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Too Hot to Handle, also known as Let 'Em All Talk, is a 1938 comedy-drama directed by Jack Conway and starring Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, and Walter Pidgeon.The plot concerns a newsreel reporter, the female aviator he is attracted to (influenced by Amelia Earhart, who had disappeared 14 months earlier) [2] and his fierce competitor.
Test Pilot is a 1938 American drama film directed by Victor Fleming, starring Clark Gable, Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy, and featuring Lionel Barrymore.The Oscar-nominated film tells the story of a daredevil test pilot (Gable), his wife (Loy), and his best friend (Tracy).
Gable in a 1938 publicity still. Clark Gable (1901–1960) [1] was an American actor and producer who appeared in over 70 feature films and several short films. Gable first began acting in stage productions, before his film debut in 1924.
William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an American film actor. Often referred to as the "King of Hollywood", [2] he had roles in more than 60 films in a variety of genres during a career that lasted 37 years, three decades of which was as a leading man.
A December 31, 1938, review in Variety praised author Robert Sherwood, saying he "deftly added an entertaining prolog establishing the early meeting and a one-night affair between Clark Gable and Norma Shearer in Omaha as small time vaudeville performers. This provides plenty of entertainment when the pair meet later in an Alpine hotel."
A 1937 Our Gang comedy, Our Gang Follies of 1938, spoofs the title, concept, and style of Broadway Melody of 1938. Judy Garland singing "You Made Me Love You" to a picture of Clark Gable gets parodied in the 2007 musical film Hairspray when Link sings to a picture, of Tracy (Nikki Blonsky), who comes to life to sing with him.
1940 newspaper ad for the film. MGM had been looking for a project set in the oil fields as a vehicle for Clark Gable for some time. They optioned the short story "The Lady Comes to Burkburnett" in November 1938. [4] [5] The actress originally considered for the female lead role was Myrna Loy, for whom the part was written.
When movie star Clark Gable visited Palm Beach in 1944, people wondered: ... “Suppose you suddenly looked and saw Clark Gable, not a reasonable facsimile, but the real article in the flesh,” a ...