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Gossip Friday: Holiday Greetings
This is a magazine ad from 1931 wishing the stars a happy holiday. It reads: There are 769 motion picture players in Hollywood to whom we send Christmas greetings. We particularly wish for: Greta Garbo More seculsion for our solitary star. Against our selfish inclinations, we would wish that solitude so dear to your heart. May the brightest star continue to gleam in splendor. Skoal! Clark Gable A pleasant year on the heights so recently won. May the parts pack a wallop and give play to the “love and menace” method that you have found and and revealed to us. Ann Harding Happy landings on ten thousand screens. May your golden…
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Gossip Friday: The Fourth Mrs. Gable
Since December 20 marks the 60th anniversary of Clark’s marriage to his fourth wife, Lady Sylvia Ashley (for more on her, read here), we’ll devote this week’s Gossip Friday to her and her previous marriage to another man of Hollywood royalty: Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. (Anyone else find it a bit twisted that before she married Clark Sylvia was married to the father of Douglas Fairbanks Jr., who was married to Joan Crawford when Joan was having an affair with Clark? That’s a sick little circle…) From June 1935: An eye witness to the arrival of Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. , Lady Ashley and party at Miami Beach, reports that Doug had more…
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70 years ago today…
Gone with the Wind premiered in Atlanta, the biggest event the town had ever seen. Clark and Carole were front and center for the festivities. Although Carole shyly told reporters that she was only there to support Clark, Clark told everyone back in Hollywood proudly, “Ma was the star of the show! Nobody could take their eyes off her!” Here’s their itinerary: Thursday, December 14: 3:30pm–Arrive Sky-Sleeper from Hollywood with Howard Strickland and Nelson Milikan 3:45pm–Depart for parade through downtown Atlanta Clark and Carole ride with William Hartsfield, mayor of Atlanta 4:30pm–Arrive at the Georgian Terrace Hotel Clark gives a speech, receives a box of Atlanta china as a gift…
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Gossip Friday: Crowd around Mickey
From February 1937: Outside the commissary at MGm we saw Spencer Tracy, Clark Gable and about forty other big stars and directors huddled in a group around something, so interested and awed by what they saw that their mouths were practically hanging open down to their knees. After forcing our way through to the center of the group to see wgar so fascinated these sophisticates, we discovered that Mickey Rooney was keeping them all agog with his skill at hi-li, that little game where you hit a ball against a paddle. All were clamoring for the first chance to try it after Mickey got through! Mickey and Clark had a sort-of…
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Gossip Friday: A Public Tiff
From May 1940: They do say that Carole Lombard and Clark Gable had their first little tiff in public the other day, and Carole walked out of a party in a huff! Seems all was forgiven a few days later, as they appeared arm in arm at Bob Taylor and Barbara Stanwyck’s table at Ciro’s, with Carole sporting a new sapphire clip.