Screenland (Nov 1949-Oct 1950)

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1949 opened with the Wanda Hendrix-Audie Murphy marriage, which didn't last the year. Shy, sedate Ingrid Bergman astonished the world with her determined announcements. Humphrey Bogart will never forget 1949 for Lauren Bacall presented him with a baby boy. ollywoo Facts life Diana Lynn and John Lindsay took the fatal step and their marriage goes merrily along. Vigorous Frank Morgan's sudden death saddened the entire Hollywood film colony. Another beloved film character who answered the final curtain call was Wallace Beery. The year of 1949 was one of the most eventful in the annals of movieland By Marcia Howard Now that the final score is in for the annual match between Cupid and the Divorce Court, it is clear that 1949 was Cupid's year. It is true that the cute kid in the French bathing suit took some hard blows but he also landed some lovely haymakers of his own. Leading the January triumph of Cupid were Wanda Hendrix and Audie Murphy ( tho he later took the count on this one), Keenan Wynn and Betty Jane Butler, Barbara Long and Marshall Thompson, and Linda Christian and Tyrone Power. Thereafter the wedding march was joined by Candy Toxton and Mel Torme, Glory Dolores Wilson and Lawrence Tibbett, Jr., M'liss McClure and Marvin Finch (who were separated a jew months later) , Diana Lynn and John Lindsay, Sari Gabor and George Sanders, Hilo Hattie and Carlyle Nelson, and, in London, Ann Todd and David Lean, the producer. One of 'the most photographed and