Friday, March 15, 2013

PHOTOS OF THE DAY: AL JOLSON AND RUBY KEELER

In the 1930s there were no two bigger stars than Al Jolson (1886-1950) and Ruby Keeler (1910-1993). They were only married from 1928 to 1940, and by all accounts the marriage was an unhappy one. However, they did adopt a child - Al Jr (1935-2007), who later changed his name to Albert Peter Lowe, and more importantly the marriage left behind some wonderful picture moments of the two great stars. Here are a few of them...












3 comments:

  1. I read that he was extremely jealous, and always suspected she was cheating on him. Apparently nothing like that was going on, and she was a good wife to him, but years of living with that behavior finally wore her down.

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  2. What a handsome couple. It's sad to think their marriage was mostly unhappy.

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