A Little Bit About Clark Gable

The many known to the world simply as Clark Gable was born in a small town in Ohio known as Cadiz. He was born with the name of William Clark Gable but preferred the nickname of Gabe or Clark Gable over his given one. He was married five times with his first two marriages ending up in divorce. His next couple of marriages, his wives died and the final wife was still living after his death.
Death seemed to surround Clark his entire life with the loss of two wives, his early death by heart attack in 1960 and his mother's death while he was only 7 years old. He quit school by the time he reached the age of 16 in order to take a job at an Akron, Ohio tire factory. From there he went through many different occupations such as oil fields, stocking and at one point he even sold ties.
By the time he reached the age of 24, Clark Gable had made his way to Portland, Oregon and while watching the play 'The Bird of Paradise', he was so inspired that he made the decision to get into acting. The manager of the theater, Josephine Dillon would help him reach Hollywood and his dreams as well as becoming his first wife.
Lionel Barrymore who at the time was a famous actor actually made the recommendation to MGM Studio's Irving Thalberg to get Clark a screen test. This test did not go so well mostly because Irving did not like his looks. However, latter on in 1931 he would land the co-acting role in the movie Dance, Fools, Dance with Joan Crawford.
The following year he would land the role in Red Dust where the public fell in love with him. Everyone felt the chemistry he created on-screen. Clark began to grow in popularity and when MGM asked him to play a role he did not want to, as a punishment then sent him to Columbia Pictures to work for a while. This of course was MGM's mistake as the Columbia film It Happened One Night got Clark Gable an Oscar.
MGM did not want to lose their star so they asked Clark to return where he acted in the films Gone with the Wind and Mutiny on the Bounty. Shortly after this though, his wife and mother-in-law would die in a plane accident and Clark Gable left Hollywood. He would even eventually sign up to the Army Corps to due his duty in World War II.
Upon returning, he attempted a comeback appearance in the film Adventure but this did not turn out so well. MGM felt he was being paid too much and cancelled his contract.
He would eventually star in other unknown films, but it was not until his death that one would be a hit. He died of a heart attack at the age of 60 as the film the Misfits was being released.

By: Danny Hoover

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