Gossip Friday: Big Foot
From January 1939:
Clark Gable was afflicted today with an ailment that brought no romantically sympathetic telegrams from his feminine fans.
His 11-C size feet have swollen half a size, after six weeks of hoofing in patent leathers as a song and dance man for “Idiot’s Delight,” his latest motion picture. All his shoes tweak.
Dr. H.A. Jones, a chiropodist, who was called in to see if something could be done to shrink the star’s growing feet, suggested Gable soak them in salt water twice a day.
One Comment
Dan
I never thought about the fact that the shoes they would have worn in the 30s would cause a lot of pain after extensive and repeated dancing for a film. Poor Clark. The things he had to do for a pay cheque