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Then came Ann Blyth. I hope Pier and Vic are as happy as Ann and her Dr. Jim.
Their wedding cake was huge, decorated with roses, doves and musical notes!
Dean Martin, one of the ushers, kissed not only the bride but the groom as well!
Marisa Pavan, Pier's sister, was maid-ofhonor and Bo Roos, Jr., was best man.
It was a breathless moment of sheer spiritual beauty when Pier carried her bridal bouquet of lilies of the valley and white satin ribbons to the niche of Our Lady, and kneeling, left the flowers at the foot of the shrine.
Her MGM boss, that sentimental Irishman Eddie Mannix, had tears in his eyes when he walked down the aisle with Pier. But her eyes were shining as she looked only at Vic, waiting for her at the altar rail.
Marisa Pavan, sister of Pier and maid-ofhonor, seemed to me to be still breathless from her rush back from location at Key West. The wedding was a Wednesday and Marisa got back to Hollywood Monday night.
To her bridesmaids, Taina Elg, Elaine and Sandra Farinola (Vic's sisters) and Lupita Kohner, the bride gave charming gold bracelets. Vic gave his ushers, Joe Pasternak, Tony Martin, Dean Martin and Robert Sterling and his best man. Bo Roos, Jr., the most stunning cuff links — gold squares set with star sapphires.
Six hundred guests filled St. Timothy's Church in West Los Angeles and witnessed the beautiful double-ring ceremony. Two hundred and fifty were invited to the wedding breakfast at the Bel Air Hotel.
Among the happy faces at both events, I saw bride-to-be Debbie Reynolds and lovely Mrs. James McNulty, who must have been thinking of her own lovely wedding when she was Ann Blyth — her smile was so sweet.
"Vm thrilled!" Mitzi kept saying. She received stocking bags, towels, everything!
Mitzi and Jack had taken out their license in Santa Monica just the day before this.
Anne Francis and Mala were especially pleased that no one had warned Mitzi.
Finally Jack took her home. A few days later they were married in San Francisco.
Before Mitzi Gaynor married Jack Bean, Mala Powers and Yvonne Ruby gave her a lovely bridal shower at Mala's house. Both Mitzi and Yvonne were pupils of Mala's mother, the dramatics coach.
Incidentally, all three of the newlywed couples — Mitzi and Jack. Pier Angeli and Vic Damone, Vera-Ellen and Victor Rothschild — got their licenses on the same day — November 17 — in Santa Monica.
Certainly Mitzi and Jack had the most unusual wedding! The judge had just finished the marriage ceremony at the home of the William Frenches in San Francisco, and stood beaming at the young couple.
But, instead of turning to her bridegroom for the traditional kiss, Mitzi stood staring at the judge.
"What's the matter?" the jurist whispered, leaning toward Mitzi.
She gulped and extended her hand. In it was a gold wedding band.
"I guess you didn't know I had a ring for Jack, too," she said nervously. "I didn't get a chance to put it on!"
The judge could barely keep his face straight, but he made a gallant effort.
"All right, Mitzi," he chuckled. "We'll do the ceremony all over again."
And that's how it happened that the sprightly Miss Gaynor and her public relations bridegroom went through (wo marriage ceremonies before they were pronounced man and wife.
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