GOOD NEWS! September 1945

Judy Garland's wedding to Vincente Minelli was the most simple and unpretentious ever held in Hollywood. Judy wanted no fuss or fanfare and only ten people attended the ceremony, which was held in the living room of her home.

The other June bride, Donna Reed, managed to get herself in Dutch but plenty with the Los Angeles press. She knew that she was to be married July 15th to Tony Owen, the agent. But when the newspaper crowd asked her for information, she said, "I have no plans."

Ouch! Was there a fuss from all concerned when I said Clark Gable and Joan Blondell were dinner dating off the set of Strange Adventure. What can I say after I say I'm sorry—if it wasn't true. But certainly no one will deny that Clark and Joan have a lot of fun kidding each other on the set. It certainly isn't true that Gable, the one and only, and Greer Garson have developed a chill. I know—because I was out on the set one day, had some laughs with both Greer and Clark, and had my picture taken with them.

Poor Alan Ladd has finally found a place where he can eat in peace. It is the very quiet and very dimly lighted Beachcombers, and every time I go in there, I usually spot Alan and Sue at a little table for two almost completely surrounded by bamboo walls.

There are plenty of stars in Hollywood, popular, too—who can go almost anywhere without being molested. But Alan isn't one of them. He's just as popular with the homegrown fans as he is with the "outside" variety.

Shirley Temple entertained for a dozen of her classmates two nights after graduation at the Beverly Tropics, and with no one to supervise their eating, all the kids ordered the exotic Chinese plate with pressed duck and all the trimmings.

The little hostess wore a Kelly green sports suit, matching bag and a very cute off the face hat with a bright feather.

One of my spies, sitting nearby, heard one of the girls ask Shirley, "Are you really going to wait three years to get married?" to which she made the surprising reply, "No, I'm not."

Don't know what that means but we might watch out.

From the Modern Screen archives.

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