GOOD NEWS! November 1945

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The June Allyson-Dick Powell wedding at the home of Johnny Green was a very gay affair that got considerably gayer right in the middle of the marriage ceremony when popular Judge Brand made a slip and said: "Do you, June, take this man, Richard, to be your lawfully wedded wife.'"

June, who had been very serious up to then, formally holding her little white family prayer book in her hand, tried hard to hold in the giggles—but had to finally give in—and did she laugh! The minute the ceremony was over Dick said, "Hold still, Stinky, for a kiss!"

Dana Andrews told me that he had solved his entire family's vacation problems when he was signed for the lead in the Western movie, Canyon Passage. The company was to go on a month's location trip—so he was going to pack Mrs. A. and the kids into a trailer and take them along on the jaunt.

The Stork has certainly been the busy bird around Universal. The two box office queens of the Valley lot—Deanna Durbin and Maria Montez—are both on the Long Legged visitor's list for next Spring.

Sonja Henie owns the largest diamond clips in Hollywood.

Wish somebody would trim Ginger Rogers' hair a bit.

Lana Turner's new short bob is the cutest hair cut in town.

Maybe it's the new feeling of relaxation in the air now the war is over—but the two Drama Queens, Bette Davis and Greer Garson, have certainly been letting their coiffures down and having fun. At a recent party, Greer surprised the natives completely by taking a harmonica out of her swank evening bag and performing.

As for Bette—she stayed up all night at the Hollywood Canteen the afternoon and evening of V-J Day and the boys went crazy when Bette worked with a local cafe comedy team and took two pies in her face—real pies; one custard and one berry! She was covered with goo from her head to her heels—but did she care? After the first pie was thrown, Bette said, "Now let's have the Technicolor one, boys!"

Also, la Davis got herself all rigged up as a cowgirl for the Canteen Workers picnic a few days later out near Griffith Park. It was a real old-fashioned affair with hot dogs, peanuts, popcorn and pink lemonade.

President Davis surprised the 3,000 who attended by doing some very fancy tricks with a rope. Now—you guessed it—she says she wants to do a Western.