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♦ MOVIE CLASSIC TABLOID NEWS SECTION •
Rudy Vallee's Wife
Goes West For Health,
Not Divorce
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Here are Rudy Vallee and Fay Webb, as they looked to the minister on July 6, 1931 — the day he disappointed his admirers and got married. They met while he was filming "The Vagabond Lover"
Three Times Since Marriage To Famous
Crooner/ Fay Webb Vallee Has Returned
To California Home — Trips Are Merely
Health Vacations
By Helen Scott
EVER since Rudy Vallee married Fay Webb, daughter of a Santa Monica (Cal.) city official, the gossips have been busy hinting that they are on the verge of separation. Though their close friends have scoffed at such insinuations, outsiders have called attention to the fact that, in the short span of their married life, Fay has made three trips back to the home of her family after short "visits" with her husband in New York. The gossips' guess was that the popular crooner and his bride were quarreling and making up.
But lately there have been whispers of a more serious, poignant explanation back of these marital vacations of the Vallees — a memorable love story that comes straight from Santa Monica friends of the couple:
Fay Vallee's health is a constant worry to herself, her husband and her family. A victim of "low resistance," she must constantly be on her guard against contracting any dangerous illness — such an illness, say, as attacked Lila Lee and Renee Adoree. She must have a great deal of sunshine, rest and outdoor life. When she first met and fell in love with the radio singer, during the time he was making "The Vagabond Lover" in Hollywood, Fay told him of her delicate health, but Rudy refused to let that make any difference. He wanted
to marry Fay immediately, before he returned to New York, but she wanted to he sure that he knew his own mind. She said,
"Let's wait HHHH a few weeks, anyway."
Not long after, she followed him to New York — and they were married, surprising millions of Vallee admirers. Being the bride of such a popular entertainer, the new Mrs. Vallee had to attend a constant round of parties in her honor. Rudy's entire life is night-life — his radio, night-club and theatre engagements. Fay, anxious and happy to be at the side of her husband, attempted to keep up the pace as long as she could stand it, physically — and then it was necessary for her to return to the quiet of her California home.
Worried about the health of his bride (right), Rudy insisted that she go back to California for a "good, long rest" and joined her there — thus ending rumors that they were on the verge of divorce
Three times Fay has had to return to the home of her parents in order to regain the strength that has been expended in living up to the busy and exciting role of being Rudy Vallee's wife!
Fay became so ill on her last visit to Rudy, and the crooner of love songs became so alarmed, that he insisted she return to her parents for a long "vacation." He promised that he would arrange for a vacation, himself. Fay did not see how it could be done — but love can always find a way. Rudy has just been with her, ending rumors.
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