{Photos} Kiss Me, Clark – Dear Mr. Gable

I’m sure you’ve heard the song by the Postal Service, which is titled “Clark Gable.” The line that features his name is “I’ll kiss you in a way Clark Gable would have admired.” Say what you want about Clark and his acting limitations, but that man was a born onscreen lover!

Rosalind Russell recalled: “The only man who could make a love scene comfortable was Clark Gable. He was born graceful, he knew what to do with his feet and when he took hold of you, there was no fooling around.”

Let’s get a lesson in the fine art of onscreen lip locking from Mr. Gable himself…

rosalind russell clark gable they met in bombay — with Rosalind Russell in "They Met in Bombay" (1941)

clark gable norma shearer a free soul — with Norma Shearer in "A Free Soul" (1931)

greer garson clark gable adventure — with Greer Garson in "Adventure" (1945)

joan crawford clark gable chained — with Joan Crawford in "Chained" (1934)

ann baxter clark gable homecoming — with Ann Baxter in Homecoming

clark gable idiot's delight — with a lucky nurse in "Idiot's Delight"(1939)

hedy lamarr clark gable comrade x — with Hedy Lamarr in "Comrade X" (1940)

clark gable lana turner honky tonk — with Lana Turner in "Honky Tonk" (1940)

jeanette macdonald san francisco clark gable — with Jeanette MacDonald in "San Francisco" (1936)

clark gable myrna loy men in white — with Myrna Loy in "Men in White" (1934)

clark gable constance bennett after office hours — with Constance Bennett in "After Office Hours" (1935)

mary astor clark gable red dust — with Mary Astor in "Red Dust" (1932)

grace kelly clark gable mogambo — with Grace Kelly in "Mogambo" (1953)

marion davies clark gable polly of the circus — with Marion Davies in "Polly of the Circus" (1932)

greta garbo clark gable susan lenox — with Greta Garbo in "Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise" (1931)

doris day clark gable teacher's pet — with Doris Day in "Teacher's Pet" (1958)

claudette colbert clark gable boom town — with Claudette Colbert in "Boom Town" (1940)

loretta young clark gable call of the wild — with Loretta Young in "Call of the Wild" (1935)

yvonne de carlo clark gable band of angels — with Yvonne de Carlo in "Band of Angels" (1957)

deborah kerr clark gable the hucksters — with Deborah Kerr in "The Hucksters" (1947)

barbara stanwyck clark gable to please a lady — with Barbara Stanwyck in "To Please a Lady" (1950)

jean harlow clark gable china seas — with Jean Harlow in "China Seas" (1935)

carole lombard clark gable no man of her own — with Carole Lombard in "No Man of Her Own" (1932)

4 Comments

Coco B

February 7, 2012 at 1:18 pm

Nothing could be truer and nothing can compare to a Gable kiss. It is an artform all to itself.

lovegable

February 8, 2012 at 7:46 am

I love Gable kiss,It is an art.

westerngirl

July 8, 2013 at 8:07 pm

I got married in April, 1989. GWTW was showing in theaters every where because it was the 50th Anniversary. I made my fiance (now husband) see the movie with me because I told him that at the end of our wedding ceremony when the pastor says, “You may kiss the bride”, I wanted him to kiss me like Rhett Butler kissed Scarlett O’Hara.
He did! He took me in his arms in a complete “Kiss-me-Scarlett” embrace and gave me a kiss that would have made Gable proud to know what a great impact he made in the name of great romance! The audience loved it! Fortunately, my husband is a tall, broad shouldered manly type so he really pulled it off in true Gable fashion 🙂