Evening star., 1940-02-11
Divorces Not
The Rule in
Hollywood
Some Marriages
OF Film Folk
Are Lasting
Bv Sheilah Graham.
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HOLLYWOOD.
If you want to get people in Aim
land mad just ask them why are
there so many divorces In Holly
wood7" Zone Of the repeating ques-
tions on my recent lecture tour0
Sure-there are lot Of divorces IN
Hollywood big city doesn't
have them2 But as Eddie Cantor
said to me when discussing this
subject, 1T is people who get mar
ried-or divorced-not places. The
same people who get divorces In
Hollywood would get them in Chi
cago or Montreal. The type Of per-
son who goes in for a divorce gets 1t
no matter where he or she lives"
You'd be surprised Il must con-
fess was) at the number of Holly
wood couples who have been mar
ried Ito the same partnerD for 20
years or more. To start with,
Grandaddy Mr.. Cantor-he and Ida
have already had Is years of mar
ital biss-and I mean bliss :. the
Frank Morgans said II do" all of
% years ago Alan Hale came
to Hollywood 80 years ago. He re-
Gently celebrated his 25th wedding
anniversary. The Hales have two
children, son of 18 and q daugh'
ter aged IS.
Fay Holden, the mother in Hardy
series, has been married to the
same man Dave Clyde for Is years
When Adolph Zukor came to
Hollywood Is years ago he had al.
ready been married for 18 years.
The Zukors have a habit of non-
divorce-Gene Zukor, eldest son of
Adolph, mas been married to his
current wife for 20 years.
Contamination of IL years with
the Hollywood scene has not dented
the Joe E. Browns marital COM
panionship of Is years. Joe and
the Missis believe in children as
marriage cementers. They have two
of their own and two adopted
Ditto for the Cecil B. De Miles
wed more than 80 years ago and
with four grown-up children. The
De Miles came to Hollywood in
1914.
Charlie Chan (Sidney Tole) mar
ried Vivien Gaspar "a years ago.
They still park their clothes under
the same roof. Warner Baxter
married Winifred Bryson in q 1918
ceremony in New York. A year
later they came to Hollywood, and
despite 21-year exposure to the
publicized temptations of the place,
are still husband and wife. .. The
Frank Lloyds have lived in Holly
wood for % of their Is years span Of
marriage-and the latter is still in
tact. ). The Jean Hersholts have
lived all of their 26 years of welded
harmony in Hollywood.
Hugh Herbert has "woo-woo-ed"
the same bride for "a years. =. The
Walter ,Brennans have a son aged
10 and two daughters-one 18, the
other is. =. The Jimmy Gleasons
have chalked up "a years on the
marriage register. :. And as itemed
here recently, the Charlie Grapewins
will soon celebrate their 44th year
together-with a second wedding
ceremony.
Hollywood directors do a pretty
good job of marriage-the Sam
Woods Che megaphoned "Mr.
Chips") have lived Is of their 26
years together in Hollywood.
The Frank Borzages have been mar
ried more than 20 years. Ditto for
the Henry Kings. The John
Fords. >. Roy Del Ruths-21 years.
>. Irving Cummings, who married
Ruth Sinclair % years ago and
William Dieterle, whose 20-odd years
of marriage have survived II years
in the fair city of Hollywood.
George Barbier's wife died about
eight months ago after 80 years of
happy marriage The Leslie How
ard menage has had and Is still
having its moments of near-break-
age, but they have contrived to
stay put for % years The Fred
Stones have chalked up grand
total OF IS years Old Timer
Julius Tannen boasts of 40 years
with the same wife White
haired William Collier has been the
husband Of his current missis for 30
years {. q. Raymond Hatton, famous
silent-film comedian, won't give me
the exact number Of his marriage
years-but admits to more than
90"
Comedian Eddie Collins married
Frances Wilmot "a years ago. They
are still married Paramount
Executive Frank Freeman has . son
aged IS years and has contrived
to remain married to the boys
mother Henry Macrae, asso-
ciate producer and head of the serial
department at Universal. still eats
breakfast with the woman he mar
ried 33 years ago.
In couple of years time Fay
Banter will be able to join the list
of f1lmites who have been married
20 years or more :. Ditto for Edgar
SLOW Burn Kennedy Three
years and Jed Prouty can join
them . Add another year and we
get the Leo McCareys. ..
And among the under 20 years Of
marriage couples who are surely
headed that way are the Harold
Lloyds-married 16 years The
Jack Benny%13 years Rod La
ROGUE Wilma Banky), also 13 years
The Spencer Tracys, Robert
Youngs, Paul NUNS and the senior
Marx brother-Groucho
Not bad for this wicked city OF
Hollywood, is It?
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