12 Western Stars Who Married For Money, Not Love

In the old West, a man married for love. In old Hollywood, plenty of them married for the money. In this video: the King of Hollywood, whose first two wives were both born in January 1884, seventeen years before him; the 17-year-old bride who walked away with $375,000 in the Depression; the studio boss who married a skater nearly forty years younger and, a stockholder claimed, spent the company's money making her a star; the Johnny Guitar queen who married the president of Pepsi-Cola and was left near-penniless; the High Noon bride whose family reportedly paid a $2 million dowry; and the billionaire's wife who signed away every claim to his fortune. Which marriage surprised you the most? And do you think anyone on this list really married for love? Tell us in the comments, and subscribe to Old Hollywood Vaults for more true stories from the golden age of westerns. Note: This is a documentary-style retrospective drawn from biographies, court records, interviews and period magazines. Where a motive was only claimed or rumored, we say so. #westerns #clarkgable #oldhollywood