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Clark Gable in Tampa Part 2: He Looked at Me–And I Reached For The Wall
Continuing in our series of articles posted in the Tampa Tribune in February 1958, here is Part 2 of Clark being interviewed at the Tampa International Airport: He Looked at Me–And I Reached For The Wall by Lee Winter, Tribune Staff Writer Clark Gable’s whiskery glance stirred up a thick batter of longing among women waiting in the cold wind at the airport. Mostly, they were older women who strained for that first look at the tall figure striding from the plane. One woman tore a button off her glove as she leaned on the wire fence. Later, she told me that her first memory of Clark Gable was a…
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Clark Gable in Tampa Part 1: Virility and Charm–And His Voice is Husky Yet Soft
Since it’s Clark Gable’s birthday month, we will be featuring a series of small articles that were printed in the Tampa Tribune in February 1958. It was around his birthday that Clark Gable and wife Kay Spreckels arrived at the Tampa International Airport, en route to a cruise to the West Indies. Is any of this earth shattering information? No. But if you wanted to know what Clark thought of chemise dresses, if he ever unclogged sinks at home, if he thinks women should know how to cook, if he thinks Rhett ever came back to Scarlett, what his favorite cake is and if he likes to die in movies,…
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2021 in Review
Happy New Year! I don’t know about you, but I am welcoming 2022 with open arms and pushing 2021 out the door! Here’s what was new around here in 2021: Articles: 1946: Are You the Girl for Clark Gable? 1942: Heart of a He-Man 1956: The Great Gable 1954: Gable and His Girls 1954: Please Don’t Talk About Me Also: In Memory of Carole Lombard Happy 120th Birthday, Clark Gable Salute to a Gallant Guy (Veterans Day) Remembering Clark Gable on the 61st Anniversary of His Death Also a Gossip Friday every week. Here’s hoping I get more articles up on the site in 2022 and I…
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1948: The 10 Greatest Gable Stories
By Mervyn Leroy Modern Screen, July 1948 He’s many things to many men: friend, neighbor, legend. Here are ten sharply-etched impressions of him—all different…all matchlessly Gable. I’m a Gable expert. I tried to sell the young hunk of dynamite to my boss, Jack Warner, straight off the Los Angeles stage where he, Gable, was playing in “The Last Mile.” My boss shook his head. “Ears too big.” Now I’ll bet he’d like to have just the ears under contract! I’ve got a picture of Clark over my desk. It says on that picture, “Thanks for believing I had it in me.” But it really isn’t any thanks to me. You couldn’t…
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2020 Year in Review
So our 11th year has come and gone. I’m not going to wax poetic on 2020 here. Let’s just all agree that a lot happened this year so things didn’t exactly go according to plan. But we did have a Gossip Friday every Friday. For the 60th anniversary of Clark Gable’s death, I posted never-before-seen color photos from Clark’s funeral. Screen legend Olivia de Havilland, Gone with the Wind‘s Melanie, died at the age of 104. We celebrated Clark’s 119th birthday. The following new articles were added to the site: 1931: Tongue in His Cheek 1932: What the Future Holds for Clark Gable 1935: Why I Stay Married 1945: Clark…
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Gossip Friday: No Party
From 1954: So typical, after twenty-three years at MGM, Clark Gable vetoed a farewell party when he checked off the lot. According to a close friend, “Clark’s tired of living in Hollywood, but he doesn’t know where to go. He doesn’t want to get married, but no matter how often he explains this, his gal friends always get serious and spoil their romance.” The King celebrated his fifty-third birthday on the “Betrayed” set. Lana Turner and Vic Mature gave him a cake baked in the shape of a crown. But Clark’s little gift to Clark was the white Lincoln convertible with red leather upholstery in which he drove away for…
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2019 in Review
Happy New Year! 2019 was the tenth anniversary of the site and a lot went on around here. 28 new articles were added to the site: 1952: The Inside Story Behind Clark Gable’s Feuds 1952: Gable’s Divorce Problem 1951: What’s Wrong with the Clark Gables? 1940: Mrs. Goldilocks and the Bears 1939: World’s No. 1 Honeymooners: The Clark Gables! 1939: What’s the Matter with Lombard? 1951: The Girl Who Won Gable Back 1949: Clark Gable’s Secret Romance 1946: Return of Romance? 1931: Danger in His Eyes 1934: Gable Gets a New Deal 1933: Lost–The Gable Wallop 1946: My Hollywood Friends 1952: Gable’s in Love Again 1941: Things I Don’t Like…
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Gossip Friday: Wrapped Them Himself
From November 1944 (Louella Parsons): It’s been a month of parties, parties, parties! The little Queen of the Ice, Sonja Henie, certainly looked the part at the big affair she gave at her house….I had the time of my life doing rumba after rumba with Clark Gable! Between numbers–Clark and I sat at one of the bright little tables and had a long talk. Gable has been going to all the parties–perhaps because he wants to forget all that he saw overseas. It is certainly something new for him because he isn’t a party man and enjoys far more being with a crowd of his pals and hunting and fishing.…
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It’s Here Again…Carole Lombard Month!
To celebrate the third Mrs. Gable’s birthday, October is Carole Lombard Month here on DearMrGable.com! So stay tuned for new articles and pictures of Clark’s beloved Ma all month! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram!
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{New Article} 1941: Things I Don’t Like About Myself
Well, this website is ten years old and I’ve got well over ten years’ worth of Clark Gable stuff clogging up my laptop, external hard drive and office. Since my Movie of the Week feature ended, I’m trying to organize things better; in particular the pictures on my laptop are nightmare. When you have 75,000+ pictures, what is the best way to organize them? By date? By subject? By subject, then by date? It makes one’s head explode. Which might just happen soon. But before it does, I’m also digging through my articles. This is less of a feat although the sheer volume of articles I have to type might…
