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MARILYN MONROE TELLS:
"I Remember
Clark Gable"
Thousands have asked her about the "King," but she has remained
silent; now she tells Family Weekly readers about the man
who was her "only hero" as a lonely child and as a famous star
By VICTOR SEBASTIAN
IT has been hard for Marilyn Monroe to bring
herself to talk about Clark Gable. Since that shat
tering 4 a.m. phone call from a reporter who awak
ened her to announce Gable's death, she has resisted
press efforts to discuss what are very poignant memo
ries to her.
She made one stunned, horrified statement at the
time of the tragedy about what a wonderful man he
had been what a rich and rewarding experience it
had been to work with him. But that was all.
Now she has been persuaded that there are many
people who, not fortunate enough to have known him
personally, feel deeply about him and were grieved
at his passing. So she agreed that, if her own memo
ries have such meaning to people, she would talk
about him. '
This is what she recalls most vividly about Holly
wood's beloved "King":
"There was never any impatience or annoyance
in Clark. There was only concern real concern for
me. I remember the flowers Kay (Gable) and Clark
sent to me when I was in the hospital a huge bou
quet, very elaborate. I remember there were pink
doves many of them. And such a sweet, warm note.
"I'll remember these things. And I'll remember his
cheerfulness arriving at work early in the morning
when nobody is cheerful. And his jokes he always
had a joke for me. I looked forward to them.
"He appreciated women. I think that was one of
the strongest elements of his attraction to them. No
body was more of a man's man than he was but he
appreciated women.
"Most of all, he was a man. I don't mean just that
he was virile, exciting, vibrant he was all of those
things. But he had sensitivity, too, and tenderness,
and he wasn't afraid of those qualities."
As marilyn monroe talked about Clark Gable,
l it was obvious that this wasn't just an actress
talking about an actor who had played opposite her
in a movie: Clark Gable meant much more than that
to Marilyn Monroe. Actually, he never fully
realized what it meant to his blonde costar to be play
ing opposite him in "The Misfits."
"I always thought some day when Clark and Kay
and I were sitting together some relaxed time I'd
be able to tell him. I don't know how he would have
reacted if he had known how important he had been
to me all those years. I think he would have under
stood. That was a wonderful thing about Clark. He
understood me. I don't know why. He cared about
everything. I think he knew that I cared, too."
(Continued on page 17)
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