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Photo Mystery Solved!
As a fan of both Clark and Carole (and classic Hollywood in general), I have always been puzzled by these pictures: They are of a mustache-less Clark conversing with Carole, It Happened One Night director Frank Capra, and his IHON costar, Claudette Colbert. So what’s so peculiar? Well, Claudette is dressed in her IHON costume and since they are with Capra, one would assume that these are on-the-set candids. But a few things have always puzzled me about them: First, Clark was sporting a mustache in IHON and had been for over a year prior. Second, while during the film’s production in 1934 Clark and Carole were not romantically involved…
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Some “Melodrama” in Public Enemies (2009)
I recently saw the new Johnny Depp film, Public Enemies, about notorious bank robber John Dillinger. Dillinger was famously gunned down by FBI agents in front of the Biograph Theater in Chicago, after seeing Gable’s film Manhattan Melodrama. He was set up by friend of his, Romanian prostitute Anna Sage, who was facing deportation and volunteered to hand him over to the feds in exchange for her visa. She told the FBI they would be at the movies that evening and wore an orange (later misidentified as red) dress to alert them to him. It has long been a part of movie folklore that Myrna Loy was Dillinger’s favorite actress…
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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…