GOOD NEWS! June 1945

Judy Garland isn't a superstitious girl. Her engagement ring from Vincente Minnelli is a huge pink pearl set in gold and black enamel and the matching wedding ring is also black enamel edged in tiny pink seed pearls.

Somebody said that she would be a little bit afraid of wedding rings set in black—but she hadn't seen Judy's two new rings. Take my word for it, they are stunning and very far off the usual pattern of romantic sparklers.

Minnelli, who is very much in love, says he wanted Judy to have something "different." Well, she has!

Don't say I told you—but Shirley Temple has a definite crush on Van Johnson whom she's never met. As she told one reporter, "I go for him. But definitely!"

June Allyson is one of the most difficult of all players to interview. It is hard for June to talk about anything that is close to her—and the other kind of material doesn't matter to writers.

There was a lot of spirited bidding for the various dolls at the Diamonds and Dolls cocktail party. Four thousand dollars was realized for the fund which gives the wounded boys a chance to telephone home. Claudette Colbert was very cute when she kept bidding against Mervyn Le Roy for the Vivien Leigh doll. She kept boosting the price so that Merv paid plenty for the little "Scarlett O'Hara."

From the Modern Screen archives.

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