Milestones, Mar. 18, 1957

Married. Henry Fonda, 51, tall, blue-eyed and durable player of heart-of-gold heroes through two decades of Broadway and Hollywood (Mister Roberts, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial); and slim, dark Italian Contessa AĆ­dera Franchetti, 24; he for the fourth time, she for the first; in Manhattan.

Divorced. Frank Loesser, 46, famed words-and-musicman (Guys and Dolls) and indefatigable (1,500 songs) tunesmith (Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition, Jingle-Jangle-Jingle, etc.); by Mary Alice ("Lynn") Loesser, 41, tall, blonde co-producer of Loesser's current Broadway hit, The Most Happy Fella; after 20 years of marriage, two children; in...

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