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Show i - y l h Ira, 3 i . '. .' , t I" la tie iii i s iimV f ?.$LJ May-December Mates Often Win Happiness Mj TkXJti BLAJUUSON HOLLYWOOD (NEA) The reeent re-eent marriage of WlUlam PoweU to a former girl friend of Mickey Booney, and th aubeequent nup-tlalt nup-tlalt of Joaa Bennett and Walter Wanger tuggett a turvey of tome oUter May-December mating In Hollywood, to a how they've worked out With all th oddly assorted example, ex-ample, th only fair conclusion la that age In marriage don't count any more than on the tcreen. True, when Powell and Carole Lombard were divorced In 1933, ah attributed their trouble to difference In age. But Mia Lombard, Lom-bard, sow SO, oan scarcely confide- her present husband, Clark Cable, aophomorle at 39. Th aew Mr. William PoweU, trauma Lewis, la J6, while her fciasband la 47. In th divorce action ac-tion brought against him by his first wife In 1930, he wa accused of havmg berated her tor the Immaturity Im-maturity of her mind. Lil Cray wa wily i whew the married Chaplin In 1924. She bore him two ton, divorced him In three year. Today Chaplin I 50 and almost whit haired. Paulett Goddard, whom all Hollywood confidently con-fidently believe 1 hi legal wife, and who so Introduce herself at private gathering, la 38. D. W. Griffith, a pink-faced and active 60, has been happily married ince 1936 to Evelyn Baldwyn, who Ptulerre Goddard , , , Pooh-poohs Pooh-poohs age barrier!. wa somewhere In her 30. Ruby Keeler and Al Jolaon wen considered consid-ered a perfectly matched pair for 11 years, although she was 22 years younger than her husband and was hi third wife. They recently were divorced on the ground of cruelty. Lot of Hollywoodsmen are marrying mar-rying above their years. Bob Taylor, Tay-lor, Nelson Eddy and Tyrone Power Pow-er did, in 1939. Barbara Stanwyck, now 32, first was married to Frank Fay, 10 yean her senior. Now she's happy with Taylor, who's 28. Mtry Plckford, at 46, and Buddy Rogers, 35, an doing all right. They were married In 1937 and their romance began two yean before be-fore that. Clark Gable' tint two wive were older than he. Rla Ltnghtm was 11 yean older. Charlie Chaplin had two unhappy unhap-py experiences with much younger wives. Hit first, Mildred Harrlt, |