Gossip Friday: The Wilds of Arizona

from August 1941:

When Clark Gable takes a vacation he doesn’t fool. Last scenes of “Honky Tonk” in the can,  Clark and Carole Lombard are now somewhere in the wilds of Arizona, not to return to pictures until Dec. 1. Wrapped up in Gable’s $5500-a week contract is a clause specifying a three-month annual vacation to occur at “such a period as prescribed by party of the second part.” The hunting season is always Gable’s choice for the layoff period.

Business is combined with pleasure this time. The star hopes to complete a deal, long hanging fire, for 2400 acres  of ranch property in Arizona. Deep in the wilderness, the Gables hope to set the stage for their dual retirement–when or if that box office barometer ever starts to fluctuate.