Clark Gable & Carole Lombard Hunting.

[David Nelson]

There are some photos out there of E. Hemingway and G. Cooper and I think Hemingways's wife M. Gelhorn; and their kids...bird hunting in Idaho. Don't know if Gable hunted with Hemingway or not. Great era...cut my teeth on those pics in LIFE.

[Drew Hause]

EH with his Browning. Cooper probably holding his Remington Model 32.

[David Nelson]

Can't quite make that out. Is it O/U? SxS?

[Robert Delk]

Is it true that Cooper inherited Gable's A1? If so,does anyone know where it is today?

[Researcher]

As I've heard the story Clark Gable's A1-Special went to Gary Cooper then to Roy Rogers.

[King Brown]

Dave, there is no mention of Gable in acclaimed biographies of Hemingway by Carlos Baker and James R. Mellon. There are many references to Cooper.

[Researcher]

I stumbled across these pictures of the Clark Gable BHE-Grade 32-inch barrel 20-gauge taken at our PGCA booth at Sandanona in 2000. Because of the glare it is hard to see but the left side has a Dove in flight --



The right side has two California Quail --

[Austin W Hogan]

Parker Pages ran a cover photo of Ernest Hemingway with a Parker and several ducks a couple of issues back. The editor recieved a rather strongly worded letter from a Hemingway collector that Hemingway owned no Parkers, and that Parker Pages and PGCA were attempting to invent a Hemingway Parker.
We replied that the fact that the picture showed Hemingway holding a Parker, was not evidence that he had ever held it while that shutter was closed. The gun may very well have been a prop supplied by the photographer, publisher or ad agency.
The fact that a gun may have been a prop should always be considered when examining celebrity pictures.

Best, Austin

[Mike Stahle]

[Fishtail]

I have a Browning that looks like that also.