March 29, 1950
Photo at left: 29 MAR 1950 - BRIDE-ELECT OF EL PASOAN
- Miss Elizabeth Tyalor, left, is shown with Mrs. Mack Saxon
(center), mother of Miss Taylor's fiance, Conrad N. Hiltorn, Jr., of El
Paso and her mother, Mrs. Francis Taylor. They are pictured in Miss
Taylor's suite in the Hilton hotel here, as they chatted about the
couple's wedding plans.
Her lovely violet-blue eyes sparkled as Miss Elizabeth Taylor, “Liz” to her friends, chatted about plans for her wedding to Conrad N. (Nick) Hilton, Jr., in her Hilton Hotel suite Tuesday morning.
The youthful movie star is here visiting Mrs. Mack Saxon, mother of her future husband. Mrs. Saxon, Miss Taylor and the latter’s mother, Mrs. Francis Taylor, herself a glamorous-looking, charming person, were planning an afternoon shopping trip to Juarez, while “Nick” enjoyed a round of golf at El Paso Country Club.
The couple will be married at 5 p.m. on May 6 in the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills, with the Right Rev. James Concannon officiating.
Miss Taylor told me the names of her attendants and other wedding plans, but would not describe her wedding dress, in keeping with the bridal tradition that it must remain a secret from the bridegroom until the wedding day.
The dress, however, is being designed by Helen Rose of MGM Studios, as are the gowns of all the bride’s attendants, and will be presented to the bride and her attendants as gifts from the studios.
After their
marriage, the couple will sail on the Queen Mary for a three-month
honeymoon trip to Europe.
Upon returning they will live in Hollywood,
“probably in an apartment for about a year, before we build a home,”
Miss Taylor said.
Miss Taylor was wearing a smoke blue silk print frock with gold earrings and gold charm bracelet. A small diamond-encrusted antique brooch was fastened at the V-neckline of the dress.
Miss Ann Westmore will be maid of honor of the wedding. Barron Hilton will attend his brother as best man, and his wife, Mrs. Barron Hilton, will be one of the bride’s attendants.
Other attendants of the bride will include Miss Jane Powell, Miss Betty Sullivan, Miss Marjorie Dillon, Miss Mara Regan and Mrs. Marshall Thompson.
The wedding reception will be held in the Bellaire Country Club following the ceremony.
She made wedding plans and got the heck out and dodged.
Posted by: Sam | August 05, 2008 at 11:50 AM
Wish them all the very best in their big day, I know how important it is after experience through this.
Posted by: Yee Wei | August 09, 2008 at 07:46 PM
Of course the Hilton Hotel they are talking about is now known as the Plaza Hotel.
Posted by: K.L. Wilden | March 23, 2011 at 07:01 PM