MANNERS & MORALS: Musical Chairs

MANNERS & MORALS

The headlines announced it. Tin-Plate Heir Henry J. ("Bob") Topping Jr. and Lana Turner, blonde and nubilissimous cinemactress, would be married as soon as he could get a divorce from Actress Arline Judge. From Hollywood, wires signed "Lana and Bob Topping" went out to 150 friends, inviting them to a big celebration at the swank Mocambo Club.

Many a U.S. citizen who still thought of marriage as a relatively permanent relation was mildly surprised that a married man should announce his "engagement" to another woman. But no one in the Right...

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