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Gossip Friday: Plenty of Nails
From November 1941: Carole Lombard knows that Clark Gable is always building something on their valley ranch so about a month ago she said to Clark: “You better buy plenty of nails because they’re going to be difficult to get after a while.” Gable laughed, but Carole went out and bought 2,000 pounds of nails at 7 cents a pound. Lombard was right. There is now a shortage of nails, and practically every hardware store in town is phoning Clark Gable wanting to buy nails from him at 17 cents a pound.
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Gossip Friday: A Strange Quartet
From November 1938: Carole Lombard-William Powell-Clark Gable-Rhea Gable–how do the members of this quartet regard and treat each other in the narrow confines of Hollywood? Lombard and Powell are perhaps greater friends now than when they were husband and wife. When they first started making “My Man Godfrey,” their dressing rooms were at opposite sides of the set. Halfway through the picture they were halfway nearer each other. By the time “My Man Godfrey” was in a “canned” condition, their two rooms were side by side! And the ex-Mr. and Mrs. dined together at least five times a week, and it looked as though Bill had nosed out Mr. Gable…
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Gossip Friday: Everybody Relax
From October 1938: Everybody can relax a little, in case they’re still worrying about it after all this time. Clark Gable is definitely set for the role of Rhett Butler. He cut his Canadian vacation short in order to be back to celebrate Carole Lombard’s birthday.
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Gossip Friday: Only One Star
From April 1939: “There is only one star in the family,” says Carole Lombard in answer to the question. “How can two stars make a success of marriage?” “And that’s Clark,” concludes Carole.
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Gossip Friday: Off to New York
From October 1939: After all the talk of Europe, South America, Honolulu, etc., Carole Lombard and Clark Gable will settle on a trip to New York. They’ll probably get away as soon as Carole finishes “Vigil in the Night” at RKO.
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Gossip Friday: Carole Says Pay Up!
From November 1938: Ever since that ancient Christmas day when Lew Cody tied a holly and red ribbon bedecked cow to Mabel Normand’s front porch, the film colony has had its ribbers and jokers. Carole Lombard and Clark Gable, of course, are its ace gagsters. Carole’s latest contribution to humorous Hollywoodiana was made when she had the renewal of her contract with Artist Manager Myron Selznick so adroitly reworded that instead of having to pay him 10 percent of her salary, he was to pay her the same percentage of his daily business. Having signed and filed it, you can imagine the consternation of the astute Selznick when Carole’s attorney…
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Gossip Friday: Early Out
From February 1936: One of the nicest parties of the year was given by Pansy and Nicholas Schenck at Joseph Schenck’s palatial home; many of the guests came on from the Lewis Milestone cocktail party which was a gay and happy affair; after a week of unprecedented gaiety you might think the Schenck party would suffer, but with a good orchestra, grand food and conversation, most of the guests stayed on and on. Carole Lombard and Clark Gable left early because they are working and had to be on the set early; Louis B. Mayer did some fancy dancing with Hope Lighton; Marion Davies stunning in black; Mrs. Jack Warner…
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Gossip Friday: With Garlic, No Less
From August 1937: When Carole Lombard and Clark Gable dine out they go for porterhouse steaks with garlic.
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Gossip Friday: Too Tame
From August 1937: Carole Lombard and Clark Gable seem to have run out of practical jokes to play on one another. They became very circumspect and sent Louis B. Mayer a huge birthday cake with “Happy Birthday” spelled across the top in gardenias and green leaves, but they admit this didn’t run true to form and was unworthy of them. “Too tame,” remarked Carole to one of her friends.
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Gossip Friday: Ailing Carole
From July 1939: Carole Lombard and Clark Gable really must have found the privacy they wanted on the ranch. She’s been ill for a week with an appendix attack and Hollywood did not find it out until the other day. There’ll be no operation for the present, Carole says, but the doctor will have to okay any vacation plans. Carole finished “Memory of Love” two weeks ago at RKO. Clark winds up in “GWTW” any minute. ___ “Memory of Love” was re-titled as “In Name Only” and co-starred Cary Grant. It is widely speculated that Carole in fact had suffered a miscarriage at this time, not appendicitis.
