Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-03-31
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MARY AND DOUG WE'D
Two Most Beloved Screen Stars
Married After Each Had
Gotten A Divorce

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Mary Moore and D. Elton Fairbanks
were married Sunday in Los Angeles.
Gladys Mary Moore is Mary Pick
ford, and the 3D." in Fairbanks name
stands for Douglas"
Doug" and Mary were married.
They obtained license Friday and
were married Sunday night by Rev.
j. Whitcomb Brougher at his resi-
dence. Strenuous efforts were made
to keep the wedding secret, but the
task was too great. Someone talked,
and tonight Los Angeles is discuss
ing the news.
The wedding took place % days af-
ter she had obtained divorce from
Owen Moore at Minden, Nevada.
At dinner staged by Fairbanks at
his Beverly His home, Friday evening
the license was issued The guests
were Miss Pickford, Dr. Brougher,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Fairbanks and R.
is. ("Cupid') Shearkes, Marriage
License Clerk of Angeles County. Miss
Pickford and Fairbanks told Shearkes
that they wished to be married, but
desired to keep the matter secret for
two weeks, ''for business reasons"
They asked him if this could be done,
and said, that if it could not be ar
ranged they would not seek the license
Shearkes agreed to issue the license
and to keep it a secret, Doug" de-
sired to be married ''on the spot" but
Mary had three reasons for opposing
this plan. She did not desire to be
married on Friday, she was dressed
in black and preferred to be married
in white, and she considered Sunday
to be the best day on which to be
married.
The wedding took place after Dr..
Broughers returned from church
Sunday night. During the afternoon
Fairbanks attended the automobile
races at the Los Angeles speedway,
clad in an old golf suit and looking
far from the way man usually looks
who is to be married within a few
hours to one of the most widely
known women in the world.
John Fairbanks 'stood up for his
brother, and Miss Pickford's attend
ant was Majorie Daw. Others pres
ent at the ceremony were Mrs. John
Fairbanks, Mrs. Brougher and her
mother, Mrs Isabel Morse, Dr. Henry
Miles Cook and J. w. Brougher, Jr.
The double ring ceremony was used.
Neither bride nor bridegroom dis
played composure. Both appeared
to be "fussed" After the ceremony
DR.. Brougher read from the Bible
given to Fairbanks by his mother on
her deathbed. He read Ephesians
5-22 to 80.
Miss Pickford wore white silk tulle
over white satin, with apple green
binding and spray of apple green
at the waist. Her only jewels were
a pearl santoir. She said she was
I26 years old, and the bridegroom said
he was 10 years older.
News Of the marriage caused SEN
sation, as Los Angeles still was dis
cussing the circumstance Of her di
vorce About two months ago she
went to Genoa, New, and established
! a residence, remaining there for three
weeks.
Under the Nevada law she could OBJ
tain divorce in that short space of
time only if her husband could be
served with the papers within the
state. Owen Moore put in an APP
pearance in another portion of Nevada
and was served with the proceedings.
Miss Pickford went to Minden, near
Genoe, heavily yelled, and but for a
courtroom attache who was "film
FAM, might have concluded the entire
proceeding without being recognized
She gave her name as Gladys Moore,
and the Judge who granted the decree
to her did not know who she was
until after the decree had been grant
ed.