Modern Screen (Jan-Jun 1945)

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Because he'd been small fry in a Broadway show where Joan Crawford didn't amount to so much, either. "Innocent Eyes," it was called. And when Jack heard about Joan's movie break he came out to Hollywood to marry her! Why did Gloria Swanson ever marry Wally Beery? The idea seems absurd. Why did Jean Harlow wed Paul Bern, or Hal Rosson? But then why did Charlie Chaplin marry Oona, a girl more than twice as young as himself? Why did Bette Davis ever let the only guy she ever loved, Ham Nelson, divorce her? I don't know why Ruth Chatterton ever picked on George Brent to live with in holy matrimony. But I do know how it happened. Ruth came out from the stage, very grand and impressive, a great actress, and she had whatever her little heart desired at Warner Brothers. Came the question of her leading man and Chatterton sat for days and days in a projection room as reels and reels of Hollywood glamour men ran off. Finally along at the tag end a practically unknown Irishman came on. 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