Gossip Friday: Hitting the Road

From January 1935:

Oddly enough, Hollywood, the film capital which is not a city, cannot be reached via railroad–except by freight train! Clark Gable and Jim Tully–one a screen idol, the other a noted scenarist and author–selected this unusual path to fame several years ago when they “hit the road” to study geography first hand.

The paths of these two men crossed one day, and they “threw in” with each other, traveling together across the western states, taking odd jobs and gaining an understanding of human nature that was to stand them both in good stead.

Tully has give the world many delightful and colorful stories based on his own first hand experiences in the art of hoboing and Gable’s human characterization on the silver screen have carried him to an envied stardom.