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Gossip Friday: Fire This Astrologer
From January 1941: From “Hollywood–Beware in 1942: Events–some happy, some ominous–as seen by a reliable astrologer in the ’42 futures of your favorite stars” Gable and Lombard: Last year I told you all about Mr. and Mrs. Clark Gable and how well suited they are in every way. They still are–but I want to warn Clark that due to the transiting Jupiter, Saturn and Venus, he will be under bad aspects. He must be as conventional as a country schoolmarm during all of 1942 and especially during August. The heretofore tolerant public will scowl and turn thumbs down at Clark’s slightest deviation from the path of convention. August and part…
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Gossip Friday: Playing Scrabble
From 1954: Interiors were shot in London and exteriors in Holland. At all times, in all places, longtime friends Lana Turner and Clark Gable had a ball working together on “Betrayed.” Clark brought back old copper pieces for his Encino ranch fireplace. Lana collected rare. cut crystal mugs. Between shots the Hollywood pair taught English cast members how to play Scrabble!
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Gossip Friday: Gable and Garland?
From January 1942: Resolutions the stars should make: Clark Gable should resolve to throw his influence to get Judy Garland as co-star. Now that she’s grown up and married, she’s earned that right and I have a feeling her fans would applaud it. Sure, I know she’s wonderful in musicals. She and Mickey Rooney in “Babes on Broadway” ooze so much talent they’re frightening. But remember, Clark once did a song and dance–maybe he could learn to do another one, who knows? Failing that, Judy can go dramatic with him.
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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: Sitting Fireside
From December 1940: Clark Gable and his wife, Carole Lombard, were Sunday evening guests at the White House and were among the 19 persons who were with President Roosevelt when he delivered his fireside chat. Gable stopped here during the weekend en route to Baltimore where he enters John Hopkins Hospital today for examination of a shoulder injury suffered a long time ago. Mr. Roosevelt usually has no one present during such intimate broadcasts to the nation except the necessary radio announcers and technicians. Last night’s address was broadcast to an estimated 80,000,000 to 100,000,000 persons throughout the world over the three major radio networks in this country and re-broadcast…
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Gossip Friday: Merry Christmas, Louella
From April 1959 (Louella Parsons): My biggest “kick” of the holiday season: Clark Gable (and his Kay, of course) personally coming over to my house to turn on the lights on the very pretty ornamental Christmas tree he and Kay gave me. It’s not everybody who can have The King crawling around on his hands and knees at the light switches!
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Gossip Friday: Kinks in the King
From May 1950: Clark Gable spoils his two hundred percent perfection with his hundred percent streak of stubbornness. Maybe Lady Sylvia, who is where she is today because of flexibility, will smooth over the one kink in the King.
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{New Article} 1952: The Inside Story Behind Clark Gable’s Feuds
This article, published while Clark Gable was in the midst of divorcing his fourth wife, Sylvia Ashley, promises some kind of inside information about juicy feuds involving the King of Hollywood. Not really though. These “feuds” are just between him and his soon-to-be-ex-wife, no big surprise there, and MGM, his home studio of 30+ years. Oh and he also doesn’t like Greer Garson. Not really juicy. The amount of the financial settlement Sylvia Gable is to receive, however, was not decided upon. Certainly, it will be much less than $500,000. The chances are she will settle for $50,000 and legal expenses amounting perhaps to $25,000 more. When Clark was asked…
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Gossip Friday: One Take, Please
From August 1951: Uncertain though their future plans may be, to watch [Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner] together is to fully realize their deep devotion for each other. Following lunch, we sat on the “Lone Star” set and watched Frankie boy’s best beautiful girl being made love to by—Clark Gable! “Any suggestions?” called out the King to the crooner. “Just do it in ONE take!” was the kidding answer.
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Gossip Friday: Buoyant Blondell
From May 1945: While several MGM actresses literally drooled to play the gal who tries to lure Clark Gable away from Greer Garson in “The Strange Adventure,” Joan Blondell was quietly signed for the role. Funny part is Joan is so well liked and so admired by her cinema sisters, they couldn’t say a word. But brother, what they were thinking was really something. Only the buoyant Blondell could get away with it.
