[6] Bruce returned to Hollywood in 1932, where she began work in early August at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on the film Kongo starring Walter Huston.

[7][8] The Film Daily reported that the couple's "quick" wedding was held in Gilbert's dressing room on the studio lot.

Among the people attending the small ceremony were the head of MGM production Irving Thalberg, who served as the groom's best man; screenwriter Donald Ogden Stewart, whose wife Beatrice acted as matron of honor; MGM art director and set designer Cedric Gibbons; and his wife, actress Dolores del Río.

[8] Bruce retired briefly from acting after the birth of their daughter Susan Ann, although she returned to film appearances after her divorce from Gilbert (caused by his alcoholism) in May 1934.

[12] Bruce died of cancer at age 71 on February 24, 1982, at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital[3] in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California.