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Gossip Friday: More Than a Passing Attraction
From March 1949: Ann Sothern and Clark Gable, who’ve known one another for years, seem to have discovered in each other something more than a passing attraction. They’ve been seeing a lot of each other in quiet places. Ann’s divorce became final in January; so she’s now eligible for marriage. She’s the home-loving type, and it could be that she’d snare King Gable, who’s certainly been getting around with the gals of late.
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Gossip Friday: In Pursuit
From April 1949: Come spring, summer, autumn or winter, Clark Gable is the most energetic in his pursuit of the female of the species. But it is so hard to pin him down to the point where he will admit he is cornered and propose! For a few minutes it looked like Annie Sothern had the new inside edge. She and Clark were a close twosome at Zachary Scott’s party for his mother and father. But when I queried Ann, “Is it a romance?” she laughed and said, “Clark and I are old friends.”
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Gossip Friday: Greetings from Your Ex
From 1948: Ann Sothern couldn’t have looked more surprised when Clark Gable, stopping by to see her on the “Words and Music” set, casually remarked: “Oh, by the way, I just left your ex-husband!” Sure enough, Bob Sterling, who once asked to be released from MGM, is back in that all-male stellar cast of Clark’s “Command Decision.” A living’s a living–but Ann and Bob would still be just as pleased if they could avoid running into each other.
