Movie Classic (Mar-Aug 1936)

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Anyway, he wasn't happy about it !" I do not think Clark Gable's parting from his wife is so different from the average marital separation. It does carry one extra burden. You or I could stand at a ship's rail and brood without having our little ship-world pay us too much attention. We could go through a court action without having the whole world headline it. But what we felt — would that be so different? T^HEY were so happy when they ar-"■ rived together in Hollywood — hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder. They were beginning a new adventure. Clark had tried Hollywood before, but one failure did not insure a second. Now, he had that stage triumph in The Last Mile to his credit. Now he had Ria — a charming, spirited, inspiring bride to help him. Now, he had two fine stepchildren to make success more important. Few people know how Clark liked — really liked — those young people. Few understand how proud Ria was that her children could respect and be respected by this man she had married. I remember an incident that has never been recorded. Clark's young stepdaughter— a lovely girl, who has recently married — decided that she would like to try motion pictures. I doubt if many step-fathers as famous as this one would have applauded such a decision. If she passed her test, she would certainly be billed as his step-daughter. No film company would overlook the publicity to be gained from the connection. But Clark was delighted by her ambition — and he was determined that she should have every advantage. . . A studio had offered a test — to be made at once. Clark stopped the rush. He saw to it that she had a special wardrobe, a special make-up woman, a special part in a play, voice training. And he decided that the man who would play opposite her in a test would be : Clark Gable. I could see, however, that Clark was perturbed, despite his enthusiasm. There were tiny creases in his brow. Some casual remarks gave me a hint of the reason : "There's a man who loves her. A fine chap. If she really loves him, she shouldn't start this acting. She's lovely. She'd make a fine wife and mother. I wouldn't want to see her try to have both marriage and a screen career." He shook his head. "No matter how hard they try, so few can succeed at both jobs." And I sincerely believe that Clark was glad when his step-daughter decided that she did love this "fine chap" and dedicated herself to one career. /^LARK and Ria Langham Gable al^ ways seemed to be inspiring others. Helen Hayes, long before she left Hollywood, told me, "You know, a few friends I have found out here make Hollywood so worthwhile — friends like Ria and Clark Gable, Norma Shearer and Irving Thalberg. Why, you feel better just to watch Ria and Clark enter a room together !" . . . Two years later, in New York City, Helen told me : "I didn't really dislike Hollywood so much. How could I when it brought me friends like Ria and Clark Gable?" I doubt if I have heard a finer compliment paid two people. But I have heard so many compliments for these two. I remember shopping at one of Hollywood's exclusive stores, and discovering that all of the clerks in one department were crowded around one woman. Not one saw me until she rose to go. She was Ria Gable. When she had left, I chided the girl who waited on me, "I suppose you have to be Mrs. Clark Gable to get attention like that !" She was shocked. "Oh no ! We are not allowed to give more attention to one customer than another. It isn't because she's Mrs. Gable. It's because she's so charming. She is so kind to us. We didn't even know who she was when she first came here and we felt that way about her even then. She'd ask, 'And how do you like this ?' in a way that made us feel that she really wanted our opinion. There's something — well, it's hard to explain, but we really forget about everyone else when she is here. She's just that kind of person. And when Mr. Gable comes with her, he is like that, too. You know, just regular people." Only a few months after this experience, another girl told me something else about Clark Gable, whom she had met on a lot as lesser employees do meet and work with stars. She confessed to me : "I had never had a crush before. But there it was — so I tried to interest him. Do you know what he told me ? He said that I was too nice a kid to be making eyes at men — especially married men. And did I get mad? I did not. He was so kind that I had to run away because I was crying. And he has been a friend, in his big-brother way, ever since he told me that I was a nice kid. And I'm staying a nice kid, too. I couldn't do anything else after what Clark Gable told me." "\X7'HY, then, are two such grand peo* * pie separating? ... I don't know. When the rumors began, months and months ago, I asked both. There were the usual denials of any intention to separate, but through those denials I received an impression. I am going to pass it on to you. A man and a woman who might be wonderful friends, unmarried, mav be 70 Movie Classic for March, 1936