From January 1934: Now it’s going to be Clark Gable, horseman. With his latest picture finished, Gable is spending all his time looking over prospective racing horses. He has gone for horse racing hook, line and sinker, and is going to buy several horses to race on various western tracks this winter. 

From February 1934: For the first time since he became a star, Clark Gable is going to New York. He left last night for his first sight of Broadway and Times Square since he flew to Los Angeles several years ago for a stage role. Several trips back east were planned by the one-time Ohio boy but film work always interfered. He is expected to be gone at least two weeks.

From December 1959: Clark Gable doesn’t agree with big money Hollywood stars who set up camp in low-tax Switzerland.  “The USA is good enough for me,” says the longtime matinee idol.  Besides, he adds with a smile, Clark Gable is no millionaire. “I don’t know where anybody gets the idea I’m a rich man,” he says. “The British press is always asking me that question. I’m not–at least not moneywise. But I’m happy and I consider that being pretty rich.” Had it not been for his remaining under straight contract with MGM Studios, Gable might be better off in the financial department.  “It’s only recently,” he says, “that I’ve gotten…

From January 1932: Clark Gable is getting his name in more than electric lights and theater page headlines nowadays. He recently received a picture postcard of a scene in his hometown, Cadiz, Ohio. Beneath the picture were the printed words: “Cadiz–Birthplace of Clark Gable.”

From January 1932: One of the screen’s greatest matinee idols–and he wants to be a rolling stone. Sitting on the set, Clark Gable admitted to me he still can’t believe his good fortune–fortune that has enabled him, in one year to play opposite Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, Greta Garbo and now Marion Davies. The strange part of it is, he doesn’t want to go on with this glamorous life indefinitely. What he really wants, he confesses, is $200,000 and a chance to travel in the out-of-the-way places of the world. “I signed my 5-year contract against the advice of my agent and even my wife,” he told me. “My object…

From March 1934: Mrs. Kniffen ‘Has Floating Feeling’ As She Shakes Clark Gable’s Hand Looking up from her tea cup at a bridge tea yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Luther M. Kniffen, attractive young wife of Sheriff Kniffen, electrified the air with a casual “I Met Clark Gable the other day when I was in New York.” “Met him or saw him,” one of her listeners wanted to know. “Met him, shook hands with him in person, back stage at the Capitol Theatre.” “Were you thrilled?” queried another wide-eyed movie fan. “Wouldn’t you be, in the presence of America’s lover? I got so nervous thinking about meeting him that I expected I’d…

From January 1953: Clark Gable’s Christmas present to the animals of Africa was that he is tired of killing and won’t shoot living creatures again, except maybe game birds for eating. Mr. G., now on location for “Mogambo,” has decided that most of his shooting from now on will be with a camera. Don’t know what happened because he used to be an avid big game hunter. It’s not his health. He’s feeling fine. Occasionally, perhaps, a little homesick for his ranch in Encino, where he maintains a full staff–cook, horseman, gardener and secretary–wherever he may roam. ____ This is true. He gave up game hunting and the remaining years…