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THE scene is Kalamazoo. Boy meets girl. Boy likes girl. Girl likes boy. He asks for a date. She says "Yes." In the course of time they marry, have a couple of kids and live happily ever afterwards.
The scene is Hollywood. Boy meets girl. Girl likes boy. Boy likes girl. He, sometimes she, asks for a date. And now the old, but always fascinating, story takes a new twist.
The first time they are seen together in public they will be married off by all the columnists. The first time they kiss, no matter where they are, they will hear a click and see the flash of a photographer. The first time he eyes another woman, or she smiles at another man, they will read all about it with the morning coffee. Every present he buys her, or does not buy her, is broadcast by land and
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sea. If the girl is more than two years older than the boy, she is called a cradle-snatcher by the editorial writers. If the man is more than ten years senior to the girl he is humiliated by long sermons in the newspapers about how can such a marriage last with nonsubtle hints that she is taking him for his money and position.
This should give you a faint idea why so many Hollywood courtships are nipped in the bud before they can sprout into marriage. Love is a delicate plant at the best of times. It's something you can't rush unless both parties are willing. Roland Young, to give a brief example, was recently smitten by a girl I know. He's a shy old bird, is Roland, with a fear that amounts to a phobia against publicity on his private life. He was falling hard for this girl and she was rehearsing her
"Yes" for when he would ask her to marry him. But she made the mistake of dining with him at Chasen's. The next morning their "romance" with interesting details was in the papers — "And I never saw Roland again!" the girl moaned some time afterward.
With all the hazards and pitfalls surrounding a courtship in Hollywood it's surprising that some actually do arrive at the altar. Even the ones that do run the danger of widespread publicity. No details, however intimate. are too sacred for the gossipy set, though, until now. they've been hidden from the general public. For instance. all Hollywood knew — and grinned over — the fact that Charles Boyer's proposal to Pat Paterson took place on a Saturday night. All the fancy jewelry stores were closed until Monday morning. But Charles was in a hurry. He