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Gossip Friday: Sudden Lapse
From November 1947: Clark Gable and his favorite girl friend, Iris Bynum, had a sudden lapse of romance when their friends began taking the courtship too seriously; always a signal to retreat for the actor. Meantime Mrs. Dolly O’Brien, the Palm Beach matron who interrupted her romance with Clark to marry Jose Dorelis whom she is now divorcing, is back in Hollywood at the moment. At a Santa Barbara party together, Mr. Gable was dancing constant attendance on the fair Dolly. Handsome director Freddy de Cordova, however, finds Iris the dream girl of the moment and seems to be rapidly extinguishing any torch the personable Bynum may be toting.
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{New Article} 1948: The Gable Women
This 1948 article is one in a long list of ones from this time period after the War, after Carole, but before Sylvia, where the press was trying to guess who the next Mrs. Gable would be. This game would restart after Sylvia left the picture. At this point, in late 1948, the list of probable Mrs. Gables was narrowed down to Dolly O’Brien, Slim Hawks, Iris Bynum, Anita Colby and Virginia Grey. what of Anita Colby, Hollywood’s most glamourous executive? The fans were asking that one, because of all the Gable dates, she has received the most publicity. Anita is one of those girls everybody likes. It seems inconceivable…
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Gossip Friday: Not Iris
From June 1948 (Louella Parsons): I do NOT think Iris Bynum will be the next Mrs. Clark Gable, though heaven knows, no one ever knows what will happen in this town. Iris, like Linda Christian, is a flaming redhead. Several years ago, she was a great beauty knocking them for a loop when she showed up at night clubs on the arm of Tony Martin or Turhan Bey (that boy must have every telephone number in town). Iris is still attractive, but more subdued in her clothes and coiffures. She has played supporting roles in MGM, Paramount and Warner Brothers movies but her career was never one-two-three with her dates.…
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Gossip Friday: Iris, Betty, Virginia or Dolly?
From April 1949: Iris Bynum, the beautiful brunette from Dallas, Texas, was sure she had Clark Gable hooked for all of three weeks, last winter. But when Arizona socialite Mrs. Betty Chisholm came to town, Clark parked his fancy British car on her doorstep at the Beverly Hills Hotel. When Betty returned home, Clark had another date with iris at Ocean House, where she toils as hostess. But when Keenan Wynn asked Iris for a dance, Clark walked out in a huff and followed Mrs. Chisholm to Arizona. (I hope you are still following me!) Clark wants to marry–that I am told by the beautiful blonde he usually returns to,…
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Gossip Friday: An Ol’ Smoothie
From 1949: Admiring eyes were glued on Clark Gable when he made of his rare nightclub appearances at Mocambo. And we wish you too could have seen that ol’smoothie dancing a rumba with Iris Bynum! Speaking of Clark, it’s rumored his MGM bosses would like him to dye his graying temples. Our money says they’ll get nowhere fast with their Number One rugged realist.
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Gossip Friday: Congrats to the Bride
From 1949: Iris Bynum may have been publicized as the only starlet never to have made a picture, her fame grew from the fact that she had the most glamorous dates in the film colony. [Fans] recall seeing her pictured at premieres and parties with Orson Welles, Van Johnson and her steadiest beau—Clark Gable. But she bade them all goodbye, just when everyone thought that the Bynum-Gable combination was as serious as the Jimmy Stewart-Gloria McLean deal, to marry an Air Force colonel on comparatively scant notice. None of Iris’ famous beaux showed up [for the wedding], although Clark Gable sent a beautifully worded wire to congratulate the bride, saying…
