FAMOUS ACTRESS MARRIED

Southland Times, Issue 23229, 18 June 1937, Page 7

FAMOUS ACTRESS MARRIED

Brilliant Wedding At Hollywood JEANETTE MACDONALD A PINK BRIDE (United Press Assn. —Telegraph Copyright) (Received June 17, 11.27 p.m.) HOLLYWOOD, June 17. The marriage of Jeanette Macdonald, the actress, to Gene Raymond, the actor, which took place without mishap tonight, will go down in history as Hollywood’s most spectacular wedding. Attended by over 1000 notable persons of the film industry, the ceremony cost 25,000 dollars and was the essence of formality, with white-gloved ushers, long pink ribbons down the aisles, candles and thousands of roses. The bride’s elaborate gown was of flesh pink mouseline over taffeta of the same colour.

The services opened with Nelson Eddy, who has been Jeanette Macdonald’s colleague in several pictures, singing “I Love You Truly.” Wild excitement prevailed outside the church, and a police squad was frequently powerless to control a surging crowd which cheered guests arriving and leaving. Before the wedding Jeanette Macdonald declined to discuss the arrangements, asserting: “It is bad luck to tell such things.” * The police revealed that it would be a lavish affair in a fashionable church on Wiltshire Boulevard, the city’s busiest thoroughfare. One hundred police were ordered for patrol duty at the church and traffic was, diverted in the vicinity. It was predicted that there would be 10,000 uninvited guests. More than twice that number manhandled Vilma Banky and Rod la Rocque in 1927, and tore off their clothing as souvenirs, as a result of which virtually all Hollywood weddings since then have been private. The bridal attendants included Fay Wray and Ginger Rogers, and the ushers Harold Lloyd and Basil Rathbone.