Screenland (May-Oct 1931)

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for October 19 3 1 99 Who's Whose in Hollywood? Continued from page 55 Louise Fazenda and Hal Wallis are in a fair way to join the Darby-andJoans of Hollywood. They have been married for some time and besides he's her boss at the Warner Brothers studio. yet. And Jetta Goudal, making a comeback, has weathered a year of matrimony with Harold Grieve, and they both seem content. Janet Gaynor, in spite of some gossip, remains with Lydell Peck. ZaSu Pitts and her Tom Gallery give an impression of real happiness. Rod La Rocque and Vilma Banky, neither before divorced, likewise remain united and content. Kay Francis and Kenneth McKenna give the gossips no scope whatever. And Carmel Myers and Ralph Blum have so far avoided dangerous divorce waters. Let the gossips' tongues wag as they may, Norma Talmadge and Joseph Schenck remain Mr. and Mrs. Schenck. All of which sounds like a pretty imposing list to justify Dan Cupid, but the sad fact remains that 1931 already has a painful record of bungles ! Ina Claire is not yet divorced from Jack Gilbert (whose former spouse was Leatrice Joy), but things haven't gone so well. Loretta Young, who had such a romantic elopement via airplane with Grant Withers, trembles on the brink of divorce. Fred Beetson, high priest to Will Hays himself, gets into the divorce court. Evelyn Laye, directly she arrived from England, went Hollywood enough to divorce her English spouse, Sonny Hale Monroe. Jean Harlow, much sought-after belle, shed Charles McGrew, because, she said, he was ungentlemanly and pushed her against a mantelpiece and said naughty words. But a $200,000 settlement and an automobile soothed Jean's sorrows. Kathlyn Williams, after years of matrimony with Charles Eyton (in 1916 we showered rice upon them), secured a divorce in Reno. Kathlyn was a serial queen in that day. But, thank goodness, she only accused Charles of refined offenses ! Pauline Frederick, who had previously shed (1) Frank Andrews, (2) Willard Mack, (3) Dr. M. C. Rutherford, this time was the defendant when Hugh Chisholm Leighton, complainant, declared he was a kissless spouse. Polly is again eligible. Then there was Billie Dove, who won her final decree from Irvin Willat and who is confidently expected to become Mrs. Howard Hughes. Gloria Swanson's divorce from her third spouse, the Marquis Henri de la Coudray de la Falaise, likewise became final, her previous ventures being Wally Beery and Herbert Somborn. So far, while Gloria never lacks an escort, we have failed to scent another matrimonial venture. But the Marquis did, for a while, seem to be about to make a Marquise of Constance Bennett, whose divorce from Phil Plante, millionaire playboy, had provided her with a $1,000,000 settlement. He seems to have been supplanted by Joel McCrea but Connie says she is going to match Phil Plante's million with one of her own before she ventures matrimony again. Joan Bennett, her sister, divorced from John Fox, seemed to be about to marry John Considine, ex-fiance of Carmen Pantages, but now we are not so sure. Still, Joan did make an airplane flight to a desert resort where John was renewing an interest in Miss Pantages, that was never really explained. Other divorces maturing this year were those of the Tom Mixes, Robert Ameses, and Lina Basquette-Pev Marleys. Tom's was his second marriage, Victoria Forde — his first having been Olive Stokes. Robert Ames had been through the divorce mill at least four times before — and now Helen Lambert is no longer his. He is rushing Ina Claire. Lina Basquette, widow of Sam Warner, married and parted from J. Peverell Marley within a year. William Powell was a divorce of 1930 and now has taken Carole Lombard for better or worse. Lewis Stone, for so long the husband of Florence Oakley, married Hazel Woof in 1930 and so far all seems well. Pola Negri's marriage to Prince Serge Mdivani was dissolved in Paris this year. Pola's first was a Count Domski of Poland. She says both husbands caught her love on the rebound after the tragic death of great lovers (meaning Valentino in the last case). Pola told us she was going to marry a grand American business man when she first returned to Hollywood, but later said she was never, never going to marry ever any more. Serge, on the other hand, married Mary McCormick, the opera singer, right away. It was a Hollywood tragedy when Colleen Moore and John McCormick separated : everyone knew how deeply Colleeri had loved her John. That gentleman hastened to be reported engaged to half a dozen damsels, including Mae Clark and Dorothy Mackaill, but finally married a society woman, Mrs. Gattis. A short month later they had parted, and John was telling the world he still loved Colleen. Colleen's attitude was discreet, but implied "Oh, yeah?" She merely said John was "just a silly boy." Jocelyn Lee's marriage to Luther Reed did not last a year. At this writing Dorothy Lee and Jimmy Fidler, regarded as still honeymooners and, only last month, talking about adopting a baby, are talking divorce. Noah Beery separated from Marguerite Abbott. Cliff Edwards won his case against his Irene after a hard fought battle. Theodore Yon Eltz finally won out in his argument with Mrs. Von Eltz, winning custody of the child. Dorothy Mackaill has been nearly taking a third husband all the year. She was one of the suggested new spouses for Colleen's John McCormick after her divorce from Lothar Mendes. Cannot keep track of all the chaps Dorothy nearly married but it got so the city editors kept her name in type. And as for Lothar. it is pretty well settled that when Lady Inverciyde finally