The many known to the world simply as Clark Gable was born in a small town in Ohio known as Cadiz. He was born with the name of William Clark Gable but preferred the nickname of Gabe or Clark Gable over his given one. He was married five times with his first two marriages ending up in divorce. His next couple of marriages, his wives died and the final wife was still living after his death.
Clark Gable's mother died when he was only 7 years old. This is just one of many occurrences in his life which shaped him into the person he was to become. At the age of 16, Clark would drop out of school in order to accept a job working at a tire factory in Akron, Ohio. Later he would have several other occupations such as working with stocks as well as working in an oil field and he even was a tie salesman at on time.
It was when he was only 24 years old when Josephine Dillon would meet Clark and help him get to Hollywood. Josephine was the manager of a Portland, Oregon theater and also would later become Clark Gable's first wife. It was the play, "The Bird of Paradise" that had inspired him and soon would lead him on the path to stardom.
It was the actor Lionel Barrymore who would make the suggestion to Irving Thalberg of MGM, to screen test Clark Gable. Of course Irving was not in anyway impressed with Clark or his looks and would turn him down. Later on though, he would be hired as a co-actor to Joan Crawford. His first role was in the 1931 movie entitled Dance, Fools, Dance.
The following year he would land the role in Red Dust where the public fell in love with him. Everyone felt the chemistry he created on-screen. Clark began to grow in popularity and when MGM asked him to play a role he did not want to, as a punishment then sent him to Columbia Pictures to work for a while. This of course was MGM's mistake as the Columbia film It Happened One Night got Clark Gable an Oscar.
MGM did not like this one bit and called Clark Gable back to work where he played in the films, Mutiny on the Bounty as well as Gone with the Wind. He would leave Hollywood for three years after shooting Gone with the Wind because his third wife along with her mother had died in a plane accident and he would even join up with the Army Corps to play his part in the Second World War.
Upon returning, he attempted a comeback appearance in the film Adventure but this did not turn out so well. MGM felt he was being paid too much and cancelled his contract.
He would make other films, however most of these would go unnoticed until the 1961 movie Misfits. Before the film's release and the birth of his first son, Clark Gable would die of a heart attack. - 17944
Clark Gable's mother died when he was only 7 years old. This is just one of many occurrences in his life which shaped him into the person he was to become. At the age of 16, Clark would drop out of school in order to accept a job working at a tire factory in Akron, Ohio. Later he would have several other occupations such as working with stocks as well as working in an oil field and he even was a tie salesman at on time.
It was when he was only 24 years old when Josephine Dillon would meet Clark and help him get to Hollywood. Josephine was the manager of a Portland, Oregon theater and also would later become Clark Gable's first wife. It was the play, "The Bird of Paradise" that had inspired him and soon would lead him on the path to stardom.
It was the actor Lionel Barrymore who would make the suggestion to Irving Thalberg of MGM, to screen test Clark Gable. Of course Irving was not in anyway impressed with Clark or his looks and would turn him down. Later on though, he would be hired as a co-actor to Joan Crawford. His first role was in the 1931 movie entitled Dance, Fools, Dance.
The following year he would land the role in Red Dust where the public fell in love with him. Everyone felt the chemistry he created on-screen. Clark began to grow in popularity and when MGM asked him to play a role he did not want to, as a punishment then sent him to Columbia Pictures to work for a while. This of course was MGM's mistake as the Columbia film It Happened One Night got Clark Gable an Oscar.
MGM did not like this one bit and called Clark Gable back to work where he played in the films, Mutiny on the Bounty as well as Gone with the Wind. He would leave Hollywood for three years after shooting Gone with the Wind because his third wife along with her mother had died in a plane accident and he would even join up with the Army Corps to play his part in the Second World War.
Upon returning, he attempted a comeback appearance in the film Adventure but this did not turn out so well. MGM felt he was being paid too much and cancelled his contract.
He would make other films, however most of these would go unnoticed until the 1961 movie Misfits. Before the film's release and the birth of his first son, Clark Gable would die of a heart attack. - 17944
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