Gossip
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Gossip Friday: The Gables at the racetrack
From March 1934: Clark Gable has gone in for race horses in a big way. And Mrs. Gable is just as excited over them as Clark is. They are spending many a week-end at the race track. Mrs. Gable at the time was Ria. Clark was photographed at the race track from the 1930’s through the 1950’s so it seems it was a lifelong passion. No word on if he ever won any money on racehourse bets! A few updates this past week… Lots of new photos in the Gallery, including some with Ria, Carole and some of his childhood. Film pages added for Betrayed and Susan Lenox: Her Fall and…
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Gossip Friday: A new heir?
From August 1941: The rumors are thick and fast that the Clark Gables are expecting an heir. It has even been reported that Carole’s brother has been boasting that he soon will be an uncle. But Carole claims it’s only poison oak she’s having–and that’s why she has engaged a room in an eastern hospital. Well, only time will tell. Aw, both cute and sad. They so wanted a child but it was not meant to be. And rumor has it the “eastern hospital” visit was not for poison oak—but to check Carole’s fertility.
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Gossip Friday: Clark pulls one on Joan
Here’s this week’s gossip blurb from March 1937: We nominate for the best gag-puller in the town of Hollywood–Mr. Clark Gable! The story told us recently by Joan Crawford wins him the award in nothing flat. It’s a well known fact that Crawford is hipped on the subject of music on the set. Bennett, the chauffeur, spends half his time putting on and taking off records for Joan between scenes. In her collection of victrola records are some of the finest symphonies and operas. One day, during a recent picture together, Clark walked over to Joan’s Victrola, lifted high the pile of records and screaming, “I’m damned sick and tired…
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Gossip Fridays
I’m not going to make a promise I can’t keep like that I promise to post a new blog update every day. But I decided it would be nice to have a weekly feature. So every Friday, I will be posting a new gossip item from vintage newspapers or magazines about Clark. Sometimes I’ll post one about his costars too. These will all be little gossip blurbs that appeared in magazines or newspapers at the time. Some even from vintage radio shows. Today’s the first Gossip Friday, so here’s our inaugural blurb from August 1937: The deepest mystery of the month: why Clark Gable sat on a curb before Carole Lombard’s house…