Gossip Friday: Wandering into Grand Hotel

Wallace Beery and Joan Crawford filming Grand Hotel

From April 1932:

In “Strange Interlude” Clark Gable will play a variety of roles that will carry him from youth to old age, and as a consequence he is devoting all of his time to praticing makeups at the Metro studio. He walked on the set of “Grand Hotel” (where he didn’t belong) the other day and “accidentally on purpose” got in everybody’s way without being recognized. Finally the assistant director ordered him out of the studio. Crestfallen Clark started away just as Jean Hersholt, a member of the “Grand Hotel” cast, happened along. “What’s the matter, old man?” Hersholt asked kindly. Clark flicked away an imaginary tear or two and answered: “I only wanted to see ’em make pitchers.”

Hersholt felt sorry for him and was about to find him a vantage point to watch the show without being in the way, when the makeup artist, quite exasperated, came up saying: “I’m all ready for you, Mr. Gable.” Now the laugh’s on Hersholt.

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