Gossip Friday: Not Iris

From June 1948 (Louella Parsons):

I do NOT think Iris Bynum will be the next Mrs. Clark Gable, though heaven knows, no one ever knows what will happen in this town.

Iris, like Linda Christian, is a flaming redhead. Several years ago, she was a great beauty knocking them for a loop when she showed up at night clubs on the arm of Tony Martin or Turhan Bey (that boy must have every telephone number in town). Iris is still attractive, but more subdued in her clothes and coiffures. 

She has played supporting roles in MGM, Paramount and Warner Brothers movies but her career was never one-two-three with her dates. She is far more night club society than career girl. 

Blunt and outspoken, Iris amuses Clark with her salt and pepper manner of talking. She goes hunting with him now and then and they frequently go to the races..

Clark once said, “Iris is a wonderful scout, and I’m lonesome.” That was enough to start a rumor like a prairie fire that they were getting married. The story that had me up half the night checking it was–Clark and Iris were going to the races, and then they were going to Las Vegas to get married.

Well, it wasn’t true and Clark is, at this writing, still a bachelor. And I bet I’ll be saying the same thing about him this time next year.

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Iris was a flash in the pan, lasted only a few months. Of course, Clark was still single a year later….but not for long, marrying Sylvia Ashley in December 1949.