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...booking desk he emptied his pockets, received an ill-fitting blue denim uniform to replace his elegant double-breasted grey flannel suit. Soon, reported a turnkey, No. 22487 was "sleeping like a baby" in the upper bunk of cell 10A2 on the twelfth floor. Hollywood Producer Walter (Stagecoach) Wanger, 57, a suave man with "no previous arrests," had begun what he called his "summer vacation...
...Santa Monica, Producer Walter Wanger, husband of Cinemactress Joan Bennett, decided against a jury trial and threw himself on the mercy of the court. Last December, convinced that Actor's Agent Jennings Lang had more than a 10% interest in his wife and was breaking up his home, Wanger sent Lang to the hospital with a bullet in the groin. Since Lang appeared to be recovering nicely, the court considered the mercy plea, reduced the charge (shooting with attempt to murder), and sentenced Wanger to four months, with a recommendation that the time be served on the county honor...
...Walter Wanger...
...burns me up to constantly read in national papers and magazines every time a movie star gets into trouble, that it was in Hollywood. The Wanger-Lang shooting happened in Beverly Hills, which is a separate city from Hollywood ... It hurts to see every reporter use Hollywood as the location for any sordid happening...
Smash Wind-Up. But the story was too big to stop. Hardly had Actress Bennett finished her appearance as the forgiving wife when Husband Wanger, released on bail, turned up at home, packed up his belongings and moved out to a bachelor's apartment. In the hospital Lang maintained a stony silence, refused to press charges. But the Los Angeles district attorney promptly announced that he would bring the case to trial just the same, and Hollywood shuddered again...