Clark Gable
"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn,"
Rhett Butler states as he strides out the door and leaves
Scarlet in tears at the end of Gone With The Wind. Great line.
Why couldn't I think of lines like that when marching away
at the end of a love affair... It would just be too cool...
or, perhaps, too brutal... Anyway, back to Clark Gable - interestingly,
he was apparently listed as female on his birth certificate!
As I have intimated above, Gable's most famous role was Rhett
Butler in the 1939 Civil War epic film Gone with the Wind,
in which he starred with Vivien Leigh. His performance earned
him his third nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor;
he had won the award for It Happened One Night made in 1934
and was also nominated for Mutiny on the Bounty, a version
of the famous story made in 1935. Later memorable performances
were in Run Silent, Run Deep, a classic submarine film, and
his final film The Misfits made in 1961, which paired Gable
with Marilyn Monroe in one of her last roles.
In his long film career, Gable was paired with
some of the best and most popular actresses of the time. Joan
Crawford, Gable's favorite actress to work with, was partnered
with Gable in eight films, Myrna Loy was with him seven times,
and he played opposite Jean Harlow in six productions. He
also starred with Lana Turner in four features, and with Norma
Shearer in three... The guy had some tetosterone considering
he was officially born a girl! ;)
Tim Rees
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