53: after an open argument at a party at the home of Marion Davies concerning Lana’s new beau, actor Lex Barker, Lamas is replaced by Ricardo Montalban in her upcoming Latin Lovers

Barker accompanies her to Italy where she films Flame and the Flesh. The couple makes headlines in Naples.
7 September 53: marries Barker, the ex of Arlene Dahl, in Turin, Italy

December 53: remarries Barker in Hollywood

55: resides with her husband in a Brentwood mansion. They spend their free time in Acapulco.

trouble arises when Barker, the sole breadwinner after her departure from MGM, asks her to stick to a $1,500-a-month budget


56: separates from Barker
April 56 with Barker she’s part of an almost inseparable foursome around town with actress Joan Caulfield and Frank Ross. The friendship started when they vacationed in Acapulco.

23 July 57 her divorce from Barker becomes final

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