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The party started at 8 p.m. Marie Antoinette arrived at the American history affair at midnight.
There was a gasp of astonishment that even the Pacific mermaids heard, if it wasn't past their bedtime.
Marion Da vies was dressed as a Revolutionary War belle. Dorothy Di Frasso was Pocahontas, with a feather up her back. Cissy Patterson had flown out for the event from Washington.
Marion was fit to be tied. So was W.R. When I saw the entrance of the French court, in pure reflex I exclaimed, "Well, I'll be goodgoddamned!" Norma heard me and glared.
The wind was taken out of all the silken sails when an order was given that no photographs of the royal ensemble were to be taken. Many of the guests put in their two cents' worth, acting as if the Frenchies were The People Who Weren't There.
You see, what Norma didn't stop to think about was that not too many years earlier W.R. had been barred from France. On the subject of anything French his feelings were still, shall we say, somewhat raw.
Norma seemed to have a special knack in those days for getting under the skin of her pals and busting up their parties. She did a man-sized job on Carole Lombard.
Carole was chairman of our last Mayfair Ball, and you could trust her to think up something original. She surprised us by announcing we would go dignified and have a White Ball.
The stars worked at fever pitch ordering their white gowns. I had almost more fun scheming to outshine my rivals than attending the party.
The ball was held in the old Victor Hugo Restaurant in Beverly Hills; it was the perfect setting for all those beautiful white dresses. At the height of the gaiety, Norma Shearer made her usual late dazzling entrance. It was too dazzling. Norma had on a bright red gown. Carole, who'd played jokes on others all her life, couldn't take this one. She ran for the nearest exit; Clark Gable ran after her. They both saw red at the same moment.
That was the onlv time I ever saw Carole's perpetual good humor shaken. She saw the funnv side of life alwavs and laughed more at herself than at the other fellow.
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