Gossip Friday: Unexplained Charm

From 1949:

One more name has been added to the long list of leading ladies who think Clark Gable is the absolute tops. She’s Alexis Smith, who works with the king in “Any Number Can Play.” Their first scene together, sans any previous acquaintance and avec only a hasty introduction, involved Mr. G. and Miss S. in six minutes of smooching. But that wasn’t what evoked all the admiration from Alexis—none of the gals, in fact, seem to be able to explain clearly why they find him so charming.