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CLARK GABLE'S SON
The tender tale of a little boy — and his life without father
The sturdy, long-bodied youngster of twenty months swayed unsteadily on his little feet. He took a flurry of pitterpatter steps and in joyful panic grabbed at his mother’s outstretched hand. He’d made it! Pretty neat stuff, this walking! Then, as he stood triumphant, his alert eyes took in the rest of the room. They came to light on something familiar next to his crib — the photo of a man who remarkably resembled the little boy. The child broke into a gleeful
smile. With infant pride in his accomplishment, he addressed the picture.
“Daddy?” he said. It was as though John Clark Gable were asking, “How am I doing, Daddy — pretty good, huh?”
The answer, of course, is yes. Kay Gable can take a lot of credit for the way she’s bringing up her son without a father to help. She’s doing it with the well-wishes of millions who loved Clark Gable — and now love his son because he is the flesh and hlood epitome
— all that is left living — of the man who was king of movie stars for generations. When the first pictures of John Clark were released, a few days after he was born on March 20, 1961, the world gasped. The infant looked so much like his famous father that many of Gable’s spiritually devout fans cried that the resemblance was a sign, it was an omen of things to come. There was no mistaking the likeness. The child even had a cowlick in his hair in the exact
spot as his father’s. Friends of Kay’s who saw the baby referred to him affectionately as “Mr. Carbon Copy.” The reference became so popular that Kay even used it every now and then.
What few people realize, however, is the tremendous and somewhat unique responsibility that is carried by Kay. Normally, a young boy growing up has the guidance and counsel of both a father and a mother — and that’s none too many for ( Continued on page 79)