Gossip Friday: What a Wind

From May 1939:

During Hollywood’s coziest wind storm in many a day, a traveler far out in the valley spotted two men struggling with some object on a nearby estate. Fearing his fellow men were in trouble, the traveler braved the nasty tempered blast to go their aid.

“Need help?” he called.

“Yea, thanks,” came back the answer, “we’re trying to wire down these trees. Don’t want them to be blown away.”

Valiantly the men struggled with wire and stakes until the last tree was safe. It was only then the traveler turned for a good look at his hard-working companions.

One of them was Clark Gable!

“Say,” said the helper, smiling, “this is a bigger wind than that one you’re working in at Selznick’s, isn’t it?’

Clark agreed.