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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. After many minor roles, Gable landed a leading role in 1931, subsequently becoming one of the most dominant leading men in Hollywood.
Gable looked over the available properties, and the only one that interested him was the script for No Man of Her Own, which had originally been slated for George Raft. [ 2 ] The original treatment of Val Lewton 's 1932 novel No Bed of Her Own, which was the early working title for the film as well, was written by Austin Parker , who also wrote ...
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.
[6] [7] However, film rights went to 20th Century Fox, who had a deal with Clark Gable, and Gable asked them to buy the novel as a vehicle for him. [8] Buddy Adler was assigned to produce, Edward Dmyrtryk to direct and Gann to write the script. [9] Susan Hayward signed to play the female lead after Grace Kelly bowed out. Hayward, however, was ...
Idiot's Delight is a 1939 MGM comedy drama with a screenplay adapted by Robert E. Sherwood from his 1936 Pulitzer-Prize-winning play of the same name.The production reunited director Clarence Brown, Clark Gable and Norma Shearer eight years after they worked together on A Free Soul.
To Please a Lady is a 1950 American romance film produced and directed by Clarence Brown, and starring Clark Gable and Barbara Stanwyck. The climactic race scene was shot at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway .
This film paired Gable and Young for the first time since Call of the Wild (1935), when their tryst produced a secret daughter, Judy Lewis. During filming of Key to the City, or after its completion (circa 1949-50), Gable visited the Young household and spoke with Judy Lewis for the only time in Lewis' life. Lewis was fifteen at the time and ...
Mogambo is a 1953 Technicolor adventure/romantic drama film directed by John Ford and starring Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, and Grace Kelly, and featuring Donald Sinden.Shot on location in Equatorial Africa, with a musical soundtrack consisting entirely of actual African tribal music recorded in the Congo, the film was adapted by John Lee Mahin from the play Red Dust by Wilson Collison.