Picture-Play Magazine (Sep 1926 - Feb 1927)

100 What Makes a Perfect Marriage? Continued from page 59 express their elation over their union, they periodically entertain on a large and handsome scale. Edmund Lowe and Lilyan Tashman recently completed a honeymoon in England, which had been delayed a whole year, because of the picture contracts of both. Theirs is another case of two people deeply in love. And while on the subject of devotion, surely the union of Mae Murray and Prince David Divani, her youthful husband, whom Mae democratically introduces to every one as "Mister" Divani, must be cited as one of the most amorous that has ever been consummated in Hollywood. Robert Leonard, Miss Murray's former husband, and Gertrude Olmsted solemnized their nuptials just a few weeks previous to the DivaniMurray wedding. Gertrude is a very attractive girl, as you all know, and Bob has always been referred to as a "peach of a fellow." "The Volga Boatman" formed the setting for the romance of Elinor Fair and William Boyd. It was during the making of that picture that the two met, and immediately after its completion they were married. Mae Busch's marriage to John E. Cassell was another recent one. Mr. Cassell is in the oil business. Miss Busch had been married once before — to Francis McDonald. Louise Brooks, recently of the "Follies," met Eddie Sutherland, young director for Famous PlayersLasky, while she was making a picture at the Long Island studio, and they promptly fell in love and married — three months ago. Esther Ralston, who will ever be remembered for her exquisite portrayal of Mrs. Darling in "Peter Pan," has been the wife of George Webb, a booking agent, for nearly a year. The marriage of Frances Howard and Sam Goldwyn seems so far to have turned out ideally. A young heir was recently born to them. Earle Fox and Gladys Tennyson have burned the first candle on their anniversary cake. Mrs. Fox was formerly the wife of Chester Bennett, a director, who has many times been rumored engaged to Jane Novak. Roy dArcy and Mrs. Dora Rhinock, a nonprofessional ; Ruth Clifford and James Cornelius, a banker ; Kathleen Clifford and Mio P. Illitch, also a banker ; Pauline Garon and Lowell Sherman ; Jacqueline Logan and Ralph Gillespie ; Ben Turpin and Babette Dietz, the nurse who attended him during a recent illness ; Bert Roach, the comedian, and Gladys Johnstone ; John Patrick and Mildred La Rue, a dancer, have all embarked on matrimony during the past year. And Joseph Schildkraut and Elise Bartlett, who had separated, have been reconciled during the year. The union of Alma Rubens and Ricardo Cortez seems destined for a long life, even as that of Helen Ferguson and Bill Russell. Helen always says that if, by any wild chance, she and Bill do not celebrate at least a golden wedding, then she forever denounces long engagements. If I am not mistaken, she and Bill hold the record for having had the longest engagement of any couple in the colony, except, perhaps, John Bowers and Marguerite de la Motte. A marriage that has stoutly withstood for a year the vicissitudes of professional separations and a barrage of personal attacks from those not of the Jack Dempsey camp -of rooters, is that of Estelle Taylor and the noted fighter. Jack is crazy over Estelle — and with good reason. She has a scintillating wit, besides being very beautiful. Their household, what with a garrulous, hard-spoken parrot, six or seven varieties of dogs, and servants always on the verge of leaving, is one of the most unique and interesting to be found anywhere. In view of the deluge of publicity that attended the marriage of Charlie Chaplin and Lita Gray, it is easy to remember the date of that event — November, 1924. There are two boys in the family now, and doubtless another heir may be expected — some time. Chaplin was formerly married to Mildred Harris. Miss Harris, about two years ago, married Terry McGovern, and now has a son by this union. Four of our feminine players, Dorothy Reid, Dorothy Phillips, Shirley Mason, and Ethel Clayton, have lost their husbands through death and have not remarried. Mrs. Reid, until recently, remained a very sad woman. The loss of Wallie affected her deeply. She has her own boy, Bill, and an adorable little girl whom she adopted. Her friends are happy to see her veil of sad pensiveness gradually lifting. Dorothy Phillips is the mother of a daughter somewhere near twelve or thirteen years old, but that fact is difficult to accept until one is reminded of dates, for Dorothy looks so young herself. Miss Clayton, except to the very few people who knew her well, has remained an aloof personality in the colony. It is said that she has never been able completely to reconcile herself to the loss of her husband. Shirley Mason has been a pathetic little figure since the death of her husband, Bernard Durning, actor and director, about two years ago. A marriage that has just taken place as this article goes to print is that of Doris Kenyon to Milton Sills. Mr. Sills and the first Mrs. Sills were divorced a few months ago. The first Mrs. Sills was an actress of the spoken drama. She and Milton have one daughter of about sixteen years. Also, Dorothy Mackaill has only just married the German director, Lothar Mendes, Laura La Plante has married William A. Seiter, and May Allison has married James Quirk. Engagements that should soon mean wedding bells are those of Jobyna Ralston to Richard Arlen, Ena Gregory to Al Rogell, tand Bebe Daniels to Charlie Paddock. And now — unless she has changed her mind — Clara Bow is engaged to Victor Fleming. The girl in Hollywood who has been reported engaged most often, perhaps, is Patsy Ruth Miller. Some one is always developing a wild crush on Pat and rushing her madly. And May McAvoy remains consistently engaged, through rumor, to Bobby Agnew. Norma Shearer, Dolores and Helene Costello, Jane Winton, Alice and Marceline Day, Vilma Banky, Betty Bronson, Mary Brian, Lois Moran, Fay Wray, Gladys McConnell, Joan Crawford, Blanche Mehaffey, June Marlowe, Dorothy Sebastian, Sally O'Neil, Kathleen Key, Myrna Loy, Alyce Mills, Mary Philbin, Margaret Livingston, Bessie Love, Pauline Starke, Sally Rand, and Virginia Lee Corbin are just a few of our charming young eligibles. Greta Garbo is also unmarried. Our bachelors are Ramon Novarro, George O'Brien, Bill Haines, Eddie Burns, Ben Lyon, Ralph Graves, Arthur Lubin, John Roche, Rod La Rocque, William Collier, Jr., Richard Dix, Eugene O'Brien, and Jimmie Morrison. Walter Pidgeon is a widower. Also there are those two delightful beaus of the colony, Paul Bern, whose ladies always wear orchids, and that other rare soul, "Bull" Montana, whose ladies may wear only carnations, but whose gallantry in saving them from porch climbers, pickpockets, and mashers surely deserves the reward of a good wife and many children.