Gossip Friday: Bets on Garbo

From September 1931:

Bets are two ways on Clark Gable, leading man for the Northern Light. There are those who say he will fall for the enigmatic Garbo and those who say he won’t. So far he has not suffered any pulse accelerations from his feminine embraces, including Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, Jean Harlow. Garbo, however, is different. Clark wore a white turtle-necked sweater (a favorite type of sports garment with Garbo) into the MGM commissary and three enthusiasts put their money on Garbo to win.

During the heat of betting he was busy re-marrying his second wife, to make the wedding valid in California, a minor fact blissfully ignored by the betters.

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First I’ve heard of anyone at all thinking Clark would be romatically interested in Garbo! Wow, so not his type. And the whole “re-marrying his second wife so it’s legal in California” lie is so tired.