Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-28

And perhaps, now you can see why
Robert Preston and / have not the slightest
intention of getting married Robert has his
career as brilliant young film star. and
have mine; and neither of us can serve two
masters
Probably the foremost snti-marriage-
career disciple on the Main Stem was Ethel
Norman, the darling of the musical comedy
stage and pictures, who was generally ac-
copied as the typical bachelor girl-until her
surprise marriage last year TO Bill Smith,
Hollywood agent
Everyone along the Bright Lights sector
who knew Of Ethels shadow boxing with
matrimony We're pleasantly surprised at her
halcyon romance and nuptals with the DASH
ing Mr. Smith. They had long, ago accepted
her at her word when she declared it would
be folly for the career woman to plunge into
wedock.
1t wasn't long, however, before this, ideal
match" went on the rocks and the Cinderella
of Melody Lane candidly reasserted her
opinion that marriage and the stage are tan
tamount to the irresistible force meeting the
immovable object.
Paraphrasing Miss Lamour she empha-
sizes that marriage and a stage career don't
seem to jell."
You commit marriage on impulse" the
warbler adds, then something happens and it
goes completely flOoey.
But Alice Faye, moviedoms choicest bit
of chubby blond loneliness. obviously doesn't
take much stock in the pessimstic theorizing
of her songbird contemporaries. The honey
haired movie queen, one of Hollywood's most
potent box office attractions is the bride of
Phil Harris bandleader foil of comic Jack
Benny on the airlines and the screen. Alce's
second venture on the wavering seas of matri-
mony.
Once the protegee and heart-throb of
Rudy Vallee who landed Alice her first break
in the movies she stepped from the chorus
of the film version Of George Whites Scan
dals' TO become leading lady In September,
1887, she and Tony Martin, singing idol of film
and radio chartered plane for flying elOpe-
ment to Yuma, Ariz., a complete surprise TO
Hollywood and Broadway, for they were con-
sidered only good friends"
The trouble again in the Faye-M Martin para
disc was distance. Alice was busy in Holly
wood filming one picture after another Tony
was in New York for radio work. The final
decree for their divorce came through in
March of last year.
Catching the Hollywood reporters mapping
again Alice resorted TO another surprise elope-
rnent this May. She and Phil Harris the
orchestra pilot who too, were considered only
good friends despite the fact that he had been
her constant escort for several months, made
a dash to EDsenada, which IS assuming the
proportions Of a Gretna Green for movie folk
and the ceremonies were performed by JUS
tice of the peace.
Ginger Rogers was married at II 20 the
happy go-lucky vaudevillan, Jack Cupcpper
better known as Jack Pepper before, She
once told me. II knew what 1t was all about
Winner Of a Charleston contest. 1t was not
until she blaZed forth in Girl Crazy that
Broadway and Hollywood, too knew that
here was a new star in the making Coinci-
dentally enough, co-featured with her in that
show was Ethel Norman
Ginger, already estranged from Pepper.
vowed with all the soemnity of determined
youth, that If and when she and Pepper di-
vorced there would never be marriage again
Her only marriage, henceforth, would be TO
loyal, rewardng ever-loving Career
In 1884. Ginger married handsome screen,
star Lew Ayres And for few years no Hol-
lywood couple seemed happier But last year
the hundreds Of thousands Of Ginger Rogers
fans were saddcned TO read that she was di-
vorcing Ayres.
And once again. she is insisting that her
one and only love henccforth VIII be- Career.