Modern Screen (Jan-Nov 1952)

,DA LUP.NO AND HOWARD DUFF ARE WED . . . LANA'S READY FOR FREEDOM . . . COOP MAKES IT PLA.N PAT MEAL'S FOR H.M. Ida Lupino and Howard Duff were married Maid of honor was Diane Meredith, one of October 21. in her home at Glenbrook, Nevada. Ida's screen writer, Most of the wedding Judge Cla k Guild performed the ceremony. guests were local townspeople, not celebrrt.es. The" happy couple telephoned Louella before taking a two-day honeymoon in San Francisco. Howard had to return to finish Steel Town. LOUELLA PARSONS' Standing before a fireplace banked with great boughs of pine and flowers and sprays of autumn leaves brought by the neighbors from their gardens, Ida Lupino and Howard Duff were married on October 21, at Glenbrook, Nevada. The ceremony took place in the house where Ida lived during her six weeks residence there. (Rita Hay worth occupied this same house.) To say a marriage in that town, where so many people take up residence for divorce purposes, was old-fashioned may sound somewhat incongruous. But that's just what Ida and Howard's wedding was — a real oldfashioned affair made possible by the people who live in that part of Nevada. Rightly enough, those same people who had become Ida's good friends during the six weeks she lived among them, were the chief wedding guests — rather than a contingent of celebrities imported from Hollywood, as might have been expected. The ceremony was performed by_ Judge Clark J. Guild. The reception was held in the Dutch kitchen in Ida's cottage, and all day long the neighbors were busy decorating her home, and carrying silver and all the food and cakes they had prepared for the festive occasion. "I really love this country," Ida told me the day before her wedding, "and I want to come back and visit it and all the people who have been so good to me while I have been here." I can understand her feeling, for it is beautiful country with its towering pine trees and blue-green lake as clear as crystal. Ida wore a lavender taffeta afternoon dress and no hat. She carried a white prayer book. Her maid of honor Diane Meredith, the writer who lived with her during all the weeks she spent in Nevada, wore rose. Howard, who has been very grateful to his agent, Michael Miskekoff, who helped him climb to fame, chose him for his best man. Clark Gable, Ida's neighbor, came over for the reception, but didn't attend the ceremony. The bridegroom had to work up until time to take the plane to Reno. From there he then had to motor 45 miles to Minden Valley to claim his bride. And a radiant bride she was, believe me. Ida and Howard have been deeply in love for a long time, something over 18 months, she told me. "In fact, the way I feel now," she said, "there never was anyone but Howard." This is his first marriage, but Ida previously was married to Louis Hayward, and then Collier Young. Collier sent her a wonderful message wishing her happiness. They still work together as co-producers at RKO, even though they are divorced. The bride and groom left immediately for a two-day honeymoon in San Francisco, and then Howard had to return to finish his picture. Steel Town, and Ida had to go back to her studio to complete a script she is preparing. When the blow-off came between Lana Turner and Bob Topping, she was adamant about one thing. She would not give Topping a divorce. There would be a sepa 6