Chasing Gable?s Shadow

With the 75th anniversary of the release of “Gone With the Wind” upon us, I can’t help but reflect on my brush with the shadow of Clark Gable My first real recollection of Ohio’s favorite son occurred in the 1960s when I attended a showing of “Gone With the Wind” at Playhouse Square in downtown Cleveland. Gable’s first appearance on screen in scene 46 (the banister shot) caused a young woman seated in front of me to became so excited I thought she might jump from the balcony. Moved by the power of his presence, I, too, caught “Gable fever.”...