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Gossip Friday: Avoiding the Former Mrs.
From November 1953: The former Mrs. Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Lady Ashley, etcetera, used the name Mrs. Clark Gable for her London social engagements and created no end of embarrassment for her ex-husband when he arrived in London en route to Hollywood and accepted party invitations. The “Mogambo” star had to send his regrets to several titled households when he cancelled out at the last minute because Sylvia Gable was to be among those present.
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Gone with the Wednesday: Coming to a Theater Near You, Sept. 28 and Oct.1!
Great News: FINALLY Gone with the Wind is being re-released on the big screen to commemorate the 75th Anniversary! Fathom Events, Turner Classic Movies and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment invite you to celebrate one of the most beloved Hollywood classics when Gone With the Wind: The 75th Anniversary Celebration comes to select movie theaters nationwide on Sunday, September 28 and Wednesday, October 1. Experience the incredible story behind this 10-time Academy Award® winning masterpiece. Fully remastered and with a specially produced introduction by TCM host Robert Osborne, this event is one you will not want to miss. The film will be shown in the same aspect ratio as it was…
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{New Article} 1950: Meet a Great Lady
Sometimes work duties can be awkward. Like, say, when you are required to pen an essay detailing why your co-star is so great, and you and said co-star had a secret baby out of wedlock fifteen years earlier. Yeah. That’s awkward. During the press circuit of To Please a Lady, Clark Gable and Loretta Young were asked to do just that. The whole story of their secret baby was known widely around Hollywood but not so much in the households of moviegoers. I’ve often wondered why the producers even proposed starring them together, if it was such a widely known fact. It doesn’t surprise me one iota that neither Clark…
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Gossip Friday: You’d Never Guess
From November 1937: Just before he left on his extended bear-hunting expedition, Clark Gable had a short wave radio set installed in his car. You’d never guess whom he wants to keep in touch with during his trip, would you?
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Gone with the Wednesday: Test Your Clark Gable Knowledge
One of the many random books I have on Gone with the Wind is “The Official Gone with the Wind Companion” by Stephen J. Spignesi. It’s a book of quizzes and random trivia; I think my parents got it for me for Christmas when I was in middle school! My copy is tattered and has my childish handwriting scrawled everywhere. I thought to resurrect it though and see what compelling questions the Clark Gable quiz had in store. Pencils ready, everyone! 1. For the Clark connoisseur: Which of the following was not one of Clark Gable’s pre-acting occupations? Tire factory worker, oil driller, pharmacy clerk, department store salesman, telephone lineman.…
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Gossip Friday: Party of One
From December 1949: You can believe this or not—but we actually saw Clark Gable lunching alone in the MGM commissary—and all around him pretty gals who would have been delighted to keep him company. There was quite a glamour gang scattered around at the various tables—the three Taylors, Elizabeth, Bob and Don, handsome Barry Sullivan, Mark Stevens, Peter Lawford, Marilyn Maxwell, Bob Walker—looking fit as a fiddle—and the most beautiful girl in the room, Arlene Dahl, all excited about getting the lead in the Western “Outriders.” ____ This one made me sad. Like his heyday was over and there he is all alone while the new crop of stars takes…
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Gone with the Wednesday: Celebrate the 75th Anniversary in Ohio with The Clark Gable Foundation!
Clark Gable’s home state of Ohio will be celebrating the 75th anniversary of Gone with the Wind this October! Patrick Curtis and Mickey Kuhn (toddler Beau and child Beau in the film) will be in attendance! Friday, October 3 at the Cadiz Country Club in Cadiz, Ohio: 5:30pm–Dinner, Play and Open Forum with Patrick and Mickey Saturday, October 4 at the Tuscarawas County Branch of Kent University Performing Arts Center in New Philadelphia, Ohio: 11:00am–Exhibits and Sales Tables 1:00pm–Forum with Patrick and Mickey 2:00pm–Auction of Memorabilia 4:30pm–Screening of Gone with the Wind For further information and to obtain tickets, contact the Clark Gable Foundation at (614) 942-4989.…
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Gossip Friday: Compounded Salary
From September 1936: Everyone thought Clark Gable was clowning when he remarked that he would like to sign a contract for twenty-eight days, starting with two cents a day. Each day’s salary to be multiplied by itself. In other words, the first day he would make two cents. The second day four cents. Believe it or not, by the end of twenty-eight days, it runs up in the millions. If you don’t believe Clark, get out your paper and pencil and start figuring.
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Gone with the Wednesday: Vivien Leigh, Rhett Butler and I
Here is an article from Photoplay magazine in February 1940 in which Clark dispels some rumors about Vivien Leigh, his feelings toward playing Rhett Butler, and his marriage to Carole Lombard. Some quotes: On the challenge of playing Rhett Butler: “…my mind was preoccupied with Rhett Butler. He had me plenty worried, so worried that I didn’t want to play him. Don’t think that was because I didn’t realize what a fat part he was. Rhett is one of the greatest male characters ever created. I knew that. I’d read the entire book through six times, trying to get his moods. I’ve still got a copy in my dressing…
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August Movie of the Month: San Francisco (1936)
This month, Clark is a hard gamblin’ hard drinkin’ woman chasin’ shyster, Spencer Tracy is his best friend the priest and Jeanette MacDonald is the saintly opera singer who steals his heart in San Francisco. Gable is Blackie Norton, a ruthless saloon-keeper in 1906 San Francisco, proud of his gambling ways. Despite their differences, he falls in love with Mary Blake (MacDonald), an aspiring opera singer who he hires to sing in his revue. His childhood pal, priest Tim Mullin (Tracy), objects to him putting Mary on display and stopping her from her opera aspirations. Realizing that Tim is right and that she should pursue her dreams instead of letting…