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Happy Birthday, Carole Lombard
Carole Lombard, that zany blonde actress who happened to marry Clark Gable and was arguably the love of his life, was born 108 years ago today in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Here’s some newspaper blurbs from her birthday over the years her and Clark were together: 1937: Carole Lombard had a birthday. Firecrackers exploded under her chair. There was a rubber spider in her makeup box. Carole ate cotton-stuffed candy. Carole struck a match–it exploded. Carole lit a match –it exploded. Carole sat down–the chair collapsed. Carole shook the salt shaker–it contained sugar. Carole’s wondering if it isn’t a pretty high price to pay to maintain her reputation as moviedom’s leading…
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Happy 100th Birthday, Olivia de Havilland!
A very, very Happy 100th Birthday to Olivia de Havilland! Usually when I am writing birthday posts about Clark Gable’s co-stars they are actually no longer with us. But Olivia is alive and well in Paris, and I hope having quite a celebration! She may be most commonly known as “mealy mouthed ninny” (as Scarlett called her) Melanie Wilkes in Gone with the Wind, but Olivia had a illustrious career beyond Melanie. Olivia is a two time Academy Award winner (The Heiress and To Each Their Own) and was nominated three more times. She starred in such classics as The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, A Midsummer Nights Dream, The Adventures…
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Happy 115th Birthday, Clark Gable!
Happy 115th Birthday, Clark Gable! In celebration, here are 115 random facts about The King of Hollywood: 1. Clark weighed 10 1/2 pounds at birth. 2. He was born at home with the assistance of the town doctor, who charged $10 for the delivery. 3. He was baptized Catholic, one of his dying mother’s final requests. His father was Methodist. 4. He was named Clark after his maternal grandmother’s maiden name. 5. Clark liked to wear trench coats in movies, considering them lucky. Burberry made him one especially for Comrade X and it instantly became his favorite; he kept it and wore it for twenty years. At an MGM auction in 1969,…
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Happy Birthday, Carole Lombard!
Happy Birthday to dear Carole Lombard Gable, born today in 1908! I don’t think anyone has ever questioned why Clark Gable would fall for Carole. After all, who else but Carole… Looks adorable while putting on waders? And hunting gear? But yet can doll up and be the most glamorous woman in Hollywood? Stays very friendly with her ex-husband? Makes everyone laugh, even David Selznick? Beats up Robert Montgomery with roses? Makes no apologies for how much she loves her dogs? And goats? And horses? And chickens? Jumps fences in pajamas? Even makes a goofball out of Charles Laughton? Looks pretty no matter what face she makes? Made Clark Gable…
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Birthday Month Updates Coming!
It’s Clark Gable’s birthday month around here! Every year I fill the month of February with lots of new stuff and this year is no exception. I am inundated with articles so I figured it was the perfect opportunity to post them all. So all month long, look out for new articles from various stages of Clark’s life! I also will be putting up pictures from every one of Clark’s films om the site’s Facebook page, so “like” us if you haven’t already!
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Happy Birthday, Clark Gable
Clark Gable would be 114 if he was alive today. Last year, to celebrate his birthday, I complied 113 quotes that others said about Clark. So this year I gathered together 114 quotes from the man himself. So here’s what Clark had to say on a number of topics: 1. “What I want from life is what everyone wants—peace of mind, good health, a share of this world’s goods, friends—companionship. I’m not different from anyone else, for that’s what everyone wants.” (1948) 2. “Just don’t ask me for advice on staying married. I wouldn’t know the secret. I must have learned something about marriage since I went into it the first…
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Happy Birthday, Carole Lombard
A very happy birthday to the third Mrs. Clark Gable, the love of his life, Carole Lombard! It isn’t her birthday without this audio of Clark singing “Happy Birthday” to her: Hard to believe Miss Lombard would be 106 if she was still with us today. I’ve just returned from my trip to Ohio and I’ll be working on my blog posts from my trip, plus new Carole stuff so stay tuned!
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Happy Birthday, Mr. Gable!
Today is Clark Gable’s 113th birthday! Instead of me describing the man and shouting his praises, let’s leave it to the people who actually knew him, shall we? Here are 113 quotes about Clark from his wives, his friends, his costars and his coworkers: 1. “The tough thing about describing Clark Gable is that there’s nothing bad to say.” ~director Mervyn Leroy 2. “I can’t imagine anyone I’d rather have for a friend than Clark Gable. He embodies all the qualities which are necessary for true friendship.” ~Jean Harlow 3. “He’s a man with millions of friends. And I’m proud to be one of them.” ~Spencer Tracy 4. “Clark Gable.…
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Happy 100th Birthday to Vivien Leigh
Vivien Leigh was heralded as one of the great beauties of her time, won two Best Actress Oscars (especially impressive since she starred in only 19 films), and was the wife of one of the most celebrated actors of the century, Sir Laurence Olivier. Despite all of the above, to most she was simply Scarlett O’Hara. When she died at only 54 years old, many of the world’s headlines proclaimed “SCARLETT O’HARA DEAD!” I’m sure she would have cringed at that headline. Not that she wasn’t proud of hving played Scarlett, but the role became suffocating in a way that she couldn’t escape. Vivien was always Scarlett and sometimes she…
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Happy Birthday, Carole Lombard
Carole Lombard, aka Jane Peters, aka Carole Gable, would have been 105 today! It wouldn’t be Carole’s birthday without this snippet of Clark singing Happy Birthday to his “Ma”: HappyBirthday To celebrate, here is the tale of Carole’s 32nd birthday and how it didn’t go exactly as she planned it… [On the set of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, on her birthday, Carole Lombard] had a hunch that [director Alfred] Hitchcock would send her a Western Union singing boy, so she decided to top his gag by having ten Western Union singing boys arrive on the set at five o’clock and sing birthday greetings to everyone on the set except herself. It was…