Modern Screen (Dec 1954 - Dec 1955)

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Thought of by their friends as the most lady-like of all John's loves, Pilar made sure that she was well-chaperoned during the entire trip. ■ When John Wayne read the letter informing him that he would have to travel to Hawaii to film The Sea Chase he frowned deeply. Later on in the afternoon, Pilar Palette, Wayne's fiancee, joined him on the patio. "How would you like to take a little trip?" he asked. "Where now?" Pilar answered. "It seems to me you'd like to stay around your house for a while after spending the summer in Utah." "Hawaii," said Wayne. "A location." "Oh, no!" Pilar groaned. "For how long?" "Couple of months," said Wayne. "I'll miss you," Pilar said. "We'll have a lot of fun," said Wayne. "I'll write you every day," said Pilar. "It's beautiful in Hawaii," said Wayne. "Mary (his secretary) can be a chaperone." "And by the time you get back," said Pilar, "I'll have the house completely finished. I'll bet you won't even know the place." "We could leave a little ahead of time and have a vacation on the boat," said Wayne. "I don't think much of a girl," Pilar said, "who follows a man everywhere he goes. Traipsing after him like a cocker spaniel." "Neither do I," said Wayne, "unless she's crazy about him." "I'll really miss you," said Pilar. One week later the Lurline, the magnificent floating palace of the Matson Line, stood ready at the dock in Wilmington, California, while the passengers streamed aboard. A diousand relatives and friends fined the plank platform beside the ship waving goodbye to a thousand travelers lining the rails. Sailing (Continued on page 68") 37