Gossip Friday: Four Million and One

From September 1954:

Four million of Holland’s 10 million inhabitants ride bicycles. Clark Gable recently made it four million and one.

Long known as a motorcycle fan, Gable keeps half a dozen of the speed machines at his Encino ranch. When he traveled to Holland with Lana Turner and Victor Mature, for the filming of the new drama, “Betrayed,” he had a special bicycle designed for him by a Dutch manufacturer.

Between scenes of “Betrayed,” Dutch citizens became used to seeing the star motor-bike on the paths along the canals in his “Gable special.”

“Betrayed,” co-starring Lana Turner and Victor Mature, will open Thursday at Loew’s State. In the film, Gable is a Dutch intelligence officer and Lana, an espionage agent.