Screenland (May-Oct 1936)

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20 SCREENLAND rnr0\e °° • \ Above, the first meeting f Bill and Carole, when ihe was cast as second lead in his 1931 starring film, "Ladies' Man." Director Mendes, center. Bill and Carole fell in love before the picture was half finished. When Ex-Hus band meets E Wife! See exclusive pict center, of the ell-Lombard re on the set o Man Godfrey, new film to Bill's whiskers for Art — authentic, too TO PARAPHRASE Rudy Vallee's theme song, your surprise was my surprise when I read in the papers, as you did, that Carole Lombard and William Powell were making a picture together at Universal. That's the sort of thing that fan writers pray for. Almost as good as a divorce, an elopement, or a baby. Don't ask me why. Because I don't know. But Hollywood is always extremely curious about two people who have once been married and who have since divorced. What they do and say when they meet each other out is of the utmost importance. Occasionally, I admit the theatre has established itself so firmly in the hearts of Mr. and Mrs. Ex that they have risen to the occasion and put on a darned good show. Occasionally, but not often, Mr. Ex slaps cutiepie's face, and still less often Mrs. Ex will make a nifty crack ' in will be extremely disparaging to Mr. Ex. They i in for that in the old days, when Gloria Swansoiv and Connie Bennett used to feud over the Marquis ; but that, like gold and glamor, belongs to the past. But Hollywood hopes — and watches. So when I read that Carole Lombard and William Powell were making a picture together, why, I nearly fell in my coffee — no sugar and no cream, due to the diet. Honey, I was that amazed. "Here are two people"