William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 - November 16, 1960), known as Clark Gable, was an American film actor most famous for his role as Rhett Butler in the 1939 Civil War epic film Gone with the Wind, in which he starred with Vivien Leigh. His performance earned him his third nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor; he won for It Happened One Night (1934) and was also nominated for Mutiny on the Bounty (1935). Later movies included Run Silent, Run Deep, a submarine war film, and his final film, The Misfits (1961), which paired Gable with Marilyn Monroe, also in her last screen appearance. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Gable seventh among the greatest male stars of all time. He was nicknamed 'The King of Hollywood.' Read more at Wikipedia


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Loyalty Traveler - Deserted desert hotel at Furnace Creek Inn Death Valley

...destination resort for desert tourism and Hollywood film crews. Many actors have stayed at the Furnace Creek Inn including Clark Gable and Carole Lombard who stayed their honeymoon at the Death Valley hotel. The story is tourism was another revenue stream...

Palm Springs' Downtown PS redevelopment to get underway

...paid $15 million last year for a 57-room downtown hotel that was once a getaway for Hollywood luminaries including Clark Gable, Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe and Ronald Reagan. Now Desert Fashion Plaza, which has been closed for more than a decade despite...

May 23: On Burger Bash and bronze badges

...a Tar Heel by choice, I miss the race every year. My first visit to the track was in 1950 with my dad. He introduced me to Clark Gable and Barbara Stanwick who were filming “To Please A Lady” at the time. As a Ford dealer he was supplying cars to the production....

Memorial Day proposals

...Whitney and Ted Roosevelt Jr. Wealthy beyond description, they heeded the call alongside stars like Jimmy Stewart and Clark Gable. Roosevelt, for example, had earned the rank of general, and despite being in his 50s insisted on landing at Normandy with his...

Review: is full of slapstick and speculation

...of bananas and 116 tipsy Munchkins. Funnier still. In point of fact, Margaret Mitchell did want Marx rather than Clark Gable to play the roughish Rhett in the 1936 screen version of her hit novel “Gone With the Wind.” You can’t make stuff like that up. But...

Luzerne County election results

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'Command Decision' (1948) Review: A Wartime Masterpiece

...the physical, psychological, and emotional toll battle has on those who fight them and order them to be fought. A perfect Clark Gable (who lobbied for the role) is Brigadier General K.C. "Casey" Dennis, a man dedicated to defeating the Nazis but forced to...

Lonna Saunders: Getting Lucky With Tom Hanks

...team making its home in the state's capital city of Columbus. How about those Ohio State Buckeyes? Yes, Bob Hope, Clark Gable, Clevelanders Paul Newman and Phil Donahue (St. Edward's High School), the Golden Bear golfer Jack Nicklaus, all call Ohio home. So,...

Exploring Atlanta: By the guidebook

...(a red dot tending to the wounded), the lone black man (a reference to the freeing of slaves) and the comely face of Clark Gable, whose smiling visage graced the fallen body of a soldier. After the tour, a woman with two German guests informed the guide that...

Gucci’s Signature Loafer Turns 60

...1953, when Gucci first released the Horsebit loafer, the shoe has been worn by generations of stylish and famous men—from Clark Gable to Matt Damon—and has even been inducted into the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s permanent collection. In honor of the shoe’s...

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