Screenland (Nov 1950-Oct 1951)

by a small, sweet-faced woman who introduced herself as Mrs. Rohe, VeraEllen's mother. She invited Rock to come in, because Vera wasn't quite ready. Rock — feeling exactly as if he were back in high school — accepted the invitation to be seated, and had a nice chat with Vera's parents. Suddenly, he wasn't nervous. A vast revelation soothed him: dating a movie star was much like dating any nice girl from an excellent family back home. So they went to Ciro's and Vera accepted Rock's invitation to have a cocktail by saying that she would love one: that is, chilled grapefruit juice. Nothing more potent. They dined and they danced. They closed the spot. Then they drove to the agent's house and whomped up a flock of ham and eggs, toast and coffee. Rock delivered Vera to her door at three-thirty, and Vera was obviously a little nervous about being so late. "My family expects me home around one or one-thirty," she whispered. She shook hands goodnight and let herself into the house, being as quiet as an eyelash falling on cotton. "What a girl," thought Rock, vaulting into the back seat of the convertible. To his agent he said, "Why don't we do this more often?" The next date, however, was a twosome. Rock took Vera to a movie, although neither can remember what the picture was. Afterward thev sat in the car and talked until three. 'Again Vera tiptoed into the house. At the end of three weeks of brief dates and protracted conversation, they lost count of time one night and yakked until dawn. That did it. Vera's father met them at the door and invited them to join him in morning coffee and a discussion of the proper hours for conventional people to keep. He pounded the table and said that dawn was no time for an honorable man to return a God-fearing, right-living girl to her home. He said that unless he had Kock s word that this sort of thing was not to be repeated, all future Hudson dates had to be cancelled. Rock apologized. He explained. He asked forgiveness. And he ended by admiring and loving Vera's parents with a sincere affection. He was with Vera and Mrs. Rohe when Mr. Rohe passed away trying to do all that a son would have done. These were grey times, of course, but most of the days Vera and Rock have shared have been happy. Sometimes, even, hilarious. Take, for instance, the case of the photographer's Ball in the Fall of 1949. Kock, Vera and a friend were having luncheon one noon about a week before the event was scheduled, and someone asked Rock how he and Vera were going to he costumed. Rock said, "We want to go, but we can t trimk of a gimmick. What to wear — that s the rub." "Why not go as statues?" suggested the friend. "And shed flour or whitewash over everything in sight. Huh-uuh. Doesn't For The First Time In All History . . . 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