Gossip Friday: Practice Makes Perfect

From October 1937:

Recently Clark Gable, in a picture, was required to crawl under a bed for a comedy scene. He tried it several times but with no success–the director didn’t like it. Exasperated, the director went through the whole scene, himself, to show Clark how it should be done. As he scrambled out from under the bed he said, “You see, Clark, there’s nothing to it–it’s an easy stunt.”

“Yeah,” retorted Clark, “it’s easy for you–but look at all the practice you’ve had!”

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It was actually under a couch–in Saratoga.