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The other night Joan Crawford showed up at the Tingel-Tangel theater and occupied the back row entirely by herself! The reason— because she had bought all the tickets in that row to make sure she would be alone. Franchot Tone was so conspicuous in his absence the gossips have been tongue-waging ever since. If this is a lover's quarrel, some of the cameramen in town believe they might know the answer to it. Previous to Joan's solitary trek to the Tingel-Tangel, she and Franchot had attended the banquet for The Motion picture Theatre Owners Association. Now Franchot and Joan have always been very gracious about stopping long enough to pose for the snapshot boys. But this night, Franchot, in a very surly mood, insisted upon ushering Joan into the banquet without even a casual nod toward the lens flashers all lined up to take their [picture]. And what's more, they say Joan protested violently at his rudeness, too. That may, or may not, be the answer to why Joan bought out an entire back row and went to the theater alone. Other guests at the Tingel-Tangel that night were Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich. When Marlene saw Joan she went back and talked to her for ten of fifteen minutes.

After quarreling with her then-beau Franchot Tone, Joan Crawford bought out a whole row of seats and decided to go to the theatre by herself— but Marlene caught sight of Joan seated alone in that empty row, and decided to wander back & chat for a bit. One month later, a picture was published of Joan and Marlene, this time seated together in the same theatre and taking in a show together.

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Article from Modern Screen, July 1934, page 37; picture from page 41 of the August issue.

#Joan Crawford #Marlene Dietrich #fan magazine finds #i mean just look at them #otp material #⛵

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