Love really happens quickly to Kim Darby. When
just about everybody was betting on her romance with Pete Deuel,
her "Generation" co-star (see our story on page 60
which had been written before lightning-love struck Kim), Kim
married James Westmoreland on February sixth. Talk about whirlwind
courtships! The two met at a dinner party just two-and-a-half
weeks before the wedding. The party was hosted by Michael Anderson,
Jr., Jim's close friend since the days they worked together on
ABC-TV's "The Monroes." Said Jim: "Kim and I had
total rapport at once. We have everything in common. If you love
someone, you can love her as much in three weeks as you can in
a lifetime of dating." Like Kim, Jim Westmoreland has been
married before. It lasted for eight years, but this second marriage,
Jim says, was made forever. When they took out the marriage license,
they certainly looked blissful. Kim, fighting off a cold, still
smiled, wrapped up in a fur coat over a purple pants suit. Jim
was dressed casually in slacks and leather jacket, his every
action, attentive to Kim. On Friday, the sixth, the Reverend
Walter Gerber, a Presbyterian minister, joined them in a double-ring
ceremony. Vicki Anderson (Michael Anderson's wife, and a close
friend of Kim's) was the maid of honor. Michael Landau was the
best man. Though the newlyweds didn't announce their immediate
plans, Jim told our reporter there would be no long-range career-conflicts:
"Kim will never have to stop being the individual she is,"
Jim said. He added that, in time, he hopes to give up acting
and concentrate on inventing things such as his latest: an eyelash
applicator. No matter how quick the courtship, it's clear the
Westmorelands plan a much longer future together. We wish them
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