May 53 Gilbert is a daily double with gag writer Danny Arnold.
Columnist Louella Parsons heralds: “Joanne Gilbert and Danny Arnold, Paramount scribber, soooo in love they could hardly eat their dinner at the Captain’s Table...”
Attends Ella Logan’s opening at the Mocambo with Danny Arnold
July 53
denies “anything serious in her dates with Danny Arnold, who writes for Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis...”
December 53
may be wearing Danny Arnold’s engagement ring, but her father, Ray Gilbert, is deadly opposed to an early marriage
24 June 55
marries Arnold Danny Rothman, aka Danny Arnold, at the Little Church of the Flowers in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. He’s 30; she’s 22.
December 55
she and Arnold separate after six months of marriage. “She said there is no third person involved, but the two are not getting along and felt a separation would help clarify things. She said they hope the split is only temporary.”
March 56
Winchell knows that the “Joanne Gilbert – Danny Arnold marriage which zagged a little is clicking again...”
16 June 56
files suit for divorce from Arnold in Los Angeles charging cruelty. He’s 31; she’s 23.
6 August 56
her divorce is awarded in Los Angeles court.
August 57
columnist Dorothy Kilgallen heralds: “Joanne Gilbert, in the process of getting a divorce from Danny Arnold, will try matrimony again over the Labor Day weekend. Groom-to-be is Gene Norman, owner of a Hollywood nightclub....”