Gossip Friday: Ready to Sail
From 1948:
When Clark Gable departed for his European vacation, the studio gang, who lunch with him daily, really gave him a send-off. They all wore sailor caps to the table. Clark’s place was banked with seasick remedies, water wings and one of those new envelope-sized French bathing suits. The one thing we know he didn’t take along with him, was a book titled “What Every Young Man Should Know!”