The name Clark Gable still stands for light-footed charm and great cinematic emotion today. On February 1, the star with the ...

Hollywood star Clark Gable (Clark Gable·1901–1960) was often written as “Cable” in the past. The spelling “Cable” was so well-known that it was sometimes used even when recognized as a misspelling.

The article, Sept. 24, 1925, told of “The Plastic Age,” a motion picture filmed during the summer on the campus of Claremont’s Pomona College. The silent picture, based on a racy novel by Percy Marks, ...