Clark Gable: A BiographyCrown, 1 wrz 2010 - 416 Clark Gable arrived in Hollywood after a rough-and-tumble youth, and his breezy, big-boned, everyman persona quickly made him the town’s king. He was a gambler among gamblers, a heavy drinker in the days when everyone drank seemingly all the time, and a lover to legions of the most attractive women in the most glamorous business in the world, including the great love of his life, Carole Lombard. In this well-researched and revealing biography, Warren G. Harris gives an exceptionally acute portrait of one of the most memorable actors in the history of motion pictures—whose intimates included such legends as Marilyn Monroe, Joan Crawford, Loretta Young, David O. Selznick, Jean Harlow, Judy Garland, Lana Turner, Spencer Tracy, and Grace Kelly—as well as a vivid sense of the glamour and excess of mid-century Hollywood. |
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... acting bug . It happened during his very first visit to a stage play , at the Akron Music Hall on Exchange Street . A resident stock company ... actor . Perhaps he'd needed the stimulation of a live performance , of hearing 11 CLARK GABLE.
... acting bug . It happened during his very first visit to a stage play , at the Akron Music Hall on Exchange Street . A resident stock company ... actor . Perhaps he'd needed the stimulation of a live performance , of hearing 11 CLARK GABLE.
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... actor could perform . He was probably also entranced by the actors ' lifestyle . In those days acting was one of the few professions where women were not only the equals of men but often enjoyed greater fame and success . The ...
... actor could perform . He was probably also entranced by the actors ' lifestyle . In those days acting was one of the few professions where women were not only the equals of men but often enjoyed greater fame and success . The ...
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... actor and was associating with such vagabonds , he tried to prevent it by threatening legal action . In those days children were legally bound to their parents ( or guardians ) until age twenty - one . Billy still had two years to go ...
... actor and was associating with such vagabonds , he tried to prevent it by threatening legal action . In those days children were legally bound to their parents ( or guardians ) until age twenty - one . Billy still had two years to go ...
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... actor . By September Billy was in such desperate straits that he tracked down his father and sent him a letter begging for help . Before Will Gable could even reply , Billy turned up at his front door in Big Heart , Oklahoma , eager to ...
... actor . By September Billy was in such desperate straits that he tracked down his father and sent him a letter begging for help . Before Will Gable could even reply , Billy turned up at his front door in Big Heart , Oklahoma , eager to ...
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... actor and director . A year older than Billy , Larimore was far better educated , a graduate of Oregon State University . He was also a nephew of the adored stage star Laura Hope Crews . Billy was doubly impressed when he discovered ...
... actor and director . A year older than Billy , Larimore was far better educated , a graduate of Oregon State University . He was also a nephew of the adored stage star Laura Hope Crews . Billy was doubly impressed when he discovered ...
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The Lion Roars | 63 |
The Great God Gable | 79 |
Too Many Women | 96 |
Poverty Row and Back | 111 |
Call of the Wild | 125 |
The Hollywood Victory Committee | 227 |
Table Rock Mountain | 248 |
Air Force Officer | 266 |
New Companions | 284 |
Tax Exile 318 | 301 |
The Fifth Mrs Gable | 336 |
Expectant Father | 354 |
Bibliography | 387 |
Lovebirds | 156 |
A Death and an Adoption | 176 |
The Third Mrs Gable | 195 |
No Oscar for Rhett | 210 |
Index | 398 |
227 | 400 |
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