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Gossip Friday: Carole is a thief!
Many Carole Lombard fans have probably seen these pictures before. But did you know that the hat was Clark’s? From December 1937: Hold your hats, boys! Leave it to our inimitable Carole to start a new millinery trend! In playful mood she stole Clark Gable’s new winter hat right off his head and found it was just the thing to complete her sport frock of beige covert cloth. Clark had carefully selected his hat in brown velour with a matching double band silk cord knotted and fringed in back. Carole’s two-piece frock is full of fashion interest. The jacket reaches below the hips and features zipper and…
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Gossip Friday: Boo!
In the spirit of Halloween… Hollywood is full of stories of ghosts of classic stars. Ciro’s , a popular 1940’s nightclub frequented by the likes of Marlene Dietrich, Lana Turner, Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, Bing Crosby and yes–Clark and Carole, is now The Comedy Store in Los Angeles and is said to be a hotspot for paranormal activity. Marilyn Monroe is said to haunt her former suite in the Roosevelt Hotel. The Pickfair Mansion, former home of Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, is said to be haunted by Mary. John Barrymore’s old mansion is said to be haunted by him. Famously, if you visit the grave of Rudolph Valentino’s dog Kabar…
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Gossip Friday: Miss Lombard on the Set
Since this week was the 101st birthday of the love of Clark’s life, Carole Lombard, here’s a bit of gossip about her from February 1937: A very colorful set is the one for “Swing High, Swing Low”, co-starring Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray. It is a street scene, but built entirely indoors. It is a hot, soiled street somewhere in Panama. Carole has been having a salary quarrel with Paramount. It is now settled. Jut how completely it is settled is testified by a brand new portable dressing room behind the false front of a Panama bodega. It is a gift to Carole from the director of the picture, Mitchell…
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Happy Birthday, Carole Lombard
Today is the 101st anniversary of the birth of Carole Lombard, Clark’s third wife and the light of his life. Happy Birthday to Clark’s little screwball! To celebrate, I’ve added a page for Carole in the Wives section. Many thanks for all the help I received on it! And the TV Listings have been updated through January so check that out–lots of great Gable movies in the coming months.
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Gossip Friday: Carole outsmarts Clark
From October 1937: Clark Gable thought it would be fun to turn the tables on Carole Lombard–in payment for some of Carole’s jokes on her friends. So he called fifteen of the leading feminine lights of Hollywood and invited them to a tea the next day at Carole’s house. He explained that Carole and her secretary were busy on a picture that day and had asked him to do the planning. The fifteen guests promptly accepted. Not a word was said to Carole and the next day (Sunday) Clark gleefully “dropped in” to see Carole in the afternoon–and incidentally of course to watch her face when the guests began…
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Gossip Friday: A new heir?
From August 1941: The rumors are thick and fast that the Clark Gables are expecting an heir. It has even been reported that Carole’s brother has been boasting that he soon will be an uncle. But Carole claims it’s only poison oak she’s having–and that’s why she has engaged a room in an eastern hospital. Well, only time will tell. Aw, both cute and sad. They so wanted a child but it was not meant to be. And rumor has it the “eastern hospital” visit was not for poison oak—but to check Carole’s fertility.