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Il wasn’t the need for money that sent Lana Turner into her third marriage with millionaire Bob Topping
The tragic death of Carole Lombard seemed to write “End” to Clark Gable’s search for a happy marriage — until he met Sylvia
Bette Davis is a different woman since her fourth marriage, to Gary Merrill
ONE thing is certain— the Hollywood stars believe in marriage. It often doesn’t prove a blessed state for them apparently. But that never discourages them from trying again — and again — and again.
This story about Gary Merrill, the daring young actor on the matrimonial trapeze who made Bette Davis a wife recently for the fourth time, was told me by his friend. When Gary was asked, “How long do you expect this marriage to last?” he is supposed to have replied, “I give it five years — but what a five years!” As I say, I don’t know how true it is. But switch the story around and ask Bette the same question. I know, like most women, she’d say, “Forever.”
Take her three previous marriage tries. The first with Harmon Nelson, Bette’s childhood sweetheart, was defi
nitely meant to last forever. It went fine until she became famous. Then Ham quietly ankled the situation because in his New England tradition, the man is supposed to be the boss. It wasn’t Bette’s fault that Ham was the type of man who couldn’t enjoy living in the house that Bette’s earnings built — literally and figuratively. Husband number two, Arthur Farnsworth, died.
You have to hand it to Bette — she’s brave. It took real courage to try again after the publicized difficulties (British understatement!) of her third mating with William Grant Sherry. To get back to that “forever” business: Bette and Gary have a chance. They’re both in the same business; Gary makes enough money so as not to be embarrassed by Bette’s riches. And the last time I saw Miss Davis, her happiness had ( Continued on page 106)
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