Modern Screen (Dec 1948 - Oct 1949)

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TEEN-AGE MARRIAGES THAT FAILED star born spouse . married age Joan Bennett 1910 John Fox 1927 17 Cyd Charisse 1922 Nico Charisse 1939 17 Doris Day 1924 Al Jorden 1940 lb Deanna Durbin 1923 Vaughn Paul 1941 18 Vera-Ellen 1925 Robert Hightower 1942 17 Judy Garland 1923 David Rose 1941 18 Aya Gardner 1923 Mickey Rooney 1942 19 Paulette Goddard 1911 Edward James 1927 16 Rita Hayworth 1918 Ed Judson 1936 17 Hedy Lamarr 1915 Fritz Mandl 1932 17 Barbara Lawrence 1930 John Fontaine 1947 17 Janet-Leigh 1927 Stanley Reames 1945 18 Lena Turner 1921 Artie Shaw 1940 19 Loretta Young 1913 Grant Withers 1930 17 NON-TEEN-AGE MARRIAGES THAT SUCCEEDED star born spouse married age Lucille Ball 1911 Desi Arnaz 1940 29 Claudette Colbert 1905 Joel Pressman 1935 30 Linda Darnell 1921 Pev Marley 1943 22 Irene Dunne 1904 Francis Griffin 1927 23 Alice Faye 19(2 Phil Harris 1941 29 Betty Field 1919 Elmer Rice 1942 23 Ruth Hussey 1915 Bob Longneckor 1942 27 .Dorothy Lamour 1914 William Howard 1943 29 Jeanette MacDonald 1907 Gene Raymond 1937 30 Maureen O'Sulltvan 1911 John Farrow 1936 25 Rosalind Russell 1912 Fred Brisson 1941 29 Eleanor Powell 1913 Glenn Ford 1943 30 Barbara Stanwyck 1907 Robert Taylor 1939 32 Teresa Wright 1919 Niven Busch 1942 23 Deanna Durbin wed Vaughn Paul when she was 18. After their divorce she said, "If I'd known more ... I might not have married the first man I ever dated alone." Do teen-age marriages lead to happiness? Or are they the shortest road to despair? Here are the facts about young Hollywood girls who couldn't wait to be wed. BY TED WILSON