE has tinally s.rved notice of intention to divorce Mrs. Gable. Wheelers have been living apart; Curiously enough, the three With hiin is Carole Lombard. the Tom Browns separated and heart busters of the screen, Clark then made up; the Humphrey Gable, Robert Taylor, and Ty- Bogarts divorced so that his ex, rone Power, are completely re- moved from contention. Carole Mary Phillips, could wed Ken- SIGRID GURIE, one of the recent members of Hollywood's divorce Bet. neth MacKenna, while Bogart Lombard took Gable out of clr- ft/Jat'./iai./ SHE DISCOVERED wedded Mayo Met hot; and culation, B a I' b a I' a Stanwyck divorce picture out here. Five caught Taylor, and Tyrone went ure on the stage, suddenly be- George Brent separated from years ago the moving picture come famous as great lovers of Constance Worth. Lee Russell from Janet Gaynor to Norma industry had a high percentage HER OWN WORST FAULT Shearer without any romantic the screen, the temptation often reached an agreement with her of Iushers and drunkards. The is for the husband to continue husband so that she could con- detours. You can't blame these Fatty Arbuckle party testified to COME ON, JOYCE __ DON'T BE his amours bey 0 n d working tinue her friendship with Her- three for a high divorce rate. the general atmosphere. Today SILLY' GET INTO A DRESS Gable, Taylor, and Power mind hours. The wife, in contrast to bert Marshall. Clark Gable there is a minimum of drinking. their own business. the beautiful young things of -~'3/ I TELL YOU I DON'T finally served notice of his Inten- RENEE DE MARCO There are a few who go off on Hollywood, seems old and shop. ',\t') WANT TO GO! YOU Drink does not enter into the tion to ask Mrs. Clark Gable for periodic drunks, but they are so worn. ~i~l -... ALWAYS HAVE FUN_ a divorce. other states led California to the exceptional that they are news. The Russian legend is that In the midst of all this marital Reno wire. t ~g~,~ As the business has geared itself " When your heart's on fire, U confusion it remained for Stan- New York (I blush to admit it, up to a point where actors and smoke gets in your eyes." So ley Laurel of the team of Laurel 0i:r,lf;;-~~ \ ~ ( as a native New Yorker) led all actresses get $150,000 a picture, ran the hit song of "Roberta," ~, I and Hardy to supply the uninten- the rest with a divorce percent- the proportion of misfits has and it carries as much truth as tional humor. Laurel, like most age of 10.3; Pennsylvania was dwindled. The race may not be poetry. Hollywood has amended of the slapstick comedians, is an second with 7.8; Illinois, 6.2; to the swift, but most assuredly it to a certain degree. In this ever-Iovin' man. To celebrate Ohio, 5.4; Texas, 4.7; California, it is to the sober and reliable. town, where hearts are constant- his most recent marriage, that 4.6. The state with the lowest The clash of careers and vant- lyon fire, fueled by newspaper to Iliana, Russian singer, Laurel divorce rate was Nevada at 0.1, ties is a powerfully disturbing clippings and ambitions, it is decided to get married over and although Reno is In Nevada. The factor. In the cases where the small wonder that eyes smart over again in every western 1940 figures, of course, will send wife becomes famous on the cruelly from smoke that gets in state. After the third marriage California up with the leaders, screen the husband's offended them. It is that condition that his bride declared she would because the motion picture In- vanity supplles the domestic dis- reduces the 600 miles from HoI· divorce him forthwith, but Lau- dustry has grown fast in the last cord. In the instances where lywood to Reno to a hop, skip, reI hastily married her again eight years. MRS. JACIC OAIOE the husbands, after years of fail- and jump,

I WONDER __ COULD IT BE "B.O,#THAT MAKES ME SO UNPOPULAR? I THINK 'I'D Letters published in this department should be written on one side of the paper. BE A WISE GIRL,TO START USING LIFEBUOY l"oi£e .f .Le ~."ie FGO If you wish a personal reply please inclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Dear Miss Tin~e: I understand Claud- Dear Miss Tin~e: Strange, isn't it, how eyes and is a brunette, Hobbies are tennis, tau, weighs 180 pounds, and has brown ette Colbert is working at Paramount flowers remind you of people? For in- swimming, and golf. Before entering mo. hai1' and eyes. Films in which he's ap- making another stance: tion pictm'es Miss Hepburn appem·e.d on peared are " Don't Bet on Blondes," « The, picture after the the stage. Gardenia-Jean Harlow. Case of the Ourious Bride," « Captain four months' va- Orchid-5onja Henie. cation in Europe. Blood," « The Charge of the Light Bri- Morning glory-Myrna Loy. ga,de," '