Born. To Janet Gaynor, pert, auburn-haired cinemactress, and Gilbert Adrian, swank fashion designer: their first child, a son. Weight: 7 Ib. 4 oz. Name: Robbin Gaynor.
Engaged. Barbara Gushing, beauteous sister of the former Mrs. James Roosevelt; and Harvardman Stanley Grafton Mortimer Jr.
Married. Carole Landis (real name: Frances Ridste), 21, blonde cinemactress; and Yacht Broker Willis Hunt Jr., 28; both for the second time; in Las Vegas, Nev.
Married. Virginia Cocalis, 24, and George McMillan, 25; in St. Nicholas’ Church, Newark, N. J. Under the terms of Theatre Owner Soteros D. Cocalis’ will, Daughter Virginia forfeited a $25,000 bequest by wedding a man not “born into the Greek Orthodox faith.” Born a Baptist, McMillan joined the Greek church, but it was too late.
Married. Sonja Henie, 30, chubby, figure-skating cinemactress, ice-revue star; and Sportsman Daniel Reid Topping, 29, tin-plate heir, principal stockholder of the Brooklyn Dodgers professional football team; she for the first time, he for the third; in Chicago. Choked Sonja: “I have never been so happy.”
Married. Gertrude Lawrence, 42, sparkling, British-born comedienne; and Richard Stoddard Aldrich, 37, theatrical producer; both for the second time; in Dennis, Mass., where Actress Lawrence was playing in Aldrich’s Cape Playhouse.
Seeking Divorce. Cinemactress Hedy Lamarr, former wife of Austrian Munitions Manufacturer Fritz Mandl; and Gene Markey, balding cinemawriter; after a marriage of 16 months; in Hollywood. After their separation Writer Markey went home to his father.
Died. Acting Flight Lieutenant James W. Davies, 27, sole U. S. ace of World War II; when the plane he was flying ran out of gas, plunged into the English Channel. Lieut. Davies was to have received the Distinguished Flying Cross from King George that day.
Died. Paul Klee, 61, Swiss-born painter; in Berne, Switzerland. His scrawly-scratchy works banned as “Bolshevist art,” Artist Klee was forced in 1933 to resign as professor at the Academy of Art in Dusseldorf, fled Germany.
Died. Jules Judels, 65, long-time master of rehearsals for the Metropolitan Opera; by his own hand (gas); in Manhattan. He left a note: “Better men than me have done the same, hope the gas bill won’t come too high. Have fed the cats. . . .”
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