Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Mr. X Blind Item #10 - Old Hollywood

What Hollywood power couple both on and off-screen never officially confirmed their marriage, but there was that one time about a few years into their relationship that they both went to Mexico so he could get a quickie divorce from his wife [a devout Catholic like him] and they could get hitched? The female half of the couple never met his ex-wife until after the man died and eventually became good friends with both his kids.

18 comments:

sandybrook said...

Hepburn and Tracy?

sandybrook said...

This was discussed early today on another blind about Judy Garland.

Tricia13 said...

Steve Mcaqueen/Faye Dunaway

Tricia13 said...

His wife being Ali McGraw

aemish said...

Can somebody 'splain this one to me? I don't understand this one at all for some reason today!

Sabrina said...

Nah, it is Hepburn and Tracy.

brin said...

II don't know about that because he married Barbara Minty soon after he divorced Ali.
Then again, it's Steve McQueen we are talking about!

The 10th Doctor said...

Sandy got it. Hepburn and Tracy.

sandybrook said...

The A+ guy changed his mind about the divorce he wanted because his religion frowned on this. But they remained a A + couple and lived together but never married even though many thought they were married.

brin said...

It's much ado about very little....speculating about a marriage that may or may not have happened.

aemish said...

ahhh.. gratzi, Sandy!

ettacettera said...

It's confusing..never confirmed marriage makes it sound like they were married..

Bette said...

I think this is Sophia Loren and Carlo Ponti, Sr. She had a bio come out this year, and I remember when she was on the plane to go to Mexico with Carlo and Cary Grant had sent her yellow roses, and it pissed Carlo off...that's my guess.

Bette said...

Ah, crap. It wasn't...nm.

Zilla3 said...

Tracy never divorced his wife, because he was such a devout Catholic as was his wife. (The same devout Catholic that caroused with multiple women and spent many weekends locked up in a hotel bathroom with many bottles of booze.)

Megley said...

Tracy's wife wouldn't give him a divorce. When he died, Kate was barred from the funeral by said wife. Barely knew his kids, if at all. Not them.
Loren and Ponti--he was one of her johns. Mama set them up because he was rich, and Loren was not.

Blaine said...

It was known to industry insiders that Spencer Tracy was deeply closeted. His gay side only came out when he was drunk. In fact, this was the main reason he drank--he couldn't accept himself as gay. Hepburn was widely known to be a lesbian. Their "relationship" which lasted more than 20 years was a complete fraud. He was gay, she was a lesbian. It worked for both of them. So this blind item is definitely not about Hepburn and Tracy.

Bojangle said...

What Blaine said.

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