Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1948)

INSIDE STIFF It happened in Lag Vegas. Bob Hutton and his lovely bride, Cleatus Caldwell, pledge their happiness in champagne. Later, at the plane, Cleatus decides a topcoat is tops for two his only real home in Hollywood. He loved the two Wynn children, was a staunch friend of both Evie’s and Keenan’s and was welcomed in their home almost as a family member. When Keenan worked evenings, either at the theater or on his motor cars, it was Van who, at Keenan’s request, escorted Evie to the various functions. Usually Peter Lawford or Keenan’s father or a mutual friend accompanied them or dined with them on special occasions. Because he lived alone in a hotel, Van ate many dinners with Keenan and Evie. If he had a date elsewhere, the cook would look about disappointedly and demand to know where Mr. Johnson was. “And I made this special chocolate sauce,” she’d complain. Van, now on location, cannot be reached for a statement but Cal, who is a friend of Evie’s, Keenan’s and Van’s, has been invited to visit Evie in Las Vegas and we feel sure the final word will be, “We three will always be friends.” And why shouldn’t they be? Wedding Time: It was a gala wedding and the bride looked beautiful. Groom Bob Hutton, who almost missed the event, was properly nervous and the guests properly happy. In a flowerdecked suite of the El Rancho Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, Bob and lovely Cleatus Caldwell took their vows before a small group of friends. Harry Ritz (of all people) openly wept while his own lovely wife consoled him. p Jimmy Ritz led the champagne toasts, Bob’s agents A1 Malneck (his best man) and Louis Shurr beamed on their 14 protege. Cleatus’s beautiful mother smiled approval, for Bob was her choice, too. Actor Jimmy Lydon (“Life with Father”) beamed on his cute wife who was matron of honor. Bob’s mother, Mrs. Marguerite Hutton, back in Kingston, New York, was deluged with information, via telephone, about the event. Cal found himself trying to describe Cleatus’s beautiful anklelength gray lace frock and her Kenneth Hopkins gray lace bonnet. But no words could describe the vision she presented. Dinner in the main dining room with an enormous cake followed with the guests from the hotel dropping by with congratulations. Cal was just plain thankful he got there at all for at 10:30 the night before he and Bob had set out together to drive the 300 odd miles to Nevada. On the freezing cold Cajon Pass, our front right tire blew out and a little later the rear one gave way. After several hours’ delay in Barstow we finally managed to wangle some replacements and at eight in the morning wearily drove into the hotel driveway. “And to think,” Bob said on the way, “I married Martha Vickers all day on the set with no mishaps at all.” Too weary to attempt the drive home, Bob, his bride and Cal took off that night in a small private plane for California. The couple have taken a house out in the Valley and after Bob completes two films he’s working on, the popular pair will be at home to their many friends. Town Notes: Ann Sothern is playing golf on the same links as her estranged husband, Bob Sterling. Once in a while they meet and speak politely. Our guess is both are finding this separation business a bit lonely. So who knows? Those dates Ann has been having with John McClain, the writer, are the result of long-standing friendship. Hedy Lamarr, who expects her new baby in April, is not as well as she might be. It isn’t known that Hedy was dangerously ill during the birth of her first child and never completely recovered. That new home she and husband John Loder have purchased is a large one with five bedrooms, guest quarters and servants’ rooms. But with three children in the family John and Hedy feel it isn’t a bit too big. We Predict: There will be a new Vic Mature fan craze after “My Darling Clementine” is released. Vic couldn’t be swoonier . . . Cornel Wilde will permit his wife’s career to take its own natural course rather than attempt to force it by rebellion. After all, Patricia, who is beautiful, must gain experience before the starring status Cornel insists upon . . . Nancy Sinatra will become one of the most popular young matrons in town and one of the smartest looking . . . James Mason’s contemplated year’s residence in Bermuda, for his health’s sake, will be cut down to a much shorter period, if it takes place at all. Mason is just as anxious for Hollywood as the town is to receive him . . . Once fans sight Richard Greene on the screen again, they’ll agree it’s a new Richard. The war has given something to (Continued on page 16)