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This is the August 1958 issue of Modern Screen – a “Special Youth Issue!” with “12 storiesof tenderness and torment.” Its cover features a photo of Natalie Wood and RobertWagner. To complement the articles and features are numerous black &white photographs and vintage advertisements. There are full-pageadvertisements for several major movies, including King Creole – thefourth Elvis movie – andIndiscreet, a hit movie starring CaryGrant and Ingrid Bergman.
The magazine contains 84 pages and measures approximately8.5 x 11 inches.
Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner werea high-profile Hollywood couple whose turbulent relationship and marriagespanned two separate periods, ending with Wood\'s mysterious drowning in 1981.
The couple’s first marriage (1957-1962): The young movie starsmarried in Scottsdale, Arizona, when Wood was just 19, becoming one ofHollywood\'s ultimate golden couples before divorcing.
Second Marriage (1972-1981): After divorcing other partnersand raising families, the pair reunited and remarried in 1972, having adaughter together named Courtney.
The Tragic Death of Natalie Wood: (November 1981): OverThanksgiving weekend, Wood drowned off the coast of Santa Catalina Island,California, while aboard their yacht, the Splendour.
Also on the boat that night were Wagner, Wood\'s Brainstormco-star Christopher Walken and the boat\'s captain, Dennis Davern.
Wood’s death was initially ruled an accidental drowning,but the case was reopened in 2011. Robert Wagner was later named a person ofinterest by investigators after witnesses reported hearing an argument, althoughno charges have been filed.
