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Gossip Friday: Shoes and a Ham
From January 1933: On last day of “No Man of Her Own” production, Clark Gable and Carole Lombard exchange gag gifts…Carole to Clark was huge ham with picture thereon..Gable to Lombard: mammoth pair of shoes to remind Carole how she tripped and fell during scene.
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Nutshell Reviews: No Man of Her Own (1932)
In a Nutshell: No Man of Her Own (1932) Directed by: Wesley Ruggles Co-stars: Carole Lombard, Dorothy Mackaill, Grant Mitchell Synopsis: Gable is Jerry “Babe” Stewart, a crooked card shark on the run from a police investigator when he stops in on the sleepy small town of Glendale. There he meets the bored town librarian, Connie Randall (Lombard) who is just waiting for something exciting to happen to her. Their attraction is instant, although she tries to play hard to get. On the flip of a coin, they get married and she accompanies him back To New York, unaware of his seedy occupation. When she does figure out how he…
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Movie of the Month: No Man of Her Own
No surprise, since we’re having Carole Lombard month, that this month’s movie is the only Clark and Carole film, No Man of Her Own, from 1932. Thanks to the legendary romance of Clark and Carole that would begin about four years later, this film has now become a fan favorite, whereas maybe if Clark’s co-star hadn’t been Carole it would be dismissed as another soapy melodrama. But actually there is some substance in it, and even overlooking the Clark and Carole legend, it’s a good little pre-code. Clark is Babe Stewart, a womanizing card cheat. As he says to a pining Dorothy Mackaill early on, “You know I’m a hit…