Gossip Friday: Not With His Shoes On

From February 1937:

Burly Clark Gable can’t make love with his shoes on, it appeared as the pride of Cadiz, Ohio, washed up amatory work in “Parnell” with Myrna Loy.

Half-a-dozen times Gable assumed parlor wrestling position No.1 on a brocade sofa and went into his routine. But it was no go, Ken Stahl cutting the take before it got its second wind.

The great lover at length kicked off his shiny, patent-leather shoes, and, taking a firm toehold on a bear-skin rug, gave off a perfect scene.

Loy, to promote passion, contented herself with shredding a handkerchief and sniffing softly while an off-key phonograph bleated Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata.”