Clark Gable arrived in Hollywood after a rough-and-tumble youth, and his breezy, big-boned, everyman persona quickly made him the town’s king. He was a gambler among gamblers, a heavy drinker in the days when everyone drank seemingly all the time, and a lover to legions of the most attractive women in the most glamorous business in the world, including the great love of his life, Carole Lombard.In this well-researched and revealing biography, Warren G. Harris gives an exceptionally...

From the acclaimed author of Joan Crawford comes a riveting and uncensored biography of Clark Gable. The archetypal male of his era, Gable was named King of Hollywood” in 1938. But as David Bret reveals, the star was not quite who he seemed. One of Gable's best-kept secrets was his bisexuality.Bret recounts Gable's failed marriages to women who turned a blind eye toward his affairs with actors Earl Larimore and Rod La Rocque, among other men. Bret also reveals how a pseud...

Clark Gable was perceived as the archetypal Hollywood superman, the kind of man that women lusted after and their husbands envied. However, as David Bret reveals in this powerful biography, in the early days of his career, with his squinty teeth and fondness for men as well as woman, he was anything but the wholesome figure he appeared. Gable was adopted by the 'Sewing Circle' – the group that included Jean Harlow and, ironically, Carole Lombard, the great love of his life.Bret also...

En la ocasión, los colores de mi pincel dibujan la carne y la fantasía de una leyenda: Clark Gable. Soldado de fortuna en Hollywood, un chaval de Toledo (Ohio) llegó a ser el Rey de la pantalla y su más grande arquetipo masculino durante muchos años, por encima del infortunio y su ristra de heridas mal cicatrizadas. Versión corregida y aumentada. [Joan Benavent]

This is Volume One of a three-part biography of Clark Gable. During his heyday, he was the King of Hollywood, a role model, a patriotic symbol, and one of the most talked-about actors of the 20th Century. The uncensored details of Clark Gable's real story might never have been known, lost to history with the passing of those who knew him personally. Fortunately, Darwin Porter, through Blood Moon Productions, opted to change all that. Here he is, Clark Gable, the King of Ho...

The 1930s represented the strongest and most significant decade in Clark Gable's career. Later known as The King of Hollywood, Gable started out as a journeyman actor who quickly rose to the level of star, and then icon. With his ruggedly attractive looks and effortless charisma, Gable was the sort of manly romantic lead that bolstered features alongside the likes of Jean Harlow, Joan Crawford, and Spencer Tracy. The decade culminated with Gable's most noted movie, Gone With the Wind

From the very beginning of Clark Gable's screen career, the life of the glamorous film star came under the scrutiny of the camera. While audiences are familiar with the public Gable as seen through the studio lens, the private Gable as seen in photos taken by members of the public, friends, and family is much less known.This collection of candid photographs, many of them published here for the first time, has been compiled by biographer Chrystopher J. Spicer from his archives and f...

Clark Gable was born into a dysfunctional family, his mother being a psychotic who was said to have died insane when he was a year old and his father, who believed that brawn over brain was the only standard for measuring manhood, was a oil wildcatter, who preferred being out in the field to spending time with his family. Big for his age, Clark soon became a laughing stock in school and dropped out at the age of 16, caring little about an education. When Clark developed an interest in the ...

Clark Gable (1901-1960) was an American film actor who is often referred to as "The King of Hollywood". He began his career as an extra in Hollywood silent films between 1924-1926, and progressed to supporting roles with a few films for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1930. He landed his first leading role in 1931, and was a leading man in more than 60 motion pictures over the following three decades. He became best known for his performance in Gone with the Wind (1939), for which he gained a Best ...

Mr Punch Presents: IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, the winner of five Oscar’s including Best Picture in 1934, is Frank Capra’s classic romantic comedy, telling the story of a runaway heiress (Claudette Colbert) who falls in love with a cynical reporter (Clark Gable) on a cross-country bus trip across America. Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert recreate their roles in this special radio production.This high-quality audiobook has been re-mastered and re-edited from the origina...

The King was first published in 1961, shortly after the death of Hollywood legend Clark Gable in 1960. The book traces Gable's life from its humble, hard-scrabble beginnings in Ohio, to his hard-work and determined efforts to achieve success on Broadway, to his meteoric rise to stardom in Hollywood, his time spent in the Army Air Force in Europe, and his many loves, including Carole Lombard who was tragically killed in an airplane crash in 1942. The King paints an...

A collection of the best and most popular programs from the Golden Age of Radio, digitally remastered, and including performances from some of Hollywood’s most beloved stars, like Clark Gable, Jack Webb, Charles Laughton, and many more.Volume 46: Audio Table of Contents:The Abbott & Costello Showstarring Judy Canova (1/6/44)Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator“The Moving Target” starring William Ga...