September 26, 2018 O'Connor's Americana Collection
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/26/2018
In 1951, MGM under direction of William Wellman released the motion picture "Across the Wide Missouri" in breathtaking Technicolor. Set during the early 1830's fur trade in the sparsely populated Western Frontier, it starred Clarke Gable as Flint Mitchell along with Ricardo Montalban and narrations from famous musical star and singer, Howard Keel. You will have to watch the entire movie to the final scene where Clarke Gable's son has grown up to be a young man to see Gable in this outfit. All three pieces are made of tanned leather. This is a pullover shirt, not a jacket. Marked "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer" and handwritten "Cl. Gable No. 5". All three pieces have inventory number tags. Back of the shirt is monogrammed "MGM" into leather and size "44" has been handwritten in marker. A period tag hangs from the shirt which is written "ACROSS THE WIDE MISSOURI" and "35/32". All three pieces are in excellent condition. Shirt has Indian motif panels on both sides and is fringed. Pants are lace up with leather border trim.