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Gone with the Wednesday: Photoplay Magazine Makes Their Choice For Rhett
In 1937, when the casting of Gone with the Wind was the #1 topic of debate, Photoplay magazine declared their choice for Rhett Butler loud and clear. Photoplay Throws Its Hat in the Ring Herewith we enter the Great Casting Battle of “Gone with the Wind,” because to our mind there is but one Rhett–Clark Gable. So sure we were of our choice that we had Vincentini paint this portrait of Clark as we see him in the role: cool, impertient, utterly charming. We like all the other handsome actors mentioned as Rhett–only we don’t want them as Rhett. We want Gable and we’re going to stick to that…
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Listen up! More New Audio
I’m very excited to be adding quite a few new radio shows over the next few weeks. New today are: Clips from “The Chase and Sanborn Hour”: Listen to Clark and Edgar Bergen with dummy Charlie McCarthy compare hunting stories and compete for a date with Dorothy Lamour. A short clip from December 10, 1939 in which Clark discusses attending the Gone with the Wind premiere at the end of the week in Atlanta. Happy listening!
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Clark in Action
New and notable this week are videos in the Multimedia section–candid videos as well as fan tribute videos. Also new pictures in the gallery. I’ve got a lot of updates coming–sorry I have been slow about them recently but that’s what happens when you have a new baby! I’ve got several new articles I’m in process of typing as well as some new features. So check back!
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Cartoon Clark
Clark “appeared” on the new episode of “The Simpsons” last night. Of course with exaggerated ears and I wouldn’t call the voice a spot-on imitation, but hey, any exposure Clark can get nowadays is great! Here is the clip: The Simpsons He also appears briefly at the end of the episode as a ghost and pays Grandpa Simpson for the shoe shine but I couldn’t find a clip of that. Also, if you subscribe to this blog, you probably got a bunch of “Gossip Friday” emails over the weekend. My blog went kind of haywire with the year change and I’m not sure why, but decided to send out a bunch…
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Updates
I’ve been adding things here and there this week. Including: The Lux radio show The Legionnaire and the Lady, costarring Marlene Dietrich. She sings her classic “Falling in Love Again” at the end and Clark also makes some comments. If you haven’t checked out Imperfect Lady yet, you should! Not only is it adorable and the only performance he did with Ginger Rogers, but at the end they make him and Ginger play a quiz game which he loses and has to do a “forfeit”. Also added to the Multimedia section–three radio commercials, for Love on the Run, Parnell and Mutiny on the Bounty. I also added the film pages for Idiot’s…
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Welcome
Welcome to DearMrGable.com! (Scroll down to comment) Clark Gable has been lacking a comprehensive website and I am hoping this site will eventually fill the void. Here’s a bit of a site map: Info: Trivia, TV listings, quotes about Clark, information about Clark’s time in the military, recommended books Films: Eventually there will be a page for each of Clark’s 66 credited film roles. To start out, there are 22. Each page includes a synopsis, behind the scenes trivia, quotes and some include extras such as the page for Hold Your Man includes Jean Harlow singing the theme song. Articles: Vintage articles and interviews, including an interview with Clark soon…