Gossip
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Gossip Friday: Well, He Hasn’t Asked
From December 1944: Clark Gable, though he still takes Kay Williams to parties, is having lots of dates for himself with different gals these evenings. But he’s seen mostly with Sally Wright, an attractive non-professional, who almost went to the altar with Bob Cobb, owner of the Brown Derby Restaurants, a few months ago. Kay Williams now announces she’s not going to marry Clark Gable because he hasn’t asked her, which is as good a reason as any. At a party the other day, Kay, whose divorce from the South American Macoco is final, announced a fortuneteller had told her she’d marry twice. “Oh, then you on’t be marrying Mr.…
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Gossip Friday: Don’t Worry, Fella
From April 1947: At a preview showing of “Homecoming” in Glendale, Clark Gable, John Hodiak and Anne Baxter were all sitting together. During a love scene between Gable and Anne, a man behind them whispered to his wife: “Gee, Hodiak just sits there and watches Gable make love to his wife.” Hodiak turned around and whispered back, “Don’t worry, fella. I kissed Anne when we got home. And Gable wasn’t there to watch me.”
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Gossip Friday: Clark Gable Sat Here!
From 1952: Arthur B. Goode and his American Art Galleries auctioned off the personal possessions of Lady Sylvia Ashley. So help us–one curious customer who bought a chair loudly exclaimed: “I’m going to put this in my living room and pin a sign on it that says–Clark Gable sat here!”
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Gossip Friday: Theme Song?
From August 1932: Professor, please strike up “Falling in Love Again!” It’s the Clark Gable theme song! About a week after the missus got back from New York and the Gables decided to let bygones be gone-byes, they tooled off on a second honeymoon. Away to sun-kissed Del Monte for a month, there to golf, fish and ride horsies. No parties–no social fuss. Just Clark and the madame getting together again. And also it gives “What a Man” a chance to recuperate from a bad case of flu which smacked him down not long ago.
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Gossip Friday: Lost and Not Found
From February 1938: Clark Gable has kept in constant touch with the police department of Los Angeles, by the way, ever since his pet pearl-handled revolver was stolen by a prowler. He’d never fired the thing but felt it brought him good luck on his hunting trips. Now, whenever a batch of weapons is brought in to the local sergeant’s desk, Clark goes down and looks it over. It’s a slim hope but he still thinks he may find his missing gun among the captured arsenals.
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Gossip Friday: Envy of Hollywood
From November 1949: The envy of Hollywood is Clark Gable, whose new Ariel Square Four motorcycle just arrived from England. Could it be Clark will ride it down Mexico way to see Paulette Goddard?
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Gossip Friday: Intelligent and Sensitive
From June 1948: On “The Hucksters” set, Clark Gable and Deborah Kerr were going through a scene in the rear of a taxi. Clark looked exceedingly well…. Producer Arthur Hornblow strolled over and [said] what a pleasure it was to work with Clark. “He knows the script inside out weeks in advance and if there is a complaint to be made, he makes it before the picture starts instead of waiting until the day of the scene. And intelligent, sensitive actor,” Mr. Hornblow pronounced him.
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Gossip Friday: What a Contrast
From June 1944: At an Army and Navy dinner dance recently we sat kitty-corner from Captain Clark Gable who had pretty Kay Williams as his girl friend. We thought the two a handsome pair but couldn’t help comparing the quiet, almost demure Kay to the vivid, magnetic Carole. What a contrast.
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Gossip Friday: Very Gray
From 1950: The person this story amuses most is–Clark Gable. It seems before he started “Across the Wide Missouri,” his studio instructed him to let his beard grow. Being a good boy who always does what he’s told, the virile Mr. G. just smiled and tucked away his razor. Finally, they called him into the studio for wardrobe fittings. When they got a gander at that luxuriant face foliage–very fine but very gray–they ordered the makeup department to make with a fast false beard. Clark went happily on his way–to the barber shop.
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Gossip Friday: Legs Gable
From 1954: Just like old times Clark Gable and beautiful, blond Kay Williams are having those laughs again. Favorite playtime place is the golf course of the Bel Air Country Club and you should get a gander of the King wearing those knee-length sox and currently fashionable Bermuda walking shorts! Kay kiddingly calls him, “Legs Gable!”
