Gossip Friday: Claudette and Bing

Since this week (9/13) is Claudette Colbert’s 107th birthday, here’s some gossip about her from Septmeber 1937:

Claudette Colbert was playing some of her favorite Bing Crosby records in her dressing room the other day, when her telephone rang. The star herself answered.

An irate voise yelled, “Listen! If you must make all that noise, which disturbs me in my dressing room, for heaven’s sake play something better than those Crosby records. That’s guy’s crooning gives me a pain!”

“I don’t know who you are,” cried Claudette angrily, “but you can’t make cracks to me about my friend Bing Crosby and his singing! If you had any musical sense you’d know that he has a fine voice and doesn’t croon!”

Then there came to Claudette’s ears sounds of smothered laughter over the phone. Bing’s own voice was saying, “Atta girl, Claudette! ‘Scuse me for riling you. But when I heard you playing my records, the temptation to pull a gag was too good to pass up!”