More Snaphots of the Stars In 1948-49 – Hollywood Couples
Howard Duff and Ava Gardner
We continue our look back at a fan’s collection of snapshots from the late 1940s.
Frequently the studio would pair up couples so that they could be seen together when they were going out on the town. It didn’t matter that they may have had no interest in one another or one of them was gay. It was good publicity to be seen by the press and public.
However in many of these photographs the stars are married to one another and they are not “beards” covering up homosexual relationships.
Even more surprising is that a number of these couples remained married to each other for many years; some until death. Cyd Charisse and Tony Martin and Jeanette MacDonald and Gene Raymond being two prime examples of lifelong commitments.
June Allyson and Dick Powell
Betsy Blair and Gene Kelly
Cyd Charisse and Tony Martin
Gloria DeHaven and John Payne
Howard Duff and Ava Gardner
Al Jolson and Evie Galbraith
John Agar and Shirley Temple
Virginia Mayo and Michael O’Shea
Bill Williams and Barbara Hale
Van Johnson and Evie Wynn Johnson
Charles Russell and Nancy Guild
Dinah Shore and George Montgomery
Esther Williams and Ben Gage
Patricia Knght and Cornel Wilde
Betty Garrett and Larry Parks
Ann Miller and Stewart Granger
Jeanette MacDonald and Gene Raymond
