Milestones, Oct. 3, 1955

Marriage Revealed. James T. Farrell, 51, relentlessly detailed novelist (the Studs Lonigan trilogy, the Danny O'Neill series); and his first wife, Dorothy Butler FarrelL fortyish; on Sept. 10; in Montclair. NJ. They were first married in 1931, divorced in 1940, had no children; Farrell married Hortense Alden the same year, divorced her in 1955, had one son, Kevin James.

Died. Robert Riskin, 58, top screenwriter, who teamed with Director Frank Capra (1931-38) to turn out Lost Horizon, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, You Can't Take It with You, winner of an Academy Award in 1934 for It Happened One Night, husband of...

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