Modern Screen (Dec 1949 - Nov 1950)

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louella parsons' good news ■ There is not the slightest doubt in my mind that Shirley Temple will marry the handsome, young millionaire and socially prominent Charles Black shortly after her divorce from John Agar becomes final in December. Shirley met Black, who was an executive with the Hawaiian Pineapple Company while she was visiting in Honolulu and their romance started then. I say "was" an executive because young Black resigned his Honolulu post so he could be near the former child star. But Charlie won't have to worry about where his next job is coming from. His dad is head of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company in San Francisco and has scads of money. Young Black's family is very social and are sticklers for propriety and Shirley has an adoring public, many of whom look upon her as having been the victim of a very unhappy marriage. (For those who blame Shirley for its failure, there's a story on page 34.) So, Shirley, for those reasons, will not announce her engagement until she is free and has the final divorce decree in her own hands. I happen to know that when the good looking, 32-year-old Black invited her to come to San Francisco for the very swanky Bachelor's Ball he did so because he wanted his mother to meet the girl he loves. The photographs of Shirley taken with Black show her as a new Miss Temple, sophisticated and dressed to the nth degree in very chic clothes, looking vastly different from the curly-haired girl whose face used to appear so round and childish. This Shirley is beautifully slender. Red Skelton checks to see if his name's included on the list of entertainers' at the annual Friars' Frolic. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Stewart assure him that it is.' Informally dressed as usua Edward G. Robinson. "H Harpo Marx threatens to club innocent bystander was looking at me," Harpo honked — indignantly. Comics Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis were completely fascinated by this young lady's curly hair and long eyelashes — until they found out "she" was Bill Lundigan.