Modern Screen (Dec 1949 - Nov 1950)

place. A mutual friend introduced them. Maybe it wasn't love at first sight, or even second, but it seemed that Shirley gradually began to revise her estimate of the perfect male until it fit this darkhaired, handsome businessman. When Shirley was a young girl attending school at Westlake. she used to tell the other girls that the man she'd marry would have to be tall and blond and gallant. And in a way. Jack Agar filled the bill. Charles Black, however, is the kind of man she hadn't dreamed about. "Jack and Charles are completely opposite," says one of Shirley's friends. "I always liked Jack, but he was really too young to marry Shirley. He started proposing to her when she was 15. "He was a young boy out of Chicago. He had no trade, no experience, no very great knowledge about anything. His father was dead, and maybe his mother spoiled him a little. After all, he was the only boy in the family. I'm sure, though, that he was very much in love, or at least infatuated, with Shirley. "She felt the same way about him. She was too young to discriminate between infatuation and real love. She hadn't gone out with many boys. She'd had practically no experience with the college crowd. She didn't realize what marriage was. Neither did Jack. They plunged headlong into the ceremony and after six months, they both realized that they'd made a mistake. "Shirley got married when she was too young. It's as simple as that. She didn't know the score, and she didn't know anything at all about men. There are mature men. you know, who make good husbands. "Charles Black is that type of man. "He's been around. The motion picture business means absolutely nothing to him. He has more money and an infinitely better background than 90 per cent of Hollywood's actors. "I don't know whether he and Shirley will ever get married. I do know, however, that he's just about the nicest guy she's ever gone out with." HThat Shirley Temple and Charles Black -* are intensely interested in each other there can be no denial. After meeting Shirley in Honolulu, Charles resigned his position with the C. & H. Sugar Company and returned to San Francisco. The following weekend he took Shirley to the Bachelors' Ball, one of San Francisco's outstanding social functions. Later that weekend, he drove down to Carmel. where Shirley introduced him to her parents. The Blacks, who belong to the exclusive Cypress Point Club, also happened to be staying on the peninsula at the time, so Charles took Shirley around to meet his parents. Everyone liked everyone else. Shirley returned to Los Angeles, and a few days later Charles came to town! He and Shirley began going around together, simultaneously denying that each had any intentions toward the other. A few weeks later, Black got a job at a Los Angeles television station, and every columnist in the country became convinced that not long after December 6th. Shirley Temple will become Mrs. Charles Black. How right or wrong this conjecture will be. only time can tell. Of one thing, however, you may rest assured, more than anything else in life, Shirley Temple wants to get married again. She's had enough of her career, and while she would turn down no exciting roles, she is sensible enough to realize that life without a husband would be meaningless for her. Anyway, one thing's sure, if Shirley marries again, you can bet your last sou she will stay with it for keeps. The End PEPSOMJST (ioes./ltrmore than reduce tooth decay J* Even with Peosodent not onty redoes decay the surest b° GETS WUR TtiTH than an^f 0,ber leading tooth aaste^ Yes, pepsodent's exclusive brighterpolishing agent— effective yet so gentle — gets your teeth brighter . . . makes your smile more beautiful. And authoritative scientific tests prove conclusively that even a single brushing with pepsodent removes acid-film that causes decay. Only pepsodent has this film -removing formula! *!rium is Pepsodent's Registered Trade-Mari for Purified Alkyl Sulfate. For that Pepsodent Smile — Use Pepsodent every day — see your dentist twice a year.