Post #592174 by JOHN-O on Fri, Jun 3, 2011 5:19 PM

On 2011-06-03 10:49, JOHN-O wrote:
Ok, here's HWOF Tiki Trivia Question #3...

**Can anyone point out Clark Gable's more specific (Pre) Tiki connection ? **

(Other than appearing in a version of Mutiny on the Bounty)

What, no one wants to bite ?? :(

OK, here's the Tiki connection.

Clark Gable owned a Tiki bar !! Well, Pre-Tiki anyway.

(image courtesy of JonPaul)

Here's what Beachbum Berry wrote about it in "Sippin' Safari"..."When MGM shot 'Mutiny on the Bounty' in 1935, they built a Tahitian village on the far side of Catalina Island. Cast and crew were marooned there for four months, so Clark Gable bankrolled a bar to avoid another, unscripted mutiny. Named after Gable's character in the film, Christian's Hut remained open after the shoot, when Ray (Buhen, later of Tiki-Ti fame) was hired to tend bar there."

Here's the TC thread with more images...

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=28251&forum=2

[ Edited by: JOHN-O 2011-06-03 17:28 ]