Modern Screen (Dec 1940 - Nov 1941)

AVOID H*H* houshands/ 1 LOVE AND LANA (Continued from page 31) sharp and quick. He hates previews and premieres. His two loves are Shaw and music, but Shaw's his favorite of the two. Now Lana: Because she is publicized by her studio as a glamour girl, people immediately assume that she is a sophisticate. If wanting to have a good time denotes sophistication, we suppose, then, that Lana is a sophisticate. But the public doesn't seem to realize that the only difference between youngsters in Hollywood and those in other parts of the country is that the latter don't get hypedup publicity, and their lives are not bared in daily print. The public, too, cannot seem to realize that a nineteen-year-old Hollywood girl can have perfectly normal desires, normal intelligence and a normal education. (As a matter of fact, Lana's formal education stopped when she was sixteen, at which point she entered pictures.) She is just as naive in her way as the cute college sophomore next door and, despite the suddenness of her ill-fated elopement, she faced the future with wide-eyed openness and determination to make a go of it. That February night this year when Artie and Lana dated for the first time, the two drove to the beach. The details of the drive have never been fully bared, other than that it wound up in an air jaunt to Las Vegas. But Shaw's friends will tell you of the wonderful line he casts. That night he was evidently in rare form. He gave forth first with the "I'm sick of it all" routine. This was followed by the "futility of it all" barrage, then "the chaos of the world," "the desire for the tranquillity of a home and family." AS Artie kept spouting, Lana kept ■ lapping it up. To a romantic youngster who — believe it or not— didn't know her own drawing power in the world of men, marriage and children as outlined by Shaw sounded intriguing. When finally he suggested marriage, and she agreed, Shaw almost collapsed! At the airport he was stunned by her continued willingness to become his wife. He could hardly believe it even when she told the justice of the peace that she accepted him as her lawfully-wedded husband. If the public was surprised at the newspaper headlines, you can be sure that those same headlines were a double jolt to Shaw! The subsequent newspaper publicity was terrific! The morning following the Solution to Puzzle on Page 14 marriage, the Hollywood Reporter, carrying the "angle" follow-up, said: "Speculation on why Lana Turner suddenly upped and did it is still the topic of the day — but that's Hollywood as the whole stunt goes to show. Dailies missed the gun completely on the inside yarn. Monday was Lana's mother's birthday, which they celebrated at dinner alone, after which she joined Artie Shaw, too late to catch the opening of "The Man Who Came To Dinner," which is why seats "Left Center K 1 and 3" were empty. Lana and Shaw then went for a drive, it being their first date since his return, and along about three ayem, after he'd given her a spiel about a home and family, they decided to be married immediately. On returning to town yesterday, they sought refuge from reporters, studio press agents and photogs at Bellows and Company, (wine merchants on Wilshire Boulevard) where Edgar Selwyn's nephew, Billy, is an associate. Billy hid them in the "tasting room," called Billy Seymour and got 'em a wedding ring, and the four then had a champagne breakfast. Then, to duck reporters, the couple sneaked off to Edgar Selwyn's home, where they slept until six yesterday evening." FROM there Lana went to Artie's Benedict Canyon home and an entirely new life. No matter what anyone says, when Lana entered that house for the first time, she was in love with Shaw. Once inside the mansion, she came face to face with a stranger, and she directed all her efforts toward understanding and pleasing him. She learned how to run his home smoothly. She did the things a maid would more properly have been called upon to do, and did them cheerfully and whole-heartedly. She soon became aware of the fact, however, that Shaw did not live up to their romantic elopement. Here was a man of temperament and moods such as she'd never known. Because she loved him, she did her very best to unravel the mystery that kept enveloping her. She tried to conform to his way of life, although it meant changing completely from her previous self. Shaw hated night clubs. He hated dancing. He disliked crowds. His greatest amusement consisted of having his musician friends to his home, where they'd talk about subjects completely foreign to Lana. 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