When the Smoke Hit the Fan: A Reminiscence of the Theater, Movies, and T.V. [signed] [first edition]

During the filming of The Secret Six, I was dining alone one night at Henry's Restaurant, owned by Charlie Chaplin. Gable came in and sat with me. After he had ordered, he asked, "What do you think of all this out here?" "I don't know yet," I answered. I haven't been here long enough to form an opinion." "I just got eleven thousand dollars for playing a heavy in a Bill Boyd Western," he exclaimed. Eleven thousand dollars!" he went on almost in disbelief. "No actor's worth that. This can't last.