Gossip Friday: Doing a Double Take

From October 1940:

Clark Gable and the Missus are burned up about the story going round that all is not well between them. Those who are spreading the poison should be squelched by the announcement that the pair intend taking a four-month honeymoon-vacation just as soon as Carole completes “Mr. and Mrs. Smith.” Another muffler for the gossip was provided by Clark just a few days ago when he told the following story about the wonderful Lombard sense of humor. It seems a bad case of poison ivy hit Carole recently and swelled her face until it looked like an automobile tire about to pop. A vainer woman would have hidden from the world–but not Carole. She borrowed a mask of Joan Crawford that MGM made for “Broadway Serenade” and when Clark ankled in one evening he was greeted by Joan’s face smiling pleasantly above Carole’s neck!