Gone with the Wednesday: Clark Gable and the Dreaded Technicolor Tests
Clark Gable hated anything that he felt was frivoulous about film making. He wanted to just show up, read his lines and go home. He didn’t like taking promotional stills or messing with endless wardrobe fittings. It was part of the job, but he didn’t have to like it. The costumes in Gone with the Wind were a sore spot with Clark. When he first showed up to film, despite endless fittings, his costumes didn’t fit right. He already disliked wearing period garb and his long hair was annoying to him as well. I think you can tell from these stills taken from wardrobe and Technicolor tests for that he is less than thrilled. The only ones in which he doesn’t come across as thoroughly irritated are the ones with Vivien Leigh!
3 Comments
Coco B
I wonder exactly what relationship Clark and Vivian had? Was it ever more than we know?
Christine
I doubt it. She was madly in love with Olivier and he was madly in love with Lombard.
Holly
I am sure they were good friends. played battleship together. The on-set footage that someone took showed them smoking and sitting together chatting and smiling:) But of course with any filming they wanted to finish it as fast as they could.