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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Gable, Clark
Saloon Owner. Spencer Tracy was the priest; Jeannette Macdonald was the singer.
It Happened One Night. Cute bit.
Loretta Young. He did many movies with Crawford - but this wasn't one of them. Gardner was in {'Mogambo';} Astor was in 'Red Dust'.
Arthur Miller. With Marilyn Monroe, who was married to Miller at the time. Her last completed picture, too.
The Tall Men. Honky Tonk' featured Lana Turner. 'Queens' had several co-stars. Mogambo wasn't a western: it was an African safari (and Russell wasn't in it.)
Judy Garland. Classic movie moment, they say.
| Gable starred with Spencer Tracy in 'Boom Town'. What was the story about? | Clark Gable Movies
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Oil. Good movie. With Claudette Colbert, too.
Jean Harlow. Lombard was his wife - but she wasn't in this movie. Kelly was in {'Mogambo';} 'Turner was in 'Honky Tonk'.
| 'Mutiny on the Bounty' was one of Gable's best movies. Charles Laughton was brilliant as Captain Bligh to Gable's Fletcher {Christian;} who else co-starred in the movie? | Clark Gable Movies
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Franchot Tone. Highlight of Tone's career, I suspect.
Command Decision. 'Kwai' was Alec Guinness and William {Holden;} '30' was Spencer Tracy and Van Johnson. 'Day' was just about everyone.
3. "Mutiny on the Bounty" (1935) ranked at #86. "It Happened One Night" (1934) ranked at #35 and "Gone with the Wind" (1939) ranked at #4. "The Godfather" (1934) ranked at #3, "Casablanca" (1942) ranked at #2 and "Citizen Kane" (1941) ranked at #1.
Marilyn Monroe, Humphrey Bogart, Fred Astaire, Bette Davis, James Dean, Clark Gable. This mural once covered the entire western side of a building at the southeast corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Hudson Avenue. It portrayed the likenesses of film legends Marilyn Monroe, Humphrey Bogart, Fred Astaire, Bette Davis, James Dean and Clark Gable. A major earthquake destroyed this mural years ago but a smaller mural, ('The Muralists'), is directly across the street from this one.
1608 Vine Street. Judy Garland's star is located at 1715 Vine Street. Cary Grant's star is located at 1610 Vine Street and Ava Gardner's star is located at 1560 Vine Street.
7. The American Film Institute announced the 50 greatest American screen legends on June 16, 1999. The top three men were James Stewart (#3), Cary Grant (#2) and Humphrey Bogart ranked in at #1. The top three women were Audrey Hepburn (#3), Betty Davis (#2) and Katharine Hepburn ranked in at #1.
Just under 3 years. He co-starred with Carole in 1932 in their only movie together, "No Man of Her Own". In January 1936, he met up with her again at a society party. Soon they became the most popular couple in Hollywood. On March 29, 1939 they exchanged vows only to have the marriage tragically end just under their 3rd anniversary on January 16, 1942 when Carole was killed in a plane crash.
"Somewhere I'll Find You" (1942). She died on January 16, 1942. Production on the film temporarily stopped, and receommenced on February 23rd. Ironically, the role he played in this film, Jonathan Davis, has a brother who is killed and the script contained painful lines about death. On his first day back, he announced that he would enlist in the Army Air Corps and when the filming was over, in August 1942, he enlisted. He went to England to make a motion picture of aerial gunners in action. He flew missions over Europe in B-17s to obtain combat film footage. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal and was relieved from active duty as a Major on June 12, 1944.
Epilepsy. When he was just seven months old, his mother, Adeline, died from epilepsy. He was raised by his father, William Gable and his stepmother, Jennie.
Aquarius. William Clark Gable was born on February 1, 1901 in Cadiz, Ohio.
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