Modern Screen (Jan-Nov 1951)

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HIM THAT WAY? NOT A DANGEROUS HOLLYWOOD SIREN, BUT A GIRL NAMED JEAN MACDONALD WHO STEPPED RIGHT INTO HIS DREAMS. it's the housefriend who reserv-es a table for two — and occupies one of the chairs. Sooner or later, the wife develops an antipathy toward her husband and after an honorable amount of time she becomes a bride again, and the housefriend becomes, quite naturally, her groom. A few years ago it was predicted in smart circles that this was the fate that would befall Peter Lawford who was verv* fond of the Garv Coopers. When the Coopers separated. Rock>' Cooper and Peter became a steady item in the gossip columns. And even today, despite the fact that Rocky is 15 years older than Peter, there are those who will tell you that these two are madl\and divinely in love. Peter Lawford is in love. But not with Rocky Cooper. '"I've knowm Rocky since I was 11," Peter says. "And she's a wonderful friend. But the gossip about us is ridiculous. I've been going out with one girl, and pretty steadily, for the past ten months. Her name is Jean MacDonald." Jean MacDonald is all the things Peter has ever wanted in a woman. She's gay, intelligent, young, well-bred, social, athletic, and of course, beautiful. She comes from Honolulu, and on September 17th, she was 21. Peter is 28. Whether Pete will propose to Jean on his return from England he isn't sa>ing. But before he left Hollywood, he admitted for the first time that "Jean is my steady. We have a sort of un-ofi&cial imderstanding. After all, I wouldn't {Ccmtiimed on page 101)