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WHEN THE FANS
Almost every prominent player — married or not— receives proposals of marriage that would amaze that sedate institution
PITY the poor talking picture stars! They need it, with ail the "impossible" proposals they receive from ardent suitors who are almost always certain of acceptance. Bashful lads and lassies who get tongue-tied when murmuring sweet nothings to the current flame, whom they have probably known all their young lives, think nothing of penning passionate missives of marriage proposals to men and women of the films, whom they have never met, let alone seen in the flesh! It seems to be a great little game — and young and old alike play it. Yes, and foreign "sheiks" and "shebas," too. A young Chinese boy in far-off Peking sees a lovely star on the screen who suits his fanq'. "Ah, she velly fine lady," says he to himself, "must
wHte ask luscious one to become honorable wife of China boy!" And straightaway he writes. An Indian chief glimpses a screen shadow and is promptly impressed. "She make heap fine squaw!" he grunts, "will write and ask hand in marriage!" And he does.
Funny thing, too, these remote aspirants for the hands of screen players almost always overlook the interesting little fact that the object of their devotion may already have a loving husband or
It isn't bard to imagine Mary Brian receiving numerous proposals. Her most persistent suitor is a young man who came to Hollywood especially to marry her, and often attempts to break into the studio to see her.
Clive Brook wonders just how to answer one of his most ardent proposals. It is from a lady in Austria who knows him only through the medium of the screen, and she insists she wants to come to America to marry her dream man.
wife — or if not, perhaps may be engaged or already in love or something like that! Or maybe these "proposing on paper" ladies and gents just don't care. Anyway, they write letters "plenty hot" and keep right at it.
THERE was, for instance, the boy — Ed was his first name — who lived in the east. He wrote to Clara Bow proposing marriage and kept up his letters for a year straight and then stopped for eight or nine months. Now he is writing to the famous little red-head again. In his last letter he told her that he was preparing to come west and propose in person. If she wouldn't accept him, well, he'd just marry her anyway! Clara has never answered any of his ardent letters. She says he has spent a small fortune in stamps in recent years — he'd send her five or six air mail letters a week plus several special delivery ones! Clara also recently received a proposal from a man who