Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Sept. 16, 1940

On a slow day in wartime Rome, Tom Treanor joins the foreign correspondents in a day at the beach.

Sept. 16, 1940: Hollywood Parade --  Clark Gable, in a boulevard sports good store, trying the fit of a new shotgun while three early teensters stare in awed admiration, Jimmie Fidler says.