People: People, Oct. 6, 1947

Marriage was a pretty trying business.

High-keyed, redhaired, green-eyed Cinemactress Greer Garson, pushing 40, told a judge that Actor Richard Ney, 28, had called her a "has-been." She got a quick divorce and left the courtroom sobbing as the flashbulbs popped.

Ripe-mouthed Hedy Lamarr found herself playing the understanding older woman. Back to his wife she sent 26-year-old Actor Mark Stevens (now appearing in I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now), and freely told the press just how it went. "He is very young," explained Matron Lamarr, 32, "and I told him I thought he...

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