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Feature on Walter Byron & Lily Damita, Ronald and Vilma's New "Partners"

"Vilma Banky with Walter Byron. Ronald Colman with Lily Damita. The selection of partners for Miss Banky and Mr. Colman was more vital to the welfare of the nation than the nominations of vice-presidents at the impending National Conventions. Two continents awaited the decisions with bated breath."

"Oddly enough, it was Ronald Colman who nominated his successor to the film affections of Miss Banky. Colman met Walter Byron, then known as Walter Butler, in the Players' Club in London. When Colman met Sam Goldwyn a few days later and learned of Goldwyn's frantic search for a personable young Englishman, Colman suggested his friend."

Picture caption: "Henceforth it will be Vilma Banky with Walter Byron. Mr. Byron obtained the pleasant job of making love, before the camera, to Miss Banky simply by growing a mustache and changing his name..."