Gossip Friday: Pays on Time
From March 1932:
Well, well, well, Mrs. Clark Gable certainly pays her bills on time. She was in Magnin’s shortly after the first of January and gave the saleslady a check to take to the accounting department to see if it checked with the store’s figures of what she owed them. She had kept track of her bill and brought in the check before she received an accounting! And was she getting attention! Seven salesladies hovering over her at once. And the customers whispering to each other, “That’s Mrs. Clark Gable.”
I couldn’t help but remember Clark’s remark, “And a year ago I could have walked down Hollywood Boulevard munching a doughnut and no one would have paid any attention.” Least of all the salesladies of an exclusive shop.
One Comment
Dan
I can’t even imagine what that kind of attention would have been like for her knowing that physically, she was totally mismatched with her husband. It must have been quite addictive to have people cowtowing to her because they were both curious about and envious of her. She probably felt special being Clark’s wife and when Carole came along, I would imagine her ego took quite the hit. I understand her desire to make Clark’s life miserable and to never give up her position as his wife, but in the end, I think she probably hurt herself more. Sad.